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TheCollector
How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt) undefined
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History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways j.hoare Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms? undefined
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Res Obscura
Why drug history? Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
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5 Female Heroes of World War II undefined
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe *my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?) My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
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My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact. Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
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When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce undefined
7 months ago
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know undefined
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages undefined
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany undefined
9 months ago
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts) undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In? Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
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Stock Car Racing in 1972 In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty JamesHoare Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable? Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable? JamesHoare Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024 Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
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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...
TheCollector
Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy? undefined
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts undefined
9 months ago
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages undefined
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met undefined
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists undefined
9 months ago
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous? undefined
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art undefined
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis undefined
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele undefined
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review ‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review JamesHoare Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800) undefined
3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn). uxn,...
TheCollector
A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981 “Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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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  ...
TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers? undefined
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TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language undefined
a month ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
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This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough? undefined
a year ago
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...
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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
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead Arguing with the Dead JamesHoare Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background? undefined
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and... .
10 months ago
TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism? undefined
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen? undefined
a year ago
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900) Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist undefined
3 months ago
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary undefined
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum undefined
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends undefined
a year ago
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome undefined
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure? undefined
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection undefined
a year ago
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever undefined
a year ago
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant” undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together? undefined
7 months ago
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970 In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
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This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism? undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand undefined
7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Adelie, released a program to create slideshows. GrimGrains,...
History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire? What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire? JamesHoare Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
TheCollector
Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius? undefined
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TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics undefined
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth? And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness undefined
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TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know undefined
3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959) This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality? undefined
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages? undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
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This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne JamesHoare Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England The Women who Forged Medieval England JamesHoare Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories) Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar The True Knights Templar j.hoare Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides? Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters undefined
9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go! We left our mooring at...
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will undefined
a year ago
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974) So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future.  I recently found she had also...
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman? undefined
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TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact? undefined
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists. The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples undefined
9 months ago
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal undefined
9 months ago
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Last Chance!
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento? undefined
11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister? undefined
2 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
History Today Feed
Euripides’ Lost Plays Euripides’ Lost Plays JamesHoare Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company? undefined
11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023 Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
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Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist undefined
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess Babylon’s Mystery Goddess JamesHoare Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023 Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History undefined
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America? undefined
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London undefined
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc undefined
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches undefined
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth? undefined
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop.  ...
TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization undefined
a year ago
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring? An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
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An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen? undefined
6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary. In...
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How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary. In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers? undefined
12 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India The Death of Clive of India JamesHoare Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936 Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays? undefined
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History? Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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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...
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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
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula? undefined
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World undefined
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims undefined
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs? undefined
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970) Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas.  I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
TheCollector
Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims undefined
7 months ago
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know undefined
10 months ago
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled) undefined
a year ago
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples) undefined
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art undefined
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967 Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk undefined
a year ago
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ... Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield undefined
11 months ago
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia undefined
8 months ago
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War undefined
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes? undefined
7 months ago
Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
2 months ago
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly? undefined
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal? undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle More Than A Philosopher
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Philosopher Kings
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique? undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy) Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots “The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt  ...
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“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt   Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932) Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week. Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...