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Friday Procrastination: Link Love

What Rebecca has been reading.

From Jolson to Mariah:
The Ten Worst Musical Films Ever Made

A top-ten-list.

Brick – Podictionary Word of the Day

The podictionary word of the week is “brick”.

 
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Historical Thesaurus: On Kinship

Professor Christian Kay from the HTOED team blogs about one of her favourite sections of the Historical Thesaurus.

What is Art?

Roger Scruton argues that there are universal standards by which to judge art.

Good God and Etymology

Anatoly Liberman discusses the etymologies of “good” and “god” and demonstrates the two words are not related.

Gaspard de Coligny and the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

An excerpt from Martyrs and Murderers by Stuart Carroll.

Happy Belated 40th Birthday To The Internet!

Dennis Baron wishes the internet a happy birthday!

Keith Bardwell: Wrong But Not Alone

Peggy Pascoe looks at Justice of Pece Keith Bardwell’s refusal to marry Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay.

All Politics is Not Local

Elvin Lim looks at the upcoming elections.

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