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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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TheCollector
Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
a month ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
2 weeks ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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4 days ago
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...
TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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...
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
2 weeks ago
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
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
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TheCollector
Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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TheCollector
What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Flashbak
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...
a year 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...
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
9 months ago
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
5 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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"
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
12 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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TheCollector
Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
12 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
4 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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3 months ago
TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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11 months ago
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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a year ago
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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5 months ago
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