TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
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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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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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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...
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Stoicism and Stress
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
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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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Does Free Will Exist?
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Gladiator Combat
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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the sucessor of Songhai
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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A Collection of...
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6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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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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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
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The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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What Is Voguing?
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
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TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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What Is Solipsism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Hundred Rabbits
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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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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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The Great Flood
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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Abundance, capitalism and climate change
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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The Mystery of Morpheus
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Who is the God of Dreams?
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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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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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
a month ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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a year ago
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...
a month 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
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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a year ago
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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:...
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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TheCollector
6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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11 months ago
TheCollector
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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a month ago
TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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a year ago
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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a month ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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6 months ago
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
a week ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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a year ago
TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
TheCollector
How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
3 weeks ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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a month ago
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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a year ago
TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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a year ago
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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