Few colours are as freighted with prejudice as pink. Because of its associations with femininity, it was long shunned by many men. Physicists denied that pink was a colour at all.
@nclarke14 follows pink’s fortunes through changing fashions.
Norman Lewis was one of the great travel writers of the 20th century. His long life saw him travel to places as varied as Burma and Belize, Vietnam and Venezuela.
@RankinNick hits the road with Lewis via a new collection of his writings.
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Few colours are as freighted with prejudice as pink. Because of its associations with femininity, it was long shunned by many men. Physicists denied that pink was a colour at all.
@nclarke14 follows pink’s fortunes through changing fashions.
Norma Clarke - La Vie en Rose
Norma Clarke: La Vie en Rose - Pink: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau (Translated from French by Jody Gladding)
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Norman Lewis was one of the great travel writers of the 20th century. His long life saw him travel to places as varied as Burma and Belize, Vietnam and Venezuela.
@RankinNick hits the road with Lewis via a new collection of his writings.
Nicholas Rankin - Among the Bandits
Nicholas Rankin: Among the Bandits - A Quiet Evening: The Travels of Norman Lewis by John Hatt (ed)
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Bulstrode Whitelocke and Edward Hyde, lawyers and long-standing friends, were on opposite sides of the English Civil War.
John Adamson examines how deep the differences between Parliamentarians and Royalists really were.
John Adamson - Lawyers in Arms
John Adamson: Lawyers in Arms - Friends in Youth: Choosing Sides in the English Civil War by Minoo Dinshaw
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