Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
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“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
4 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
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The First Roman Empress and More...
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
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TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
2 months ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
2 weeks ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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How the CCP is Closing China
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JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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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
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
9 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
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Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Dreams of Space -...
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Dreams of Space -...
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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