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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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TheCollector
Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘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
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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TheCollector
London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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8 months ago
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
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
a month ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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12 months ago
Flashbak
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...
4 months ago
“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...
History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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12 months ago
History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
7 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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6 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
a month ago
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
TheCollector
Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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TheCollector
Who Was Vortigern?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
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...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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4 months ago
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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8 months ago
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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2 months ago
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