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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
11 months ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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TheCollector
Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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a year ago
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
a month ago
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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TheCollector
6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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5 months ago
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
a month ago
American polarisation: part 2
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
a week ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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7 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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a year ago
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
Who Was Clement of Rome?
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TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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a year ago
TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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a year ago
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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a year ago
TheCollector
Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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10 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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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,...
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
a month ago
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
8 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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TheCollector
Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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9 months ago
TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
TheCollector
The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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