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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 372

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 372. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Fruit element […]

August 10, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Painting legendary self-sacrifice: Did the Horatii save Rome?

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Two sets of triplets fight outside the city of Rome acting as proxies for two warring cities. One survivor at the end demonstrates his loyalty by patriotic sacrifice. But which side was David on?

August 9, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Painting legendary self-sacrifice: Did Horatius Cocles save Rome?

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A classic legend of self-sacrifice, in which a single Roman soldier defended a bridge against a whole army until it was demolished, and Rome was saved from the Etruscans.

August 8, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 372

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Fruit element […]

August 8, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

A cold countryside: James Ward 1

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Largely self-taught, in the early 19th century stood alongside Constable and Turner. Prolific painter of the countryside, with wonderful oil sketches, and farm animals.

August 7, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Brushstrokes: Constructive strokes

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As Paul Cézanne reached the end of his Impressionist phase, he started painting foliage using patterned brushstrokes, his ‘constructive stroke’.

August 6, 2026 General, Life, Painting

In the shadow: Colour controversy

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Before about 1870, no one questioned that cast shadows should appear grey, without any change in colour. The Impressionists disagreed.

August 5, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Portraits of trees: Walnut and Almond

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Walnuts providing food, fine wood, and a drying oil used as an alternative to linseed; almonds that may have a high cyanide content, but are still eaten. Paintings from Piero to Bonnard.

August 4, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Hero or hooligan: Odysseus escapes the Sirens

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Odysseus is warned about the Sirens, who lure ships’ crews to their deaths. After negotiating their threat, they sail past Scylla and Charybdis, but all his crew are lost in shipwreck, and he ends up with Calypso for 7 years.

August 3, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 371

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 371. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Brown beverage […]

August 3, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

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