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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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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
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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6 months ago
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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9 months ago
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Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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2 months ago
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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8 months ago
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
2 weeks ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a week ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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6 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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7 months ago
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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
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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a year ago
TheCollector
Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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3 months ago
TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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10 months ago
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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a year ago
TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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TheCollector
Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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2 months ago
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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5 months ago
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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2 months ago
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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A History of the United States Senate
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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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TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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3 weeks 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
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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TheCollector
Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
6 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
TheCollector
Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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