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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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History and Myth
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Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
5 days ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
11 months ago
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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7 months ago
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
a month ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
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a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Julius Caesar
9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
11 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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6 months ago
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
9 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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TheCollector
What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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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
Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
11 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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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...
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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a year ago
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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a year ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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9 months ago
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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11 months ago
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
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The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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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)...
9 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...
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Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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9 months ago
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
12 months ago
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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4 months ago
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
a week ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
4 months ago
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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2 months ago
Open Culture
How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of...
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A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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a year ago
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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6 months ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
7 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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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...
TheCollector
Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
7 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an...
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Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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a month ago
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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5 months ago
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
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