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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Dr Alun Withey
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Bringing It All Back Home
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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the rock of polynesia
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Summary Of Changes
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Columbine 25 Years On
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Dreams of Space -...
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Global Inequality...
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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The Electoral College Explained
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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The Fall of a Republic
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TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
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Hidden History
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African History...
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TheCollector
The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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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.
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Who Was Averroes?
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History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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TheCollector
The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
10 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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TheCollector
Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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TheCollector
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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TheCollector
10 London Museums You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
TheCollector
‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
2 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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2 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
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