Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
Who Were the Maccabees?
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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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...
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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TheCollector
Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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TheCollector
Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
2 weeks ago
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TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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TheCollector
What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
History Today Feed
‘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
Flashbak
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...
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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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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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What Is an Antipope?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
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History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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TheCollector
10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“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....
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
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History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
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TheCollector
What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Love, love, love
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
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WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Banned Book Week Begins...
History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year ago
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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9 months ago
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
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
6 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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a year ago
Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
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4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
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Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
TheCollector
11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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a year ago
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