Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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TheCollector
Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year 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
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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,...
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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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
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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What Is Theodicy?
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Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
3 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
Flashbak
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...
9 months ago
“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
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
TheCollector
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
TheCollector
How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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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
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
TheCollector
Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
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
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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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...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
8 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
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Why the liberal project will fail
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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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
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
a year ago
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a week ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
2 months ago
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
a month ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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