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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Arguing with the Dead
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Flashbak
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TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Io Saturnalia!
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a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
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TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Global Inequality...
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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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
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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TheCollector
Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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TheCollector
Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
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The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
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What is TIME? And Dates?
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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TheCollector
Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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African History...
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
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TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Trying to Understand...
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Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
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3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
a week ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Classical Wisdom
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The Julio-Claudians
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
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TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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‘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
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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...
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
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I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
10 months ago
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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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...
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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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
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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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...
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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