TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
7 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
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TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
8 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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...
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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TheCollector
Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
a week ago
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Who Was Averroes?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
2 months ago
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
a month ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
4 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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8 months ago
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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TheCollector
6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Technology indistinguishable from magic
Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
3 days ago
Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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TheCollector
10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
Hundred Rabbits
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
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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7 months 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
TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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a year ago
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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a year ago
TheCollector
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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7 months ago
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...
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
3 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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3 months ago
Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
a week ago
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
a week ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
TheCollector
The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
Flashbak
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,”...
4 months ago
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....
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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6 months ago
Flashbak
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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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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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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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
4 weeks ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
2 months ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
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The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
11 months ago
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...
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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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?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
8 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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?
Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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