Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
a month ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
undefined
10 months ago
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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.
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
3 weeks ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
undefined
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...
5 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...
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
a year ago
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
a month ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
undefined
a month ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
undefined
3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Clement of Rome?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
undefined
a week ago
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
undefined
a year ago
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
undefined
6 months ago
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
4 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
undefined
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
undefined
10 months ago
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
a month ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
undefined
2 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
Flashbak
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...
8 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...
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
undefined
10 months ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
4 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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
History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
undefined
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
2 weeks ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
undefined
8 months ago
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
undefined
2 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
2 months ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
8 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
undefined
a month ago
Open Culture
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...
3 weeks ago
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...
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
undefined
11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
a week ago
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
undefined
a month ago
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
undefined
5 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
3 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
undefined
8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
3 weeks ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt ...
a year ago
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
11 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
4 weeks ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
8 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
undefined
7 months ago
Open Culture
How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work....
a week ago
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
undefined
10 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
a month ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
undefined
2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
a week ago
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
undefined
9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
undefined
8 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
3 weeks ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
undefined
12 months ago
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
2 months ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
undefined
a month ago
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
undefined
8 months ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
3 weeks ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
8 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Pompeii Mosaics
Frozen by Fire
a week ago
Flashbak
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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
undefined
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
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
2 weeks ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
undefined
4 days ago
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
Wrong Side of...
The Indian-American century
On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
4 days ago
TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
undefined
6 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
10 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
undefined
8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
a month 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.
TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
undefined
8 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,...
6 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
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
undefined
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
6 days ago
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
2 months ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
undefined
7 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...
TheCollector
“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
undefined
6 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
a month ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
undefined
8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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
French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
3 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
2 weeks ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
undefined
a year ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 