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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Julius Caesar
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Open Culture
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
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TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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TheCollector
Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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TheCollector
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
a month ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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TheCollector
Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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TheCollector
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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11 months ago
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
TheCollector
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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a year ago
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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10 months 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
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
a month ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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TheCollector
8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
TheCollector
Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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6 months ago
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
7 hours ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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6 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Maccabees?
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TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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TheCollector
What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
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TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Patterns in Humanity
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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African History...
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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The Birth of Ovid
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Overcoming Bias
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Dry Toilet Installation
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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How Iran Won the West
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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What should we do with Seneca?
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Ancient Atomists
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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