TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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TheCollector
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Olympics Special
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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TheCollector
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
7 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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TheCollector
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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A Brief History of Chile
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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11 months ago
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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10 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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6 months ago
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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a year ago
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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11 months ago
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What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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6 months ago
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
5 days ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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4 months ago
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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a year ago
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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11 months ago
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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7 months ago
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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a year ago
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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5 months ago
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