Published on Four&Sons – - The Natural History Museum at Tring, Hertfordshire, England, opened its doors in 1892 to showcase the private collection of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild. Today it still holds the largest collection of domestic dogs on display in the UK.
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Published on Yahoo! – - What is it that defines and represents us as citizens of the United Kingdom in 2013? Curators and experts from six UK libraries have compiled a list of websites they believe best capture that mysterious essence of who we are.
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Published on the Huffington Post – - As an Australian who has been living in London for 10 years, I feel I have gained what I consider to be an important outsider’s perspective.
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Published on Yahoo! – - Tea or coffee? Cat or sausage dog? Your preference of pet is one of the choices potentially on the menu for London cafe-goers in 2013.
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Published on Yahoo! – - Britain is in love with a little brown bean called coffee. And it’s an affair that dates back more than 350 years to the edge of a churchyard in St Michael’s Alley, off Cornhill, in east central London.
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Like ancient mythologists, Victorian curiosity collectors, and countless little girls before me, I have a soft spot for mermaids. I spent my formative years living by the beach, so the idea of being able to swim unhindered by lungs that need air to absorb oxygen was a fantastical one. When I caught a glimpse...
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Published on the Huffington Post – - I’ve read the book, I’ve read the books about the book, I’ve seen the movie adaptation, and now I have had the pleasure of seeing the holiest of holies of the Beat Generation – the original manuscript of Jack Kerouac’s novel, On The Road.
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If only my ‘drawing room’ wasn’t also my lounge room and my dining room and my sometimes fall asleep on the couch room. Because if I didn’t live in a one-bedroom flat, I could have a separate drawing room, which would be home to my dreamed-of library and feature a big, beautiful globe. In...
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Published on the Huffington Post – - I am a sucker for romance, and that, combined with my ever-willingness to take part in a good art project (that doesn’t require too much of my limited artistic talent), made me a perfect candidate to add my padlock to the budding Shoreditch love lock fence.
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Published on Yahoo! – – The current digital generation is collecting and reclaiming the analogue items of the past, driven by a desire to take back control from standardised settings and an aesthetic appreciation of the items and their output.
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