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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
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This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
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Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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over a year ago
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Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
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Undersea Base (1974)
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
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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.
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
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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...
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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I See The Earth! (1968)
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
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Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Papa To The Rescue.
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
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On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
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Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
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TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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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
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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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...
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Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
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Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
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TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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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
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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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
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
9 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Classical Wisdom
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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What Was the Chaco War?
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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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...
a week ago
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
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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