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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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4 months ago
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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a year ago
TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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a year ago
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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6 months ago
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
3 weeks ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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TheCollector
What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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TheCollector
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
TheCollector
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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a year ago
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
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TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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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...
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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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Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
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American polarisation: part 2
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
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7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
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One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Global Inequality...
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Flashbak
Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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A History of the United States Senate
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
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Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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When Was the First Crusade?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Flashbak
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...
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“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 …...
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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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...
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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...
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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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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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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