TheCollector
Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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The War on the Countryside
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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American polarisation
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
4 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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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...
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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...
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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...
Classical Wisdom
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The Mother of Rome
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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The Mystery of the Mind
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The Best of the Best
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TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
TheCollector
What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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over a year ago
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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History Today Feed
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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What Was the First Written Language?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
11 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
6 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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.
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year 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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5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
11 months ago
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
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The world that created Caravaggio
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Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
a month ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
8 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Athena
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
11 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
TheCollector
Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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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?
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
5 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 months ago
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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2 months ago
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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11 months ago
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
10 months ago
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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11 months ago
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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10 months ago
CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
7 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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What Were the Consolations of Boethius?
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
7 months ago
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
4 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
9 months ago
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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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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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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8 months ago
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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a year ago
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 months ago
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