May 2012
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May 27th
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May 25th
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May 20th
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May 20th
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Although the wind
BY IZUMI SHIKIBU TRANSLATED BY JANE HIRSHFIELD AND MARIKO ARATANI Although the wind blows terribly here, the moonlight also leaks between the roof planks of this ruined house. via the Poetry Foundation
May 13th
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May 10th
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May 7th
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April 2012
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Apr 30th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 24th
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Moles dig up buried treasure where human trowels... →
Apr 24th
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Apr 22nd
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Apr 19th
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Apr 15th
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Apr 15th
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Grand National
I’ve supported the Grand National for years. I love horses and I love the steeplechasers, I know that they are well looked after and I respect the fact that they’re not babies like the flat racehorses are but I honestly can’t watch the Grand National any more. My reason has nothing to do with racing in general, it’s the fact that the way the race is organised doesn’t...
Apr 14th
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Apr 13th
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Apr 12th
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Apr 12th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 3rd
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Apr 3rd
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March 2012
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Mar 27th
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Mar 26th
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Mar 25th
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Mar 25th
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Monastic cemetery find “unique”, say... →
More on the archeological find in St. Andrews. 
Mar 23rd
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“Someone needs to tell those tales. When the battles are fought and won and lost,...”
– from Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus (via forwhenifeellikesharing)
Mar 23rd
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Monk skeleton find halts roadworks | Deadline News →
This is very cool, although I’m not that surprised. 
Mar 22nd
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“To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own...”
– Allen Ginsberg (via wordpainting) (via awritersruminations) (via booklover) (via silver-glass-ships)
Mar 19th
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“The practice of art isn’t to make a living. It’s to make your soul grow.”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via louobedlam) (via elume) (via winterlief) (via booklover)
Mar 17th
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Mar 13th
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Mar 13th
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Save Undershaw - e-petitions →
If you’re a Arthur Conan Doyle fan or a Sherlock Holmes fan, please consider signing the e-petition appealing to the government to buy Undershaw, Arthur Conan Doyle’s Surrey home. The plan is to save this unique building and create a Conan Doyle Museum.
Mar 12th
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Mar 4th
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February 2012
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Feb 15th
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“You must write every single day of your life… You must lurk in libraries and...”
– Ray Bradbury (via doubledaybooks)
Feb 7th
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