23 hours ago by Jim McNeill

Well, who can explain the story behind the image below of happenings in the sky above the Touraine during the 5th to the 15th August, 1670? I have no idea if the blazing planks represent comets or meteors ~ but certainly the warring armies in the heavens have got to indicate that there was either a ...

3 days ago by Reader's Digest

This book presents a complex and intriguing portrait of the Royal Society around the time of its founding, mixed with adventures in European politics and espionage. Some of the characters (particularly Eliza) are really compelling, and it's a treat to see the great minds of the Royal Society in acti ...

4 days ago by Dang Nguyen

Nancy Johnson Productions came to Studio Hinrichs to update their identity and communication systems for its biannual San Francisco Antiquarian Book Print & Paper show. The result is a classic Firmin Didot letterform filled with marbleized paper commonly found in the end papers of antiquarian books. ...

5 days ago by Arleigh

Dark Angels by Karleen Koen When her affianced suddenly married one of her closest friends, lady-in-waiting Alice Verney traveled to France to serve Charles II’s sister, Henriette–married to Monsieur, Louis XIV’s brother, and known as Madame in the French court. Leaving Queen Catherine and her homel ...

10 days ago by Personal Concerns

Wanted to share this wonderful poem that has been on my mind for the last few days. I was quite amazed by the technique here! The Flea by John Donne —————————————————————————————– Mark but this flea, and mark in this How little that which thou deniest me is ; It suck’d me first, and now sucks [...]

12 days ago by Momtaz Begum-Hossain

Project Launch: 8th Feb 2012 I found out about this fascinating new project via email but there's no web presence in order to tweet the details so I decided to post them here instead! If you're interested in fabric, textiles and fashion then this could the perfect volunteering opportunity for you (b ...

12 days ago by Damien

The main development or change in how Descartes understands the mind from Meditations on First Philosophy to Passions of the Soul is that in this latter book his theory makes it possible for the body to act without the mind. In fact, I argue, he doesn’t leave the mind any way to affect the body at a ...

14 days ago by Bob Gibson

The small Bedfordshire town of Ampthill (about 7 miles south of Bedford) seems an unlikely resting place of the first English Governor of New York. Richard Nicolls was the military officer sent to take New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664.and became the first British Governor of New York, remaining ...

15 days ago by Michael Haykin

Lavenham parish church is reckoned to be one of the most beautiful Anglican church buildings in the entire county of Suffolk, something that I can attest from personal experience, having visited the church last September. For a hundred years, from 1578 to 1679, the church was served by a succession ...

16 days ago by Eva aka Aleydis