Presents from the London offspring! I’ll miss these knuckleheads when I go back to Brooklyn.
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Month: May 2017
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James Smith and Sons is synonymous with Too Many Choices. In the best of all possible ways.
Lucky I only wear black! My purchase came with extensive demonstrations of furling techniques, which I promptly forgot.
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Coffee is definitely coeliac safe.
Unless the person serving it fondles some baked goods, then drags their fingers through the beans they are bagging.
I just rolled my eyes and paid, because I wanted to buy some coffee for my hosts. But hey, guess what? Hygiene rules exist for a reason.
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Anatomical model made in Florence around 1770. I think this is a stretch for inclusion in the Robots exhibit, but I love La Specola so whatever.
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Still life with electro-static generator, 1850.
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The Flying Boy Experiment— in which scientists electrocuted children for entertainment and to demonstrate the power of the new discovery. This was one of the milder experiments.
From Electricity: The Spark of Life at the Wellcome.
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Detail from Graveyard in the Tyrol, John Singer Sargent, 1914.
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Minerva. Roman, 2nd century. “Found” on the Esquiline Hill. Helmet by Carlo Albacini 1783. British Museum.
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While a student at the Slade, Augustus John would rip up and discard his sketches. Another student pulled them out of the trash and compiled albums out of the remnants. Weird; but weirder still, the albums are on display in the UCL Art Museum.
