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Readers’ books of the year 2015

Edit The Guardian 26 Dec 2015
The huge hit A Little Life, a cultural history of the weather, and life as a London cycle courier - readers recommend their favourite books of 2015. Sarah Akhtar, Stoke-on-Trent ... I knew they were destined to meet, but not where or how ... The Red Admiral has been represented in art since at least the 1330s, mainly as a symbol of sin and temptation, but also, after the assassination of the Russian tsar Alexander II, as a messenger of death....

England's medieval immigrants revealed by universities

Edit BBC News 17 Feb 2015
Three Flemish weavers from Diest in Belgium lived and worked in St Ives, Huntingdonshire, in the 1330s John Lammyns, a goldsmith from Antwerp, lived in Bristol in the 1430s and 1440s Sir John Montgomery of Faulkbourne, Essex, had five foreigners working in his household in the 1440s Walter, a minstrel from Germany, settled in London in the late ......

Living and working together: England’s immigrants in the Middle Ages (University of York)

Edit noodls 17 Feb 2015
(Source. University of York). Posted on 17 February 2015 ... Map showing results by Residence. County (credit. http.//www.englandsimmigrants.com) ... Three Flemish weavers from Diest in Belgium lived and worked in St Ives, Huntingdonshire, in the 1330s; and John Lammyns, a goldsmith from Antwerp, lived in Bristol in the 1430s and 1440s ... Sir John Montgomery of Faulkbourne, Essex, had five foreigners working in his household in the 1440s ... (noodl....

As the election nears, vote for the fearless not those who sow fear

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 31 Oct 2014
There are economic, health and social concerns that have presented themselves as monumental opposition to our peace of mind. In the 1330s, mankind faced the Bubonic plague that killed millions ... ....

Why Are Fairy Tales Universally Appealing?

Edit Huffington Post 15 Sep 2014
"Let us tell an old story anew and see how well you know it...". With these words, Maleficent -- Disney's recent remake of Sleeping Beauty -- begins ... and perhaps about ourselves as well. 'Sleeping Beauty' is an old story. Much older than people realize ... Basile may well have heard an old Occitan story called Perceforest (1330s) about a young man who penetrates a dark wood and finds -- and makes love to -- a young woman deep in a coma ... ....

Daily Digest: Archbishop Sentamu urges Government to offer asylum for those persecuted by ISIS (The Church of England)

Edit noodls 01 Sep 2014
(Source. The Church of England) Today's coverage. BBC. Report that the Archbishop of York has urged the government to do more to offer asylum to Christians and others being persecuted by Islamic State terrorists ... http.//www.bbc.com/news/uk-29001944. Times ... FT ... Mail ... Mail ... BBC ... Mail ... BBC ... Times ... Times ... He says a 20ft octagonal stone enclosure from the 1330s rises above the font, with thin pinnacled buttresses and richly crocketed steep gables....
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