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• The Banqueting House

  

  After feasting my eyes on the delights of In Fine Style in the Queen’s Gallery, I headed off by foot to Whitehall in search of the Banqueting House, where I... Read more

  The 13 May 2013 by   Mmeguillotine
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• London Sewing Machine Museum

  

  London is best known for its large, national museums - and they are very fine. However, one of its hidden joys is the scattering of small, unusual museums in th... Read more

  The 05 May 2013 by   Carolineld
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• Conservation Complete!

  

  The west wall of the Painted Hall, that elaborate dining room at the heart of Greenwich's Old Royal Naval College, is now unveiled. Read more

  The 03 May 2013 by   Carolineld
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• Book of the Month: The Witchery of Sleep

  

  - Contributed by Emily Gainer.May’s book of the month is a fascinating turn-of-the-century book about an often perplexing topic: SLEEP. Read more

  The 01 May 2013 by   Chp
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• Chernobyl, 27 Years Later

  

  image credit: bbcworldservice cc Last Friday was the anniversary of the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. On April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclea... Read more

  The 01 May 2013 by   Gerard
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• We Say We Want Peace Then We Kill Our Only Hope (Bloggers For Peace)

  

  Dublin Foundling HospitalThe Foundling HospitalsA couple of kilometers from where I am typing this post is St James’ Hospital. Read more

  The 25 April 2013 by   Rohan
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• The OSU Era

  

  LPI Director Balz Frei, 2010.[A history of the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, Part 7 of 8] Despite Linus Pauling’s death in August 1994,... Read more

  The 24 April 2013 by   Scarc
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• The Lighthouse - A Toronto House History

  

  A few years ago I wrote that I live in a red brick Victorian row house. It’s 17 feet wide and three storeys tall. It's positioned in the middle of seven... Read more

  The 23 April 2013 by   Thecleverpup
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• Almost Heaven

  

  Utopia. Sounds like a good idea—what’s not to like? There have been a number of attempts to form utopias in this sad, violent, and secular world, and although... Read more

  The 23 April 2013 by   Steveawiggins
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• Lucien Lévy-Bruhl: Animist “Primitives”

  

  At the conclusion of my post on RR Marett, I noted that for all his keen insights into the expansively causal and perhaps even cosmological nature of animist... Read more

  The 21 April 2013 by   Cris
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