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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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a month ago
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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5 months ago
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
Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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6 days ago
TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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2 months ago
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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8 months ago
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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10 months ago
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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...
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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6 months ago
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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5 months ago
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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3 months ago
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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a year ago
Flashbak
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...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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a year ago
TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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a year ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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3 months ago
TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Conlangs?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
a week ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 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‘...
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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a month ago
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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9 months ago
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