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Wed, 01/22/2025 - 09:03
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
5 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
a month ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
10 months ago
Flashbak
Jean And Rose – A Paris Photo Love Story From 1929
In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la...
2 weeks ago
In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la Grange Batelière. On December 11, Jean met Rose, 18, at the city’s Saint-Lazare metro station. She lived in the 15th arrondissement, and took classes in hairdressing at the École...
TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How To Beat Brain Rot
Combat the Word of the Year
a week ago
Combat the Word of the Year
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...
7 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...
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
10 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
a month ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
5 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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8 months ago
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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11 months ago
TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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a year ago
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...
11 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
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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a year ago
TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
a month ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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a month ago
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
a year ago
TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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a month ago
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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6 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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5 months ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a month ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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2 months ago
Flashbak
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,...
6 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
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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a year ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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4 months ago
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
a month ago
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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TheCollector
Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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a year ago
TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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9 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
2 months ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
6 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
3 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
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a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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11 months ago
TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
8 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
10 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hagia Sophia to Open Mysterious Underground Tunnels to Visitors
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2 weeks ago
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