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Karl Marx comes to Manchester!

Originally posted on Opening Night:
Karl Marx reincarnated for Manchester audiences in one-man show, Marx In Soho. The 5th May marked in an incredible two hundred years since Karl Marx was born, marking the occasion, renowned historian and activist Howard Zinn’s…

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Interview | Adam Zane | #BeMoreMartyn

Originally posted on Opening Night:
On the first anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing, Hope Theatre Company return to award-winning Hope Mill Theatre to celebrate the life of Martyn Hett, with their empowering and inspiring play, #BeMoreMartyn. First performed in October…

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Industry

Originally posted on Abbie Kitching:
Visual Effects Within visual effects there are many roles that need to be filled in order to create a successful finished piece of work. One of these roles is; Matte Painter Matte Painting is  the…

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Through the Female Lens: Gertrude Käsebier’s Indians

Originally posted on A R T L▼R K:
On the 18th of May 1852, leading American pictorialist photographer Gertrude Käsebier was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Artistically trained at the Pratt Institute, then in France and Germany, she started…

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Paper Art Exhibit in Seoul: Paper, Present @ Daelim Museum

Seoul Searching Lately I find myself getting reacquainted with my artistic side. I’ve always been pretty artsy, at some point I was even aiming to be an animator for Disney. Though that dream has come and gone, every now and … Continue reading

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Waxi: #surprisingsalford #28

Originally posted on Back on the road again:
Waxi on the river Irwell The Manchester Water Taxi or Waxi started life late in 2016 and is a great addition to the long list of things to do in Manchester and…

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How to maximise your morning routine

This idea for this post came to me quite unexpectedly. I was talking to a friend about how I want to improve my productivity and morning routine (one of my many goals for 2018).  She said “Me too! I just … Continue reading

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Robot cities: three urban prototypes for future living

Originally posted on The Knowledge Exchange Blog:
Image: 3000AD, Shutterstock (CC) This guest blog was written by Mateja Kovacic, Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield. Before I started working on real-world robots, I wrote about their fictional and…

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UK capital cities: Belfast

Originally posted on Little City Sparrow:
Belfast was the last of the capital cities of Great Britain that we visited, and our visit in March 2017 left us with mixed feelings about the city. The city centre itself is small…

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Le poulet intelligent

Originally posted on Perpetual Motion of Thought:
Indeed, the sky was overcast that day. And in monsieur Arnaud’s backyard, Henrietta, the cleverest chicken was to traverse on a journey hitherto unknown. ~ dans  la maison, the aroma of ground spices was…

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