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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Wrong Side of...
Hearing the language of Christ on the road to Damascus
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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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
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
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a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
6 months ago
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
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"
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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TheCollector
History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
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a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
2 months ago
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
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...
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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2 months ago
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
a month ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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a year ago
Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
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For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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a month ago
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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a year ago
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
6 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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11 months ago
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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
TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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9 months 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.
TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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10 months ago
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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a week ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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10 months ago
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...
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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a year ago
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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11 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
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
9 months ago
TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
3 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
a month ago
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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...
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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. …...
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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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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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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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...
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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...
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
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If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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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....
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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A Brief History of Chile
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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 ...
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“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...
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The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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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...
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“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‘...
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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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...
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 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,...
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
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No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
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And not just the fighting bit.
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
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And does it need to be true to be important?
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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