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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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3 months ago
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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a year ago
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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2 months ago
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The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
a month ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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a year ago
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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10 months ago
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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a year ago
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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10 months ago
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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8 months ago
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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a year ago
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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9 months ago
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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a year ago
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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9 months ago
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
a week ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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8 months ago
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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7 months ago
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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4 months ago
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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7 months ago
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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5 months ago
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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10 months ago
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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a year ago
Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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4 months ago
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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7 months ago
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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a year ago
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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10 months ago
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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5 months ago
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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7 months ago
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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8 months ago
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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2 weeks ago
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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4 months ago
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 months ago
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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5 months ago
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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9 months ago
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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8 months ago
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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6 months 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....
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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10 months ago
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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4 months ago
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Does Free Will Exist?
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2 months ago
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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a year ago
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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6 months ago
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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4 months ago
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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a year ago
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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7 months ago
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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2 months ago
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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2 weeks ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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9 months ago
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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7 months ago
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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6 months ago
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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4 months ago
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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9 months ago
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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11 months ago
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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a year ago
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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a year ago
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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10 months ago
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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8 months ago
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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8 months ago
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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4 weeks ago
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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3 months ago
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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2 weeks ago
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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a year ago
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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5 months ago
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
a month ago
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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4 months ago
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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8 months ago
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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a year ago
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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10 months ago
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