Sunday Links




Photographs Showcase 19th Century China This archive from the 1860s and 1870s gives us a rare glimpse of Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Beijing in the early days of photography.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Radio drama starring Ralph Richardson (1965)

This week's house envy is the Taproom, a large apartment in the former Woodhams Brewery, Rochester, Kent.

Sweet! Oklahoma City Zoo Red Panda Cam Best viewed between 10am-2pm

“Doomscrolling,” “unprecedented,” “pod”: Here are 20 phrases that defined 2020.

Clothes for Snowmen: Madame de la Bresse left her fortune to provide clothing for the snowmen of Paris.

The easiest  Gingerbread House recipe ever!

17 things you've already forgotten happened in 2020 This year wasn't entirely about the pandemic, although it did take up a lot of space.


Explore the art at Sweden's Icehotel including photos and audioguide. 

Notable Literary Deaths in 2020 An incomplete list of the great literary minds we lost this year.



How do you make Chartreuse? Only two people know the full recipe for the French liquor — and they’re not talking.



The ugliest orchid in the world 

It's not easy to get to but the Siwa Oasis of Egypt  has an otherworldly beauty.

Life In a Trombone Case : Motor City velour. Thanks Bruce!


The Cassini Globe Ornament is a blending of NASA Visible Earth imagery and Esri/USGS Ecological Land Units. Here are instructions  for printing and assembling one for your tree.


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