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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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4 days ago
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
a month ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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2 days ago
TheCollector
Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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2 months ago
TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
7 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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4 months ago
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work?
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3 months ago
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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a month ago
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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a month ago
TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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5 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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7 months ago
TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
TheCollector
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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a year ago
TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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3 months ago
African History...
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.
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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a month ago
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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2 months ago
TheCollector
4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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9 months ago
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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a year ago
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
a week ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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7 months ago
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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