TheCollector
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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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
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
a month ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
History Today Feed
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
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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A History of the United States Senate
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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TheCollector
The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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a year ago
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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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 Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
TheCollector
‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
a month ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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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
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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TheCollector
Who Was Susan Sontag?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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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...
8 months ago
“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...
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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History and Myth
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
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TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Lost and Found
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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