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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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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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What Is Thatcherism?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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What Are Conlangs?
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
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How can we train Resilience?
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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African History...
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Summary of changes for May 2023
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
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In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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The Life of Terence
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Democracy
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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St. Nicholas
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Patterns in Humanity
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Ancient Anxiety
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Summary of changes for October
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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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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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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...
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Res Obscura
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Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
5 days ago
Another of my essays in French.
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
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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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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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:...
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Philosopher Kings
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
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.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
12 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
8 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Wrong Side of...
Technology indistinguishable from magic
Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
3 days ago
Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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TheCollector
What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
2 weeks ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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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
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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TheCollector
Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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TheCollector
How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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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...
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
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
4 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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History Today Feed
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 Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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TheCollector
Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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TheCollector
Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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TheCollector
The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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10 months ago
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Athena
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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7 months ago
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
8 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
2 months ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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What Is Populism?
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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4 months ago
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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