Final dispensation

Source: Irish Times

THE TIMES WE LIVED IN: IT WAS a pearl among pharmacies. It had been on the go since 1897. But in the summer of 1975, JJ Graham’s on Westmoreland Street closed its doors for the last time. “And now even Graham’s is ...
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Baltic Cruise Stop Tallinn – UNESCO Cultural Heritage

Source: Lifecruiser

One of the ports our cruise ship did stop in, was Tallinn in Estonia. Tallinn has a truly charming old medieval part in town, which we were heading to at once. It kind of looks like a mix of Stockholm’s old town and Visby, Gotland (our ...
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48 hours in eclectic Bucharest

Source: Hindustan Times

Got 48 hours to explore Romania's capital and its eclectic mix of western architectural ideas, eastern imagery, 20th century totalitarian megalomania and buzzing nightlife? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors map the ...
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Source: Lincolnshire Echo

When you come across a Film Noir you've never heard anything about and find yourself watching, it can be an unexpected and magical experience. If you've been carried along by the hype of a blockbuster, when you finally c ...
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Gravity Rush Review

Source: Eurogamer

The only thing that's changed is the translation, but Gravity Daze felt ever so slightly different on my second play-through. For starters, the game's called Gravity Rush now that it's reached the UK (or is about to - it's re ...
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Euro Vocab

Source: OpPapers.com

Chapter 26 Vocab 1. Belle Époque- the name of the late 18 and early 1900s pre WWI when Europe was industrialized and thriving and not yet plagued by the tensions and conflicts between nations 2. The “women question”- at the time one of the hardest ques ...
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Theater and classical music events in Ventura County: May 25, 2012

Source: Ventura County Star

"The Adventures of Sinbad": Performances to Grow On presents the Oregon Shadow Theatre using shadow puppets to tell the story of the famous adventurer from "The Thousand and One Arabian Nights." 7 p.m. May 26, Matilija Auditoriu ...
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Eurovision leaves West behind

Source: The Washington Post

MOSCOW — Is the Soviet Union finally conquering Europe? Since 2001, five former Soviet republics have won the Eurovision Song Contest , an annual jamboree of Euro-pop music where no costume is too extravagant and no effect ...
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Other Modern? Christ the King Cathedral, Johannesburg

Source: New Liturgical Movement

Normally as part of our Other Modern series, when we've featured entire churches they have often shown an Art Nouveau or Art Deco influence, or if not that, then at least something in a similar vein. (Our considerations of particular liturg ...
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