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Yorkshire Photos Part 3: Harrogate – with bonus Eurovision 1982 clips

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Cora

Harrogate, a historical spa town in North Yorkshire, is less well known than York or Leeds, but very beautiful and well worth a visit. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it was the Northern rival to Bath (and is mentioned … Continue reading →

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Yorkshire Photos 2: York

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Cora

While Leeds was a bit underwhelming with its unabashed love for highrise buildings, York was more like it. A medieval city located on a spot inhabited since pre-Roman times with Britain’s largest gothic cathedral and narrow streets lined with timbered … Continue reading →

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Yorkshire Photos 1: Leeds

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Cora

Leeds is, to put it politely, not the most beautiful city you’ll ever see. There are some nice Victorian buildings in the city centre (I saw hardly anything that predated the 19th century), but the city suffered badly from a … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Photos Part 4 – Tynemouth

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Cora

During my recent stay in Newcastle I also visited Tynemouth, a small seaside town located, as the name implies, at the mouth of the Tyne.

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Newcastle Photos Part 3 – Architecture

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Cora

Here’s the third installment of my Newcastle photos. This time we have architecture from medieval to ultra-modern:

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Newcastle Photos Part 2 – Monuments

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Cora

As promised, here is the second part of my Newcastle photos. This installment focuses on sculptures and monuments, though some architecture has found its way in here, too, because the two cannot always be neatly separated.

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Newcastle Photos Part 1 – Bridges

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Cora

At last, here are the first of my Newcastle photos. I’ll start off with bridges, because Newcastle has quite a lot of them, including some very interesting constructions. The Tyne bridges have their own website, by the way.

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Day of German Unity Linkdump

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Cora

October 3 is the Day of German Unity, which commemorates the German reunification on October 3, 1990. This year’s celebrations seem strangely subdued. Sure, there is the official celebration in the former capital of Bonn and there are the requisite … Continue reading →

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Really Random Links

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Cora

I’m awfully tired, so here are some random links: The New Yorker has a fascinating article on vintage sexual revolutions by Ariel Levy (the Female Chauvinist Pigs writer). Most of the article is about Wilhelm Reich (which is pretty interesting … Continue reading →

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Three Anniversaries

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Cora

Exactly fifty years ago today (okay, yesterday, since I didn’t get the post up before midnight), on September 8, 1961, Unternehmen Stardust, the first issue of the German science fiction “Romanheft” Perry Rhodan appeared, in which US-astronaut Perry Rhodan with … Continue reading →

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