GlobalYell’s blog news
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A winter window
The studio window display has been changed for winter. This season woollen blankets feature with pride of place being given to a 1974 Commonwealth Games blanket in red, white and…
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Readers’ contributions
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The Women’s History Museum of Zambia
Zambia, a land-locked country that shares borders with Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi, has a rich history and the place of women in that history…
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This week’s playlist
Most weeks, a curated Spotify playlist of audio to go alongside the blog is created and offered to readers. This list presents music and sound from the platform that relates…
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Reader contributions
This week there are links from the United States, Australia and New Zealand. A festival of joyful celebration was held in New York: The Pinkster Stroll. Reviving an old custom…
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Articles from elsewhere
Most weeks, the blog receives contributions from readers to share. A new section has been introduced as part of the revamp of the week’s newsletter: Reader contributions. This section will…
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Restoring opera
Opera is known for its sets and costumes as well as, of course, music and acting, but what happens when operatic productions are revived years after a performance? Opera brings…
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Can you help the blog change?
In this important year for the blog, its twentieth, it is time to rethink what it is and how it works. You, dear readers, might be able to help. The…
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Matariki
It is the season of Matariki, Māori New Year, in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Matariki cluster of stars, also known as The Pleiades, marks the start of this time of…
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Global fashion done local
Lagos, the most populous of Africa’s cities, has a name for fashion. Global trends combined with local aesthetics and sensibilities are producing some of the most exciting fashion in the…
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