GlobalYell’s blog news
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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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Still Life with Hat, Glasses and Scarf
Dick Frizzell’s Still Life with Hat, Glasses and Scarf has just been bought for the collection. This limited edition work, number 17 of 24, is a lithgraph. It was created…
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This week on Spotify
Most weeks that the blog is published a curated playlist on the streaming platform, Spotify, is created and shared. The items on the playlist reflect the blog entries somehow. Half…
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The suitcase exhibitions
Quilting is a craft but it is also an art. In 1988, the Australian Quilters’ Guild created a travelling exhibition of small quilts. These were designed to fit into suitcases…
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Weaving flax
Phormium tenax, New Zealand flax, has long been a staple material for weavers but it was not always just used by hand-weavers. In the latter part of the 19th Century…
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