July 28: Cyrano de Bergerac’s death day
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It's Cyrano de Bergerac's death day. He died on this day in 1655, finally
succumbing to wounds suffered during an initially botched, but eventually
success...
A Brief Encounter: In Praise of the Shortest Songs
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While for some people, the sub-50 second fragment, sketch, or interlude on
an album has them reaching for the skip button, for Mary Chiney, it's often
t...
Man, Muse, Monster by Naomi Gibson
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Naomi Gibson’s first adult novel, Man Muse Monster, is a dark academia
horror-romance about zeal, obsession, and the irrepressible hunger to
create. [1] Ha...
David Runciman: Trivial Pursuits
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Any scoring system can be abused once it gets captured. But the fact
remains that a scoring system can also be the most effective means of
exposing value c...
2026 Men’s and Women´s Pro Cycling Calendar
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The UCI has maintained the structure of the race calendar for the 2026
season, despite the fact that…
The post 2026 Men’s and Women´s Pro Cycling Calenda...
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Great Aunt Mavis and the Trees
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Mavis arrives after a decade’s absence, wild grey hair and weathered skin,
rust-speckled motorbike burping blue smoke. She hugs us, then lifts her
hands ...
BRAD BARRETT PRESENTS THE 1969 MALIBU AAAA
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At the end of 1967, the United States Surfing Association split into four
separate entities, one for the West Coast (Western Surfing Association, or
WSA), ...