TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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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
TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
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...
3 months ago
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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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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11 months ago
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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5 days ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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4 months ago
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
5 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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a year ago
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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a week ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
2 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
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
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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8 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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TheCollector
5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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TheCollector
What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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a year 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,...
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
TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
a week ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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a year ago
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
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TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
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We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
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But some things are more connected than others.
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
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Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
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The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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The Phantom of Polarisation
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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So They Want Negotiations, Now.
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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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....
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“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...
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
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But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Summary of changes for November
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
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Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
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What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
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How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
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Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
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The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
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The kinetic phase may come next.
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Beyond Stoicism
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The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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