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Originally posted on Coat Hanger Doll's House:
where the rain forest creeps in … This week I have, as you know been in Rio de Janeiro and away from from the library unable to bring you a library snapshot.…

Originally posted on adamhersey:
Today I wanted to share with you the documentary work that Mr Fabro has undertaken over the course of the last two years. A native Brazilian, who is studying at Griffith College in Dublin, Fabro has…

Originally posted on AP Images Blog:
Photos by Felipe Dana It’s dawn and barefoot boys are hustling down the inclined alleys of Rio de Janeiro slums, surfboards under their arms. They’re heading to nearby Sao Conrado and Arpoador beaches, where…

Originally posted on AMAZUNA BLOG:
Ricardo de Castro Monteiro stunned the crowd at São Paulo’s Virada Cultural event when he played his piano hanging above spectators, and was then joined by dancing acrobat Sandra Miyazawa who danced above him as he…

Originally posted on Sundry Times:
“Manchester, the belly and guts of the nation.” George Orwell. Apparently, in Manchester they do not get hung up over which is England’s second city – Birmingham and London can sort it our among themselves!…

Originally posted on PHILNOM IS AWAY:
Pompeii. This was the city many history classrooms taught children not to build near an active volcano. A once bustling centre of trade and politics home was completely consumed by lava and ash in…