TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
3 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
a week ago
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
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....
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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a year ago
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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a year ago
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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a month ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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12 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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a year ago
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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a year ago
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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5 months ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
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....
11 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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6 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...
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Less than ONE Week Left
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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6 months ago
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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a year ago
TheCollector
History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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a year ago
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
a month ago
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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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
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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...
TheCollector
15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
2 weeks ago
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
TheCollector
10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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3 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
a week ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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a year ago
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.
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Does Free Will Exist?
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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4 months ago
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
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The Art of the Interesting
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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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...
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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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...
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
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The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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What Is Capoeira?
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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