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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
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over a year ago
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! I’m currently working on a post “On the Gracchi” taking a somewhat...
a week ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! I’m currently working on a post “On the Gracchi” taking a somewhat darker look at everyone’s favorite Roman reformers (though hardly the same black takedowns Alexander and Cleopatra got) , which will hopefully be ready for next week. Before we dive...
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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4 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology
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Thu, 01/09/2025 - 09:45
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Have We Become Anti-Human?
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Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
a year ago
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
Classical Wisdom
Cicero and Leadership
Philosophy in Action?
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
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How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
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Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
11 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
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They know what they think.
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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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...
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
10 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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Secrets of the Scythians
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Behind Donald Trump’s Palace Walls
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Tue, 01/21/2025 - 09:54
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Tue, 01/21/2025 - 09:54
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...
8 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
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Flashbak
Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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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...
4 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...
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‘Naples 1343’ by Amedeo Feniello review
‘Naples 1343’ by Amedeo Feniello review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/14/2025 - 09:23
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‘Naples 1343’ by Amedeo Feniello review
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Tue, 01/14/2025 - 09:23
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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On the limits of empathy
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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The Mystery of Penelope
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2x2 geopolitics
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6 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
8 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Olympics Special
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
a year ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
Classical Wisdom
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Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
4 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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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
11 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Flashbak
Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an...
3 weeks ago
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Understanding Yourself Through Jung: A Guide to Individuation & Self-Discovery
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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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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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year 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...
3 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
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
4 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
a year ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
2 months ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
11 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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.
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
8 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
5 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Andrew of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Death, Legacy
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Jean And Rose – A Paris Photo Love Story From 1929
In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la...
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In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la Grange Batelière. On December 11, Jean met Rose, 18, at the city’s Saint-Lazare metro station. She lived in the 15th arrondissement, and took classes in hairdressing at the École...
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
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History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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The Louvre Opens Its First-Ever Cimabue Exhibition
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Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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What Is Panpsychism?
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
12 months ago
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TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
10 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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the rock of polynesia
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We'd also heard that the school...
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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6 of History’s Biggest Traitors
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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What Was the Chaco War?
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Overcoming Bias
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
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Hidden History
The 1968 Utah Sheep Kill
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In 1968, a malfunctioning nerve gas test at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah killed several thousand sheep and provoked an outcry. In March 1968, researchers at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah were scheduled to perform three experiments involving a lethal nerve gas known as...
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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