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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Dr Alun Withey
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
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Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Yuri's Night is April 12th!
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
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over a year ago
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Winged Victory
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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The First Stoic
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11 months ago
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Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
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a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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7 African Myths About Animals
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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10 months ago
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
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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a month ago
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
3 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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a year ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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7 months ago
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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a year ago
TheCollector
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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5 months ago
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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7 months ago
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
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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4 months ago
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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a year ago
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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5 months ago
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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a month ago
TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Assassinations That Changed History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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4 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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4 months ago
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
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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a year ago
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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a year ago
TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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5 days ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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a year ago
TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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a year ago
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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11 months ago
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
11 months ago
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
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