TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
2 weeks ago
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
2 months ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 weeks ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
2 months ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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TheCollector
Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
a month ago
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
3 weeks ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
2 days ago
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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3 months ago
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
3 weeks ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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8 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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11 months ago
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...
2 months ago
“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...
TheCollector
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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2 weeks ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
a month ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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7 months ago
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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TheCollector
10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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a year ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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10 months ago
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
11 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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a year ago
TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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11 months ago
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
2 months ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
2 weeks ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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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...
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
a year ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
2 months ago
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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8 months ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
3 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
TheCollector
What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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a month ago
Flashbak
Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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a year ago
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
2 weeks ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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12 months ago
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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...
2 weeks 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
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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4 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
4 weeks ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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a year ago
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
2 months ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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12 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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4 weeks ago
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
3 weeks ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
a month ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
4 months ago
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
5 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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5 months ago
TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
8 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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a week ago
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
4 months ago
TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
2 months ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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2 months ago
TheCollector
9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
8 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Was Jesus a Radical?
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a week ago
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,...
6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
TheCollector
What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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8 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
Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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2 months ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
3 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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a year ago
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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6 months ago
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
7 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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5 days ago
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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