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roadrunnertwice
By Nick Fagerlund. More infoUpdated
Visit Scenic Bullet Hell shmup (n): Shortened form of “shoot-em-up;” a genre of 2D video games based on shooting down waves of enemies while dodging waves of projectiles. (Usually in an aircraft, usually scrolling in one direction, but not …
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The British Newspaper Archive Blog
Amazing finds and news from over 300 years of historical newspapers.
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Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week As we step into the New Year here at The Archive we’re delighted to welcome two brand new titles – the Cannock Chase Chronicle and the Walsall Chronicle – to our collection, as we’ve added …
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It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine
An independent, music magazine covering a wide range of alternative, underground and mostly non-mainstream musics.
By Klemen Breznikar. 🇸🇮 More infoUpdated
Daryl Johns | Interview | Inside Daryl Johns Diner Rock Chronicles Bassist, songwriter, and all-around sonic adventurer, Daryl Johns is bringing a fresh wave of euphoria from New Jersey to Los Angeles. His self-titled debut album, ‘Daryl Johns,’ is a 14-track anthem fest blending “diner rock” …
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P.C. Maffey
I write about ideas.
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Counting Ghosts A case for abandoning web analytics
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Bonkers about Perfume
Random Musings Of A Born-Again Perfume Anorak - An Aldehydic Blend Of Passion And Irreverence!
By Vanessa. More infoUpdated
Simon sniffs: a pioneering perfume protégé is doused down under in a fragrant Fitzroy foray Fraser Island by David Stanley (Nanaimo, Canada) via Wikimedia Commons It's been over a month since my last post, though there has been the Christmas runaround to contend with, plus it took me several weeks …
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Fifty Dresses
Sewing classic fashions from mid-century patterns.
By Karen. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
Thinking in Color It is always in the early days of December when I start to speculate on what the Pantone Color of the Year will be for the year to come. I’m not sure why I am …
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American Age Fashion
The Clothing of Older American Women, 1900-now.
By Lynn Mally. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
Rosa Parks’ New Year’s Card, late 1980s Library of Congress This photo shows Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks with her longtime friend and advocate, Elaine Steele. At about the time when this card was sent out, Steele had helped Parks start a …
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Pub History Project – Leicester
History and Beer.
By Barry Lount, Stephen Bunker. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
BULLS HEAD, 13 OXFORD STREET First record we have is circa 1815, William Haddon was the victular. John Briggs, circa 1827 – 1846. The Bulls Head was up for auction in 1842, whilst John Briggs was in occupation. Thomas Sarson, …
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Sky River Dolls
By Vega. More infoUpdated
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a man and his hoe
every chick deservers a mother.
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A First Frost History About to be Made You wouldn’t know it was the very end of November from the verdant hydrangea leaves. History is about to be made. The latest recorded first frost I could find for our area ranges from November …
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Keep Your Powder Dry
English Civil War wargaming, British Civil Wars, Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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Supplying The New Model Army Be still my beating heart. A book on the supply of clothing and equipment that relies heavily, and quotes, contemporary documents. Somehow, this book really ticks my boxes. Who'd have thunk it? What do you …
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Notes from a Room
By Peter Holm Jensen. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Home How can I feel I have arrived home in something that is in many ways so foreign to me? And yet beneath the surface it is not foreign at all, but a reversion to the …
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the urban prehistorian
the contemporary archaeology of prehistory.
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Do hunter gatherers dream of electric elk? What else would we be going to look at on a suburban street called Helleristningen, other than what this Norwegian word means: the rock carving. Situated in an area of housing in Åskollen, south of …
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Pike Blog
And barbel and chub and perch and carp and….
By Brian. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Double Dip The pike fishing is slow - did I mention that before? So thought I'd chuck out a cube of meat as well - see if I can get something to pull the line while I'm …
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Denerstein Unleashed
Rocky Mountain Movies & Denver Movie Review.
By Robert Denerstein. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
A woman of boundless scorn Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers a major performance in director Mike Leigh's Hard Truths, a piercing drama set in a British working-class milieu as seen through the lens of a Black family with Jamaican roots. Jean-Baptiste, who …