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I'm with Eco on buying and reading books, which are companionably shelved and stacked all around me right now.
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: "It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.
There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion. If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!
Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."
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Listening to Bachโs Air on the G String feels like letting your mind slowly settle, your worries gently fade, and everything fall into harmony with the musicโs peaceful flow.
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Sir Patrick Stewartโs last post..
Reading sonnet 116.
A masterclass on reading Shakespeare !
RIP & blessings to you and your family..
Live long and prosper ๐
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To celebrate the birthday of William Shakespeare, Iโm sharing a few lines from my most favorite sonnet, Sonnet 116. Iโve converted a few of my friends to its cause, and Iโm hoping youโre next. Cheers!
You can hear the entire collection in โPatrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeareโ available now: bit.ly/PatrickStewartSonnets
@SimonAudio
#NationalShakespeareDay
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It's #Halloween and every year we like to carve a #Pumpkin from our collection of @PenguinBooks. ๐
We're up to our elbows here in juicy plots and seedy characters. Luckily there's not much pulp fiction. ๐
ALT A pumpkin made of orange and black books with a spooky face
In every role he played, his Shakespearean background was very evident! telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2โฆ
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National Chocolate Day! ๐
Yorkshire has a long history of chocolatiers. ๐ซ
York earned the nickname "The Chocolate City" in the 19th century, built by Quaker families who favoured the cocoa trade as an alternative to the drink trade.
Rowntree's gave the world Kit Kat, Smarties and Aero. Terry's created the Chocolate Orange and it all traces back to a grocer's shop run by Mary Tuke, later taken over by fellow Quaker Henry Isaac Rowntree in 1862.
Some of Britain's most iconic chocolate was dreamed up right here in Yorkshire. โ at Yorkshire and The Humber, England
611 years ago today, St Crispin's Day 1415, Henry V's outnumbered English army won at Agincourt.
Shakespeare gave him the line every soldier since has borrowed:
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers."
Our people carried that inheritance across the Atlantic.
Remembering the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt today.
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POV: Youโre helping build a 100,000+ LEGO masterpiece ๐คฏโจ
Do you enjoy playing with LEGO? Would you like to be part of a huge LEGO building project? Then come on down to The Stump in Boston, Lincolnshire!
#Lego #LegoBuild #BostonLincolnshire #POV #StBotolphs
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The Beowulf Manuscript (BL Cotton MS Vitellius A XV)
Example of an Lertix
The ears of an ass (donkey),
The wool of a sheep,
The feet of a bird.
MS damaged during the Cotton collection fire in 1731.
Link --> medievalmanuscriptsunlocked.โฆ
@BLMedieval @britishlibrary
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Finishing touches ahead of this eveningโs State Banquetโฆ โจ
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Tonight, The King and Queen will host a State Banquet for the Sultan of Oman at Windsor Castle.
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โ๏ธ Inspired by the Omani ritual of Kahwa, a collection of special teas will be served.
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While Kahwa is traditionally a spiced coffee, the concept has been adapted to draw on the long-standing British love of tea while preserving the aromatic spices and flavours that make Kahwa so distinctive: fragrant cardamom, delicate rose, sweet dates, and gentle warming spices.
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Guests will be invited to choose from an Iced Earl Grey & Date, an Iced Mint & Rose, or a Warm Cardamom-Spiced Blend sweetened with Windsor Honey.
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Together, they reflect the warmth and hospitality shared by both Omani and British traditions. ๐ฌ๐ง๐ด๐ฒ
Storytelling in stone--a very, very old narrative. cnn.com/science/turkey-archaโฆ
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New poster for โTHE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWERโ Season 3.
Releasing November 11 on Prime Video.
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Autumnal gold in some Anglo-Saxon manuscripts of St Luke's gospel: the Book of Cerne, the Cnut Gospels, and two splendid books made for 11th-century noblewomen, Margaret of Scotland and Judith of Flanders.
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-Lโฆ
medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/cโฆ
themorgan.org/collection/gosโฆ
