TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
undefined
4 months ago
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
3 weeks ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
undefined
7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
undefined
a year ago
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
undefined
7 months ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
TheCollector
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
undefined
11 months ago
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
undefined
4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
undefined
7 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
undefined
3 months ago
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...
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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...
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
undefined
yesterday
TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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...
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
undefined
4 months ago
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
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
undefined
7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
undefined
a year ago
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
undefined
11 months ago
Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
undefined
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
11 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
undefined
11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
undefined
a month ago
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
3 weeks ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
undefined
a week ago
Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
African History...
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.
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
undefined
a year ago
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
undefined
8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
a month ago
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
undefined
4 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
undefined
a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
undefined
7 months ago
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
undefined
11 months ago
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
a month ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
a month ago
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
undefined
10 months ago
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
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
undefined
10 months ago
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
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
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
undefined
2 months ago
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
undefined
5 months ago
African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
undefined
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
undefined
6 months ago
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
2 weeks ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
undefined
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
undefined
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
undefined
11 months ago
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
a week ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
undefined
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
undefined
6 months ago
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
7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
undefined
a month ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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...
8 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 …...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
undefined
3 months ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 