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DWAN & Instigate Arts Curate ‘Wonder Women; Whose Festival Is It Anyway?’ at Manchester Central Library 11th March 2017 – 2 to 4pm – Free – Wonder Women

Posted on March 11, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on Instigate Arts:
Whose Festival is it Anyway? Wonder Women 2017  Whose Festival is it Anyway? at Manchester Central Library, Manchester, 11 March 2017, free entry – Visit now As the 2017 festival draws to a close, Digital Women’s Archive…

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MLC’s Lisa Shaw interviewed on Australian radio

Posted on March 11, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on Modern Languages and Cultures:
Lisa Shaw (Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies) was interviewed on ABC Australia Radio on Monday 6 February about the life and career of Brazilian singer and film star Carmen Miranda (1909-1955), and took…

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Manchester Collage Session

Posted on March 10, 2017 by agogo22
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British Pie Week: The NQ’s top 3 pie joints

Posted on March 10, 2017 by agogo22

Celebrating the joy of pastry and filling, British Pie Week has to be up there as one of the best national awareness events. We’ve chosen our favourite places to get a pie within walking distance of our Northern Quarter office.…

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Manchester tramblers

Posted on March 10, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on geoffspages.blog:
…the second crossing… No, we haven’t gone religious – that’s ‘crossing’, not ‘coming’. We were in Manchester yesterday, for a ride on the tram routes we didn’t have time for last year. We’ll include the…

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Rust Never Sleeps

Posted on March 10, 2017 by agogo22

Diary of a Tile Addict It´s hard to say why, but copper plumbing pipes (and retro light fittings) go together with ceramic wall tiles, like salami and pickled gherkins. As well as Colormix, who used a simple plumbing array to … Continue reading →

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Dr Lisa Shaw talks about Afro-Brazilian performances in Rio de Janeiro

Posted on March 10, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on Modern Languages and Cultures:
Last month, Dr Lisa Shaw, Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, gave a research seminar at the Brazil Institute, King’s College London, on Afro-Brazilian performance on Rio de Janeiro’s popular stages from the 1880s…

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Top 12 places to visit in Brazil

Posted on March 10, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on Jarnedd travel blog:
After 7 months traveling around Brazil, visiting 22 of the 26 states, this is my top 12 places I would recommend you to visit in Brazil. Vila Velha/Victoria I had just one day to…

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Night Lights – Japan

Posted on March 9, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on Beyond Purgatory:
The walkway from our hotel in Shinagawa Ekimae to the road was beautifully lit up at night.

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Case study: Artificial Light Shaping Cities

Posted on March 9, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on Puro Laevuo:
In today’s world it is easy to take it for granted that we can turn lights on just by flipping a switch, or that we can walk outside at any time of the night without…

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