Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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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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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
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Liberalism dies in darkness
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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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;...
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
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...
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
2 weeks ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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What Is Populism?
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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...
7 months ago
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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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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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
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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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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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
8 months ago
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
10 months ago
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
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...
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
Flashbak
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...
a month ago
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....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
a week ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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What Was the Chaco War?
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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TheCollector
Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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a year ago
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
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
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
TheCollector
Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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a year ago
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
a month ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 months ago
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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4 months ago
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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