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Oxford Road Station – Manchester —
Where are you? Neither here nor there. Up in the air. Betwixt and between. Possibly on the way to somewhere else, stranded at Oxford Road Station. Tucked in behind Shaw’s Furniture and The Tatler Cinema. I love every curvy corner, … Continue reading
Jamaican Patois (NOT English!)
Langfocus Published on 14 Jul 2019 This video is all about Jamaican Patois, aka Jamaican Creole, the English-based creole language of Jamaica. Special thanks to Irina Bruce and Derrick Ricketts for their feedback and help with the Patois samples in … Continue reading
Ralph Bakshi | Animation’s New Wave
Any-Mation Published on 21 Feb 2019 Ralph Bakshi is a powerful figure in the history of animation. Seeing how bored he was with the conventions of the day, he seemed to single handedly forge a path of controversy and success … Continue reading
Street Artists Revive Spanish Village w/ Murals Celebrating Local Tradition – My Modern Met
Street artists NeSpoon and Regue Fernández transformed a community in Belorado with murals depicting “bolo boliferano” and local lacework. Thanks to a local cultural organization, two street artists are using their work to bring back tradition and create a larger … Continue reading
After Years of Searching, I Finally Found My Black Indian Community
The blood of two peoples runs in us, and we want everyone to know we are still here Dropping off a book at the Hampton Public Library, I glance at the counter and see a licorice-red flyer that says, … Continue reading
How Aboriginals Made Australia
– Cogito – Published on 16 Apr 2019 Didgeridoos, boomerangs, and an ancient hunter-gatherer lifestyle. These tend to be the first thing to come to mind when we imagine Indigenous Australians. Only with the arrival of Europeans was agriculture introduced. … Continue reading
Mini-model of Stonehenge reveals how voices would have carried in original ancient monument
A team of researchers at the University of Salford in the U.K. has revealed how voices would have sounded 4,000 years ago inside of the Stonehenge monument. The group made a recording of their efforts and posted the results on … Continue reading
There is a light that never goes out — Down by the Dougie
“When it shall be said in any country in the world my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in … Continue reading
It’s Taken 10,000 Years For Pigs To Become Pigs – ScienceBlog.com
Call it a case of Jurassic Pork. It seems the common pig took a rather strange route to become the pig it is today, according to a team of international researchers that include a Texas A&M University genome expert. The team … Continue reading
A green resistance: plants and enslavement
Have you seen the new design for our Slavery Remembrance Day posters and leaflets for 2018? They are all around the city centre and waterfront promoting Slavery Remembrance Day and the Unity Carnival. A big, pale yellow flower sits in … Continue reading
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