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Category Archive: General

LaTeXport: revenge of the templates, and on to Tufte Book

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Wouldn’t you like your book or other document to look as wonderful as those of Edward Tufte? Here’s how to do that in Tinderbox and LaTeX.

July 15, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Richard Dadd: 2 Travels and Tragedy

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An extended tour of the Middle East proves exhausting, but results in two outstanding paintings. Then Dadd’s world falls apart.

July 14, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Vanishing Pre-Raphaelite: Charles William Mitchell

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One famous painting of Hypatia, based on Queen Victoria’s favourite novel, and a handful of others – a fascinating glimpse of a promising artist.

July 13, 2017 General, Painting

Figures in a Landscape: 10 Canaletto, Master of Staffage

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One of the first dedicated landscape specialists who met the rising demand for ‘views’, his figures reveal his true interest in his motifs.

July 12, 2017 General, Painting

LaTeXport: loose ends

Does it matter if your notes are all templates, exporting lists the right way, and why use outline views?

July 12, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Having reservations to travel

Would you fancy standing for around 11 hours on a series of three different trains, because your booking company claimed that seat reservations weren’t available, when they were?

July 12, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 32 – Boreas and Orithyia

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The North Wind carries off his betrothed, in eight superb paintings by Rubens, Boucher, Evelyn De Morgan, and others. A miniature history of painting.

July 11, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Richard Dadd: 1 Family and faeries

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To celebrate his bicentenary, here are some early works, including some of his ‘faerie paintings’ of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

July 10, 2017 General, Life, Painting

LaTeXport: writing LaTeX documents using Tinderbox

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Tinderbox proves an ideal platform for creating and maintaining LaTeX documents, with these export templates and prototypes.

July 10, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

The dog, a shell, and the mark of high office

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This wonderful late oil sketch by Rubens shows a man walking his dog on a Mediterranean beach. It tells a fascinating story of an ancient industry, and the dress of the most wealthy and privileged few.

July 9, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

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