The front cover of the ladybird book from the 1960s, showing the princess assisted by the Queen. The princess is rubbing her back and looking disgruntled
Ladybird book in the spotlight.
‘The Princess and the Pea’, 1967
Artist: Eric Winter
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Close up and slightly stylised illustration of a robin in full voice perched on early blossom twig with a backdrop of grey sky and bare winter trees
‘Robin’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
(Birds and how they Live, 1965)
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A vase, bulbous at the top, with turquoise, black and white decorations all over it.
This striking green glazed jar with bold decadent floral and vertical line designs is a beautiful example of fritware.
Fritware is a type of ceramic dating back to around the late 10th – early 11th century. Finely ground quartz is mixed with small amounts of liquefied glass (frit) and refined clay.
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Opera, after all, has been pronounced dead so often it should qualify for frequent-flyer points to the underworld. And yet the corpse keeps selling tickets. Across Europe alone, more than 13 million people attend opera each year, filling tens of thousands of performances. Opera Australia has more than a million tickets on sale this year - with many performances already sold out. A curious way for society to show a complete lack of care for an art form.
Best κατάβασις (katabasis) reference you will see until this summer’s Odyssey. www.smh.com.au/culture/oper... wanna know more? Read the splendid Suzanne Lye’s underworld book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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I think this story is a really good example for people to look at when it comes to understanding bias at NYT. It's not that the reporter, Dana Rubinstein, says anything outright false. But the framing, word choices, etc., add up to an unprofessional and biased account.
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Mary Cassatt. "On a Balcony," c. 1878–1879.
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Mary Potter, East Coast Window, exhibited 1959. Tate
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Derwent Lees, Pear Tree in Blossom 1913. Tate
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Winifred Nicholson, Recollect 1973. Tate
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Charles Conder, Springtime 1892
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"Cat That Reads 'Journal Pour Tous'" (1867) by Polish-Lithuanian painter Wincenty Sleńdziński (1838–1909)
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Artists of Colorado Ballet in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” - Photos by Andrew Fassbender
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Making Shepherd’s Pie from an 1894 Recipe - Beef or Lamb?
YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1O1...
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Creating The Royal Ballet's Giselle
YouTube video by Royal Ballet and Opera
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A blackbird stands on a path in front of a traditional garden flowerbed edged with brick
‘Daffodil, Narcissus, Tulip, Primula’
Garden Flowers, 1960
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
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An Ancient Greek coin with the head of Heracles in the centre
An Ancient Greek coin with Zeus seated, holding an eagle in the centre.
This coin is from the reign of Alexander III of Macedon, more commonly known as Alexander the Great.
It features the head of Heracles on one side, and Zeus seated holding a sceptre and an eagle on the other.
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