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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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a year ago
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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a year ago
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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6 months ago
TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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.
TheCollector
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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4 days ago
TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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a year ago
TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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10 months ago
TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
6 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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10 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
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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6 months ago
TheCollector
History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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6 months ago
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
a month ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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a year ago
TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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5 months ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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a year ago
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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12 months ago
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