TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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a year 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...
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
a month ago
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
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
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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5 months ago
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
3 days ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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11 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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TheCollector
Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
a month ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year 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
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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TheCollector
The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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TheCollector
How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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3 days ago
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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TheCollector
Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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11 months ago
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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2 months ago
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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a year ago
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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3 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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TheCollector
Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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TheCollector
Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
3 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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a year 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...
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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3 months ago
Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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3 months 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.
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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4 months ago
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
8 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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2 months ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
3 months ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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a year ago
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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4 months ago
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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a year ago
TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
a week ago
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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a week ago
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
TheCollector
Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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11 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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...
TheCollector
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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a year ago
TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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