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Some of you may have noticed that I have an account on Bluesky. Fear not, I have no plans to start using it. The only reason why I have it is because I wanted to see how painful it was to connect my domain name after a conversation I had with Rob since I was telling him that it was time to abandon the sinking Twitter ship. And if it …

A remarkable collection of artistic experiments lands at Aberdeen Art Gallery this weekend. The gallery opens its doors to Artist Textiles - Picasso to Warhol, a collection that shows what happens when names like Picasso and Warhol work with clothing and textiles.The exhibition presents over 130 pieces where 40 artists have stepped away from canvas, to work with fabric. These aren’t just drawings printed on material - they show how …

Remote Scottish islands are among our more enduringly popular posts, and this latest one, priced at £125,000, is sure to spark the imagination. Eilean Loch Oscair is northwest of the Island of Lismore within the Firth of Lorne. The almost 10-acre island croft is in one of the least explored locations on the West Coast and is accessible only via helicopter or boat. The island is marketed as an ‘opportunity …

Selection: Soldier In The Rain (H. Mancini) https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/fukumura-hiroshi-quintet_soldier-in-the-rain_three-blind-mice_tbm19_1973.mp3 . . . (Note: soft tick in the first half minute of the selection) Track List A1 Morning Flight (S. Mukai) 11:14A2 Imagination, Opus 1 (H. Fukumura)13:02B1 Winter Song (John Surman) 5:20B2 Cousin Mary (John Coltrane) 6:54B3 Soldier In The Rain (H. Mancini) 11:31 Artists Tsutomu Okada, bass; Shinji Mori, drums; Hiroshi Tamura, piano; Hiroshi Fukumura, Shigeharu Mukai (向井滋春), trombone ; Yoshihiko …

by Joe Reid Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, also known as Doppelgänger in England, is a British science fiction film directed by Robert Parrish and produced by marionette/miniature wizards Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (Stingray, Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Supercar, etc.). Dig that 2001 type As a movie, it is both visually appealing and … Continue reading [November 22, 1969] Crash and Burn (the movie Journey to the Far …

Charlotte Bilekoff. Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge. University of California Press, 2024. 267 pages. Food processing is a big issue these days (witness RFK Jr’s pledge to get ultra-processed foods out of school meals) and I was interested to see what food studies scholar Charlotte Biltekoff had to say about it. Her thesis: When people say they want to eat “real food” rather than …

Vanessa Kimbell is a sourdough baker and food activist based in Northamptonshire, UK. Here she talks about her very personal journey into sourdough, which led to her mission to change systems in the food industry. Drawing a connecting thread between transdisciplinary research and the role of microbes in human health, she has developed an education system to foster sustainable food practices through baking bread. Sophie Lovell: At The Common Table, …

This is a community submitted press release.Roll for Distraction has just started their new actual play season, Proxy Error, which will be a campaign of the sci-fi horror system Mothership! Mothership is a narrative-focused horror system about the dangers of capitalism in space, with inspiration from classic stories such as Alien, The Thing, and Event Horizon. The gang is playing as a hastily-assembled party of prisoners under the boot of …

A common shoe care advice is to brush off your shoes when one come home, to remove any surface dirt. Most think this is solely due to appearance, but that’s only one part of it. The more important thing is that doing this can significantly prolong the lifespan of your leather shoes. Here I explain why. The life of a shoe is tough. It’s down on the dirty ground, literally …

Books roleplaying games Five Fun, Extremely Distracting SFF Roleplaying Games Roll the dice and lose yourself in one of these expertly crafted adventures. By James Davis Nicoll | Published on November 22, 2024 Photo by Dark Elf Dice. (CC-BY-SA-4.0) Comment 8 Share New Share Photo by Dark Elf Dice. (CC-BY-SA-4.0) I suspect the vast majority of tabletop roleplaying games are labors of love. A few blockbusters aside, there’s just not …

JON ‘MOJO’ MILLS hosts our monthly two-hour Soho Radio show with the brilliant BIRDS FLYING BACKWARDS live in session for Qobuz Track list Alan Hawkshaw ‘Hells Angels’ Bananagun ‘Those Who Came Before’ Jonathan Wilson & Milton Nascimento ‘Lilia’ Neigb’rhood Childr’n ‘Feeling Zero’ The Poppy Family ‘There’s No Blood In Bone’ The United States Of America ‘Coming Down’ Country Joe & The Fish ‘Eastern Jam’ Birds Flying Backwards ‘Who Are We?’ …

The comparison of these two images is indicative of the types of image files I made to compare the full frame 45.44mp Nikon file to an upscaled (to same pixel dimension on the long side) Micro 4/3 20.11mp file from the OM-1 Mark II. The is the full image from the Nikon Z8. It is 45.44mp. (click to enlarge)This is the upscaled 20.11mp image from from the OM-1 Mark II. …

8018/20959I hope that when I die, I am principally remembered for twatting a bloke who chucked an egg at me.Hasn't happened yet, but if anyone feels like chucking an egg at me and doesn't mind being twatted in return then go for it. Make sure there's someone filming it though. Let the games commence.And being remembered for twatting a bloke who chucked an egg at you is better than not …

Underground Heritage InformationMaida Vale StationListed as a building of national significanceArchitect: Stanley Heaps The Bakerloo line extension from Paddington to Queen's Park opened in February 1915, although Maida Vale was not fully completed until 6 June that year. Architecturally the station design closely follows the format of the tube stations designed by Leslie Green in 1906/7 and seen throughout London. It is a sad irony that although Green was born …

In an April 20, 1975 letter to Railroad Modeler editor Denis Dunning, E. L. Moore had this to say about his recent cataract surgery:Right now I'm trying to get used to wearing cataract glasses . . . had one eye castrated, (and at the price, $1250, the expression is apt), and now one to go.I recently had cataract surgery on one eye. I'm fine. And now one to go.And speaking …