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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…

Originally posted on Trip Wire:
On the face of it Brazil has been governed by centre-left parties for twenty one years. From 1994-2002, the Brazilian Social Democratic Party – PSDB – held the presidency and since then it has been…

Originally posted on The Enrichment Year:
(My dad whatsapped me saying “looks like your bottom is having a good time.” Seriously rethinking my theme whilst I feel deeply disturbed). We left Parati early in the morning. The first bus journey…

Originally posted on Geek Upbringing:
All Dogs are Blue, written by Rodrigo de Souza Leão, and translated by Zoe Perry and Stefan Tobler. This is the first real book I read as part of my challenge. In the beginning of the year, i had…