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There are many reasons to visit our major exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words. There are the hundreds of fascinating women whose stories you'll encounter, from Eleanor of Castile and Hildegard of Bingen, to Margaret Paston and Birgitta of Sweden. There's the collection of unique items you’ll find on...

Table of contents User journey Hurl source Create a new database Ensure freshness Database details Database queries Conclusion As I wrote in a previous post, I love using Hurl to test HTTP JSON APIs. Hurl is a command-line interface tool (CLI) that makes testing and automating HTTP APIs easy and enjoyable. In this article, I will showcase some Hurl features with a concrete example. We will test part of the …

Review: Herry Perry, Artist and Illustrator by Julian Francis.A guest post by London Historians Member David Fathers. This new publication, written by Julian Francis, reveals, probably for the first time, the work of artist Herry Perry. Her output of illustrations, posters, engravings and pub signs between the 1920s and 1950s was quite prolific. She was […]

The collapse of Genesis risked taking down Digital Currency Group with it. So Barry Silbert is trying a pivot to AI with his new AI-on-the-blockchain company, Yuma! SPOILER: it’s crypto token pumping. The writeup is over at Pivot to AI. Your subscriptions keep this site going. Sign up today!

Album of the Week, November 23, 2024 As we discussed last time, Herbie Hancock went through a transition back to acoustic jazz following the success of his “Rockit” band, and with a few exceptions stayed in this lane. His former Miles Davis (and VSOP) bandmate Wayne Shorter was in a different place. Following his departure from the Miles band after Bitches Brew, Wayne cofounded one of the bedrock-foundation fusion bands, …

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Amy Atkins, born 17 April 1871 Woman Clark-Board of Education aged 73 Philip Atkins 17 Feb 1874. Retired Bank Clark, Bank of England, aged 70Both the Atkins, brother and sister, died on the 18th June 1944, in the bombing of the Royal Military Chapel Wellington Barracks. Known as the Guards Chapel. Bird Cage Walk, just a few minutes from Buckingham Palace. The worst loss of life cause by a V1The …

Subscribe WordPress Facebook Twitter Instagram If you enjoy reading please consider “buying me a pint”, this will help to cover my hosting and image hosting and help to ensure further trips can go ahead!BUY ME A PINT Historic Pubs and Craft Beer in Leith A journey through Leith, Scotland, which showcases its transformation from a historic trading hub to a vibrant cultural centre. Starting from the Roseleaf Bar Café with …

Newsmash! I've written a *tiny* book about growing potatoes, and Russell has published it.

Heeeeeeeere’s the Devil! TV show host Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) needs to find a way to revive his flailing late night show. He’s in steep competition with rival Jack Carson and after the chart-topping episode where Jack brings on his dying wife Madeleine (Georgina Haig) his life has been in a downward spiral. Jack Delroy and his team come up with what will be a sensational special to help revive …

You'll never guess who has "officially" announced his candidacy for the City of Kawartha Lakes Ward 5 By-Election (you will absolutely guess, because of course it is Bill Denby). PRESS RELEASE!! Presumably, this news was broken first in Bill's top-secret KLTPA group, and this may, in fact, be what Bill has been sharing to his Facebook timeline (he will never grasp that people who are not in those groups are …

I was studying the silicon die of the Pentium processor and noticed some puzzling structures where signal lines were connected to the silicon substrate for no apparent reason. Two examples are in the photo below, where the metal wiring (orange) connects to small square regions of doped silicon (gray), isolated from the rest of the circuitry. I did some investigation and learned that these structures are "antenna diodes," special diodes …

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When I published my review of Belle de Boskoop in 2011, a reader told me, ❝ My samples look quite different.... Does yours have the 3 pronounced ribs on it?❞ The implication (delivered diplomatically) was, are you sure you got this right, dude? title="Belle de Boskoop apple"> When I published my review of Alexander earlier this year, another reader told me, Looks like Belle de Boskoop to me, and the …