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fuckyeahtoronto:

Queen and Bay Streets - south east corner. October 28, 1916

This is the corner where I work now! Love to see it this way.

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I just found out about “Garrow’s Law” last week and have been rationing myself one episode per night. Fantastic stuff.

evewithanapple:

Set in the shifting social climate of 18th-century England, Garrow’s Law follows the true case stories of barrister William Garrow as he fights to combat injustice in the Old Bailey. The show discusses contemporary topics such as slavery, homosexuality, and women’s rights, as well as focusing on Garrow’s personal life, along with his fellow crusader, Lady Sarah Hill. The show stars Andrew Buchanan, Lyndsey Marshall, and Alun Armstrong, and airs on BBC 1.

Series One

Episode One
Episode Two
Episode Three
Episode Four

Series Two

Episode One
Episode Two
Episode Three
Episode Four

Mark Pallis, the show’s historical consultant, also runs a blog here, where he discusses the historical context and real-life cases that inspire each episode. The cases can also be read about at Old Bailey Online.

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iknowyouwillbehappyhere:

Bobby Fuller Four | Let Her Dance

Fantastic Mr. Fox

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manueluv:

Lust, Caution - Wong Chia Chi’s Theme

Love this soundtrack.

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enternechoplex:

Sysiphos At Work by Peer Raben.

One of the things I absollutely love about Wong Kar Wai’s films is just how elemental is the music. He has a brilliant sense of what music fits better with certain visuals, and he is constantly creating something really special out of that fusion.

Posted 4 months ago
blackandwtf:

1950s
A 1950s ice cold whisky dispenser.

Love it.

blackandwtf:

1950s

A 1950s ice cold whisky dispenser.

Love it.

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friendlyatheist:

Naked truth.

-FA

Honestly, I find this sort of thinking to be very comforting.

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Old Uzbek had words for wanting to cry and not being able to, for being caused to sob by something, for loudly crying like thunder in the clouds, for crying in gasps, for weeping inwardly or secretly, for crying ceaselessly in a high voice, for crying in hiccups, and for crying while uttering the sound hay hay. Old Uzbek had special verbs for being unable to sleep, for speaking while feeding animals, for being a hypocrite, for gazing imploringly into a lover’s face, for dispersing a crowd.

STANFORD Magazine: January/February 2010 > Showcase > Author Elif Batuman

(excerpt from The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Love Them (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

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I was face-to-face with these two gents on Thursday night in Toronto. It was my third time to do so with the one on the left, first time with the one on the right.

I was face-to-face with these two gents on Thursday night in Toronto. It was my third time to do so with the one on the left, first time with the one on the right.