How Jeff Bezos and Amazon Haunt the Dutch Golden Age
There is something babyish about the Bezoses in the painting.
Source: thestranger.com
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A book the size of a child's hand contains multitudes
Countless tributaries have run from the river of words that is the Bible. For a child in Newcastle in the 1970s, holding a little copy was unfathomable.
Source: smh.com.au
The legend of Buster Tucker and his very handy market
In the winter of 1964, my husband was returning to school in New York. It was Boxing Day. At JFK airport, he was captivated by a portly Black man dressed in a suit and tie, over which he wore an ankle...
Source: royalgazette.com
Has Coventry's year as UK City of Culture shaken off its Ghost Town past?
The city presents a series of events and performances informed by its beautifully restored venues, and its influential back catalogue
Source: bigissue.com
Downsize in seaside style: A Dublin beachfront apartment is a prime example of how to trade down
Asking price: €725,000 Agent: Sherry FitzGerald (01) 8394022 Good Friday marked the beginning of a new annual term of office for the syndics of the Draper’s Guild of Amsterdam — a crew of 17th century import inspection officials with their beady eyes on the material world. The who? We’d know nothing about this black-suited posse of Dutch petty trade officialdom today were it not for the genius of Rembrandt. The syndics’ job was to inspect and grade import cloth before it was permitted to be sold to Dutch tailors. Five inspectors and one servant are captured in Rembrandt’s 1682 mas...
Source: independent.ie