Friday procrastination: link love – manhattanhenge, metaphors and Alice Munro
What Rebecca has been reading.
What Rebecca has been reading.
Donald Ritchie looks at the reporting of Watergate.
The podictionary word of the week is “tarmac”.
OUP UK Publicity Manager Juliet Evans snags some bargains at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and looks to 17th century gardener John Evelyn for some tips on how to make the most of them.
Advice from Helen Gurley Brown.
Anatoly’s monthly gleanings.
A look at Rwanda after the genocide and the violence that led to the Kibeho massacre.
Owen Davies, professor of social history at the University of Hertfordshire, has written extensively about the history of magic, witchcraft and ghosts. His most recent book, Grimoires: A History of Magic Books, is a history of magic books that takes us from ancient Eygpt, through Kabbalah, Scandinavian witchcraft, 19th-century Egyptology, West African folk religion, a […]
Michelle discusses the premiere of A Check-Room Romance–and what happens when music and graphic art merge into one theatrical genre.
An excerpt from The G.I. Bill: A New Deal For Veterans.
Patricia Fara looks at women in science who have inspired her.
Many lessons can be gleaned from watching reruns of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’: Indirect sunlight is not an unlife-ender for vampires. Some small-town mayors may yearn to become giant unholy snake things (no surprise there). As Cordelia Chase said, “People, you’ve got to leave your tombs earthed.” (Whoops, that was on the Buffy spinoff Angel—but whatever).
The podictionary word of the week is “hurricane”.
Elvin Lim looks at Obama and abortion.
Cassie looks at how her favorite Star Trek terms were used in the new movie.
Dr Jon Lawrence reflects on the history of the public facing politicians in light of the recent MPs’ expenses scandal in the UK.