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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...
TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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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
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
3 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
3 hours ago
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Flashbak
Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
a week ago
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
2 weeks ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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TheCollector
Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to...
a week ago
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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a year ago
TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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a year ago
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
3 months ago
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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TheCollector
Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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TheCollector
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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TheCollector
Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
2 weeks ago
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
2 weeks ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
10 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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