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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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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
2 weeks ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
3 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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10 months ago
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
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
4 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year 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...
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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a year ago
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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a year ago
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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a year 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?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
9 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
6 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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8 months ago
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
3 months ago
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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a year ago
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.
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