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Originally posted on China Icons – Your guide to life, work and travel in China:
News and Travel Editor ‘Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.’ Today is World Philosophy Day, an event…

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Salvador, in Brazil’s North-East state of Bahia is a vibrant fusion of cultures, colours and landscapes. The home of Afro-Brazilian culture: capoeira; samba; and moqueca, a delicious fish stew. Pelourinho  Chocolate Mousse, Mamabahia, Pelourinho We arrived on a evening flight…

Originally posted on Design As Distributed Agency:
Ancoats Art Museum (n.d.) Thomas Horsfall was a Victorian philanthropist and son of a wealthy cotton manufacturer, in Manchester.  Due to ill health, he was unable to work for the family business, and this allowed…

Originally posted on Le Savoir:
In a recent article from the New Republic, Ryu Spaeth makes the case that it is fine to cast Scarlett Johansson, a white female, as Motoko Kusanagi, a robot detective in future Tokyo. Cultural appropriation, as…

Originally posted on Sacred Trinity Church, Chapel St, Salford:
Come and Sing in Salford! No need to audition! No need to read music! No need to be an experienced singer. Meet people who live in your community.  Experience a profound sense of…

A British man set out on Sunday on a 3,200 km swim from Senegal to Brazil, seeking to become the first person to make it across the Atlantic Ocean. via How one man is planning to swim across the Atlantic Ocean … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Julia's Thoughts:
Music says a lot about a country’s culture and it can be very different to outsider’s ears. Brazil, being a extremely large country, has a range of different melodies, rhythms and music styles. Brazilians hear…

Originally posted on ConservationBytes.com:
As some know, I dabble a bit in the carbon affairs of the boreal zone, and so when writer Christine Ottery interviewed me about the topic, I felt compelled to reproduce her article here (originally…