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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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So They Want Negotiations, Now.
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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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...
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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...
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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The Performance is Over
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a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Should Death Concern Us?
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In Defence of Boring Books
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
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Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
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For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
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Another of my essays in French.
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
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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...
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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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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Beyond Stoicism
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
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Out Of Control.
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Fear the worst, hope for the best.
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Philosophy and Children
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Flashbak
Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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a year ago
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
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The kinetic phase may come next.
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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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...
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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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,...
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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What Was the Chaco War?
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
10 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Eye of Ra?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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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
TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
2 weeks ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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TheCollector
Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
a week ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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a year ago
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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TheCollector
What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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12 months ago
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
a week ago
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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a year ago
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“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
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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6 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a week ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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6 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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a year ago
Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
9 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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a year ago
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