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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
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When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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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
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
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100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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Ancient Anxiety
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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
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Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
8 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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Important Notification
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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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...
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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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
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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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...
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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...
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a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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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
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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a year ago
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
TheCollector
Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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4 months ago
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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11 months ago
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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5 months ago
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
2 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
TheCollector
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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6 months ago
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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