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Abandoned: How The Beeching Report Decimated Britain’s Railways | Timeline
ravel journalist Simon Calder takes a journey from across the south of England – by bike, rail and car. In this documentary film, Simon explores the legacy of the Beeching railway cuts. He examines the arguments for reopening some of … Continue reading
Blaulicht (Blue light)
What is it like to be a paramedic, navigating human emergency? Directors: Lena Mäder, Roman Hodel (romanhodel.com/about) More on this film: aeon.co/videos/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-paramedic-navigating-human-emergency Watch more free videos on Aeon: aeon.co/videos Subscribe: vimeo.com/aeonvideo
The Elegant ‘Library House’ Encases a Vast Book Collection Within a Swedish Forest | Colossal
JANUARY 4, 2023. GRACE EBERT All images courtesy of Fria Folket The design of Fria Folket, the Library House is home to a vast book collection inside its glass and timber walls. Nestled in lush woodlands near Stockholm, the “Library … Continue reading
The entire internet on a single chip! MASSIVE energy savings.
Internet usage is projected to account for 20% for all global electricity consumption by 2025. So anything that can help to reduce that catastrophically large number must surely be good thing. Now scientists in Copenhagen have successfully demonstrated a chip … Continue reading
Brazil’s President-Elect Reinstates Its Culture Ministry and Appoints a Bahian Singer to Lead the Department | Artnet News
Jo Lawson-Tancred, December 13, 2022 Singer Margareth Menezes at a press conference at Sauipe Park in 2013 in Bahia, Brazil. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein, FIFA/FIFA via Getty) Images. Brazil’s president-elect Lula is reviving the position of culture minister and has … Continue reading
Georgian Culture and Ukrainian Pride Highlight the 2022 Tbilisi Mural Fest | Colossal
DECEMBER 6, 2022. GRACE EBERT By Sasha Korban. All images by Tiku Kobiashvili, courtesy of Tbilisi Mural Fest For its fourth year, Tbilisi Mural Fest facilitated new murals around the Georgian city that celebrate local culture. For the last … Continue reading
A New Book Repaints the Legacy of Street Art by Spotlighting Women Leading the Genre | Colossal
DECEMBER 1, 2022 KATE MOTHES Medianeras, “The Crystal Ship” (2021) in Ostend, Belgium. All images courtesy of the artists and Prestel Women Street Artists spotlights the diverse practices of 24 graffiti and mural artists hailing from around the globe. For … Continue reading
The Greatest Science Experiment That Never Happened | Answers With Joe
[…] The Superconducting Supercollider was set to be the largest particle accelerator in the world, by a long shot. In fact, it would still to this day be the biggest and most powerful. But history had other plans. This is … Continue reading
Ancient Egypt: Hieroglyphs and writing systems | National Museums Liverpool
Join our Egyptologist, Ashley Cooke, as he takes us on a 5,000-year journey uncovering the many mysteries and hidden stories that lie within the Ancient Egypt gallery at World Museum! In this episode of our mini series we take a … Continue reading
