TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
undefined
11 months ago
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
undefined
a year ago
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?
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
11 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
a month ago
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
undefined
10 months ago
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
undefined
a month ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
a year ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
undefined
9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
Flashbak
Street Shots of New York City in 1978
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York...
22 hours ago
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York 1978’, British photographer George Wright shows us the city. Having trained as a graphic design at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in the early 1970s, Wright took a class taught...
TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
undefined
a month ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
3 weeks ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
undefined
4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
a month ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
undefined
11 months ago
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
3 weeks ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
6 months ago
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
undefined
a year ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
2 months ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
undefined
9 months ago
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
4 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
undefined
yesterday
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
6 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
undefined
10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
undefined
a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
2 weeks ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
undefined
4 months ago
Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
undefined
a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
10 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
undefined
5 months ago
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
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
undefined
5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
a month ago
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
undefined
3 weeks ago
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
2 months ago
American polarisation: part 2
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
9 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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 Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
undefined
5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
undefined
4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
3 weeks ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
TheCollector
Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
undefined
a year ago
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
undefined
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Indian-American century
On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
4 days ago
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
undefined
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
undefined
10 months ago
CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
2 days ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
undefined
7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Continue Reading
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
undefined
a year ago
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
3 weeks ago
Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
undefined
2 weeks ago
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
undefined
5 months ago
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
3 weeks ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
10 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
undefined
2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
undefined
3 days ago
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
undefined
9 months ago
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
11 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
undefined
5 days ago
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
undefined
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
11 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
undefined
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
Take a Santa Pause
a week ago
TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
undefined
9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
3 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Women in Logic You Should Know
undefined
4 days ago
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
2 weeks ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
undefined
11 months ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 