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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Democracy
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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St. Nicholas
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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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...
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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Rules, Rules Rules
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Because that's all they can do.
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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The order of inequality
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TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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The Tears of Strangers are only water
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
TheCollector
What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
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Death of the King of Siam
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Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
a month ago
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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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.
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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TheCollector
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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6 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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TheCollector
The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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
What Are the Five French Republics?
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
a month ago
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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TheCollector
What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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8 months ago
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
a week ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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TheCollector
Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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10 months ago
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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2 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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