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Quartz obsesses over Victorian newspapers Paid Members Public
Quartz‘s daily Obsessions e-mail is a rather wonderful thing, in its randomness. Some days, the e-mail gets deleted unread, because I have neither the time nor the inclination to read the subject on offer, and some days I devour it. The fact that’s it’s a deep dive
10 years ago #1 Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2011/09/twintowers-2061.html] I had a working lunch on [Wardour Street](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.51419,-0.13456&spn=1.0,1.0&q=51.51419,-0.13456 (Wardour%20Street)&t=h "Wardour Street"). It was with some residential
Newspaper History, Wordpress Exploits and Sarah Lacy Paid Members Public
Good Lord, nearly 6.20pm and I still haven’t done a decent post today. And I was so sure it was going to be a quiet day today. Never mind, here are some hit and run things that caught my attention today: * Marc Andreessen is writing about the history
the biggest blog in history? Paid Members Public
What’s life like for British Bloggers in the early 21st Century? History Matters [http://www.historymatters.org.uk/output/Page1.asp] aims to find out tomorrow, by compiling a blog of posts by people all over the UK on one day: tomorrow. On October 17th, it’s inviting people
The Third Space Paid Members Public
The Grauniad gets all excited about the idea that coffee shops are becoming a transitory space between work and home, where you can relax or carry out business: Whipless or Skinny? Our flirtation with the bean gets serious [http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jul/04/foodanddrink]: > ‘Coffee shops have
400 years of pain Paid Members Public
What happened 400 years ago today? Unless you were listening to Today [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/] on Radio 4 this morning [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/runningorder/ram/today4_0820_20030725.ram], just as I was, you probably have absolutely no idea whatsoever. In fact,
A face from the past Paid Members Public
The picture above is a real piece of family history. Having the chance to look at, preserve and even publish this makes me very thankful for modern technology. My uncle posted this and a large range of other old pictures to my Mum, as he was cleaning out Grandma’s
