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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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An experiment with historical simulation
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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over a year ago
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
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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...
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
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A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
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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...
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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a year ago
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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a year ago
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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10 months ago
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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3 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"
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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4 months ago
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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4 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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8 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
What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
2 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
a month ago
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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a week ago
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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a year ago
TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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a month ago
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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3 months ago
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
a week ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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5 months ago
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