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The ECWtravelogue returns to Essex, a county about as far away from Chateau KeepYourPowderDry without getting your feet wet, or having your passport checked.But first, for other Essex Civil War related locations please see:-ColchesterCombined Military Services MuseumEssex was Eastern Association territory, so it barely saw any disquiet during the Wars, apart from the the events that unfolded in 1648 in Colchester.Audley End House was the home of Royalist, James Howard …

Seal Spotting at Angel Bay5 years since a still memorably wet walk on Great Orme. Might as well tick off its smaller brother at the promenade's other end, Little Orme.Little Orme from the Free Parking PromThree things that appeal to the walker;1 - Views - over Llandudno bay and Snowdonia's mountains.The Climb Rewarded at Little Orme TrigA second climb to Mynydd Pant for Snowdonia Views2 - Wildlife - As we …

It’s not easy to find an old-school store sign in Manhattan anymore. Sans serif typeface, glorious neon, a phone number without an area code—they’re a vanishing breed. But the hunt is easier in the outer boroughs. Here, development in many areas isn’t as furious, and neighborhood shops don’t face the kind of competition that forces them to refresh their look and logo so often. Case in point is the signage …

“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs' Matt Sebastian, explores the darker side of classic '80s alternative, including vintage goth, post-punk and industrial.

The following guest post from humanities scholar Katie Livingston is part of our Vanishing Culture series, highlighting the power and importance of preservation in our digital age. My Grann’s edition of The Grady County Extension Homemaker Council’s cookbook Down Home Cookin’ is missing its front and back cover. Once made of thin, flimsy pieces of plastic decorated with an old barn and windmill, the cover has long since fallen off …

Given a hash value, can you determine what algorithm produced it? Or what algorithm probably produced it? Obviously if a hash value is 128 bits long, then a 128-bit algorithm produced it. Such a hash value might have been produced by MD5, but not by SHA-1, because the former produces 128-bit hashes and the latter a 160-bit hash. The more interesting question is this: given an n-bit hash, can you …

Red Squirrel Awareness Week runs from30th September to 6th October 2024 Managing grey squirrel populations is important to ensure the recovery of our native reds. Find out from APHA’s Sarah Beatham how her team are developing a contraceptive to reduce grey squirrel numbers. --------- For Red Squirrel Awareness week (30 September to 6 October) the UK Squirrel Accord will be hosting webinars on red squirrel ecology and conservation, supporting one …

STS: Rudy Resplendent, Preacher Powell Gone Over the Line, and Sacrosanct StrandRUDY AND HIS BLACK AND WHITE DREAM COAT --- What becomes of clothes when we pass? I’d like mine to tour on mannequins as Rudy’s should have, perhaps did for all I know. Surely this stunning overcoat with fur collar and cuffs went somewhere other than Goodwill. Might a derelict on soup lines have ended up with it? Valentino …

Luigi Lucioni, Iris & Carnations, 1928. He was the first and youngest contemporary American Painter to have a work purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Cities across Southeast Asia use Singapore as a measuring stick for development progress. “The next Singapore” is a phrase that is often used in this context. These cities try to emulate Singapore by building luxury apartments and landmark towers to attract high net-wealth individuals and family offices. Instead of looking up at skyscrapers, cities should look down at the street level first. Singapore’s success starts at ground level with its …

A decade ago, I appeared on the 361 Podcast to give my advice about mobile security. This was the era of the iPhone 5 and Android KitKat. BlackBerry was trying to have (yet another) resurgence and Nokia was desperately trying to keep Windows Phone alive. What advice did I give then, and is it still relevant? Stay Sceptical In at number five is just stay sceptical. I mean, quite often, …

Trench warfare (Warning: the story of Ishmal Bernal's films Relasyon (The Affair, 1982) and Broken Marriage (1983) are discussed in close detail) Film available online (can't link to it directly though-- go look for yourself!), which is one reason why I'm reposting this. No English subtitles, alas. You might say Ishmael Bernal's Broken Marriage (1983), his follow-up to the successful melodrama Relasyon (The Affair, 1982), isn't quite as commercially or …

Many of us choir leaders are constantly on the look-out for new warm up ideas. Whenever I look on the internet, I always come across sheet music for vocalises. But these are only a small part of what a warm up should be. Vocalises are songs without words, chosen for their value as exercises in vocal technique. They date back to the mid-18th Century. But a vocal warm up is …

Favourite stage direction: “A memory. Which disintegrates more each time we visit it. Elements getting stripped away, including the words. Club. High off their faces. An indie classic plays.” (Waleed Akhtar’s The Real Ones) The post The Real Ones appeared first on Aleks Sierz.

Reports of the death of the traditional drinking pub have been greatly exaggerated, judging by the levels of trading across the category that shows a relatively healthy trend, as drinkers are increasingly choosing the pub rather than late-night venues including nightclubs and bars. Wet-led pubs have enjoyed a 10% increase in like-for-like sales on a…