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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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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...
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
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Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
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Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
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How French Was Medieval England?
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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The Machine Stops.
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And fiddling won't fix it.
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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The case for prisons
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Aristotle's Politics
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
a month ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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2 months ago
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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TheCollector
The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
a month ago
The world that created Caravaggio
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
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
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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a year ago
A Collection of...
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...
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“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‘...
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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7 months ago
TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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3 months ago
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
2 weeks ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
TheCollector
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
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a year ago
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
3 days ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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12 months ago
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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a year ago
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.
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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TheCollector
5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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9 months ago
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.
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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a month ago
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