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Early photographic art: Frank Hurley

Recently I read a book about Ernest Shackelton’s Endurance journey to Antarctica, which started out as the first expedition planned to cross the entire continent, but wound up instead trapped in pack...

Early photographic art: Frank Hurley

Recently I read a book about Ernest Shackelton’s Endurance journey to Antarctica, which started out as the first expedition planned to cross the entire continent, but wound up instead trapped in pack...

Old and New Music Friday: O Magnum Mysterium an...

I’ve talked a lot about the Old Music I love – the English choral evensong tradition, and Renaissance polyphony from the Flemish composers like Gombert, and even the Grandaddy of...

Old and New Music Friday: O Magnum Mysterium an...

I’ve talked a lot about the Old Music I love – the English choral evensong tradition, and Renaissance polyphony from the Flemish composers like Gombert, and even the Grandaddy of...

Writing about Reading: Scribd and Oyster

Because I spend a lot of time reading online publishing news, I kind of thought everyone’s heard about Oyster and Scribd, the two main ebook subscription services.  I was recently...

Writing about Reading: Scribd and Oyster

Because I spend a lot of time reading online publishing news, I kind of thought everyone’s heard about Oyster and Scribd, the two main ebook subscription services.  I was recently...

Hildegard of Bingen: another in the line of coo...

In my quest to turn my library completely digital and get rid of all my paper books, I’m finally catching up on some of the books that have been on...

Hildegard of Bingen: another in the line of coo...

In my quest to turn my library completely digital and get rid of all my paper books, I’m finally catching up on some of the books that have been on...

The Perfect Crime of the 1870’s

I’ve been reading The Men Who United the States by Simon Winchester, a history of the US told through the elements of wood, metal, water, fire, and air, which is...

The Perfect Crime of the 1870’s

I’ve been reading The Men Who United the States by Simon Winchester, a history of the US told through the elements of wood, metal, water, fire, and air, which is...

Voces8 and Purcell

Henry Purcell is a Grandaddy in the world of early music.  There are a couple of Big Names that most people who are into music, but not early music, have...

Voces8 and Purcell

Henry Purcell is a Grandaddy in the world of early music.  There are a couple of Big Names that most people who are into music, but not early music, have...