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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Global Inequality...
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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What Is Thatcherism?
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
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11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
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a complete history of an African monument
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Flashbak
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...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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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.
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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What Is Solipsism?
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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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 -...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Classical Wisdom
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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A Collection of...
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This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
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The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
2 weeks ago
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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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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Flashbak
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...
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”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...
TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
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TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Animals of the Ancient World
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
10 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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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...
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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
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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9 months ago
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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7 months ago
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When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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12 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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a year ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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5 months ago
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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5 months ago
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The Electoral College Explained
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2 months ago
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 months ago
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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5 months ago
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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6 months ago
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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".
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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8 months ago
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
10 months ago
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
6 months ago
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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6 months ago
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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11 months ago
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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6 months ago
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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11 months ago
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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a year ago
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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9 months ago
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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a year ago
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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7 months ago
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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8 months ago
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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12 months ago
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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a month ago
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
Flashbak
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...
6 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...
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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4 months ago
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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4 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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10 months ago
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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a year ago
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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8 months ago
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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a year ago
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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a month ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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3 months ago
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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8 months ago
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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a month ago
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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a year ago
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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a year ago
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 months ago
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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8 months ago
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
a month ago
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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10 months ago
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 months ago
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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a year ago
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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2 months ago
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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
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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8 months ago
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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3 months ago
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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4 months ago
Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
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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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
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