'The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.' — Dr. Seuss (I Can Read with My Eyes Shut)
About Me
- Sam
- Kindness. Humanism.Secular. Sceptic. History, Pre-Raphaelites, Reading, Life-Long Learning. 'Sanity Is Not Statistical'.'Fill the unforgiving minute...'.
Monday, 9 September 2013
Sunday, 25 August 2013
Sunday, 7 July 2013
The Borgias : Waters of a Spring
‘‘Look at you…like Narcissus in the spring waters…you don’t know Narcissus?Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection, in the waters of a spring’
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/caravagg/03/21narcis.html - Narcissus - Caravaggio
God she’s beautiful. Jesus Christ. I love it when she kisses Paolo’s reflection.
Saturday, 6 July 2013
Imagine Dragons- It's Time- Cover by Riley Biederer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O8AGPqo3iw
So this is where you fell
And I am left to sell
The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell
Right to the top
Don't look back
Turning the rags and giving the commodities a rain check
I don't ever wanna let you down
I don't ever wanna leave this town
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
This road never looked so lonely
This house doesn't burn down slowly
To ashes, to ashes
So this is where you fell
And I am left to sell
The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell
Right to the top
Don't look back
Turning the rags and giving the commodities a rain check
I don't ever wanna let you down
I don't ever wanna leave this town
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
This road never looked so lonely
This house doesn't burn down slowly
To ashes, to ashes
Sunday, 9 June 2013
Taylor Swift - Sparks Fly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKar-tF__ac - Official video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yo429lyuso - Live in Rio
The way you move is like a full on rainstorm
And I'm a house of cards
You're the kind of reckless
That should send me runnin'
But I kinda know that I won't get far
And you stood there in front of me
Just close enough to touch
Close enough to hope you couldn't see
What I was thinking of
Drop everything now
Meet me in the pouring rain
Kiss me on the sidewalk
Take away the pain
'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile
Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down
Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around
'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile
My mind forgets to remind me
You're a bad idea
You touch me once and it's really something,
You find I'm even better than you imagined I would be.
I'm on my guard for the rest of the world
But with you I know it's no good
And I could wait patiently but I really wish you would
Drop everything now
Meet me in the pouring rain
Kiss me on the sidewalk
Take away the pain
'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile
Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down
Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around
'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile
I run my fingers through your hair and watch the lights go wild.
Just keep on keeping your eyes on me, it's just wrong enough to make it feel right.
And lead me up the staircase
Won't you whisper soft and slow?
I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yo429lyuso - Live in Rio
The way you move is like a full on rainstorm
And I'm a house of cards
You're the kind of reckless
That should send me runnin'
But I kinda know that I won't get far
And you stood there in front of me
Just close enough to touch
Close enough to hope you couldn't see
What I was thinking of
Drop everything now
Meet me in the pouring rain
Kiss me on the sidewalk
Take away the pain
'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile
Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down
Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around
'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile
My mind forgets to remind me
You're a bad idea
You touch me once and it's really something,
You find I'm even better than you imagined I would be.
I'm on my guard for the rest of the world
But with you I know it's no good
And I could wait patiently but I really wish you would
Drop everything now
Meet me in the pouring rain
Kiss me on the sidewalk
Take away the pain
'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile
Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down
Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around
'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile
I run my fingers through your hair and watch the lights go wild.
Just keep on keeping your eyes on me, it's just wrong enough to make it feel right.
And lead me up the staircase
Won't you whisper soft and slow?
I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show.
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Taylor Swift
“I think about what I’d think of my decisions when I’m 80 looking back, and it helps me make sound, responsible choices.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19797669
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19797669
Monday, 6 May 2013
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01ndj09/World_War_Two_1942_and_Hitlers_Soft_Underbelly/
David Reynolds presents
'Surrender at Tobruk (Libya)'
Fall of Singapore to the Japanese
David Reynolds presents
'Surrender at Tobruk (Libya)'
Fall of Singapore to the Japanese
Monday, 22 April 2013
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History - 2. Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians
Lucy Worsley presents
Nov 1688 - William of Orange lands in England with an army
Scrofula = The King's evil
Aged 32, Mary II dies of smallpox
1704 - Anne becomes Queen
Anne had 17 preganancies?
'Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough'
1714 - Queen Anne dies
George II and his son Frederick had a bad relationship
Nov 1688 - William of Orange lands in England with an army
Scrofula = The King's evil
Aged 32, Mary II dies of smallpox
1704 - Anne becomes Queen
Anne had 17 preganancies?
'Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough'
1714 - Queen Anne dies
George II and his son Frederick had a bad relationship
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
The Pre-Raphaelites - Episode 2 - BBC Four
Hogsmill River in Surrey (Ophelia by Millais)
Lizzie Siddall (aged 19) posed in a tin bath for Ophelia painting.
'The Hireling Shephard' - Hunt
John Ruskin married Effie in 1848.
1855 - Effie marries Millais
'Pretty Baa-Lambs' - Ford Maddox Brown
'An English Autumn Afternoon' - Ford Maddox Brown
Lizzie Siddall (aged 19) posed in a tin bath for Ophelia painting.
'The Hireling Shephard' - Hunt
John Ruskin married Effie in 1848.
1855 - Effie marries Millais
'Pretty Baa-Lambs' - Ford Maddox Brown
'An English Autumn Afternoon' - Ford Maddox Brown
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
‘I don’t really think I’m that nice. I think I’m probably just a sociopath who understands that niceness sells’ - Steve Carell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlwxET69wrE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlwxET69wrE
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Monday, 4 February 2013
Howard Goodall
Howard Goodall's Story of Music - 2. The Age of Invention
Somewhere only we know - Keane
'Arcangelo Corelli'
'Antonio Vivaldi' - Summer - The Four Seasons
Henry Purcell - 'An evening hymn'
Somewhere only we know - Keane
'Arcangelo Corelli'
'Antonio Vivaldi' - Summer - The Four Seasons
Henry Purcell - 'An evening hymn'
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