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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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Summary of changes for January
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
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One, Two (1965)
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
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The First Stoic
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Let's Be Enemies
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Rules, Rules Rules
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
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'If we can't...
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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11 months ago
TheCollector
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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11 months ago
TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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a year ago
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
TheCollector
How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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6 months 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
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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2 months ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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2 months ago
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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a year ago
TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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5 months ago
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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a month ago
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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a month ago
TheCollector
Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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4 months ago
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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3 months ago
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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a year ago
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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a month ago
Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
10 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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...
History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
TheCollector
Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
a month ago
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
3 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
2 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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a year ago
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
a month ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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10 months ago
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