Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vortigern?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
2 weeks ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
undefined
9 months ago
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
undefined
a month ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
undefined
9 months ago
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
a week ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
undefined
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
undefined
9 months ago
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
a week ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
TheCollector
5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
undefined
a month ago
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
undefined
4 weeks ago
Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
undefined
10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
5 days ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
undefined
a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
undefined
7 months ago
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
a week ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
undefined
4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
undefined
4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
undefined
11 months ago
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
TheCollector
Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
undefined
7 months ago
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
4 days ago
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
undefined
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
4 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
3 weeks ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
6 days ago
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
undefined
11 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
9 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
undefined
8 months ago
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
3 days ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
undefined
10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
a month ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
undefined
5 months ago
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
undefined
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
undefined
4 days ago
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
TheCollector
Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
undefined
2 months ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
undefined
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
undefined
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
undefined
3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
undefined
8 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
undefined
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
undefined
8 months ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 