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Taste old sweets at an authentic Victorian sweet shop in Salford

Originally posted on DAN DOYLE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSJxidihaQs The Salford Museum and Art Gallery are allowing their visitors the chance to learn about old sweets inside a replica of an 1850’s sweet shop. Mr. Tomlinson’s Sweet Shop on Lark Hill Place at…

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“We told them to shove it up their arse.” The story of Manchester’s unclosable Star & Garter

Originally posted on Will Whitby:
? Manchester pub, The Star & Garter, is a venue synonymous in the Manchester music scene. Regarded as the home of punk by its punk rock patrons, the temple of doom by the metal-heads and…

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Originally posted on Letters from Eff:
I don’t really advertise this much on here, but as I’m sure you know I am a flight attendant. Everyone always oohs and ah’s when I say that and then they excitedly grill me…

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Erza & Gil – Manchester

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Steampunks in Space

Originally posted on Stitches of Time:
We absolutely loved Steampunks in Space last weekend. Not only did I have a great weekend with Ellie and got to spend some time with her work friends at one of their Christmas dos…

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Film Review – In this Corner of the World (2017)

Originally posted on Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys):
In this Corner of the World (Kono sekai no katasumi ni) Directed by Sunao Katabuchi (Mai Mai Miracle) Based on the manga by Fumiyo Kono Voice acting by Rena Nounen, Yoshimasa Hosoya,…

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Machin Machine (2017)

Originally posted on AqueouS Studio:
Beautiful visual design in this very short piece of animation!

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Brazilian Modernism during the War

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High vs. Low Context Cultures

Originally posted on Joseph English – Samsung Display:
The general terms “high context” and “low context” (popularized by Edward Hall) are used to describe broad-brush cultural differences between societies. High context refers to societies or groups where people have close…

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The True Parameters of “Racial Understanding” in these United States of America

The Sovereign Nexus For the entire history of these United States, black folks have had to understand whites. Blacks have had to have intimate knowledge of those who had enslaved their ancestors and shipped them far from home. We have … Continue reading

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