old masters &‘cameras’
“I’m ready for my close-up, Mister Vermeer…” (the girl in the red hat, 1665). Here’s a documentary that’s well worth your time. You’ll never look at an Old Master painting in the same way again – but...
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All the asteroids discovered since 1980. Each second represents 2 months. This is best watched full screen, and a high-res version is available: Earth Crossers are Red Earth Approachers (Perihelion...
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This starts slow, then really hits it’s stride in the 1950s: James Howard Kunstler has called Suburbia “the greatest mis-allocation of wealth in the history of the human race”. Well, second greatest,...
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The Open University has changed over the last few years!
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