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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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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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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
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London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Death of the King of Siam
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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How the CCP is Closing China
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Inventing Cyrillic
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
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I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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What Is the Ides of March?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
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Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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I Dare You...
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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Not that much, actually.
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
4 hours ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
a month ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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4 months ago
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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7 months ago
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 months ago
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
11 months ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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4 months ago
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
2 days ago
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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4 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a week ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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3 months ago
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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a year ago
TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
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
TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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9 months ago
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...
Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 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 November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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a year ago
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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11 months ago
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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8 months ago
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
a month ago
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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10 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...
TheCollector
The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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3 weeks ago
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