TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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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...
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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9 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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TheCollector
The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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9 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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3 weeks ago
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
4 months ago
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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a year ago
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...
a week ago
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...
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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a year ago
Flashbak
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...
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
2 months ago
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
3 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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12 months ago
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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a week ago
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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4 days ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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TheCollector
What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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6 months ago
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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6 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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4 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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a year ago
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...
a month ago
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...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
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...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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a year ago
Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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5 months ago
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
10 months ago
TheCollector
Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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6 days ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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11 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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10 months ago
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
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“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...
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Overcoming Bias
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
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No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
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7 African Myths About Animals
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
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I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
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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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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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What Was Négritude?
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Monsters and Myths
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
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“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
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I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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