TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
undefined
7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a week ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
undefined
8 months ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
undefined
8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Chaco War?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
undefined
8 months ago
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
a month ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
undefined
8 months ago
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
a week ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
6 days ago
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Conlangs?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
undefined
6 months ago
Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
undefined
4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
3 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
a week ago
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
undefined
a year ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
a month ago
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
2 weeks ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
undefined
a year 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.
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
4 weeks ago
The Great Migration to Bluesky
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
undefined
a month ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
2 weeks ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
undefined
7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
undefined
a year 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
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
undefined
a month ago
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
undefined
9 months ago
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
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
undefined
6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
undefined
a week ago
Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
undefined
a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
undefined
12 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
undefined
8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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...
Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
10 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
undefined
7 months ago
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...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
undefined
9 months ago
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
undefined
a week ago
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
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
undefined
2 days ago
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
undefined
10 months 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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Continue Reading
Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
undefined
3 months ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 