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Originally posted on Oblique Exposure:
I had to to make a brief trip to the city centre this morning. To my delight, there was a random Italian food market in St. Annes square. Needless to say I made a brief…

Originally posted on Herbology Manchester:
There’s just enough left of July for me to post up a quick view of the allotment from the herbarium windows. The green roof is looking very, well, green, the purple peas are cropping nicely and…

Originally posted on In Search of Anthony Burgess:
Study ‘Anthony Burgess and his contemporaries‘ at Salford University. The ‘module’ is to be conducted in cooperation with the International Anthony Burgess Foundation ‘in their attractive city-centre building’ and ‘you will get direct access…

Originally posted on Black Cat Originals:
Dig the City, a horticultural event in Manchester celebrating urban gardening, has just come to a close but it’s hoped that its legacy will live on, with the launch of a living street where…

By Brandon Keim Wired Science – With something like a banana, you can identify one volatile compound that you smell and say, ‘Aha! It’s a banana!’ With a tomato, it’s not that simple,” said plant molecular biologist Harry Klee of…

Originally posted on Digital Cultures & Translation:
I’ve been wanting to write about my experiences translating sci-fi, a genre that I find myself very drawn to. But, as always, I have digressed, and now, I think this is turning to…