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Who Was Greensleeves? An Extraordinary Reconstruction of Her Clothes

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About the Papuan languages

What if walking just two hours could take you to a village speaking a language as different from the previous one as Mandarin is from Swahili? Welcome to New Guinea – an island that breaks every rule we know about … Continue reading

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The Sci-Fi Series So Crazy Its Star Had To Flee The Country

Television was just beginning to experiment with big ideas in the 1960s. The Twilight Zone was going strong. The Outer Limits was hitting the next level, and Star Trek was taking the world where no one had gone before. But … Continue reading

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BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, Civility: talking with those who disagree with you

On the value of keeping conversations going with opponents, from the Reformation onwards Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that Civility, in one of its meanings, is among the most valuable social virtues: the skill to discuss topics that … Continue reading

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When Erik Satie invented a new kind of music: Gnossienne 1

Erik Satie wrote seven Gnossiennes. The first is in F minor, and Satie probably composed it in 1890. It was published with two other Gnossiennes in a Paris magazine in 1893. Like his three Gymnopedies of 1888, Satie seems to … Continue reading

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Why Are These Skyscrapers Shaped Like That?

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What actually is a Piccadilly?

The question I’ve never heard anyone ask, but I decided to answer anyway… what is a Piccadilly? Subscribe for more. There’s a London Underground line, a street, a major landmark, major train station, and in turn multiple shops and businesses … Continue reading

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The Essay – New Generation Thinkers 2024 – Digging for Words – BBC Sounds

Jade Cuttle explores new words in nature writing In 1773, Phillis Wheatley became the first African American to publish a collection of poems. Jade Cuttle looks at the way her poems were described and asks what do we categorise as … Continue reading

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Is this Europe’s Most Disastrous Airport Ever?

Is Ciudad Real the most disastrous airport ever? Download the Straight Arrow News app by clicking here https://www.san.com/b1m to stay informed with Unbiased. Straight Facts. Full story here – https://theb1m.com/video/europes-1bn-… This video contains paid promotion for Straight Arrow News. Additional … Continue reading

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How Jaco Pastorius joined Weather Report

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