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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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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
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
4 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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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
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
a year ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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8 months ago
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
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
2 months ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
12 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
TheCollector
Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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TheCollector
6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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9 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
12 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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a year ago
TheCollector
French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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a year ago
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
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...
a year ago
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
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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a year ago
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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a year ago
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...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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4 months ago
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
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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TheCollector
The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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TheCollector
5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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TheCollector
Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
Wrong Side of...
Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
a week ago
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
TheCollector
10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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TheCollector
Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
8 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
6 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
2 months ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
2 weeks ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
3 weeks ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
yesterday
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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TheCollector
5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
11 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
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For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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TheCollector
What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
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Is it good to question everything?
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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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...
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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The Pompeii Mosaics
Frozen by Fire
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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a year ago
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
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TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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Hundred Rabbits
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.
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
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Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
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What Was Négritude?
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
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But can they get their heads round it?
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
9 months ago
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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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...
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“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...
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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