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• Café Stefanie (Munich)

  

  I did not make my entry into the Bohème until I had pushed back the thick baize curtain behind the glass door of the Café Stefanie, seated myself at one of the... Read more

  The 18 July 2011 by   Praymont
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• Concert Review: The Age of Apocalypse

  

  Franz Welser-Möst conducts Bruckner's Eighth Symphony at Lincoln Center. Cleveland Orchestra music director Franz Welser-Möst. Photo by Mark Alan Lee © 2011... Read more

  The 17 July 2011 by   Superconductor
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• From the Archives: London's First Buses, the Lewisham Connection

  

  London's first bus route may have been north of the river, but south-east London has been crucial to the story too. London's early buses have been mentioned her... Read more

  The 17 July 2011 by   Carolineld
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• Opera Review: Hitting the Mark

  

  Rossini's Guillaume Tell at Caramoor. His aim is true: Daniel Mobbs as William Tell. Photo by Gino Palacio © 2011 Caramoor Festival. Friday night's performanc... Read more

  The 16 July 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Poison, Mistaken Identity and a Sermon

  In 1839, there was a mysterious death in Greenwich Park near the 'wilderness'. An unknown young man was found dead, apparently from poison. He was scruffily... Read more

  The 15 July 2011 by   Carolineld
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• Concert Review: First Shots Fired

  

  Bruckner (r)Evolution Opens at the Lincoln Center Festival Anton Bruckner. Portrait by Josef Büche. Wednesday night at Lincoln Center saw the opening of... Read more

  The 14 July 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Letter Carrier With Child In Mailbag

  

  image credit A photo from the 1900s from the archives of the National Postal Museum. After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children... Read more

  The 14 July 2011 by   Gerard
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• Egypt's Oldest Pyramid Saved From Collapse By Giant Airbags

  

  image credit Egypt's oldest pyramid has been saved from collapse by giant airbags which have been used to prop up the ceilings. The 4,700-year-old building... Read more

  The 14 July 2011 by   Gerard
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• James Madison and the Problem of Factions

  

  Factions are groups of citizens who unite under a common interest or goal, and James Madison argues in Federalist #10 that the formation of factions is the... Read more

  The 14 July 2011 by   Realizingresonance
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• Not To Be Missed: Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

  

  Walking through the Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty exhibition (on view through August 7) at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one is... Read more

  The 14 July 2011 by   Objectsnotpaintings
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