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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
7 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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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
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Zangbeto: Get to Know Voodoo’s Whirling Spirit Dance
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The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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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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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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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...
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
2 months ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
3 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
12 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
11 months ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
2 months ago
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
11 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
Open Culture
How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work....
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When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
7 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Dreams of Space -...
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)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Classical Wisdom
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Origins of Stoicism
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The Essential Greeks
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
a month ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
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For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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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
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
8 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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6 Must-See English Castles
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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How the South Became Republican
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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What Was Négritude?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Dreams of Space -...
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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