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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
8 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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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,...
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
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“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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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...
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
10 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
a year ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
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[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
Classical Wisdom
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
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6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
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Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
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Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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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...
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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Animals of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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The Secrets of Crete
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
a year ago
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TheCollector
Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
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It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
History Today Feed
What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
yesterday
What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
5 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
5 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
8 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
2 months ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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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).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
4 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
3 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
a month ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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How Did Socrates Die?
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
11 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
5 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
11 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
2 months ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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‘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
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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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
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
a year ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
3 weeks ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
3 months ago
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
a month ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
2 weeks ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
a year ago
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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