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About agogo22

Director of Manchester School of Samba at http://www.sambaman.org.uk

Life size driftwood horse sculptures by UK sculptor Heather Jansch

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Street Art

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#Twitter micropoetry competition launched today by @UoMCreativeMCR to mark #worldpoetryday

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Tuesday is #WorldPoetryDay.

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What makes a poem … a poem? – Melissa Kovacs

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-… What exactly makes a poem … a poem? Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Melissa Kovacs … Continue reading

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A poetic experiment: Walt Whitman, interpreted by three animators – Justin Moore

Take a journey through Walt Whitman’s poem ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider’ with the help of three animators who each used a different animation style to bring this beautiful poem to life. Lesson by Justin Moore, animation by TED-Ed. […]

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FOR YOU – Malayalam Short Film | MVTV | Media Village Studios

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Allusionist 172. A Brief History of Brazilian Portuguese | The Allusionist

“The myths, or the received wisdom, about Portuguese language in Brazil is that, of course we know we speak a very different version of the language, but this has always been explained to us as maybe perhaps a defect of … Continue reading

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The History of the South’s Forbidden Black Burials

A proper burial is a ceremony that many of us take for granted, but that was not the case for African Americans for a large portion of history in the U.S. In the premiere of Ritual, Tank Ball explores the … Continue reading

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3 Elements of True Fun – and How to Have More of It | Catherine Price | TED

What comes to mind when you think about the most fun moments of your life? Science journalist Catherine Price asked thousands of people across the world this question, and their answers led her to a new definition of “true” fun: … Continue reading

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