Two French publishing houses have opened a specialized bookshop in Paris, in the Pantheon area, called the “Librairie des grands caractères”, a way to grant even the visually impaired the luxury of a walk among books. And the sensual pleasure …
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Designed by sculptor Michael Condron and opened in 1998 by Carol Vorderman, the sculpture stands seven metres high. It is situated at one end of Crown Square in Woking Town Centre. The “War of the Worlds” was mainly written …
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MeWe has been around for quite some time, since 2012 to be precise but lately it is the most downloaded app on iOs in the United States. Which means that many are trying it. But what is MeWe? Practically a …
Who switches from Facebook to MeWe? Apparently many do… Read More »
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The singing postman 26 year old Nathan Evans from Ayreshire has gone viral on Tic Tok with the performance of sea shanties. The duet feature enables his followers to join in the singing, with very pleasing effect. Once you hear …
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This is the oldest piece of music that can be reconstructed and therefore played is the Hurrian Hymn no 6. It was found in the Royal Place of Ugarit which is found in modern Syria but those days was in …
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The Kindle Challenge is a new initiative by Amazon to encourage people to buy and read Kindle books, it’s an interesting concept that Kobo started years ago but then abandoned. Basically every month there will be some challenges and you …
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Who are Louis Wain’s cats? Today we are talking about the London-based illustrator Louis Wain interesting for several reasons. A movie about his life with Benedict Cumberbatch is soon to be released. He was one of the first to draw …
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Released on Christmas Day on Netflix, Bridgerton has made headlines online and off-line. The series is an adaptation of Julia Quinn’s series of romance novels set in the Regency Period. It may please some, but not everyone is convinced above …
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Every year on January 1st, many books enter the public domain either because they were published before 1925 (United States) or at least 70 years have passed since the author’s death (European Union and many other countries). This year it …
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The new series is called Natural History Museum: World of Wonder and will air every Thursday from January 7 at 8pm on Channel 5. The series documents the work of around 300 scientists at the museum and takes a …
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