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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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3 months ago
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
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The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
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Dr Alun Withey
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over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
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6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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The Politics of Exhaustion.
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And the exhaustion of politics.
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New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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In politics, well, it depends.
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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The Art of Pompeii
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Living through another great transformation…
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Three Cabins Left
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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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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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
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a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
8 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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A very deep history of Halloween
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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Hundred Rabbits
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
Classical Wisdom
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Plato and Atlantis
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TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
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j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
a year ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
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a year ago
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TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
3 weeks ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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)...
5 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
The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
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2 weeks ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
7 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
TheCollector
The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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...
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