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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Hera, Queen of the Gods
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Classical Wisdom
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The Life of Plato
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Last Chance
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
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a year ago
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
Patterns in Humanity
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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
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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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...
6 days ago
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
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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TheCollector
How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
3 months ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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11 months ago
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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African History...
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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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
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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African History...
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TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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The Electoral College Explained
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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James Joyce's Ulysses
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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TheCollector
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
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TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
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Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Trying to Understand...
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TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Classical Wisdom
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Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
African History...
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Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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What Is Solipsism?
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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TheCollector
Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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3 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...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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TheCollector
The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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TheCollector
How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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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
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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TheCollector
Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
4 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
a month ago
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
3 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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TheCollector
The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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TheCollector
10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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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...
Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
3 days ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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