TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
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The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Flashbak
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...
8 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...
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...
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
3 weeks ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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TheCollector
Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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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
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
a month ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
11 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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...
11 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...
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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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
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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TheCollector
Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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TheCollector
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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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
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
2 months ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
6 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
7 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
3 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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History Today Feed
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
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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2 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
3 weeks ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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TheCollector
What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Laconic wit through the centuries
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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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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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
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Flashbak
Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
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
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
2 weeks ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
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10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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History and Myth
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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Fate and Free Will
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
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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...
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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History Today Review of the Year
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j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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...
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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9 months ago
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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