Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
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TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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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...
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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...
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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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 Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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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.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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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...
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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...
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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What Is Voguing?
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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...
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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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...
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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...
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
Classical Wisdom
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Aristotle's Politics
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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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...
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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...
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Laconic wit through the centuries
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
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What should we do with Seneca?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
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Europe turns away from America.
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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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...
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On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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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...
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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11 months ago
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.
TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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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...
2 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.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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TheCollector
Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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TheCollector
What Was Operation Downfall?
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TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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What Was Négritude?
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
a month ago
American polarisation: part 2
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
10 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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10 months ago
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
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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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...
a month 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...
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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TheCollector
5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Who Was Averroes?
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TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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...
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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10 months ago
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
Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a week ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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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
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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TheCollector
History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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...
a year ago
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...