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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Summary Of Changes
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
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And what happens when we don’t?
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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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...
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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The Evils Of Professionalism
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Petra and Passports
a year ago
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
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4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
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Who Was George Hodel?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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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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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Sappho
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Plutarch and Pleasure
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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
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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Three years late, but historians are always late
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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The Ancient Novel
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
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They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
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TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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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...
History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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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
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Classical Wisdom
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Prometheus and AI?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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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...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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2 days ago
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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2 weeks ago
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
a week ago
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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a year ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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7 months ago
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...
a week ago
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...
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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a year ago
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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9 months ago
TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Averroes?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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3 months ago
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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a year ago
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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a month ago
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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7 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
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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...
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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11 months ago
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
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
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
11 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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9 months ago
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
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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a year ago
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
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
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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a year ago
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
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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3 months ago
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
TheCollector
What Is a Film Auteur?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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a year ago
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