Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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TheCollector
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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TheCollector
Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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TheCollector
A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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11 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
TheCollector
Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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TheCollector
The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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a year ago
Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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a year ago
Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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TheCollector
5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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9 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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TheCollector
How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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11 months ago
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
a month ago
TheCollector
5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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TheCollector
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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What Are Conlangs?
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Patterns in Humanity
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Overcoming Bias
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
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I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
Wrong Side of...
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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