Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
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It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention.
Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors
“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”...
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“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh In The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors we look at writers who communicated in long hand, and sometimes wrote their books in the same manner. For...
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
8 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
a year ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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What Is Colossians About?
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Freddie Mercury & David Bowie’s Isolated Vocals for Queen’s “Under Pressure” (1981)
In the summer of 1981, the British band Queen was recording tracks for their tenth studio album, Hot...
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In the summer of 1981, the British band Queen was recording tracks for their tenth studio album, Hot Space, at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland. As it happened, David Bowie had scheduled time at the same studio to record the title song for the movie Cat People. Before...
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
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Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Classical Wisdom
Martin Luther King and LOVE
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
2 days ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
8 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
a year ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a month ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
8 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
6 months ago
CrimethInc.
Capitalism Thrives on Death—Death to Capitalism : Two Posters
Ahead of Halloween, on the heels of several months of forest fires, hurricanes, and heat waves, we...
3 months ago
Ahead of Halloween, on the heels of several months of forest fires, hurricanes, and heat waves, we present two posters—”Capitalism Is the Dance of Death” and “Capitalism Thrives on Death.” Learn how to make wheatpaste and cover the walls of your community in these!
Capitalism Is...
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a month ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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TheCollector
The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
10 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
9 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Romania
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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TheCollector
New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
3 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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TheCollector
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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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
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
8 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Open Culture
The Creative Genius of David Lynch (RIP): Discover His Films, Music Videos, Cartoons, Commercials,...
Image by Sasha Kargaltsev via Wikimedia Commons As every cinephile has by now heard, and lamented,...
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
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TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
5 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
12 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
9 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
TheCollector
The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
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One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Patterns in Humanity
2024 in writing
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2 weeks ago
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
5 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
4 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Origins of Latin Literature
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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6 Must-See English Castles
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Welcome To Holy Land USA: Inside America’s Jerusalem, 1980
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Odyssey
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on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
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Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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A Brief History of Aboriginal Australia: The World’s Oldest Culture
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
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Who is the God of Dreams?
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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Dr Alun Withey
To Tip or Not To Tip: A Victorian Traveller’s Perspective
Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how...
2 weeks ago
Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how much/whether to tip rumble on, but they are not new. Even in the 18th and 19th centuries, travellers were complaining about the amount of unwanted or unexpected extras they had to pay...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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...
a year 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...
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
Overcoming Bias
What Would Socrates Do?
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Christians often ask themselves, as a guide to living, “What would Jesus do?” In her new book Open Socrates, my podcast-cohost Agnes Callard suggests we instead ask “What would Socrates do?”
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Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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...
a year 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...
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
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As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
a year ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
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a year ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
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On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Who Was Carl Linnaeus? (Life, Works, & Legacy)
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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10 Historic Towns in Tennessee You Should Visit
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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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...
7 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...
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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