TheCollector
6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Events Listing
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Empress Theodora
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a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
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Last Chance!
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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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...
7 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...
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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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...
TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year ago
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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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
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Classical Wisdom
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7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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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
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
8 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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,...
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
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Summary of changes for November
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Dreams of Space -...
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I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
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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...
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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You And Whose Army?
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NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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Most of them are not from 2023
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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People, States and Borders.
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
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No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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