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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Who Was Tertullian?
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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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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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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Summary Of Changes
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
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Dealing With Foreigners ...
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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4 months ago
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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3 months ago
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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8 months ago
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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TheCollector
Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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6 months ago
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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5 months ago
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
4 weeks ago
The Art of the Interesting
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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6 months ago
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
4 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
2 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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3 months ago
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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5 months ago
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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a year ago
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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7 months ago
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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3 months ago
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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2 months ago
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Susan Sontag?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
TheCollector
Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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9 months ago
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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a month ago
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a week ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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a year ago
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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9 months ago
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