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JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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2 weeks ago
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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a year ago
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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a year 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
Who Was Vortigern?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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4 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
History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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a week ago
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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4 weeks ago
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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a year ago
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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a month ago
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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3 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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9 months ago
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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10 months ago
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