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Tag Archives: Great Britain
1963: A Colour Guide to Clouds
Each time you look at the sky, try to identify the clouds in it and test whether the explanations given in the book could be true for them. Gradually you will come to know the important clouds and the circumstances … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Books, Great Britain, Harry Wexler, Meteorology, Photography, Richard Scorer, The Sky, Weather
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1871: Wasp in a Wig
In 1870, illustrator John Tenniel wrote to Lewis Carroll suggesting that he delete an episode from Through the Looking-Glass: Don’t think me brutal, but I am bound to say that the ‘wasp’ chapter doesn’t interest me in the least, & … Continue reading
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Tagged 1870's, 1970's, 19th Century, Alice, Animals, Art, Books, Great Britain, Illustation, Ilustration, Insects, John Tenniel, Lewis Carroll, Martin Gardner, Poetry, Ralph Steadman, Wasps, Wigs
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1939: A Cat Standing on Its Hind Legs
Louis Wain: A cat standing on its hind legs, formed by patterns supposed to be in the “Early Greek” style (1925-1939).
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Art, Cats, Drawing, Great Britain, Louis Wain
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1991: Time’s Arrow
In Martin Amis’s 1991 novel, Time’s Arrow, time flows backwards. It’s not simply that the events are narrated in reverse order; rather, it’s as if the characters were in a film being show in reverse. Here’s how eating works, for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, Books, Fascism, Germany, Great Britain, Josef Mengele, Martin Amis, Time, Writing, WWII
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1773: An Extraordinary Animal
In his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, James Boswell famously recounts his travels with Samuel Johnson in the highlands and western islands of Scotland. The year was 1773; Johnson was in his mid-sixties. In an 1885 edition of … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Animals, Art, Australia, Books, George Stubbs, Great Britain, James Boswell, Kangaroos, Mammals, Painting, Samuel Johnson, Scotland
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1842: Snowstorm
J. M. W. Turner: Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth (c 1842)
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Tagged 1840's, 19th Century, Art, Great Britain, J. M. W. Turner, Painting, Seascapes
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1357: Fruit
In passynge be the lond of CATHAYE toward the higℏ ynde & toward BACHARYE, men passen be a kyngdom þat men clepen CALDILHE, þat is a fuƚƚ fair contre. And þere growetℏ a maner of fruyt as þougℏ it weren … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Century, Animals, Books, Chaldia, Food and Drink, Great Britain, John Mandeville, Oddities, Plants
