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
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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a month ago
TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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a year ago
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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2 months ago
TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
3 weeks ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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a year ago
TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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6 months ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
8 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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a year ago
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
8 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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a month ago
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
2 months ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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11 months ago
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
8 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
TheCollector
Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
a week ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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a year ago
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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12 months ago
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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a year ago
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
TheCollector
What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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2 weeks ago
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 weeks ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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5 months 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...
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
a month ago
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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a year ago
TheCollector
Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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a year ago
TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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a year ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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5 months ago
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
2 weeks ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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5 months ago
TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
2 months ago
The world that created Caravaggio
TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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a year 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
TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
4 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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10 months ago
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
3 weeks ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
a month ago
TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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a month ago
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
3 weeks ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
4 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
3 weeks ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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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...
3 weeks 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...
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
4 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
2 days ago
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
2 days ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
8 months ago
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
7 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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a year ago
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
4 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
a week ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
2 weeks ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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a year ago
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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7 months ago
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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10 months ago
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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11 months ago
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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6 months ago
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