TheCollector
Who Invented the Ukulele?
undefined
a week ago
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
8 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
11 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
TheCollector
Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
undefined
6 days ago
TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
9 months ago
TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
3 weeks ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
undefined
a year 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
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
3 weeks ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
a week ago
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
a week ago
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
5 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
undefined
11 months ago
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"
TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
2 months ago
The world that created Caravaggio
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
3 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
What Were the Consolations of Boethius?
undefined
5 days ago
TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A History of the United States Supreme Court
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
undefined
10 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...
3 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
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
a month ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
a month ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
undefined
9 months ago
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 Were The Pentagon Papers?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
undefined
a year ago
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
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
undefined
12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
undefined
10 months ago
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
3 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
3 weeks ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
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...
9 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...
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
undefined
3 days ago
Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
undefined
3 months ago
African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
5 days ago
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
undefined
3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
undefined
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
undefined
3 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
undefined
5 months ago
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...
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
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
undefined
8 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
4 weeks ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
TheCollector
Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt ...
a year ago
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
2 weeks ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
undefined
12 months ago
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
undefined
10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
undefined
9 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
2 months ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
undefined
a year 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...
6 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...
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Athena
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
undefined
8 months ago
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.
Classical Wisdom
Less than ONE Week Left
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
undefined
6 days ago
TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
undefined
6 months ago
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
a year ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
undefined
5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
undefined
a year ago
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
undefined
11 months ago
Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
2 weeks ago
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
undefined
8 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
a week ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
undefined
10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
2 days ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
undefined
7 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
undefined
a year ago
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
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
undefined
3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
4 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
undefined
3 months ago
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
undefined
a year ago
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
Open Culture
How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of...
a week ago
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
undefined
10 months ago
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
12 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
a month ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
undefined
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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...
a year 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
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
undefined
11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
undefined
7 months ago
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
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
undefined
11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
undefined
7 months ago