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Riddle of a Lady Anthony Gilbert published 1956 This was recommended to me after my recent post on Secretaries in Books appeared, and indeed we do have here a Queen of the Typewriter in ‘a long unfashionable coat and a hat with a wreath of flowers round it.’. Miss Bainbridge works for Henry Greatorex, in a small town family solicitors’ firm. Henry is a man of charm, very attractive to …

Juno House was officially opened by Mrs Annie Smith, a Minerva Estate resident since 1948, on Tuesday 5th June 2007.Anne Ambrose - ChairMichael Tyrrell - Chief ExecutiveTHCH

Learn how I started to go off-grid @Home, and warming up to getting real (spendy). #solar #microgen

Last week, I posted about wanting to hire a designer who can ship. As of today, applications are officially open! ⭐ 👉🏽 APPLY HERE 👈🏽 ⭐ A word of caution: please read my tips! It’s important to me to work with someone thoughtful and considerate who pays attention, and ignoring my guidelines is a great way to show me that we’re already not a good fit to work together. For …

Here are the best and most interesting articles, blog posts, videos, podcasts, and GitHub repositories I’ve run into over the last week (September 30, 2024 - October 6, 2024). Enjoy! Microsoft / Dotnet / Azure - Other Software Dev - Tech and Science - Leadership - Project Management / Agile - Social Media - Non-Tech / Random - Videos - GitHub Repos Here are some posts I’ve written in the …

One of the most interesting developments in the little world of political theory / philosophy in recent years has been the mass resignation of the editorial teams of both Philosophy & Public Affairs, and Journal of Political Philosophy. Public statements from both groups suggested they were disturbed by their existing publishers’ injunctions to publish in higher quantities, perhaps at the cost of academic quality. Both ultimately moved en masse to …

Something foul is in the air—are you the culprit behind the stink? Fear not, because Airheads is here to save the day with a burst of freshness! If stinky feet are your Halloween horror, we’ve got just the thing to turn your nightmare into a sweet dream. Instead of walking around with smelly shoes, you’ll be strutting your stuff with the irresistible scent of candy. Thanks to Airheads’ cherry-scented foot …

Most New Yorkers probably don’t think too much about their apartment hallway. It’s a typically narrow, empty space closed off by shut doors that we only pass through to get to the elevator or stairwell. Artist Charles L. Goeller decided to use a hallway as the inspiration of this undated painting. “Tenement Hallway,” as Goeller titled it, may seem flat and one-dimensional at first glance. But the more you look …

Wildflowers are multitaskers. They are a source of food for your friendly neighbourhood insects but also benefit the soil.

After bowing in the eclectic Sundance Midnight program in January in Utah, "Your Monster" won the 2024 Audience Favourite Award in June at the Sundance Film Festival: London.

The membership of the America the Beautiful for All coalition stretches from the Marianas to Maine, Alaska to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. We are the largest, most diverse coalition of its kind to ever exist in the United States. Last week, 170+ conservation, climate change, and community leaders from across the United States ... Read More "6 Ways to Support the America the Beautiful for All Coalition" »

For like a year we've been sporadically reading the 1980 Barry Malzberg collection The Man Who Loved the Midnight Lady. Today let's finish it up with the final five pieces of fiction in the book, all of them from the period 1977-1980. But first, links to my blog posts on the previous 23 stories in the volume. “On the Air”“Here, for Just a While”“In the Stocks”“The Man Who Married a …

Written by MichaelWell, this post won’t be as long. I’ve given up on this session after reaching what was almost definitely a dead end. And that’s after beating the darn ghost!This will be less of a blow-by-blow of the steps I’ve taken, and more of just a list of failures and frustrations.First, going back to the grave to dig up stuff that was stolen from me results in death, from …

Got back from Ilfracombe just in time for a quick shower and a bite to eat before we all set off for a walk over the hill to The Rock at Georgham. Was sat in the sun drinking a perfect pint of Butty Bach when I got an email from Joel Squires saying that unfortunately he wasn't going to be able to meet up for a bass session this weekend, …

Plans to upgrade access at a Docklands Light railway station in the midst of new housing have been approved by Newham Council. Pontoon Dock station will see two new escalators taking passengers to the station via a mezzanine level in a growing area along the Canning Town to Woolwich Arsenal branch. Looking east along the DLR tracks This stretch has seen thousands of new homes though many vast plots sit …