Margaret Leigh
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Margaret Leigh
In Shakespeare’s England, the Vikings were taken up as violent catalysts in the early story of the kingdom’s greatness. Rediscovered during the Enlightenment as a sort of ‘noble savage’, the figure of the Viking was enthusiastically adopted by the nationalist Romantics of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Searching for their own emerging ide
... See morefrom The Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price
Meaning is created by just the right change-event happening to just the right person at just the right moment. An opulent ball at the splendid home of the Marquis d’Andervilliers would be of only passing interest if it wasn’t happening to the middle-class, status-obsessed and chronically unfulfilled Madame Bovary,
from The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr
Lemons first grew as an under-storey in forests on the foothills of the Himalayas, and according to Tyôzaburô Tanaka, the great Japanese citrus expert of the twentieth century, all oranges came from Assam and Burma, where they were known as naranga, a name thought to derive from Tamil, in which the prefix nar- denotes fragrance.3 However,
from The Land Where Lemons Grow by Helena Attlee
Though white fragility is triggered by discomfort and anxiety, it is born of superiority and entitlement. White fragility is not weakness per se. In fact, it is a powerful means of white racial control and the protection of white advantage.
from White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Understanding Computers and Cognition, the computer scientists and AI pioneers Terry Winograd and Fernando Flores point out our tendency to ascribe rationality to computers. We do this when a physical system is “so complex, and yet so organized, that we find it convenient, explanatory, pragmatically necessary for prediction, to treat it as if it ha
... See morefrom Blockchain Chicken Farm by Xiaowei Wang
What’s the scariest thing you would try if you were guaranteed to survive unscathed?
from We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships by Kat Vellos
Have you ever surprised yourself?
from We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships by Kat Vellos
I remembered again two clear sounds, the penny whistle at the beginning of the bombardment, the bird singing at the end of it. Between these two sounds there showed a chink of light through which I could see the start of a more hopeful life, a future in which the courage of people could also be used for their greater happiness and well-being. The n
... See morefrom Blitz Writing by Inez Holden
