Category Archives: General

Really good stuff at the Casa do Artista Popular in downtown João Pessoa. Rooms devoted to various folk arts and crafts. I loved the doll room. Tiny fabric foliões (revelers) just over an inch high, above. Papier maché puppets… Mechanical…

Originally posted on The Smog Machine:
Tired of sifting through hyperbole-filled recommendations for earth shattering dramas, must see revenge thrillers, or horror movies that supposedly re-write the genre? Fed up with five star reviews for movies that leave you meh?…

Originally posted on ⎯suansita⎯:
4.30am. Get up after 5 hours of sleep. For some reason, it’s easier than dragging myself out of bed at 7am. 5.15am. Our tour bus leaves La Paz for Oruro. I get some sleep. 9am. We take…

Originally posted on Leaders We Deserve:
Yesterday, I took the opportunity to breathe in the culture of George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse, by taking a stroll down Manchester’s Oxford Road A few hours earlier, driving in to the city centre, I…

Originally posted on Chris' Photo Blog:
Part of the Cai Guo-Qiang exhibition running at the Whitworth 14 Feb to 21 Jun. http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/upcomingexhibitions/caiguo-qiang/

Originally posted on Eileen Gormley:
A new study from Brazil shows that breastfeeding makes babies smarter, raising IQ by an average of four points, which translates as longer in education and better careers. Sounds reasonable, right? Everyone has heard that…