The image below is taken from IndigoAlison’sFlickr series, Surf Widows at St. Ives. It’s a brilliant collection of photos Alison took while on vacation this year — she has painstakingly recorded mother after mother after…
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It’s difficult to keep track of what we’ve done — I keep a record in my little Moleskine which I carry everywhere, but without consulting it, our days blur into a whirl of museums and…
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Yesterday afternoon, I took a break from my essay-writing to attend a colloquium given by some of my colleagues in the English and the Fine Arts departments on William Blake and print culture. After a…
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That’s green enough for St. Patrick’s day, don’t you think? That’s a ribena sanguinea ‘White Icicles’ bud getting ready to burst into bloom. I was curious to see when it did that last year, and…
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Added March 16th, thanks to Ling Chan, Assistant to Managing Director for VOA: The manga is drawn by artist Fiona Meng. Rigoletto pictures should be credited to photographer Tim Matheson and the pictures for the…
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