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London, England · London“I wear suits now basically because it’s easier if you are doing a television programme to wear the same thing all the time. You don’t want to go in way over the programme. It’s another way to get people to forget about me and concentrate on the person I am talking to.” – Melvyn Bragg, 1984 May 15th 1984: You walk into the ground floor reception of the South Bank Studios, London. Outside, it’s a bright blue sky day. Wind whips around this bl…Read Article
Saving Jesus: An Interview with Broadcasting Legend Melvyn Bragg, 1984

Brussels · BrusselsThis small print series is called 'Verschillende Bedrijven uit het Menselijke Leven Door Apen Voorgesteld' (Various episodes of human life performed by monkeys) from designs by the Flemish printer Quirin Boel (or Coryn Bol; 25 January 1620 – 1668) and compatriot painter David Teniers, aka Teniers The Younger, aka David Teniers II (15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690).Read Article
Various Episodes of Human Life Performed by Monkeys, 1635

Paris, France · Paris“Miss Eva prepared the heads before every séance, and endeavoured to make them unrecognizable. A clean-shaven face was decorated with a beard. Grey hairs became black curls, a broad forehead was made into a narrow one. But, in spite of all her endeavours, she could not obliterate certain characteristic lines” – A newspaper article explains how French medium Eva Carrière duped her clients French medium Eva Carrière German physician and psychic …Read Article