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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
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And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
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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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Ancient Greek Art
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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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
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
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TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Dealing With Foreigners ...
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a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to 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...
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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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,...
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
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Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Classical Wisdom
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TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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TheCollector
How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
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Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
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TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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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
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
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Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
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“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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