TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Ovid's Dating Advice
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Classical Wisdom
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
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“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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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...
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Trump and the Rise of Asia
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Classical Wisdom
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Origins of Stoicism
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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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...
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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The Nature of Love
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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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...
3 weeks 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
Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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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...
over a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
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Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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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...
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
8 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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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...
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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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
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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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...
10 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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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
10 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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4 months ago
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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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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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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4 months ago
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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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.
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
10 months ago
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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a year ago
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
a month ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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a year ago
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
a month ago
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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6 months ago
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
2 weeks ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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7 months ago
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
a week ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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5 months ago
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