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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
2 days ago
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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The Ancient Novel
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Religion in the Olympics
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
a month ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
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A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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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...
3 weeks 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, …...
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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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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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Blindspots and Biographies
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
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An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Flashbak
Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Who Was George Eliot?
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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The Julio-Claudians
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
TheCollector
Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
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TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
a month ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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11 months ago
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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a year ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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4 months ago
Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
a week ago
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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5 months ago
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
8 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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2 months ago
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
3 weeks ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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6 months ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
8 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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a year ago
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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9 months ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
3 weeks ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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a month ago
TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
2 weeks ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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5 months ago
Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
11 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
4 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Who Was Susan Sontag?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
9 months ago
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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a year ago
TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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8 months ago
TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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a year ago
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