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House of the Week: Historic Sedgwick mansion in Syracuse with Adirondack flair
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Few architects have meant more to the history of downtown Syracuse than Joseph Silsbee. The Chicago-born Silsbee designed the White Memorial Building, Amos Building and Syracuse Savings Bank, as well as many residences across Upstate New York. Silsbee designed 7 Brattle Road for his daughter Margaret and...
ESCAPING JAPAN’S SUPER-CITIES FOR THE ‘SO-CALLED WILDERNESS
Every country should have its Shangri-la. Perhaps this is Japan’s. Thrust upward 3,000 feet by Earth’s tectonic mischief, the highland Eden of Kamikochi, tucked into the Nagano prefecture in the center of Honshu, Japan’s main island, attracts millions every year. They come to sniff its sylvan air and escape...
Does this prove Jon Snow will take the Iron Throne when Game of Thrones ends?
The Starks' half-brother, who was found to be their cousin after the R+L=J theory was confirmed, started the season dead. But thanks to the magical abilities of Melisandre, he was resurrected and eventually brought evil Ramsay Bolton to his knees. And it's because of his being brought back to life that the actor behind...
DIVAN: New Album Modern Knowledge
This bleak yet not entirely hope-less album epitomises Freud’s findings: ‘In melancholia, a person grieves for a loss (s)he is unable to fully comprehend or identify, and thus this process takes place in the unconscious mind.’ Are you sitting comfortably? Let us begin … The happy/sad balance is...
Letters to Windsor House review – daffy attack on London’s housing crisis
Summerhall, Edinburgh. Sh!t Theatre turn rifling through the post received by former residents of their flat into rambling but pertinent social theatre. In 2013, Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit of Sh!t Theatre moved into an ex-local authority flat together on an estate in north London where the blocks are named after...
The Wonder Wheel. Coney Island and Silicon Valley
Above the turnstile for the Wonder Wheel, a hand painted sign explains that the Coney Island-based ferris wheel was completed in 1920, is 150 feet high, and weighs 200 tonnes. But the inclusion of Bethlehem Steel’s name stood out amidst the statistics. The company was one of the largest steel manufacturers and ship...
The Game of Thrones music tour is coming
Dum Dum Da Da Dum Dum Da Da Dum Dum… Normally an invite to an “immersive” Game of Thrones experience would be a sign to put on your chain armour. However, we can all greet HBO’s announcement that “music is coming” by singing praises to the gods, old and new. Well, at least that’s the...
JOHNNY DEPP SLEW OF WITNESSES IN AMBER HEARD TRIAL… And Secret Photo
Johnny Depp is locked and loaded for his trial next month… his lawyers have submitted a list of nearly 2 dozen witnesses to support his claim… Amber Heard is lying when she says he brutalized her. Among the witnesses… — The 2 responding officers on May 21 — the night Amber says Johnny attacked...
Double Victoria Cross winning First World War hero honoured with memorial stone
THE only First World War soldier to win the Victoria Cross twice is to have a memorial stone laid in his honour. Captain Noel Chavasse, an Oxford graduate who ran for Britain alongside his identical twin brother in the 1908 Olympics, died from his...
Adele left ‘mortified’ after credit card is declined at H&M store during shopping trip
Adele left ‘mortified’ after credit card is declined at H&M store during shopping trip The British superstar is worth a cool £85 million Adele has revealed that she was left red-faced when her credit card was declined during a recent shopping trip. The chart-topping star, who is thought to be worth around...
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour’s ex-wife on being married to a rock star: ‘It really was love at first sight’
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's ex-wife on being married to a rock star: 'It really was love at first sight' This is a picture of me and my then husband David Gilmour, the Pink Floyd guitarist, and our newly born daughter Alice, at...
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