TheCollector
Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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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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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
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a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Your favourite half-British president
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Aristotle on Friendship
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
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What Is Theodicy?
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
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On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
Classical Wisdom
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
Classical Wisdom
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The Story of Thebes
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Wrong Side of...
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
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Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
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My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Blast Off (1973)
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
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https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
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I...
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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