TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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TheCollector
The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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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...
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
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TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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TheCollector
What Was Operation Downfall?
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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TheCollector
9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 days ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
2 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
4 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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...
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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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
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
3 days ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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 …...
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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TheCollector
Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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4 months ago
TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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a year ago
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
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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a year ago
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
2 days ago
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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TheCollector
Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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9 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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TheCollector
History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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TheCollector
10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
a month ago
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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TheCollector
10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 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...
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
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TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Overcoming Bias
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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Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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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)
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
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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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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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,...
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The Epics Collection
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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a year ago
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
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
11 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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a year ago
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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9 months ago
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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2 months ago
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