Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
3 weeks ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
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TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
TheCollector
5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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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
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
5 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
TheCollector
Who Was Vortigern?
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TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
2 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
Flashbak
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...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
2 weeks ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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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
TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
2 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
11 months ago
TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
History Today Feed
‘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
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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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...
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Dreams of Space -...
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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A Collection of...
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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