Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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a year ago
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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a year ago
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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5 months ago
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‘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
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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a year ago
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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9 months ago
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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7 months ago
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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11 months ago
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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a year ago
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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3 months ago
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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a year ago
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A Brief History of Chile
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2 months ago
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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4 months ago
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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7 months ago
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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a week ago
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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2 months ago
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France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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4 months ago
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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a month ago
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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8 months ago
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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6 months ago
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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11 months ago
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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10 months ago
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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a year ago
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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5 months ago
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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2 months ago
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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a year ago
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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2 months ago
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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a year ago
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
6 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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a year ago
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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2 weeks ago
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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4 weeks ago
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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2 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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6 months ago
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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a month ago
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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3 months ago
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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5 months ago
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
4 months ago
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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9 months ago
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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a year ago
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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7 months ago
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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8 months ago
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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a year ago
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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a year ago
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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9 months ago
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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9 months ago
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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6 months ago
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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8 months ago
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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2 months ago
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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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...
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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a year ago
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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11 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...
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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11 months ago
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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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...
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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9 months ago
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
TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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6 months ago
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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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...
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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10 months ago
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
a month ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
2 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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9 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
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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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...
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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...
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Hundred Rabbits
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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Another Of My Essays In French
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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Simulating History with ChatGPT
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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What Is Theodicy?
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
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What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
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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...
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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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...
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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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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
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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