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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
8 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
2 months ago
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
a month ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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2 months ago
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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3 months ago
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
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.
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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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
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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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
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
TheCollector
5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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6 months ago
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Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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What Is the Didache?
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TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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TheCollector
What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a week ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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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...
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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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
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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What Was Négritude?
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
TheCollector
How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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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...
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Workers and Peasants we are not.
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
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a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Arguing with the Dead
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JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Arguing with the Dead
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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...
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“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...
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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a year ago
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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