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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
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The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
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This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Brushing for Britain
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Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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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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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Reality Would Like A Word.
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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Antarctic Snow Cruiser
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Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
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Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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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...
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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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
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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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...
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
7 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
2 weeks ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
Flashbak
The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW)
“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures...
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“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures in his native Belgium. From 1935 to 1975, he produced 40,000 negatives, almost as many contact sheets and a number of prints. His focus was on artist, chiefly Surrealists – René...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“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‘...
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
6 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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TheCollector
Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
TheCollector
New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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TheCollector
The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
3 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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TheCollector
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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8 months ago
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
11 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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TheCollector
4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
9 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
3 weeks ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
over a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
Flashbak
François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
a month ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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TheCollector
Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
3 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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TheCollector
Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
4 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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7 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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11 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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3 months ago
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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