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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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Spartan Training
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
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a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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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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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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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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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Myths and Metamorphoses
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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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...
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
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The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
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TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Roman Empire Podcasts
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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...
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
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Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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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
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
3 months ago
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
4 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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