TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
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TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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TheCollector
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
5 days ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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TheCollector
13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
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...
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
2 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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4 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a week ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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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...
2 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
Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
9 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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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...
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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TheCollector
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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TheCollector
5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
7 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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TheCollector
Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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TheCollector
Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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TheCollector
Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year 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
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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TheCollector
10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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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...
a week 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...
TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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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...
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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?
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
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Arguing with the Dead
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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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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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TheCollector
Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
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“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
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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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Who Was George Hodel?
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Flashbak
Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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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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Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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What Was Organization Todt?
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
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Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
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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...
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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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...
a month ago
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....
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
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