TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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TheCollector
London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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TheCollector
Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
3 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Flashbak
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...
5 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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TheCollector
5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Classical Wisdom
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
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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TheCollector
Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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TheCollector
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Flashbak
Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
a month ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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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...
TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
Continue Reading
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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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"
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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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?
TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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...
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
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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.
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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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
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
a month ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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...
a week 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...
TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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12 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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11 months ago
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year 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
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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11 months ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
9 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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9 months ago
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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4 months ago
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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What Is Nestorianism?
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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4 months ago
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
2 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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