The curious tale of the stolen books
A sealed letter that arrived at one of Britain’s most historic libraries in February 2011 was to leave its staff stunned.
The letter had been written before his death by a former employee of Lambeth Palace Library. Forwarded shortly after he died by the man’s solicitor, it revealed the whereabouts of many of the library’s precious books.
Staff had known since the mid-1970s that dozens of its valuable books had been stolen. But they had no idea of the true extent of the losses until the letter led them to the man’s house in London.
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‘Grandmother’s fairy tales’ from the French of Charles Robert-Dumas by Pia Hewlett, illustrated by Maurice Lalau. Published 1915 by William Heinemann, London.
See the complete book here.
Owen Jones (1809-1874) was an English born Welsh architect and designer. Jones created a comprehensive global design reference book, The Grammar of Ornament published in 1856.
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A TASTE of history will be on the menu thanks to the discovery of recipes almost 900 years old.
The newly-found 12th-century recipes from a Durham priory manuscript have been found to pre-date the earliest known ones by 150 years.
Now, Durham University will be putting the recipes to the…
My kind of archaeology! :D
Whenever a comedian or performer says they aren’t going to say bitch or make jokes about rape after having their first daughter, I always imagine them running around shouting at people in the hospital “Dude I just figured out WOMEN ARE PEOPLE”
it’s better when you realize that their first daughter had to have a mom somewhere
and it just didn’t occur to the comedian or performer that the woman he was having a child with was also a person
Musings On Mold | Maggie Mayhem Speaks (via sinshine)
Truth. Victim blaming is especially prominent and toxic when rape is involved but it happens whenever there is an injustice that we’re not willing to confront.
- If you get beaten up because you’re gay, maybe you flaunted it.
- If you get fired the day you come out as transgender, maybe you just weren’t good enough at your job.
- If you call out oppression, maybe you’re just being oversensitive.
See the pattern?
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Moon Rise Time Slice…. this is a collage of 11 photos taken over 27 minutes and 59 seconds
It’s beautiful and it’s freaking me out.
