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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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When Lightning Strikes... Literally
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Aristotle's Poetics
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Teach Your Children ....
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Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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The world according to Garegnani
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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The Birth of Ovid
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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“To the Finland Station”
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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I talked to Terry Gross!
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
10 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
10 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
7 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Classical Wisdom
Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
3 weeks ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
4 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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TheCollector
10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Flashbak
Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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9 months ago
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
a month ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
a month ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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8 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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...
4 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
a month ago
The Art of the Interesting
TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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TheCollector
How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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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
10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
7 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
a month ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a month ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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TheCollector
What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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Trying to Understand...
The Long Run.
The future belongs to them.
2 days ago
The future belongs to them.
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
11 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
6 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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TheCollector
A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
a year ago
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
4 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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