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Category Archives: Europe
Bibliotherapy, Journaling, and Some Bloodletting
Early in the 17th century,Oxford University scholar Robert Burton published what is now considered to be the first English language self-help manual, The Anatomy of Melancholy. The book offers Burton’s ideas on the nature and symptoms of melancholy or depression, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Writing
Tagged Bodleian Library, depression, melancholy, Oxford, psychology, self-help
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Graphic Lessons on the Twentieth Century
When Dr. Timothy Snyder’s powerful book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century was published in 2017, I was a vocal evangelist for the book and its message. Now, the Yale history professor has released an updated and illustrated … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, History, USA, Writing
Tagged American Fascists, authoritarian, government
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A Perfect Time To Visit The Haunted Bookshop
What better time of the year to visited The Haunted Bookshop than at the Halloween season. Located in Cambridge, England and fittingly found down a dark, spooky alleyway, the diminutive bookstore more than lives up to its name. Packed … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, History, Tourism
Tagged Antiquarian Books, Bookselling, Cambridge, England, ghosts
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One Hundred Seconds to Midnight
One Hundred Seconds to Midnight is a new collection focusing on the literary and scientific history of climate change dating back to the fifteenth century. The innovative exhibition will go on display at the London Frieze Masters Art Fair this month … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, History
Tagged Alexander Humboldt, Banksy, Climate Change, Science
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Why Fall Into Autumn
Yesterday’s post got me thinking about why we English speaking folks in North America use both Fall and Autumn to describe the season between Summer and Winter. Why does it have two acceptable and apparantly interchangable names? And why do British speakers of English … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, History, USA, Writing
Tagged Britain, Colonial America, English language
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Encyclopedia of a world that does not exist
Over the years, I have run across a number of versions of the weird and wonderful Codex Seraphinianus. Along with English and French edtions, I have also seen an original Italian version from 1981. It’s difficult to catagorize this fascinating surreal fictionalized … Continue reading
House of Dreams
Over the years, I have visited dozens of museums in and around London, but I haven’t found my way to the wonderful House of Dreams yet. The next time that I’m in London I will certainly make time to see … Continue reading
Alice, Aldous, and Walt
I recently discovered that Walt Disney commissioned Aldous Huxley of all people to write a script for a Disney film of Alice in Wonderland. Although this may seem surprising, it turns out that Huxley wrote a number of screenplays for Hollywood films … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Europe, Film, movies, USA, Writing
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, Walt Disney
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Venice, Violin, and Vivaldi
On Saturday tourists were treated to the spectacle of an enormous violin floating down the canals of Venice carrying a live string quartet. The cruising instrument, “Noah’s Violin,” was created by artist Livio De Marchi, as a way of “bringing a message … Continue reading
