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Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a...
– Why secondhand bookstores smell good
Perfumes: The Guide (via YMFY)
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September 2010
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The loss of liberty incurred by any alternative principle is too high a price to...
– David Mitchell, ‘If Britain decides to ban the burqa I might just start wearing one’. Published in Sunday’s Guardian
Eddie Argos on reading children's books
I still read children’s books. It is a little embarrassing, but whenever I’m in a charity shop (or “thrift store” to you Americans), I can’t help heading over to the children’s book section and searching for a Three Investigator or Famous Five book I may have missed out on. Don’t get me wrong, I can read. It’s not that I’ve not got past a certain reading level, it’s just that there is something...
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David Bailey: The 60s have never ended →
Whether it was John Lennon, Michael Caine or Andy Warhol, David Bailey’s photographs of 1960s celebrities defined the decade. As a retrospective of his most famous images goes on show at Bonhams, he talks to Sarfraz Manzoor about Picasso, body language and his dread of photographing modern celebrities
A great interview from guardian.co.uk
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Exploration #6 - London Pirate Radio
Pirate radio is everywhere in London, born in the 60’s from rusting anti-aircraft towers in the mouth of the Thames. Today’s broadcasts are hidden in plain sight, transmitting from secret tower block studios via homemade rooftop antennas. We put our boots on and went exploring.
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It’s perhaps the biggest threat to the nation’s mental wellbeing,...
– Charlie Brooker on the most dangerous drugs out there: newspapers
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January 2010
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@knownaslondoner
Funny to catch you in a place like this. I had never realised just who you were, if I had of course I would have been following a lot earlier-on.
Welcome to the hipsterverse.
God Bless You Sir.
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