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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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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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Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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. …...
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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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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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Three steps to freedom
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
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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
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
Classical Wisdom
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Important Notification
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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a year ago
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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