Friday, 29 November 2013
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Monday, 11 November 2013
BBC News - Cambridge: Chinese tourists pay homage to poet Xu Zhimo
BBC News - Cambridge: Chinese tourists pay homage to poet
The poet is Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), and the poem "Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again".
In 1921-2 Xu Zhimo studdied at King's College, Cambridge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Zhimo , where you can read the poem about Cambridge.
The poet is Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), and the poem "Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again".
In 1921-2 Xu Zhimo studdied at King's College, Cambridge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Zhimo , where you can read the poem about Cambridge.
Sunday, 10 November 2013
Friday, 8 November 2013
Thursday, 7 November 2013
Jonathan Meades: why I went postal … and turned my snaps into postcards | Art and design | The Guardian
Jonathan Meades: why I went postal … and turned my snaps into postcards | Art and design | The Guardian
I used to get my own postcards printed, with my own photos - some realistic, others "distorted" in an artistic way. Now Bonusprint no longer produce postcards, and I haven't yet found another reasonably priced printer of postcards.
A link to some of the images.
Inspiration to go and create some images of my own ..................................
I used to get my own postcards printed, with my own photos - some realistic, others "distorted" in an artistic way. Now Bonusprint no longer produce postcards, and I haven't yet found another reasonably priced printer of postcards.
A link to some of the images.
Inspiration to go and create some images of my own ..................................
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Monday, 4 November 2013
Saturday, 2 November 2013
"An Audience with an Elephant, and other encounters on the eccentric side" by Byron Rogers
I've enjoyed reading this book - an idea book to dip into, reading an article at a time. "Ghost Train to Stalybridge" is a masterpiece!
The topics are wide-ranging and unexpected - they include: a tortoise brought home from World War 1; catching a nine foot long royal sturgeon; The lost children - Gwenllian or Wencilian of Sempringham, Lincolnshire - daughter of Llywelyn, Prince of Wales; Epynt, the site of an army base in Wales; R.S. Thomas; speechwiter to the Prince of Wales; Brixworth church; Patrick Barnes, the octogenarian trathlete; the Hanbury explosion; a bunker for sale in Edgbaston; Waltham Abbey bomb factory; the Communist party of Thame; the Duchess of Argyll; Bernard Pettifer, thr government Butler; Alliance of Literary Societies; Joymead, the Secret Garden of Farthingstone; Syd Dernley, the last executioner, the "Gallows Humorist".
I bought my copy secondhand, on the Greek island of Naxos - a copy withdrawn from Monash Public Library Service, Victoria, Australia. Now I bet that that book would have an interesting story to tell of its life as a library book in Australia, how it ended up on naxos, and its soo-to-be trip back to England!
The topics are wide-ranging and unexpected - they include: a tortoise brought home from World War 1; catching a nine foot long royal sturgeon; The lost children - Gwenllian or Wencilian of Sempringham, Lincolnshire - daughter of Llywelyn, Prince of Wales; Epynt, the site of an army base in Wales; R.S. Thomas; speechwiter to the Prince of Wales; Brixworth church; Patrick Barnes, the octogenarian trathlete; the Hanbury explosion; a bunker for sale in Edgbaston; Waltham Abbey bomb factory; the Communist party of Thame; the Duchess of Argyll; Bernard Pettifer, thr government Butler; Alliance of Literary Societies; Joymead, the Secret Garden of Farthingstone; Syd Dernley, the last executioner, the "Gallows Humorist".
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