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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
TheCollector
Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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a month ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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a year ago
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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2 weeks ago
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
a month ago
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
6 days ago
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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...
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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2 weeks ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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6 days ago
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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a month ago
Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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3 weeks ago
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
a week ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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10 months ago
TheCollector
4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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5 months ago
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
5 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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a week ago
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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a year ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
a week ago
TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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5 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...
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.
Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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2 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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8 months ago
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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a year ago
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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9 months ago
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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