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Posted 18 hours 37 min ago
I went down to Derby in this week to see my Derbyshire cousins. Together we visited Elvaston Castle, a stately home in the village of that name and not far from the county town. Although in a poor state and deemed too dangerous to admit members of the public, the building is impressive nevertheless and its grounds are rather fine.
Posted 1 day 18 hours ago
John Charles Dollman’s 1904 Famine is one of the most evocative paintings I have seen, and hangs at Salford Gallery. He evidently specialised in painting highly dramatic scenes, often featuring animals. Exhibited at the Royal Academy, he claimed to have struggled to paint the wolves as the subjects he chose from the local the zoo were, ironically, over fed.
Posted 2 days 18 hours ago
The Daily Telegraph lists the various foreign terrorists who have attacked the German people in recent times:
May 31, Mannheim - 25-year-old Afghan refugee killed a policeman and injured several others in a mass stabbing
August 23, Solingen - 26-year-old failed Syrian asylum seeker killed 2 and injured 8 in a mass knife attack
Posted 2 days 18 hours ago
St Andrew’s Church in the Lincolnshire village of Redbourne is noted for several peculiarities. The first is the height of the tower, which appears to be a tower built upon another tower. The medieval one was ‘extended’ by the Georgians, in order, it is thought, to be seen from the local manor house, which became a home to the Dukes of St Albans.
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