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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
Classical Wisdom
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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JamesHoare
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Why Socrates Matters
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
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Do people actually disagree that much?
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How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
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Should we pay attention to them?
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
8 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
3 weeks ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
4 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Classical Wisdom
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Classical Wisdom
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Roman Empire Podcasts
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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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.
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
9 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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
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Who Was Eusebius?
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt ...
a year ago
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
3 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
3 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
a month ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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10 Must-Visit Historic Ski Towns in the US
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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