12 hours ago by Cathy Linacre

Lecture by Peter Cherry of Trinity College, Dublin, focusing on one picture in the current exhibition at the National Gallery “ Sacred made real”. He used “Saint Serapion” as a way of looking at the live and works of it’s artist Zurbaran. He looked at why he tended to work for the Orders , despite t ...

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14 hours ago by admin

Allen Owen asked: bscure Japanese martial art known only to military servicemen and martial arts aficionados, Jiujitsu has gained mass popularity with the help of fast-rising mixed martial arts competitions covered by the media. Various MMA competitions such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s G ...

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20 hours ago by Clare Sager

Well, not a slapper in that sense, but a slap sole shoe. These are from the Northampton Museum, which has the world’s largest collection of footwear. How handy, then, that my mum lives in Northampton! When I have a new camera, I’ll be paying another visit to the museum, but back to the shoes… It is ...

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1 day ago by megaadmin

Biznets asked: Many people love collecting antiques. This is a passion that many people know too well. This is the same passion that people collecting antique clocks share as well. They would go out of their way just to find the best items. With the advent of the Internet, many of these people have ...

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1 day ago by Warren Stewart

We are fortunate that Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, unlike most of the nuns composing for convents in the 17th century, had the opportunity to publish some of her music. Had her works not been printed on the press of Venetian publisher Alessandro Vincenti, they would most likely have met the same fate ...

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1 day ago by Gina-B

I've just finished my latest article for Your Wardrobe Unlock'd: the Costume Maker's Companion, "Embellinshing with Ribbons: Bows, Rosettes and Cockades". This should be published in the December issue. It has step-by-step photos so that you can produce some of these yourself, and I'm hoping that al ...

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1 day ago by Caitlin GD Hopkins

Begat Eggleston According to the vital records of Windsor, CT, Begat Eggleston was "nere 100 yer ould" when he died in 1674. This seems slightly unlikely to me, in part because his youngest child, Benjamin, was born only 21 years before. Then again, perhaps Begat lived up to his name and kept on beg ...

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3 days ago by Hunter

Beginning in the 12th century, Arab physicians began to prescribe their patients a most unorthodox remedy: the ground remains of mummies procured from Egyptian tombs. As Islamic Arabs of the day did not regard the ancient Egyptians as ancestors, the practice was widely accepted and so-called mummy p ...

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4 days ago by Dictionary

Sweet flowers alone can say what passion fears revealing Thomas Hood poem, The Language of Flowers Flowers and bouquets of flowers have a meaning of their own. Most of us know that a dozen red roses means, “Be mine.” But did you know, for example, that a primrose means, “I can’t live without you,” o ...

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4 days ago by Clare Sager

As a reward for doing the boring but necessary task of visiting employment agencies all day, I allowed myself to spend the last of my gift card. I tried to order the Kyoto Fashion book, but they couldn’t order it as it was out of stock (meh!). But nevermind, ’cause it means I got to buy this piece o ...

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