The Mechanical Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new book by Andrew Lanyon, in which Andrew examines some of Carlos’ most challenging pieces of work. As he says ‘We are grateful to Carlos for being brave enough to make these awful things’. The subject of war, oppression, poverty and disease are all observed in these demanding works. Handbound 28 pp 20 cm x 15 [...]
Biomedicine on Display (Free subscription) | yesterday
I haven’t been around natural history museum DNA researchers for a while. So I didn’t know there is actually an -omics discipline called ‘museomics‘ — “the large-scale analysis of the DNA content of museum collections”. It’s not a joke, they (the Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics at The Pennsylvania State University and others) mean [...]...
Daily Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
MOTHERS and daughters don't come much closer than the Duchess of York and Beatrice. There may be a 29-year age gap between the pair of them but Sarah, 50, showed her offspring that she can still party like a 21-year-old when the royal duo hit the Sugarplum Ball at London's Natural History Museum.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
MOTHERS and daughters don't come much closer than the Duchess of York and Beatrice. There may be a 29-year age gap between the pair of them but Sarah, 50, showed her offspring that she can still party like a 21-year-old when the royal duo hit the Sugarplum Ball at London's Natural History Museum.
WAAY - WAAY News and Home (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Gina Borromeo is well-versed in ancient artifacts, but one recent question from a museum curator caught her off-guard: "Do you want a sarcophagus?"
Art as Authority (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
from the press release "Lucy, Darwin and Me” an installation by Michele Guieu at Art Produce Gallery December 12 through January 24, 2010 Opening reception: Saturday, December 12, 2009, from 6 to 9pm. Art Produce Gallery 3139 University Avenue San...
Watch free movies online (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Release Date: 18 Dec, 2009 | Summary: A drama based on the true story of a college professorrsquos bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
The Disillusioned Taxonomist (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Cave bear Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller, 1794 Ursidae; Carnivora; Mammalia; Chordata Cave bears roamed Europe, including Great Britain, during the mid to late Pleistocene (within the last million years), becoming extinct some 20,000 years ago. As their name suggests (as does the spelaeus in the specific name), they dwelled, or at least spent much time, in caves. Remains of this species are more often...
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Spotting sugared plums at the Sugarplum Ball at the Natural History Museum, in pictures...
Blog HomeForHome - Home Exchange (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
There are some cities that just seem to have it all: cultural attractions, historic sites, a diverse set of options when it comes to entertainment: nightlife, restaurants, parks, children attractions, sport events, and the list goes on and on. London is one of those cities. Being the capital and largest city in the United Kingdom, London [...]
En Face (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Image: http://img37.imagevenue.com/loc15/th_48327_ap_CELEBUTOPIA_ISA_01_122_15lo.jpg ... Related posts: Katy Perry – Capital Radio Summertime Ball in London George Clooney – Times BFI London Film Festival: Fantastic Mr Fox – press conference and photocall held at the Dorcester (Oct 14) x 21 HQs George Clooney – Times BFI London Film Festival: Fantastic Mr Fox – opening...
Women and Dreams (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
As I surmised earlier, Kodachrome was devised in 1934 so that Americans could photograph Californian suburbia in the 1950s and early 1960s. This photograph of a row of giant cars and a rainbow is an archetypal example, from Shorpy.com, and this would be an archetypal example if it had been shot with Kodachrome. It was actually taken with one of Kodak's negative films.Kodachrome was not invented
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Not much to say about my trip back to Taupo. I basically went back there to catch the bus to Wellington. I did go to a pizzeria there called ldquoHellrdquo. The pizza is ok but the theme just like the name is ldquoHellrdquo. All menu items were one of the deadly sins and other ldquohellishrdquo terms. The headboards to the cash registers were tombstones. Quite an interesting concep
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
We brought you the poster and first details of Luc Besson's upcoming comics adaptation Les Aventures Extrodinaire d’Adele Blanc-Sec back at the end of October, and now the first official images have been released by Europacorp. Most of them are stills from the film but there's also one behind the scenes shot, and you can see the whole lot after the break. Here's the synopsis I offered up the...
Sandra Rowney Artist (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
I was in a friend's study today gazing at her arrangement of botanical data and admiring the look of the page; the colours, the order and the tiny notes and numbers. It reminded me of Mark Dion's intriguing art work in the Tate Britain "Tate Thames Dig" this year, where the 'finds' along the banks of the River Thames in London were displayed according to colour, texture and shape. Another...
Videos