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• Wolf Hall on BBC2 Recently Updated !

  

  As you probably all know by now, I am a MASSIVE HUUUGE fan of Hilary Mantel’s series of books about Thomas Cromwell (in fact, I’ve been a MASSIVE HUUUGE fan of... Read more

  The 30 December 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Tay Bridge Disaster

  

  This week marks the 135th anniversary of the Tay Bridge Disaster, which saw a train plunge into the River Tay during a storm on 28 December 1879. All those on... Read more

  The 28 December 2014 by   Carolineld
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• Murals in and Out: Camberwell Library and Bath House

  

  The Edwardian building housing Camberwell's former Passmore Edwards Library Bath House has two murals. The first is something of a local landmark, its tiles... Read more

  The 13 December 2014 by   Carolineld
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• Light up the Palace at Hampton Court

  

  It was one of the happiest days of my life when I found The Tudors on Netflix. Okay, I also own it on DVD, but there’s something really satisfying about spendin... Read more

  The 13 December 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Recap: Dressing Vivien Leigh

  

  2014 has been a wonderful year for Vivien Leigh, and the train is showing no signs of stopping. Just a couple weeks ago (December 5-7), London-based organizatio... Read more

  The 22 December 2014 by   Kendrajbean
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• Joséphine Crowned, 2nd December 1804

  

  Sunday, the second of December 1804 was the coldest day of the year, with snow overnight and freezing rain the next morning, which turned the streets of Paris t... Read more

  The 02 December 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Book Review – The Walking Dead Compendium 1 by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore &...

  

  This mammoth tome collects the first 48 issues of The Walking Dead, split up into 8 chapters (which can also be purchased as individual options, I think... Read more

  The 12 December 2014 by   Manofyesterday
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• Swallows and Amazons at Bristol Old Vic

  

  Swallows and Amazons: Photo: Bristol Old Vic/Simon Annand.I’ll admit that thanks to a combination of depression, illness and other assorted woes, I haven’t... Read more

  The 06 December 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• A Christmas Memory

  

  Linus Pauling, Jr.’s first Christmas, 1925.[Recollections on Christmas in the Pauling household, as compiled from an oral history interview with Linus Pauling,... Read more

  The 17 December 2014 by   Scarc
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• Non-Instinctive Language

  

  In terms of intellectual history, cognitive science is largely built on the Chomskyian idea that humans have an evolved language “instinct,” “organ,” or “module. Read more

  The 04 December 2014 by   Cris
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