TheCollector
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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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.
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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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. …...
History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
2 months ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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TheCollector
Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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3 days ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
2 weeks ago
New Event: January 7th, 2025
TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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TheCollector
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
10 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
TheCollector
What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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10 months ago
Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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a year ago
TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
4 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
TheCollector
What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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a year ago
TheCollector
Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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a year ago
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a week ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
a week ago
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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4 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
2 months ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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2 months 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
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
2 weeks ago
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
3 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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4 weeks ago
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
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
3 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...
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
a month ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
2 weeks ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
TheCollector
The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
TheCollector
What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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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 Caused the Dancing Plague?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
2 months ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
6 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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4 weeks ago
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
3 weeks ago
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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a year ago
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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8 months ago
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
8 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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7 months ago
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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a year ago
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
2 months ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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a year ago
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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11 months ago
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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2 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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a year ago
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW)
“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures...
a week ago
“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures in his native Belgium. From 1935 to 1975, he produced 40,000 negatives, almost as many contact sheets and a number of prints. His focus was on artist, chiefly Surrealists – René...
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 months ago
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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a year ago
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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a year ago
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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6 months ago
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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a year ago
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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10 months ago
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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11 months ago
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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9 months ago
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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5 months ago
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
3 weeks ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
10 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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10 months ago
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
2 weeks ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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5 days ago
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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a month ago
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
a week ago
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
3 weeks ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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a year ago
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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4 months ago
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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10 months ago
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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3 months ago
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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8 months ago
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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9 months ago
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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a year ago
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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12 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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2 weeks ago
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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3 months ago
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
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...
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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a year ago
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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4 months ago
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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2 weeks ago
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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3 months ago
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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a year ago
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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a year ago
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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10 months ago
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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4 months ago
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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5 months ago
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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2 weeks ago
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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a year ago
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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10 months ago
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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4 weeks ago
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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10 months ago
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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11 months ago
Open Culture
The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year...
yesterday
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year in Movies author Tom Flannery, the so-called “Big Eight” major American studios “had a combined 590 actors, 114 directors and 340 writers under contract, each of whom worked an...
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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5 months ago
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What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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8 months ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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4 months ago
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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7 African Myths About Animals
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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10 months ago
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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11 months ago
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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7 months ago
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
3 weeks ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
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