Victoria and Dickens

#literature Victoria and Dickens.Queen Victoria was a voracious reader . Among her favourites were four of the most prominent authors of the century : Dickens, Bronte , Elliot and Tennyson…

Beliefs

#philosophy Beliefs.What is Belief? โ€œBeliefs are vague and complex, pointing not to one precise fact, but to several vague regions of fact. Beliefs, therefore, unlike the schematic propositions of logic,…

Pierluigi Collina

#sports Pierluigi Collina.19 July marks the birthday of the best referee of all time: ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นโ–ช When he was on the field, he communicated in 4 languages: French, Spanish,…

The Problem of Money

#philosophy The Problem with Money. โ€ ... Money is the accepted measure of brains. It is thought a man who makes a lot of money must be a clever fellow;…

Alexandre Dumas

#literature #memory Alexandre Dumas. 24 July is the birth anniversary of Alexandre Dumas, (1802-1870), one of the most prolific and most popular French authors of the 19th century. He is…

Cry, The Beloved Country

#books Cry, The Beloved Country. Cry, The beloved Country (1948), by Alan Paton, is considered one of the greatest novels about Africa.The story of a native black African, and his…