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6 Must-See English Castles
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Abundance, capitalism and climate change
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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And some associated reflections.
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Inventing Cyrillic
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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What Is Populism?
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Res Obscura
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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The Mother of Rome
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
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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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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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...
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“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...
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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Origins of Stoicism
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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the sucessor of Songhai
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
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2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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...
8 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.
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Educated rage
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Classical Wisdom
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
3 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Overcoming Bias
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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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...
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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?
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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a year ago
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
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...
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
2 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
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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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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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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
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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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...
6 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...
TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Julius Caesar
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
TheCollector
What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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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
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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