FrontPage Archive - November 2010
Created | Updated Jul 20, 2011
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1 November 2010
The 2010 Isle of Wight Festival - Three stages, 75,000 people. A fan's eye view of the sights, sounds and superstars of the island-set jamboreeHow to Make Polish Tea - Broaden your tea-making horizons with this guide to brewing up in the time-honoured Central European way
The 1914 Ludlow Colorado Massacre - Twenty-five people lost their lives in the bloody climax to this miners strike in Southern Colorado
QOTW: When I was a kid I cut all the legs off my bedroom furniture, painted it garish primary colours and added footprints all over
8 November 2010
Arthur Rubinstein: His Life and Musical Works - Polish-born pianist whose fame spanned the globe and life spanned most of the last centuryThe Habitable Zone - An area of space around a star where conditions are known to be favourable to life, also known as the 'Goldilocks Zone'
Gainsthorpe: A Deserted Medieval Village - Little is known - or left behind - of this ancient hamlet in rural North Lincolnshire, England
QOTW: I've just heard that Take That are playing Sunderland next year. … I've put ten pounds on Take That winning 3-0.
11 November 2010
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15 November 2010
21st Century Phone Etiquette - A plea for politeness and a proposal for a new code of conduct for these 24/7 mobile timesBollywood Cinema 1990-1999 - A decade of Indian movie-making that saw acting dynasties continue and a Bandit Queen breaking through
Omega Centauri - A spectacular luminous globular cluster discovered around 150 AD comprising an estimated ten million stars
QOTW: its not the sort of thing a mouse could learn by experience … so it must be some sort of evolved behaviour.
16 November 2010
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22 November 2010
Making 3D Pictures - A guide to creating your own dimension-bending photographs using little more than a camera and a home computerHenrietta Lacks and the Origin of HeLa Cells - Baltimore mother-of-five who played a vital role in cancer research many years after her death
Pharaoh Ramses III and the First Labour Strike - The Ancient Egyptian workers who made history by downing tools on the Pharoah's temple
QOTW: petunias are quite often purple
29 November 2010
Shakespeare's Genius for Word Creation - The world's best-known playwright also had a talent for inventing previously unknown wordsPublic Nudity in Munich, Germany - A city where the uninhibited and unclothed co-exist happily with the more traditionally attired
Ombra Della Sera - An Etruscan Statue - The remarkable story of the little bronze statuette salvaged from the old Italian city of Velathri
QOTW: I'd like to point out that anyone who thinks they know my personality is wrong.
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