TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
a month ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
a year ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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TheCollector
Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
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TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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a year ago
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
2 weeks ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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4 months ago
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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
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TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
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TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
a week ago
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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a month ago
Flashbak
Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
2 months ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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4 days ago
TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
yesterday
What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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10 months ago
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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a year ago
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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TheCollector
What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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a year ago
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
3 weeks ago
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,...
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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a year ago
Flashbak
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,”...
4 months ago
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....
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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TheCollector
The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
Flashbak
Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of...
an hour ago
Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of his adopted city of Philadelphia and the aeronautical industry, and photographs of lightning. Setting out to prove “lightning bolts were not of the zig-zag form pictured by artists”,...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
2 weeks ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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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 …...
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
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TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
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...
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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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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
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Should you meet your heroes?
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
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A history of the monastic high life
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
3 weeks ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
7 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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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...
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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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...
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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