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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
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This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Aristotle's Politics
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The First Stoic
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
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Another of my essays in French.
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
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Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
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Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
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Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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JamesHoare
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
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Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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No Left Turn
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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TheCollector
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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JamesHoare
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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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...
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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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
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
10 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
a month ago
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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‘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
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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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...
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
7 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
a month ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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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...
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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11 months ago
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Important Notification
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8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
a month ago
The world that created Caravaggio
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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