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Category Archives: History
Rare Book Discovery
I have a hazy recollection of a brief visit to Canterbury’s The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge many decades ago on one of my first trips to England, but I was intrigued by a story about its current special … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Writing
Tagged Aphra Behn, Britain, Canterbury, Rare Books
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James Baldwin: Mountain to Fire
James Baldwin // “The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.” To celebrate what would have been the 100th … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged African American Literature, American Authors, James Baldwin
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The Original Swiss Army Knife
I miss traveling with my handy Swiss Army knife. Since the advent of strict air travel security regulations, I stopped packing my trusty multi-function tool. Recently, I learned that the original version of the utility knife was invented by the … Continue reading
London is already great, and it can be even greater.
Followers of Travel Between The Pages already know that I am an enormous Londonphile (if that’s even a word). Way back in the olden days of the 20th century I had the opportunity to spend some quality time getting to … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, History, Museums, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Great Britain, London, United Kingdom, urban planning
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Reading Room
The British Museum in London has reopened its famous circular Reading Room for visitors with free tours .The historic Reading Room was built between 1854 and 1857 to a design by Sydney Smirke using cast iron, concrete, and glass. Much of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, British Library, British Museum, London
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“Ricordare è rivivere” (“to remember is to relive”)
Sigmund Freud returned again and again to the problem of memory as he formulated his theories of psychoanalysis during the 1890s. “What is essentially new about my theory,” Freud wrote in this letter to fellow physician and confidante Wilhelm Fliess, … Continue reading
Souvenir for writers
Over the years I have been both the giver and recipient of some quite silly travel souvenirs, so it’s heartening to find that even the ancient Romans weren’t above bringing home the occasional humorous gift. The Museum of London Archaeology … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History, Maps, Museums
Tagged ancient Rome, archeology, Londinium, London
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Bookstore Tourism: Il mio tipo di posto
It’s been more than a decade since I’ve visited Florence, so you will have to forgive that I missed the grand opening to the amazing Libreria Giunti Odeon. This fabulous mash-up of a cinema, bookstore and cafe premiered in November … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Film, History, movies, Restaurants, Tourism
Tagged Firenze, Florence, Italy
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“To walk alone in London is the greatest rest.”
It’s surprising to learn that London wasn’t well mapped until the 1500s, but the cartographers, topographers, and historians of the Historical Towns Trust have the decided to remedy the problem by looking back in time to create period maps.. Their … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, History, Maps, Tourism
Tagged Cartography, Great Britain, London
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Anthropodermic bibliopegy is not cool
Harvard University Library has reported that it has removed a volume bound in human skin from its collection. A copy of the 19th-century book Des Destinées de l’Ame — or Destinies of the Soul, a meditation on life after death … Continue reading
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