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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
4 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
3 months ago
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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A History of the United States Senate
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
5 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
10 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
11 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
a week ago
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
9 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
2 weeks ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Summary of changes for July
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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over a year ago
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TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
2 weeks ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
4 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
TheCollector
Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
a year ago
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
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Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
6 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
10 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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The Indian-American century
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
12 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
4 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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Hundred Rabbits
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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What Were the Consolations of Boethius?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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