Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
a month ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
6 months ago
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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a year ago
TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
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,...
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
2 weeks ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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7 months ago
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
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
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Film Auteur?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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9 months ago
Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
9 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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5 months ago
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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11 months ago
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a week ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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a year ago
TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
3 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
4 months ago
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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...
TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
a month ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a week ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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TheCollector
Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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11 months ago
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
3 days ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year 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...
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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TheCollector
7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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...
a year ago
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
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
a month ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
a month ago
The world that created Caravaggio
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
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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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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
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This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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6 Must-See English Castles
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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... and the Fall of the Republic
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Games Nations Play.
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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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;...
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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The First Biographers
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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What Is Solipsism?
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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