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All Quiet on the Orient Express, Magnus Mills     This is the second novel by the Booker shortlisted author, Magnus Mills. It’s described as a ‘tragi-comedy’ that features an unnamed narrator who is dealing with increasingly sinister and unnerving situations. The surreal novel is set in the Lake District and focuses on a lone camper who is enjoying the solitude of his surroundings before embarking on a trip to the East. But then the owner of the campsite asks him to paint a ...

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Unidentified Member of the Richmond HowitzersThe Richmond Howitzer Company of the 1st Regiment of Volunteers was founded on November 9, 1859, by George Wythe Randolph, a grandson of Thomas Jefferson, a U.S. Navy veteran, and a Richmond lawyer. After electing Randolph its first captain, the company, which was recruited from elite Richmond circles, marched to Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), to help provide security during Brown’s trial and subsequent execution. Curious out-of-towne...

Photo: Adam Taylor/Sony Pictures The end of the month means a fresh new crop of interesting films coming to platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime — but it also means scrambling to say goodbye to all the great movies you forgot about or always meant to get around to but didn’t. You’re looking for the good stuff and you don’t have a lot of time. We get it; we got you covered. We’ve combed through the sea of outgoing streaming releases to bring these platforms have to offer dur...

Massive refining outages in the U.S. state of Texas due to freezing weather has led to a flurry of fuel tanker bookings from Europe, while several ...

  1840 (dated)         1 : 76000 Description This is a rare 1840 / 1843 nautical chart or maritime map of Bombay / Mumbai harbor, India. The map covers from Salsette to Kundaree Island. Detail focuses heavily on the inner harbor, where thousands of depth soundings in meters and trigonometric survey lines are included. This chart, compiled from the survey work of India Navy Lieutenant Robert Cogan represents the first major scientific survey of Bombay Harbor since the late 18th-cent...

A community is saying goodbye to one of its public servants.

HISTORY: Victoria St monument is not just any old clock The unveiling and opening of the Captain John Mackay Memorial Clock in Victoria Street during July 1957. Picture: Daily Mercury Archives People and Places Steven Pritchard and Judy Stewart , Mackay Historical Society 4th Feb 2021 9:00 AM Many locals may know of or may have driven or walked past the ‘Captain John Mackay, Memorial Clock’ in Victoria Street, but how many...

PHOTO of the DAY: Massive Symbols of Strength in the Mojave Desert Feb 02, 2021 at 04:00 am by WGNS Photo Entry by Scott Walker Rocks are a symbolism of strength and the unmovable. These rocks, some granite, are painted by the troops that receive specialized training in the desert at Fort Irwin in California. Each rock is hand painted by units that come in and exit by the hundreds and sometimes thousands. The training that takes place at Fort Irwin prepares soldiers for the...

2 months ago TORONTO – Having started the 2021NHL season with a record of 6-2 the ever disappointing Toronto Maple Leafs believe they have finally found what works for them: no longer having to play the Boston Bruins. “It’s still early but things are really coming together,” said Captain John Tavares. ‘We’re moving the puck, we’re skating well and we’re not getting our heads kicked in by the Bruins once every couple weeks.” “That and getting to play the Senators and Oilers a...