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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
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Hundred Rabbits
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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over a year ago
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Hundred Rabbits
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CrimethInc.
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Dreams of Space -...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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What Is Theodicy?
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
9 months ago
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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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...
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Flashbak
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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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
TheCollector
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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TheCollector
The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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TheCollector
Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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7 months ago
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘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
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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a year ago
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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8 months ago
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
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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”...
a month 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 –...
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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...
a month ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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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
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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A History of the United States Senate
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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a year ago
Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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a year ago
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
10 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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5 months ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
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