The Print in Early Modern England

The print repertoire of the 16th and 17th centuries in England has been neglected historically, and this remarkable book rectifies a major oversight in the history of English visual art. It provides an iconographic survey of the single-sheet prints produced during the early modern era and brings to light significant recent discoveries from this visual storehouse. It publishes many works for the first time, as well as placing them and those relatively few others known to specialists in their cultural context.

This large body of material is treated broadly thematically, and within each theme, chronologically. Portents and prodigies, the formal moralities and doctrines of Christianity, the sects of Christianity, visual satire of foreigners and “others,” domestic political issues, social criticism and gender roles, marriage and sex, as well as numerical series and miscellaneous visual tricks, puzzles, and jokes, are all examined. The book concludes by considering the significance of this wealth of visual material for the cultural history of England in the early modern era.

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The Print in Early Modern EnglandAn Historical OversightMalcolm Jones

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Format:

Hardback

Publication date:

15 May 2010

ISBN:

9780300136975

Imprint:

Paul Mellon Centre BA

Dimensions:

352 pages: 241 x 286mm

Illustrations:

30 color + 220 b-w illus.

Retired NHS workers overpaid by nearly £100m

Yes, that's £100m in bungled pension payments.

Retired NHS workers overpaid by nearly £100m since 2012

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學校建物自動灑水系統

Sprinklers should be fitted in all new and refurbished schools, according to National Fire Chiefs Council - NFCC.
It's already mandatory in Scotland and Wales but not in England, where BBC Breakfast has found only 5% of all schools in England and Wales currently have them.

根據國家消防局長理事會NFCC的說法，自動灑水系統應該安裝在所有新建和翻新的學校。

這在蘇格蘭和和威爾士是強制性的，而英格蘭目前學校只有5％擁有此種設備。

EUROPEAN UNION

Brexit: UK's Theresa May should 'accept reality,' says EU negotiator

The EU Parliament's Brexit negotiator has called on the British premier to outline the trade deal she wants after the UK leaves the EU. He said many Brexiteers have refused to accept the realities of the exit.

Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator, on Sunday called on British Prime Minister Theresa May to confront British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and other Brexit advocates in her party with the true consequences of Britain's departure from the European Union by outlining the future trade deal she would like with the bloc.

Read more: Angela Merkel has 'absolutely no doubts' about securing Brexit deal

May should call the bluff of the "increasingly desperate Brexiteers" and "outline, once and for all, what kind of future relationship the country wants with the European Union," Verhofstadt told the British The Mail on Sunday newspaper.

"This may require Theresa May to face down Boris Johnson and others in her party who refuse to accept the reality of the Brexit they campaigned for," he said.

EU member states are calling for detailed and concrete commitments from Britain about how it sees its relationship with the bloc after Brexit before consenting to start trade talks. However, at a recent summit, leaders of the 27 states that will remain in the EU did agree to start preparing for the so-called Phase Two of Brexit negotiations, which will include the issues of trade and a transition deal.


BREXIT TIMELINE: CHARTING BRITAIN'S TURBULENT EXODUS FROM EUROPE

• June 2016: 'The will of the British people'

  After a shrill referendum campaign, nearly 52 percent of British voters opted to leave the EU on June 24. Polls had shown a close race before the vote with a slight lead for those favoring remaining in the EU. Conservative British Prime Minister David Cameron, who had campaigned for Britain to stay, acknowledged the 'will of the British people' and resigned the following morning.

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Financial deadlock

The EU fears that Britain's planned departure in 2019 will badly impact on the bloc's budget and are demanding a large financial settlement.

However, May said the amount of that settlement can be agreed only after London and Brussels formulate an overall deal.

Read more: UK finance chief regrets calling EU 'the enemy'

"Brexiteers failed to outline the extent of UK liabilities in Europe. Nevertheless, what is clear is that it w 



The idea of Brexit is deeply unpopular with many Britons

ill not be the taxpayers of the European Union who pay Britain's bar bill," Verhofstadt said in the Mail on Sunday interview.

The idea of Brexit is deeply unpopular with many Britons

'People first'

British Trade Secretary Liam Fox, meanwhile, took exception to comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron at the summit in which he accused Brexiteers of bluffing about a willingness to make a "no-deal" exit in order to soften the EU's stance.

Fox told broadcaster ITV that Macron was "completely wrong," adding that failure to come up with a deal would not be "exactly a nightmare scenario" for trade conducted under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. He, however, said that having a deal was the preferable option to him.

Read more: Brexit's side effects for life-saving medicines

May is expected to update the British Parliament on Monday about the results from the recent summit. According to comments carried by Sunday newspapers in the UK, she will say that the Brexit process must take into consideration the well-being both of the 3 million EU nationals living in Britain, and of British expats.

"The negotiations are complicated and deeply technical, but in the end they are about people — and I am determined that we will put people first," she was to tell parliament.

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The 43 Group: Battling British Fascism - Witness

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43_Group

BBC World Service

"We got together and decided that if the authorities would do nothing, we must do it ourselves." Formed in the late 1940s, The 43 Group became a model for future militant anti-fascist groups. 📻

The 43 Group: Battling British Fascism - Witness

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Who was Sean Hughes?

Guardian culture

"I shall go to his funeral still asking myself: who was my old friend? And why did his life turn out this way?"

Remembering Sean Hughes: ‘The sadness is he didn’t get to be old, just lonely’

Since his death, a complicated picture of the comedian has emerged. We were friends at the height of his fame and I saw his cruelty first hand. Others say that he later changed, before his drinking spiralled out of control

THEGUARDIAN.COM

It needs to be remembered that Sean Hughes was not the man one saw on TV, says Michael Hann, who had been close friends with the comedian.

Wolfgang Suschitzky, Whitehall from Trafalgar Square 1953,

Tate

Wolfgang Suschitzky, Whitehall from Trafalgar Square 1953, Tate collection

Wilko Johnson

BBC的HardTalk訪談 Wilko Johnson，不少時間談其原以為死症的怪病和告別演唱會......


Wilko Johnson (born John Peter Wilkinson, 12 July 1947)^[1] is an English singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor. He was a member of the pub rock/rhythm and blues band Dr. Feelgood in the 1970s.

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• 1Career
  • 1.1Music career
  • 1.2Acting career
• 2Legacy
• 3Personal life
  • 3.1Cancer
• 4Discography
  • 4.1Albums and EPs (as a band member)
    • 4.1.1Dr Feelgood
    • 4.1.2Solid Senders
    • 4.1.3The Wilko Johnson Band
    • 4.1.4Ian Dury & the Blockheads
    • 4.1.5with Roger Daltrey
  • 4.2Album as a guest musician
• 5See also
• 6References
• 7External links

However, Johnson did not have the more common adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. It was later discovered that he had a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET), a less virulent and more treatable form of the disease.^[41]
然而，約翰遜沒有更常見的胰腺腺癌。 後來發現他有一種胰腺神經內分泌腫瘤（PNET），一種毒性較弱，可治癒的疾病。[41]

Kazuo Ishiguro. Comedian Simon Brodkin

約十年前，我在洪老師的退休午宴的紀錄稿中，引Kazuo Ishiguro.的【長日將盡】的一句話，查過原文。楊博士說，怎引用起他的來.....

Kazuo Ishiguro wins the Nobel prize in literature

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（photo : Kazuo Ishiguro © Jane Brown）

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