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• Wolf Hall: Costume and Authenticity

  

  My recent post about the upcoming series of Wolf Hall sparked a bit of a lively debate about the costuming over on my Facebook page, with some criticisms of... Read more

  The 03 January 2015 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Board Game Review – Smash Up: The Big Geeky Box

  

  This is more of a board game accessory rather than a board game itself. It’s to be used in conjunction with the game Smash Up. Read more

  The 15 January 2015 by   Manofyesterday
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• La Mode à La Cour De Marie Antoinette

  

  How beautiful is this book? I was pleased as punch when I got La mode à la Cour de Marie-Antoinette from my brother in law as a Christmas present, and also... Read more

  The 23 January 2015 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Reducing Laboratory Dissonance

  

  As part of my research on extreme ritual practices I’ve been trying to reacquaint myself with the theories concerning ‘cognitive dissonance’ pioneered by Leon... Read more

  The 22 January 2015 by   Cris
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• Museum of London Docklands

  

  As a huge fan of the Museum of London and someone with an interest in, shall we say, the grittier side of London’s rich and chequered history, I can’t believe... Read more

  The 05 January 2015 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Richard D. Walk Papers Open for Research

  

  - Contributed by Adam Beckler.Richard Walk (1945-1997) is best known for his research with the visual cliff, which he invented in collaboration with Eleanor J.... Read more

  The 26 January 2015 by   Chp
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• Clay Pipes and Anti-slavery

  

  From the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, clay pipes were used somewhat as cigarettes are today: they offered a relatively inexpensive way of smoking, and... Read more

  The 04 January 2015 by   Carolineld
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• The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions

  

  Pauling at his living room press conference, October 1963. Image credit: James McClanahan.[Ed Note: This is part one of a six-post series examining Pauling’s... Read more

  The 21 January 2015 by   Scarc
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• In Focus: Yousuf Karsh

  

  In Focus: Yousuf Karsh Yousuf Karsh seemed destined to become a photographer. Born in 1908, Karsh fled the ravages of war in Armenia and Syria and at age 17... Read more

  The 18 January 2015 by   Kendrajbean
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• Renaissance Magic & Science

  

  Few things could seem as far apart as magic and science, though if we consider the history of science, we find that the two were intimately twined. Read more

  The 24 January 2015 by   Cris
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