TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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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...
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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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...
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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...
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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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...
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
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Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
TheCollector
Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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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...
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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...
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Flashbak
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
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
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9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Classical Wisdom
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Philosopher Kings
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
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Olympics Special
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
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TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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over a year ago
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Overcoming Bias
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I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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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...
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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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...
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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...
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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What Was Négritude?
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
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“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...
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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Games Nations Play.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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Useless in Gaza
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
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A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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