Hercule Poirot turns 100: The strange case of the Belgian detective https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2020/09/26/hercule-poirot-turns-100

Many of you know that I'm on the AnitaB Pass It On awards team. Need an uplifting moment to see how much women are doing to improve the world? Here's the latest winners. https://anitab.org/audience/awards-grants/pass-it-on-awards/2020-pass-it-on-award-winners/

A room without books is like a body without a soul. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

You need this.

Trust me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bfPwtUTP4k

It was hidden away for centuries in the archives of a seminary in Spain, a rare edition of a Shakespeare play experts believe may be the earliest copy of his work to reach the country. Published in 1634, "The Two Noble Kinsmen" is a tragicomedy. https://www.france24.com/en/20200924-first-shakespeare-in-spain-bard-s-last-play-found-at-seminary

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“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” —Mahatma Gandhi

"With the return of the Great British Bake Off to our screens, it’s the perfect time to crack out the baking skills! We’ve explored before how baking skills were highly valued in the Middle Ages, so this time we thought we’d put some medieval recipes to the test." https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2020/09/great-medieval-bake-off.html

You think you just ordered pizza from a mom and pop, but it might be from Chuck E. Cheese. https://themarkup.org/ask-the-markup/2020/09/15/ghost-kitchens-virtual-food-delivery-restaurants

Me, in 1980, in NYC. Back when I was kind of cute.

"I spent my entire Freshman year writing an operetta for the Triangle Club. To do this I failed in algebra, trigonometry, coordinate geometry, and hygiene." https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/09/f-scott-fitzgeralds-rocky-start-in-writing/

In the middle of the Napoleonic War, Britain’s most famous naval hero is struck by a fatal musket ball at the very moment of his greatest strategic triumph. Rather than bury his body at sea, a quick-thinking Irish surgeon preserves it in a cask of brandy lashed to the deck of the ship. A hurricane is on the horizon and the mast has been shot off; there is no way to hang the sails that would get the ship (and body) to England quickly. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-scandalous-decision-to-pickle-admiral-horatio-nelson-in-brandy

My review of _Einfach - Heimatküche: Genial kochen mit 2-6 Zutaten_
4 stars
Inspiration for the days when you want dinner, but you don't want to think #cookbooks
https://amzn.to/2G2J8HZ

From Calotype to Carbon Print. Digital to Daguerreotype, explore the photographic processes that help us capture the world.
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/photographic-processes

Today, some 60% of women in Europe say they dye their hair. In America the figure is over 70%. https://www.economist.com/1843/2020/09/23/why-even-the-young-dye

"In true Shakespearean style, their romantic story began on their respective balconies this year while Italians were forced to sequester in their homes because of the pandemic. It was in Verona." https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/09/24/italian-couple-romeo-juliet-met-their-balconies-during-lockdown-now-theyre-engaged

Scientists sequenced the genome of the original penicillin mold. A team of researchers in London used a frozen sample of Fleming’s accidental discovery that changed 20th century medicine, and they hope their work leads to better modern antibiotics. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/24/health/penicillin-genome-scn-antibiotic-resistance/index.html

Secret ‘Man Cave' Discovered Below Grand Central Platform. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/secret-man-cave-discovered-below-grand-central-platform-3-mta-employees-busted/2634061/

Coffee tables that look like cassette tapes. https://laughingsquid.com/cassette-tape-coffee-tables/

It was hidden away for centuries in the archives of a seminary in Spain, a rare edition of a Shakespeare play experts believe may be the earliest copy of his work to reach the country. Published in 1634, "The Two Noble Kinsmen" is a tragicomedy. https://www.france24.com/en/20200924-first-shakespeare-in-spain-bard-s-last-play-found-at-seminary