Category: History
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Truth and lies.
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There’s enough snob value in just having the book in your hand that you don’t have to slave…
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The shape of words.
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I know the difference between an Apostle and an Epistle, I can list the twelve sons of Jacob,…
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When in danger, When in doubt
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This week saw the first home-grown case of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in – of course – Texas, the…
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Unintelligible at any speed
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Forty-nine years ago today, on May 17, 1965, the FBI released their report: Although there may or may…
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Skiing the Slippery Slope
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On a whim yesterday I wasted twenty minutes on a quiz on the Christian Science Monitor website: it…
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See what you made me do…
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A Persian word that became widespread in the days of the Ottoman Turkish empire — baksheesh — could…
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Taking a line for a walk
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I just completed a piece of artwork that is both a departure and a return to basics for…
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Peredur and the Empress of the East
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In the course of his adventures Peredur meets (and ultimately marries) a beautiful woman known as “the Empress…
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Timeless
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I’ve recently undertaken a couple of pieces of artwork that involved human faces. In both cases, the style…
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