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All over the world, in museums, things human beings have made are on display. And yet something essential is always missing. The thrill of the act-- what the artist felt while making. This is the essence of art and nowhere is it ever...
Eric Weiner had a lovely post about his teenage niece on an airplane — utterly enthralled by the whole thing. The box that lifts into the sky and carries you across the world like a bird. Every part of it a marvel. It reminded me of an...
Welcome to this week's Link Dump!Just watch out for the Strange Company HQ bouncer. He doesn't play games.Disaster hits HMS Queen Charlotte.A shipwreck that is a "monument to 19th century diplomacy."The "golden age of languages."The...
A week from now, I'll be beginning the next chapter of my teaching life. In some ways, it won't be that different from what I've already done. It's not the drastic change that I experienced going from teaching to administration. A week...
Photo credit: Eliza Devroe
Red Bull’s website has a blog post about photography on it (cool!) that says “Blogs aren’t really a thing anymore.” (ironic, and not cool!). I’m glad I’m not fond of Red Bull.
A quick look at some of the highlights of my trip to Ireland, beginning in Waterford – several of us were invited to the wedding of our friends, Duncan (who I met when I was 5 - very Betsy-Tacyish) and Marlene’s daughter, Regina, in...
A feature that sounded obviously good When I introduced Book Corners, I explained that much of its initial data came from OpenStreetMap. OSM gave the project a useful starting point, with thousands of public bookcases already mapped...
screenshot from video from afarTV on YouTube 31 July 2026 This week a massive iceberg floated into webcam view at Ilulissat on the west coast of Greenland. It was so massive that it filled the camera screen (screenshot above). Greenland...
When Steve and I worked with Andy at Rapido to create our limited edition GWR range of their 009 models we kept the crowning glory under our hats until it was about to arrive…We were certain it would sell well and we were right - the...
Busy, busy. Skookworks.com will be getting a redesign soon. This is likely to be my last newsletter until after that happens. We’re still working out what will be available. Sarah’s website and this one should be getting combined. Both...
Rapido trains UK have announced the LSWR / War Departement 20t Brake Vans. later SR Diagrams 1545 and Diagram 1549 in 00 Gauge. Thirty five new 20 ton brake vans to a design by Surrey Warner were introduced by the London & South Western...
Winnipeg is often described as a collection of communities, and I agree with that. Although it is now a sprawling city, its original municipalities retain some of their identity today.
I am not going to say that the New York Times is copying my blog posts with “The New York of the Past Is Still Visible Today. You Just Have to Look.” People have been mining New York’s past for fiction, weird history, straight...
It looks like being a cracking August on diamond geezer! Come back next month to discover where two confectionery dynasties coincide, which boundary is only 75m long, why Svalbard is the place to be, which pad got splattered, whether...