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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
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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
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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2 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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5 months ago
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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a year ago
TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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6 months ago
weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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.
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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10 months ago
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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a month ago
TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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a month ago
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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7 months ago
TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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4 months ago
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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5 months ago
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
TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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a year ago
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
TheCollector
12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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11 months ago
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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a month ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
6 days ago
New Event: January 7th, 2025
TheCollector
How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
Flashbak
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”...
9 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...
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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a month ago
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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a month ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
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
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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a month ago
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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9 months ago
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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4 days ago
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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TheCollector
What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Who Was George Eliot?
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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The Power Of Absent Things.
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
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At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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A very deep history of Halloween
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
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We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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the sucessor of Songhai
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The Water Is Rising.
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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