Sunday, December 08, 2019

Sunday Links

"Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" by Cecil Osborne 1929
I follow @EastLondonGroup on Twitter and looking at their weekly post of Cecil Osborne's painting Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road (above) has become my traditional way to start each Sunday. You can find out more about the group and their work here.

The Brilliantly Eccentric Apartments of the Chelsea Hotel, in Photographs 

The Physics of Peacock Twerking Have you ever wondered how they do it?

This is an interesting Google Arts and Culture tour: Explore The Inventive Architecture of Friedensreich Hundertwasser 

A Seattle man is memorizing Finnegans Wake: "No time to fuck around at my age. I had to get on it right away.”

A bit of levity:  "... here in the middle of this Olive Garden."

Mess about with liquid colours: WebGL Fluid Simulation Via Pasa Bon

The Pyrotechnists Arms, The Defector's Weld, The Case is Altered? London's Strangest Pub Names and what they mean.

All hail Rosemary Brown Was she a fraud, a psychic – or just too talented for a woman in the 1960s?

 llama glama This makes me wish I had better jigsaw skills.

The Most Common Surname in Every Country

Drinks With Nick A delightful blog about books and cocktails.

 Mystery Composer Is Scoring The Sounds Of London Tube Doors Closing

 America’s Lost Railroad Cuisine

I like this Pinterest board of Beijing's traditional hutongs, narrow streets or alleys formed by rows of single-storey houses arranged around courtyards.

Brexit Bunker 

Beautiful 300-yr-old Churches Made Entirely out of Wood Without any Nails Via Davelog

Does Who You Are at 7 Determine Who You Are at 63? The conclusion of Michael Apted's Seven Up debuted earlier this year (I haven't seen it it yet but can hardly wait). I think it is the best doc series ever made. It is certainly the most ambitious.

Grading Scale for the Fall Semester, Composed Entirely of Samuel Beckett Quotes 

The New York City Subway Map as You’ve Never Seen It Before 

Architectural Gingerbread Houses That Are Definitely Not Cookie-Cutter 

In Japan, these giant shoulder calluses are a badge of honor

The No Depression Guide to Holiday Music that Doesn't Suck: 2019 Edition

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