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Eva Jospin’s Vegetal Growths and Enchanting Architectural Ruins Transform the Gothic Palais des Papes | Colossal

AUGUST 30, 2023 GRACE EBERT “Nymphées (Grande chapelle)” (2022) . All images © OTresson Within the gothic chapels of Avignon’s Palais des Papes, Eva Jospin carves parallel narratives tinged with enchanting ecologies. The Parisian artist, who’s known for her large-scale … Continue reading

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World’s Oldest Cat Door Was Added to Cathedral in the 14th Century | My Modern Met

By Madeleine Muzdakis on August 28, 2023 The cat flap of the North Tower at Exeter Cathedral. (Photo: Richard Gillin via Flicker, CC BY-SA 2.0) Cats at the cathedral were even paid one pence a week for their services. In … Continue reading

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Trains Intersect with Everyday Life in Nostalgic Illustrations by Shinjiro Ogawa | Spoon & Tamago

AUGUST 27, 2023 / JOHNNY Keisei Tateishi Station in Tokyo. Work began in 2022 to elevate the train tracks so this cityscape no longer looks like this Trains are an integral part of daily life in Japan, supporting commutes, errands … Continue reading

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Why China is Shrinking VERY Fast

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Gorgeous tunnel of Bougainvillea blossoms in Yuchi, Taiwan

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BBC Radio 4 – Helen Lewis: Great Wives, Series 1, Thanks for Typing

Helen Lewis meets the life partners of history’s most famous geniuses. For two decades, Great Lives on Radio 4 has explored what it takes to change the world. But Helen Lewis wants to ask a different question: what does it … Continue reading

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Has JWST found supermassive DARK MATTER stars?

[…] A research paper was published this month that claims to have found evidence for the existence of supermassive dark stars in the early Universe using JWST data. A clump of gas powered by dark matter annihilation which can grow … Continue reading

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Slum photos were weaponised against the people they depict | Aeon Essays

A street in London’s East End in 1912. Topical Press Agency/Getty Slum photography was at the heart of progressive campaigns against urban poverty. And it was a weapon against poor people A photograph taken in 1880 by Bedford Lemere, a … Continue reading

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BUILDING BOOM STOCKPORT BUS STN & WEIR MILL | Progress report July 23

In this update of AidanEyewitness, I take a look at the Stockport Interchange and Weir Mill construction sites, next to Stockport railway viaduct, checking on progress and making some observations. 0:00 Introduction 0:50 Interchange, tower and footbridge 01:24 Weir Mill … Continue reading

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