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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
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A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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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....
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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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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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The Secret Life of Latin
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Wrong Side of...
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Their Enemies The Russians
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But what about the rest of us?
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
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Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
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On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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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...
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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.
Classical Wisdom
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Maths, Art, and the Moon
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
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A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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“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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When Did the Korean War Start?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
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“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
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The True Knights Templar
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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What is needed to stop violent cycles?
African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
11 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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Was Alexander Great?
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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The Tragedy of the Trenches
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
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On cartography as historical argument
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of...
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Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of his adopted city of Philadelphia and the aeronautical industry, and photographs of lightning. Setting out to prove “lightning bolts were not of the zig-zag form pictured by artists”,...
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
Patterns in Humanity
Age and infertility
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
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Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
10 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
TheCollector
England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
TheCollector
The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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What Is the Didache?
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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...
a month 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
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
TheCollector
10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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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...
10 months ago
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...
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
4 months ago
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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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...
7 months ago
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
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
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TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
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Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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