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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
8 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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...
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
8 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
8 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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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...
11 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...
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Who Was Carl Linnaeus? (Life, Works, & Legacy)
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
3 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Is the Flood Myth Universal? Flood Myths From Around the World
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
2 months ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a month ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
3 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
2 months ago
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
9 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
4 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Global Inequality...
How the mainstream abandoned universal economic principles
(but forgot to mention it)
2 weeks ago
(but forgot to mention it)
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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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,...
3 weeks ago
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
10 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
5 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
a year ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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History Today Feed
Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews
Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
2 days ago
Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
History Today Feed
Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology
Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/09/2025 - 09:45
a week ago
Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/09/2025 - 09:45
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
8 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
6 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Texas
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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TheCollector
Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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TheCollector
Who Invented the Ukulele?
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TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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Flashbak
Momoyogusa (A World of Things) by Kamisaka Sekka (1909-1910)
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World...
yesterday
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World of Things) between 1909 and 1910. The three-volume set of 60 images, commissioned by the publishing firm Unsōdō of Kyoto, borrows its name from the eighth-century poetic text...
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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TheCollector
Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
2 weeks ago
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Open Culture
Nirvana Before They Were Nirvana: Watch Their 1988 Performance Recorded in a Radio Shack
Here’s a strange home video of Nirvana when they were unknown, playing inside a Radio Shack in the...
a week ago
Here’s a strange home video of Nirvana when they were unknown, playing inside a Radio Shack in the band’s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. The video was recorded on the evening of January 24, 1988, after the store had closed. In those days the group went by the name of Ted Ed...
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
7 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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TheCollector
A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Classical Wisdom
The First Greek Philosopher
Beyond Mythology
5 days ago
TheCollector
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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TheCollector
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
7 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
10 months ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
a year ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
11 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
2 months ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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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
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
3 weeks ago
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
4 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
a month ago
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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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...
3 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...
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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