TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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TheCollector
The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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7 months ago
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
a week ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
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...
9 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
How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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3 months ago
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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11 months ago
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?
TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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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
TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
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...
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
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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TheCollector
Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
History Today Feed
‘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
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Flashbak
Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
a month ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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TheCollector
What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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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.
History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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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
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
3 days ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
2 weeks ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
2 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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8 months ago
Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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a year ago
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
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a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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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...
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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...
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The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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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...
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“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 …...
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...
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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...
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Classics Gifts!
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Patterns in Humanity
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...
TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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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...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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A History of the United States Senate
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Who Was Vortigern?
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Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
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a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Ancient Anxiety
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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