155 news about
links
Posted by Jim on 20/11/2009
The New York Times > Books > Image > Book Review ¦ A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century, by Jane Vandenburgh A profoundly moving page of words and little pictures from Alison Bechdel, reviewing Jane Vandenburgh. (tags: comics books) Audio: Fiction Podcast: Orhan Pamuk reads Vlad ...
Links
Posted by Jim on 19/11/2009
London Underground Tube Diary - Going Underground's Blog Fascinating report of a talk by Oliver Green of the London Transport Museum on the impact of the growth of the Underground on London's new suburbs. (tags: transport london planning history) The Level and Distribution of Global Ho ...
Links
Posted by Jim on 18/11/2009
Maps: Fighting Disease and Skewing Borders - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com I am strangely chuffed to know that Frank Jacobs, the guy behind Strange Maps, is a Londoner. (tags: london maps geography history books) Global Warming - Salon.com "As one might guess, in 1970, the center of Co2 em ...
Links
Posted by Jim on 16/11/2009
BBC NEWS ¦ Programmes ¦ Politics Show ¦ Superfast train set for departure "However some critics question whether high-speed rail will deliver the benefits claimed for it. Professor Stephen Glaister of Imperial College, London, told the Politics Show that despite costing £20bn o ...
Links
Posted by Jim on 15/11/2009
International Year of Astronomy 2009 Posters ¦ simoncpage.com Lovely retro-inspired designs (tags: design art) Book Review - 'What the Dog Saw - And Other Adventures,' by Malcolm Gladwell - Review - NYTimes.com Pinker zings Gladwell: "An eclectic essayist is necessarily a dile ...
Links
