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• ‘Albert Nobbs’ slow-paced, filled with complexity

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 146
  Glenn Close is receiving great acclaim, including an Oscar nomination, for her role as Albert, a 19th-century woman who survives a traumatic childhood and scratches out a livelihood in a male-dominated society by passing as a man working as a waiter. Although Albert has been in service at various locations in the ...
  2 days ago

• Aitkens Old Brewery (part two)

  
  Shut up about Barclay Perkins — Authority: 113
  Were back in the old-ish Aitkens brewery. Though as you read the passage below youll realise that it had already been greatly altered and enlarged. The original brewery was all on the south side of Newmarket street. But during the 19th century a new, much larger set of buildings had been added on the north ...
  3 days ago

• 1894: George Painter, Chicago infamous

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 111
  While there may be serious doubt about the wisdom of capital punishment it is at present imposed by the law of this State, and if it is to be applied in any case then it should be in this … Any man who will live off of the shame of a woman and beat her from time to time as he would a dog, and finally kill her, must ...
  5 days ago

• Aitkens Old Brewery

  
  Shut up about Barclay Perkins — Authority: 113
  Alfred Barnard - where would I be without him? Having to make do with poorly-written newspaper reports draughted by journalists with no understanding of brewing. Barnards writing is joyful and his eye for detail uncanny. Its not just the quality of his brewery reports but their quantity that make him such a crucial ...
  5 days ago

• The 19th Century Paris Revealed to Parisians

  
  Hoosta Travel Magazine Luxury Design Boutique Hotels Restaurants — Authority: 109
  Even if tensions within Paris are more or less calm down today, it has not always been a quiet city. Many struggles took place notably between the ruling class and the working class. This is the subject of the exhibition presented at the Carnavalet Museum , focused on the 19th century Paris people . Immerse ...
  5 days ago

• Sonya and Princess Marya give until it hurts—but which one will give some more?

  
  bibliographing — Authority: 97
  Yesterday, in telling the story of Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, I mentioned his sister Princess Marya. Marya is a bit unfortunate: she is dull and plain-looking, gets flustered easily, lives in worshipful fear of her father, and is bullied by her own companion, Mlle Bourienne. Marya is also extremely religious and devoted ...
  5 days ago

• England vs Scotland, part 2f: the 1840s

  
  Shut up about Barclay Perkins — Authority: 113
  The day has come! Were finally finished with the 1840s. Weve laughed, weve cried, weve sat down when the excitement got too much. If youve been playing close attention you might have noticed something missing: Porter and Stout. Theres a good reason for that. I managed to not find a single one in the William Youngers ...
  6 days ago

• Brick and Mortar, Steel and Glass - Boston Architecture

  
  New England Travels — Authority: 94
  A bastion of stalwart, stubborn history, a Federalist style building is flanked, almost threateningly, by later 19th century examples of architectural prowess.  I love the flag.  It is like an exclamation point on the little building. But, the bigger brick buildings shouldnt be too cocky.  What ...
  6 days ago

• Weekly Inspiration Through Quotes

  
  Happily Blended — Authority: 420
  Here we are again, heading into another week. Monday is just around the corner and to assist you in  gaining more inspiration, energy and happiness I have some of own hand picked quotes to share with you all…. What we think, we become. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we [...]Need ...
  1 week ago

• 1880: Daniel Searles, the first hanging in Tioga County

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 111
  From the New York Evening Express , January 21, 1880 . DANIEL SEARLES HANGED. THE NEGRO MURDERER OF OLD MR. REWEY Sketch of a Brutal Crime — The Condemned Man Owns His Guilt and Admits the Justice of His Sentence. OSWEGO, N.Y., January 21. — The first instance of capital punishment in Tioga county ...
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• Proprietary yeast

  
  Shut up about Barclay Perkins — Authority: 113
  Yeast. A vital element in producing beer. Larger brewers carefully nurture their strain, coddling it like a small child. Small brewers carefully choose the yeast most suited to each of their beers. In the past they were much less precious about yeast. In London brewers logs I occasionally come across references to ...
  1 week ago

• Using Little RC Aeroplanes And The Fantastic Effects It’s Had

  
  doddsco.com — Authority: 118
  The RC Aeroplane, which also has other names such as RC aircraft or RC Plane Kits , stands for Radio-controlled Aeroplane. One of the favorite pastimes of people around the world is RC Aeroplane flying, which can be done by all ages. A hand-held spreader and receiver is included in the RC Aeroplane and is used to ...
  1 week ago

• England vs Scotland, part 2d: the 1840s

  
  Shut up about Barclay Perkins — Authority: 113
  The end of the Milds is in sight. Or rather, here already. Im already dreading trawling through the next set of William Younger logs. Its about 20 hours of work. Just as well I dont have a family. This set is in the range 1100 to 1120º. Imperial Mild, you could call it. Really there just be a fourth group, 1120 and ...
  1 week ago

• 1880: Prevost, predatory Parisian policeman

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 111
  From a Paris Dispatch report via the New York Times . (Additional paragraph breaks have been added for readability.) It is just 10 years ago, day for day, that the notorious Troppman , the murderer of the Kink family, was executed on the Place de la Roquette. This morning another convict of the same stamp ...
  1 week ago

• To Get Use With Little RC Aeroplanes

  
  zcherry.com — Authority: 115
  The other terminologies for the RC Aeroplane, which is also called the Radio-controlled Aeroplane, can be either the RC aircraft or RC Plane Plans . One rewarding experience is RC Aeroplane flying, as it is an activity that is done by all ages worldwide. The RC Aeroplane is controlled and operated using a hand-held ...
  1 week ago

• How Little RC Aeroplanes Has Increased Good Things For Me

  
  pitmanchamber.com — Authority: 115
  The RC Aeroplane, which is also called the RC aircraft or RC Plane Camera , is also known as the Radio-controlled Aeroplane. RC Aeroplane flying has become one of the great worldwide hobbies that is suitable for all ages. To control and operate the RC Aeroplane, a hand-held transmitter must be used and a receiver ...
  1 week ago

• oldbookillustrations:The wolf and the mastiff.Ernest Griset,...

  
  sloth unleashed — Authority: 617
  oldbookillustrations : The wolf and the mastiff. Ernest Griset, from Æsop’s fables , with text based chiefly upon Croxall, La Fontaine and L’Estrange, London, New York, 1869. (Source: archive.org )
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• Lets Brew Wednesday - 1879 William Younger No.1

  
  Shut up about Barclay Perkins — Authority: 113
  No, we hadnt forgotten about Lets Brew. But you know what its like with the holidays, the food and, of course, the drink. Now were into January our schedules have become as blank as my kids faces when I ask them to help me make pies. I often tell you that weve a special treat for you. Today we genuinely do. ...
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• Henry James: Mme de Mauves (1874)

  
  Beauty is a Sleeping Cat — Authority: 512
  It was exactly one year ago that I reviewed Edith Wharton’s Mme de Treymes . Mme de Treymes – Mme de Mauves? Both novellas, both set in Paris, or in the case of Mme de Mauves in St-Germain-en-Laye. It’s hardly a coincidence. And who was influenced by whom is also not hard to find out as James wrote his ...
  1 week ago

• US Postage Stamps

  
  Vintage Antique Collectible — Authority: 130
  Stamps -> United States -> Collections, Lots When it comes to finding stamps of great value, US postage stamps are usually the most popular. In fact, many of these stamps may be worth more than $100k, and frequently will go well above that. When you are shopping for collectible US postage stamps, it helps ...
  1 week ago

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