Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
10 months ago
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,...
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
6 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
a year ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
a month ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Who Was George Hodel?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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4 weeks ago
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
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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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
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
a week ago
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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11 months 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?
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Journal of African cities: chapter 14
History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
11 months ago
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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
TheCollector
Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
12 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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a year ago
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Age and infertility
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
5 days ago
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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a year 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.
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
6 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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7 months ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
9 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Flashbak
The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
4 days ago
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville (born Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard; 1803-1847) is a satire on the bourgeois middle class of Parisian society in the Romantic period. Grandville’s characters have a human body and an...
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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...
a month 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...
TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
10 London Museums You Should Visit
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History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
9 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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9 months 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
TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
4 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
7 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
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Is it good to question everything?
Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
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But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
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There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
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TheCollector
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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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.
TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
a month ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
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And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
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Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
TheCollector
What Is Panpsychism?
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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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
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Flashbak
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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
5 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
2 months ago
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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10 months ago
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