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Bringing It All Back Home
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Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
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The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
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a year ago
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Games Nations Play.
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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How Iran Won the West
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
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Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Classical Wisdom
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The Original Femme Fatales?
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
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'If we can't...
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
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The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
9 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a week ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
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TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Flashbak
Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
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“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
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
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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...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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