Westminster libraries host many events and workshops which differ in each library. View all special events by date in the upcoming events section or browse through the guide to find events at your local library, including regulars such as book groups and rhyme time sessions. Westminster City Archives also holds regular events.
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Charing Cross Library will be closed on Thursday 23 May 2019 as it will be used as a polling station. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
There are no special events planned at the moment.
Regular children's events run during term-time only, unless otherwise stated.
Action on Hearing Loss drop-in session Monthly on Tuesday, 11am to 2pm Free one to one sessions with the largest charity in the UK for people with hearing loss. Share your concerns and hearing loss checks are available.
Church Street Library will be closed on Thursday 23 May 2019 as it will be used as a polling station. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
These sessions encourage everyone to get on their feet and get inspired about reading!
Dancing Books supports the development of literacy, phonetics and inspires storytelling and are designed for children under the age of four and their carers. Each session is delivered by an inspiring team of DanceWest teachers.
There are two sessions a week at Church Street Library. No booking is required, we do ask that you arrive in plenty of time and ready to dance. A £1 voluntary donation is requested by each family per session.
Unless stated, there's no need to book a place, just turn up.
Tuesday 16 April, 2.30pm to 3.30pm.
Join us for some cute crafts with a Spring theme.
Suitable for children aged 5+.
Wednesday 17 April, 2.30pm to 4pm.
Celebrate 30 years of We're going on a Bear Hunt with storytelling and refreshments at a Teddy Bear's Picnic. Don't forget to bring along your favourite teddy bear.
Suitable for children aged 6+.
Friday 26 April, Friday 3, 10, 17 and 24 May, 10 am to midday.
Come along and share stories and sewing skills at this new intergenerational community storytelling project. We'll be weaving together threads of people's stories, hopes and dreams, culminating in an inspiring collaborative Church Street story cloth.
Free and no need to book, just turn up.
Regular children's events run during term time only, unless otherwise stated.
Story time Tuesday, 4.10pm to 4.45pm Storytelling and a craft activity; suitable for children aged 2 to 6.
Free for 6 to 8 year olds. Games, songs and activities within a small group with a qualified and experienced native French teacher.
The Tuesday club is for post-beginners and the Wednesday club is for beginners.
Little painters Friday, 10.30am to 11.30am A free arty group for 2-4 year olds. Booking not required, just come along!
For any of these sessions other than the CV and employment drop-in and IT drop-in sessions (all on Mondays), speak to staff beforehand.
Healthy Westminster Regular information and advice sessions Look on the health events page for details.
English speaking club Monday, 11.30am to 1.30pm, and Wednesday, midday to 1.30pm Improve your spoken English, as well as reading and writing with this free club. For more information ask in the library or contact Mahbuba Khan on 020 7641 5474.
IT drop in sessions Monday, 1.30pm to 5pm and Friday, 2pm to 5pm Help with using Word, Excel, email, the internet and completing online forms. We can also help with how to write a CV and search for jobs.
Drop in sessions for help and advice on housing, benefits, and council tax. Doors open at 10am and available slots are allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
Like to learn Arabic? This club is for beginners and for those that already speak some Arabic and would like to improve.
No need to book a place, just come along.
Starts: Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 May 2019.
Bengali women's reading and writing group Friday, 9.30am to 11.30am Contact Mahbuba Khan on 020 7641 5474 or visit the reading groups page.
Reading group Meets monthly on Friday Find out more on the book groups website.
Knitting group Saturday, 10.30am to 12pm All experience levels are welcome.
Unless stated, events are suitable for children of all ages, although help from parents/carers may be needed for younger children.
Monday 8 to Thursday 18 April.
Find the Easter egg pictures hidden around the library, drop in anytime.
Wednesday 17 April, 2pm to 4pm.
Join Learning Unlimited for this family learning workshop. Explore what makes a good story, take part in group story-telling and make your own story wheel or story cards to take home with you.
Suitable for children aged 4 to 11 and their parents/carers. Booking a place in advance is essential. To book, contact Maida Vale Library.
Get free advice on writing a CV, job search techniques and interview preparation. These sessions are run by the National Careers Service. To arrange an appointment call 020 3714 8350 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm) or 0800 100 900 (every day 8am to 10pm).
Would you like to speak English with confidence? Then join our free club. No need to book, just turn up.
Friday 26 April, Friday 10 and 24 May, 1.30pm to 3.30pm.
Tired of having to ask your loved ones for help using digital devices? Are you a senior citizen looking to develop your digital skills? Would you like to learn how to use them more effectively in a relaxed atmosphere with tea and cake? Please bring along your mobile, laptop, iPad etc - so that you can receive one to one tutoring with your own device.
Regular events for children are run during term time only, unless otherwise stated.
Saturday morning crafts Saturday, 10.30am to 12pm Make something new every week!
Board games and Lego club Saturday and Sunday, 2pm to 4pm A fun club for children from 5 to 10 years old.
Take time to unwind with a relaxing massage to distress and revive the senses.
Choose either a neck to shoulder massage or a hand to forearm massage and your choice of essential oils with a qualified therapist.
The UK's largest charity working with older people are offering a free open surgery for help with welfare benefits, pensions, housing, social care, taxi cards, advocacy, charitable grants and assistance with correspondence.
Regular events for children take place during term time only, unless otherwise stated.
Lego club Friday, 3.45pm to 4.45pm Calling all builders! Come along and create a masterpiece out of Lego, with the best being displayed in the library during the week. No booking required, just turn up.
Saturday 27 April, 11.30am to 3.30pm.
You can then claim a new item by exchanging your tokens.
Electrical items will be PAT tested on the day Any items not re-homed will be recycled.
Saturday 4 May, 11am to 3pm.
At Dr Bike sessions, experienced cyclists and mechanics check everything on your bike from wheels, brakes, gears and tyre pressure to lights, racks pedals, saddles and more - all for free. Bring your bike along, it will feel loved and cared for.
Wednesday 8 May, 11am to 1pm.
Wednesday 22 May, 11am to 1pm.
Regular events for children are run during term-time only, unless otherwise stated.
Toddler toy time Friday, 10.30am to 11.30am A chance for parents and carers of toddlers aged one and above to meet, mingle and make new friends. With toys and colouring to keep your toddlers entertained.
English club Saturday, 2pm to 3pm Using IXL, an online learning experience that provides comprehensive, curriculum-based maths and English. The English and maths clubs are suitable for children in Year 1 and up to Year 13.
Share a Book group Monday, 2pm to 4pm and Thursday, 6pm to 8pm Read more about reading groups. Pass on your contact details to a member of staff or email kgielgud@westminster.gov.uk to register your interest in joining.
CV help session Tuesday, 10am to 5pm These sessions are run by the National Careers Service. To arrange an appointment, call 020 3714 8350 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm) or 0800 100 900 (every day 8am to 10pm).
Seniors online IT class Tuesday, 1pm to 3pm Open Age run both a beginners and intermediate course. To book a place on either course, contact Paddington Library.
Stop smoking Wednesday, 2pm to 4pm Kick It Stop Smoking specialists offer carbon monoxide testing and free one-to-one sessions for advice and support in giving up smoking.
Community health event Last Thursday of the month, 12.30pm to 3.30pm Please see publicity in the library for further details.
Go online - beginners' IT training Friday, 2pm to 4pm Contact Paddington Library for more information.
Knitting and crochet group Second and fourth Fridays of the month, 5pm to 7pm This group is for absolute beginners and those that would like to improve their knitting or crochet skills.
English conversation group Saturday, 10.30am to midday Would you like to speak English with confidence? Then join our free club. No need to book, just turn up. In partnership with Rotary Club of London.
There are two sessions a week at Pimlico Library. No booking is required, we do ask that you arrive in plenty of time and ready to dance. A £1 voluntary donation is requested by each family per session.
Tuesday 16 April, 11am to midday.
Help us celebrate the 25th anniversary of Eileen Browne's classic picture book, Handa's Surprise". Listen to the story and enjoy trying some of the delicious fruits that Handa tries to take to her friend Akeyo!
Suitable for the under 5s. This is a free event, no need to book, just turn up.
Come along and write a story and you could win a trip to Disneyland Paris. There is also the chance to win £500 worth of books for your school and Alesha Dixon could visit your school.
Places are very limited, to book contact Pimlico Library.
Regular events for children take place in term time only, unless otherwise stated.
Lego Club Monthly on Saturdays, 10.30am to 11.30am Club for 5 to 11 year olds. Under 8s must be accompanied by an adult.
Junior Chess Club Every Monday, 6.30pm to 7.45pm. Term time only Free, no booking required. Improve your chess skills - Make new friends and have fun! - All abilities welcome Junior Chess Club is back by popular demand! The sessions are provided by Chess in Schools and Communities (CSC), and run by CSC coaches with DBS clearance. Children will receive 15 minutes of coaching followed by 1 hour of play with coaching support.
One to one sessions with a National Careers Service advisor.
Contact the NCS directly to book your place (places cannot be booked through the library) by emailing ncsbookings@prospects.co.uk. Call 0800 100900 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week.
New weekly knitting group. Bring a knitting project to work on over a cup of tea. Beginners are very welcome. Free and no need to book, just turn up. For more information, call 07502472370.
English conversation club Saturday, 10am to midday during term time Are you interested in improving your practical English conversation? Join for free, no booking required. Some sessions may be cancelled occasionally, so confirm with the library beforehand. In partnership with Rotary Club of London.
There are two sessions a week at Queen's Park Library. No booking is required, we do ask that you arrive in plenty of time and ready to dance. A £1 voluntary donation is requested by each family per session.
Wednesday 17 April, 2.30pm to 3.30pm.
Make your own Spring / Easter pop up card. Fun with cutting, sticking, colouring and 3D construction.
Free for ages 5+. Please note children must be accompanied by an adult.
Thursday 18 April, 2.30pm to 3.30pm.
Coma and have fun searching the library and win chocolate egg prizes.
Booking is essential and the event is £1, per child.
Monday 29 April, 10am to 4pm.
Then come along to our health stall for some free advice.
Regular events for children take place during term time only, unless otherwise stated. Children can join these after-school clubs with a registration form signed by a parent or guardian - fill in one form and attend any after-school clubs.
IXL Club Maths and English Wednesday 4pm to 5pm (except school holidays) All ages. We are using IXL Maths and English. Offering great support and lots of fun, come along!
Lego club Friday during term time, 4pm to 5pm A fun club for kids age 5 to 11. Bring your imagination, make Lego creations and new friends. No need to book, just turn up.
English speaking club Tuesday 11.30am to 1.30pm Improve your spoken English, as well as reading and writing with this free club. For more information ask in the library or contact Mahbuba Khan on 020 7641 5474.
Basic computer session Thursday, 11.30am to 1.30pm Do you need any email help with using Microsoft Word, sending emails or searching the internet? Then we can help. No need to book, just drop-in.
Meet your local police officers Thursday, 1pm to 2pm The Queen's Park Safer Neighbourhood Team are available for customers to drop in and raise concerns on local crime and discuss home or personal safety issues.
Jewellery making class Thursday, 3.30pm to 5.30pm Free class where you can learn how to make bracelets, necklaces and more from wire and beads. Bring your own beads or you can buy some from the class teacher for £2. No need to book, just turn up. Beginners welcome.
St John's Wood Library will be closed on Thursday 23 May 2019 as it will be used as a polling station. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Regular events for children are held in term time only, unless otherwise stated.
Storytime Monday, 10.15am to 11am Magical journeys into a world of fantasy, adventure and fun!
Code club Tuesday, 4pm to 5pm. Booking required. Teaching children programming by making computer games, animations and websites, following the program at Code Studio. Offering great support and fun for all ages.
Share a Book group First Monday of the month, midday to 1pm Read more about reading groups.
Delivered by WAES, jointly funded by the councillors for Abbey Road and Regent's Park wards. You must be a resident of these wards to attend and you will be asked to record what you have learned each week. Sessions are free; no booking is required, but places are given on a first come, first served basis.
Would you like to speak English with confidence? Then join our free club. No need to book, just turn up. In partnership with Rotary Club of London.
An opportunity to discuss any community safety matters as well as general home and personal safety concerns.
Laptop, tablet and iPad surgery First Saturday of the month, 10am to 12pm Drop in session. Get some help with your portable IT problems and woes. This session is free and there is no need to book.
From Monday 15 April, all prices now half price.
Italian story, play and rhyme time Friday, 11am to 12pm Weekly playgroup for children under the age of 4 - with stories and rhymes in Italian. £3 donation per session. No need to book, just come along.
Make something new every week. Suitable for children of all ages.
Free sessions from Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity. Get advice for any housing-related query you may have.
Slots are allocated on a first come first served basis, speak to a member of library when you arrive.
Due to an event, Westminster Music Library will close at 2pm on Tuesday 30 April.
Read about previous events on Books and the City.
There is no wheelchair, lift or ramp access to this building.
Thursday 18 April, 6.30pm to 7.30pm.
Stardust permeates every corner of the universe. These tiny grains are small in number but are critically important to the evolution of the universe. They change the way we see the universe and they are the reason we are surrounded by so many stars and planets. Most importantly though, stardust grains are the seeds of life itself.
In this talk, Dr Antonia Bevan will discuss why stardust is the key to understanding how we came to be here today and how these fragile little grains can form in the violent explosions of massive stars at the ends of their lives.
Book your free place via Eventbrite.
Thursday 2 May, 6.30pm to 7.30pm.
For thousands of years the mystery of the Golden Section has inspired thinkers from all disciplines - from artists to architects; from mathematicians to musicians and many more. Join Alexandra Epps, Art Guide and Arts Society Lecturer, to discover the secrets of its sacred geometry and perfect beauty within creations from the classical to the contemporary.
Saturday 11 May, 1pm to 3pm.
Hustle is mambo inspired partner dance that originated in the 1970's in NYC. Come along to a class with duo, T-Boy and Inga Be, and you will learn the basics steps of hustle, rhythm, figures, styling and how to play around with hustle principles. They have been learning both styles in NYC, LA and Vancouver, and have been teaching regular classes in London since 2014 and performing and teaching the dance worldwide.
Dancing is a great way to get fit, make new friends, enjoy yourself and have fun. All levels are welcome.
This is a free event but requires a £6 refundable deposit which will be refunded to your account on attending the event. Book via Eventbrite.
Tuesday 14 May, 6.30pm to 7.30pm.
J. A. Zarifian [or Jaz Davison] will be discussing her book, Once Upon A Mouse, with a special focus on the true significance of fairy tales. They were not created as the watered-down pretty-pretty-princess politically-correct fantasies we have today; they were life-lessons with all the hope/fear and joy/sorrow experienced daily by their listeners.
Drawing on sources as diverse as Bettelheim and The Outer Limits, Jaz will tell you what you don't yet know but wish you'd known when you were younger.
Friday 17 May, 6pm to 7.30pm.
Off we go on a tour of some of the most romantic spots across London. We will be visiting beauty spots, taking in breath-taking views and investigating the fascinating and sometimes surprising histories behind them. As part of this lavishly illustrated talk, we will also be making our virtual journey using some amazingly romantic modes of transport.
This event is part of this year's Cityread London celebration.
ESOL classes in grammar and conversation Monday, 4pm to 5pm, 5pm to 6pm Free but class size is limited so please book your place by contacting the library.
Free 40-minute sessions from Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity. Get advice and, if necessary, further appointments for follow-up work.
Bookings can only be made in person on the day at 12.30pm, for a maximum of 5 people so slots will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Computer training - one-to-one introductions to basic computer and internet skills Wednesday, 10.30am to 12.30pm Speak to staff to book your free 30-minute session on using email, booking tickets or shopping online, completing forms and applications online, using the online library and Westminster libraries' online resources, using Microsoft Office, and using smartphones, kindles and tablets.
Social group for adults who live in Westminster with Asperger syndrome First Thursday of the month, 5pm to 7pm For further information email assistlondon@nas.org.uk or call 020 8962 3015.
Salon for the City: London at the library Last Thursday of the month, 6.30pm to 8.30pm Event series taking a look at London through a different lens each month. For more information, visit the Salon for the City website.
All of the following exhibitions are held at the Westminster Reference Library.
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London's West End is the world centre for theatre today, but its past is equally vivid. Performances in the early Victorian age of spectacular scenery, quick change comedy, wilting maidens and ranting rogues were captured in the miniature cutout prints that many children had at home, and used to recreate the experience of adult theatre, grandly known as juvenile drama, or more popularly as toy theatre.
Benjamin Pollock of Hoxton survived into the 1930s with his shop selling prints first issued around a hundred years before, that reflect an even longer tradition of Renaissance stage illusion and romantic fantasy. This tradition has never died, and is represented still in London today. With a selection of items from Westminster City Archives, private collections and holdings of Pollocks Toy Museum, we offer a glimpse of the riches of this little known heritage.
Monday 13 to Saturday 25 May.
Over the years a fascination with travel and the concept of the journey have fed into and enriched the work of mixed media artist Jean Davey Winter. In 2017 she visited the island of Cuba, an experience which became the starting point for the work in this exhibition.
These are memories, impressions: glimpses through entrances, grilles, screens; the suggestion of a passage or maybe a flight of stairs; the colours and textures of crumbling walls. Nothing is specific or defined in the hope that sufficient space remains for the viewer to bring their own interpretation to the work, whether or not they have visited Cuba themselves.
The title of the exhibition is taken from the book of the same name by Cristina Garcia.
Tuesday 19 March to Saturday 13 April 2019.
This is a an exhibition of new paintings by Day Bowman whose large scale canvases echo the marks, lines and shapes that she and her brother made as children in the wet grey sand of their hometown beach. Growing up in a holiday destination, small seaside town the artist recognises that her work has frequently referenced the sea, the beach and the littoral and, from an early age, was acutely aware of the life of the seasons with the tsunami of summer visitors followed by the closed-up, out-of-season, winter months.
In this current series of paintings she sees these works as squaring the circle of her life and reaffirming her sense of play along with a deep questioning of the notion of place, identity and belonging in present day Britain.
Monday 11 to Saturday 16 February 2019.
An exhibition of unique and exciting glass art, produced by students at the Working Men's College, that showcases eclectic styles and techniques, from leaded glass pieces to artworks using glass within multimedia compositions. The exhibits explore light, colour, shape and form, inspired by traditional and contemporary styles, with designs that will appeal to a wide range of artistic tastes.
The selected works show the creative potential and versatility of glass as a medium, with examples of different techniques and approaches including fused, moulded, foiled, layered and painted pieces. Items will be for sale at a range of prices.
Monday 4 to Saturday 9 February 2019.
Harman Sumray originally wrote 'To Teach Art' as a thesis in 1973. He was Head of Art at Broxbourne School from 1961 to 1977, where he and his colleagues established a nationally renowned art department.
The backbone of Harman's teaching was the belief in the importance of a structure, a 'body of knowledge' that can be taught; not a set of rigid rules and regulations but a set of principles, a structure that builds confidence and understanding. He was utterly convinced about the vital role art should play in education. All the students' work in this book came from his time at Broxbourne School.
Tuesday 22 January to Saturday 2 February 2019.
This winter, Matthew Everatt premieres a new work of fiction, Isola Della Certosa. The exhibition is a story - presented as an installation, where the chapters displayed, illustrated by works on paper combine with incomplete text to recount the tale of a ghost sighting, that isn't.
Incorporating the traditional elements of a gothic (horror) narrative - a journey, romantic location, and a haunted ruin, Everatt's work is a fragmented depiction with marbled patterns both abstract and opaque.
Monday 7 to Saturday 19 January 2019.
A collaboration between artists Foster Spragge and Tickbird and Rhino.
Friday 16 November to Saturday 15 December 2018.
The Arts Territory Exchange works with artists in remote locations across the world, pairing them in creative correspondences and organising exhibitions and events.
The current archive tour is curated by Art Language Location and consists of various artist's books, images and artefacts, an index box containing documentation from artist exchanges and views from artists' home or studio windows, also a soundwork entitled Fictional Territories created by 2 collaborating artists Didi Hock in Germany and Kim Goldsmith in Australia.
This exhibition showcases a series of portraits created from life by visual artist, Anupa Sahdev. The artworks emphasise a perceptual response to their respective subjects, allowing space for the sensations and subliminal connections. Anupa embraces the uncertainty that prevails during the creative process and avoids a conscious formulaic method, in order to asymptote towards a connective stillness; working from the same model thus never results in the same outcome.
Anupa is inspired by the philosophical ideas of John Keats, as well as the paintings and drawings of Modigliani, Rembrandt and Vincent van Gogh. The main medium in the show is pastels that the artist feels allows for subliminal explorations and ethereal evocations through chromatic interactions.
Monday 12 to Saturday 24 November 2018.
In the face of looming climate change, predicted increase of urban population density and The Anthropocene, the work is motivated by urgency and deep concern of loss of community spaces and opportunities to connect and flow freely through living space as our own. This loss, the depletion of woodlands, ancient forests, city parks, and inextricably interwoven wild life, plants and species, links together here to critically question "Who we are and where we are going?" in the taken for granted everyday speed of daily consumer life.
Explorations of participative reconnections, potential human empathy for life forms beyond our own kind in the presence of the otherness of trees, their language and intelligence, are investigated in a rich tapestry of materials and processes, of textiles, photographs, videos, ceramics, silent walks, carvings and writings. Engendering deformatting in a 'keen eyed re-sensitised childlike curiosity zone,' focus is on phycological shift and decolonizing our relationship to nature. Recognising connections through archives and libraries, books and paper, and nurturing of growth and fruition. Opportunity is offered here to hand write, display and share tree 'stories'; any personal thoughts about trees.
Monday 29 October to Saturday 10 November 2018.
This exhibition marks the presentation of Wendy Elia's major new figurative painting, A Dance to the Music of Time II. For the first time, her original A Dance to the Music of Time I (1990), will be seen with its pendant, A Dance to the Music of Time II, which revisits its protagonists almost 30 years later.
Both works depict siblings Alexi and Madeleine, Elia's children, engaged in introspective acts of movement and music-making in tilting rooms with dream-like vistas.
Wednesday 17 October to Saturday 27 October 2018.
The Creative Graduate 2018 Exhibition represents three distinctive art disciplines; Fine Art, Ceramics and Graphics. Although very different mediums, the same amount of passion has gone into each and is a representation of the diversity and talent, that not only exists within WAES but Westminster itself as a multi-cultural community, and is a blueprint for such, as people harmoniously co-exist together, just like the artworks within this exhibition.
Monday 3 to Thursday 13 September 2018.
An exhibition of paintings by artist Debbie Ayles that explores London above and below ground.
Thursday 16 August to Saturday 1 September 2018.
An exhibition of recent work by Duart Bel Silva. The artist's intention is to develop a painted object that will communicate a visual equivalence of the initial sensation. To recreate it as a pictorial reality.
Also exhibited are smaller works, relating to the wild fires in Portugal 2017, and a series of linear abstractions called Small Sounds.
Monday 30 July to Saturday 11 August 2018.
Helen was influenced by Asian culture and history from a very young age, which later became an inspiration for her photography career. In this exhibition, she portrays the 3 main cultures of Japan, China and Korea using her modern interpretation of traditional garments which she made herself from scratch alongside all the props and decorations.
Saturday 14 to Saturday 28 July 2018.
Philip's work has been produced over the last 4 years and reflects the preoccupations, trains of thought, themes and responses to the time in which it was made; manifesting itself in a rich and wide variety of imagery.
Monday 2 to Friday 13 July 2018.
Nicola Wills is a London-based artist who produces a wide variety of abstract art ranging mostly in oils and other media such as pastels, acrylics and watercolour. This exhibition is a visual representation of the colour, melodic and harmonic structure which is encoded in all kinds of musical pieces of work essential for evoking emotion and expression in the human soul.
Monday 11 to Saturday 30 June 2018.
An exhibition of recent monoprints by London-based experimental printmaker, Lucy Smith.
Lucy works with tactile natural materials and alternative processes, allowing variations in the materials and printing process to suggest how each unique print develops. These recent prints were all produced this year using leather.
Monday 4 to Saturday 9 June 2018.
The Working Men's College glass art students are delighted to showcase art pieces which show a stunning range of unique and eclectic glass works, celebrating the diversity of glass as a medium. Their work covers a wide range of techniques from traditional lead pieces to contemporary integrated multi-dimensional work with reclaimed components.
The show is a reflection of ideas and inspiration personal to the students and their passion for working with a medium which reflects light, colour and life. The techniques shown include, lead work, enamel, slump work, layering, fusing, casting, copper foil and an amalgamation of these methods.
Saturday 9 to Friday 15 December 2017.
Lee Simmons' book, 'Three by Three' will launch during her birthday party/ installation on Thursday 14 December. Documentation from her previous birthday projects will be exhibited in the space before and after the launch.
Tuesday 21 November to Thursday 7 December 2017.
Monday 6 to Saturday 18 November 2017.
Noela Bewry is an abstract painter whose working process focuses on discovery and improvisation as a means of creating abstract content in paintings on canvas. She began her career as a figurative, landscape painter and has moved into abstract work during the last 10 years.
Noela takes part in the Brancaster Chronicles, which are filmed discussions and critiques, posted online, of a group of abstract sculptors and painters. She is also a contributor to ABCRIT, a forum providing discursive argument on abstract painting and sculpture.
Monday 30 October to Saturday 4 November 2017.
The show's title derives from Samuel Beckett's 1961 play Happy Days in which husband and wife Willie and Winnie are destined to eke out their days in slow decline. As Winnie says, 'I used to perspire freely…now hardly at all.' It is just one of Wendy Elia's many plunderings of both high art and popular culture – film stills, news photos, iconic paintings, and imagined scenarios – all digested and re-presented in the same painterly language that blurs fact and fiction.
Visit Wendy Elia's website for more information and to see details of the show's opening event and talk with the artist.
Monday 23 October to Saturday 28 October 2017.
This exhibition was part of the celebrations for Black History Month.
The paintings in Voice aim to record fast-flowing narratives. Narratives that are at once richly articulate, funny, moving and empowering, and demonstrate a moment of transition between teen years and adult life.
Gavin Maughfling trained at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, and the University of East London.
He has shown internationally, including the Galerie Van der Planken and Elzenveld Foundation (Antwerp), the Carrousel du Louvre (Paris), the Pump House, Lounge and ICA Galleries (London), the Holland Art Fair (den Haag) and the Mostyn Biennial (Llandudno).
Monday 9 October to Saturday 21 October 2017.
This exhibition by Sohrab Crews, his second solo show at Westminster Reference Library, presents a selection of film prints chosen from several hundred photographic works made between 2006 and 2009, with the collective title, Dream Syrup.
Saturday 2 to Saturday 9 September 2017.
The materials of which these drawings are made were mined. Almost all manufactured objects involve materials that can be traced to sources in the earth but the human labour involved is often disregarded.
His distilled images, through processes arising from a critical engagement with aspects of minimal and conceptual art analogous to extractive industry, abstraction is infused with metaphorical content.
David studied fine art and ceramics at Derby College of Art and art education at Manchester College of Art/University of Manchester. He is a member of Contemporary British Painting and lives and works in Derbyshire, near Wirksworth, a place quarried for limestone and mined for lead.
Monday 21 August to Saturday 2 September 2017.
Nicola Wills is a London based artist who pursues her own independent studio practice and produces a wide variety of abstract art ranging mostly in oils and other media such as pastels and watercolour.
Musical Nuances is a visual representation of the tonal qualities in colour and light in sound which can be perceived by the listener in the mind. In this exhibition the artist explores how auditory and visual can work in unison and depicts how one can form abstract shapes and various colours in the brain whilst listening to different genres of music through use of abstract and representative imagery.
Monday 14 to Saturday 19 August 2017.
Sebastian Muscio studied art at the atelier of the artist Pablo Siquier in Argentina, and after a brief incursion at the Faculty of Literature, he has resumed his art studies in London. He now lives and works in London.
He has developed a personal method of working, in which he attempts to construct a pictorial language using a restricted range of elements. Sebastian explores repetition and accumulation as forms of composition and uses mechanical means to produce work, such as the use of patterns or grids, shielding off areas, and layering.
For this exhibition he has continued using traditional painting media such as acrylics and canvas, applying multiple layers of thin paint to create patterns against a plain colour background. Each layer consists of hand-drawn, random geometrical figures in a process that is repeated gradually, with some layers re-painted several times and other only once.
Monday 7 to Saturday 12 August 2017.
Stephen Graham's exhibition is composed of artwork in soft pastels, charcoal, ink drawing and painting in addition to photographic snaps and focuses on fine abstract art.
After a career as a scientist in the Civil Service and working in Westminster Libraries for 16 years, Stephen retired early and has since then carved out a career in art. Towards Abstraction is Stephen's second exhibition.
Monday 31 July to Saturday 5 August 2017.
Ruth Philo's paintings are concerned with colour, light and surface and their power to evoke feeling and memory. Her work is not an explanation or depiction of the world, instead she tries to convey a sensory experience through abstraction, sometimes emerging from notions of place, walking, time and the everyday. The paintings are also about the materiality of paint and process, becoming themselves a record to reveal condensed histories in their surfaces.
Abstract expressionism and minimalism are at the source of Ruth's practice, but her painting is located in contemporary 21st century abstraction, where gesture has become touch and the scale is often intimate, working 'face to face' with the viewer.
Ruth regularly exhibits in the UK and works from a studio at Cuckoo Farm Studios, Colchester. She is a member of Contemporary British Painting and also curates shows including Lines for Agnes (2015) in London. In 2015, she had work selected for the Jerwood Drawing Prize. Ruth has an MA in Fine Art (2011) from Norwich University of the Arts.
Monday 3 July to Saturday 8 July 2017.
The fluidity of paint is used to describe one moment becoming another; a visual expression of memory explored through the withdrawal of a still image from a moving one. As borders between people and things become ambiguous, new forms can emerge like animals or ghosts.
In 2013 Jules Clarke exhibited in the Marmite Prize for painting which toured the UK, and has been shortlisted for stage 2 of the John Moores Prize in 2016, 2014 and 2012. Her work is part of the Priseman-Seabrook collection of Contemporary British Painting. She has a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College.
Monday 12 June to Friday 30 June 2017.
Alison Pilkington presents a series of paintings that explore the idea of nature in decay or decline. The paintings could be described as quasi- figurative. Her imagery invites anthropomorphic interpretations. Birds, animals and hybrid figures are alluded to. She is interested in creating a space for the viewer to build their own narratives from the work. She takes an intuitive, direct approach to image making through painting that explores the sensual qualities of the medium. Within the work there is a tacit commitment to the power of visual expression.
The title of the show refers poetically to this process of looking and thinking and how this might happen through painting. In remembering, we try to visually re- construct what is lost. These paintings explore how the power of the visual might also reconstruct what is lost. For more information about the exhibition, visit the Artrabbit website.
Alison Pilkington completed a practice led PhD in painting at National College Art and Design Dublin awarded in 2015. For more information about the artist, visit Alison Pilkington's website.
Wednesday 31 May to Friday 9 June 2017.
Visit Lodger, a reading lounge of the exotic, foreign and alien set within the library. The lounge features a selection of books, paintings, objects and plants that together seek to encourage an examination of otherness; further artworks and texts wait to be discovered throughout the library. Works featured range from Rodrigo Meneses' transformation of the visual cues of emotion into graphic signs, to the journeys between exoticism and belonging in the paintings of Cara Nahaul and James Alfred Hart, and the revision of historic narratives in David Duvshani's drawings and books.
Artists, curators, writers and other contributors: Cara Nahaul, Mi-Young Choi, James Alfred Hart, Rodrigo Meneses, David Duvshani, Alexandra Ezberova, Antonio García-Acosta, Helena Lugo, Claude-Henri Bartoli, Rosaura, Isaac Olvera, Qian Qian, Justas Santaris, Derzu Campos, Andrés Ordaz, Lanny Walker, Maeve O'Neill, Lelia Acosta, Iván Juárez: x - studio, Norman Mine, Robert Good, BAA, Alexa Phillips, Rossella Black, Asia Fuse and Iván Said.
Monday 15 May to Saturday 27 May 2017.
Paris Fragments is a series of collages inspired by the poem "Liberté" by Paul Eluard, written during World War II in occupied Paris. Susan visited Paris in 2010 to find a connection to Eluard's poem. Her Parisian adventure included visiting Notre-Dame, the Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation, as part of a World War 2 guided walk, Shakespeare and Company bookshop and walking in some of the boulevards.
The outcome of this endeavour is a series of mixed media collages, comprised of fragments of the artist's own photographs, drawings, paintings and poems. Susan sees her collages both as a narrative of her stay in Paris and as a small tribute to Paul Eluard's masterpiece.
Wednesday 19 to Saturday 29 April 2017.
Kim L Pace presents a selection of book-page drawings and limited edition artist books. The books often relate to ideas and non-linear narratives that have appeared in her sculptural installations. Early subjects include extreme emotions that are difficult to articulate – such as how it feels to fall in love (Love Bites), or the tragic loss of young life through absurd means, such as 'girl chokes to death on lunch' or 'boy killed by falling conker' (The Book of Terrible Endings). Other books focus on people and places – 'High Flyer' imagines the last fatal flight of the aviatrix Amy Johnson, whilst 'Dead Men Don't Ski' is set in a ski resort where nothing is, as it first seems. More recently, her books include more fantastical subjects, including a troupe of hair-covered, performing women and a pictorial re-telling of Hansel and Gretel, as told from the witch's perspective.
Nicholas Pace's drawings appear like faux old master drawings, made in white and red chalk on pink Ingres paper. These drawings are in the style of preparatory drawings for paintings. However, although the drawings are executed in the late 18th century/ early 19th century French academic style, this is subverted by the unexpected content. The academic style of drawing is usually used to draw the human figure, i.e. culturally important or 'significant' subjects. By contrast, in these drawings, objects of so-called 'low' cultural value are purposefully selected to counter the dry academic approach. The playful subject matter includes unlikely objects that could never have appeared in an old Master drawing. Techniques from the past are brought into the current day to reflect upon what we might consider 'appropriate' subjects for an artist to work with.
10 to 18 April 2017.
Nicholas Best's new works cover a period of 2 years during which he drew inspiration from nature and his interactions with the world around him. On holidays in Cornwall, he collects stones and pebbles, and from Holland Park where he is a volunteer gardener, he collects leaves. Using these simple organic materials to draw around, he is inspired to capture and reflect upon past events, but also to dwell on the present moment. Nicholas' stories are told through physical engagement with the material objects collected from the scene. What emerges is a beautiful poetic narrative of life. Dialoguing obliquely, he comments on the very creative nature of existence as a unique journey of self-discovery. The works of art falls into 2 categories, the cerebral and the visceral. The pictorial montages reflect an intellectual distance from the events, relying on a repetitive visual text impregnated with words to narrate stories in a poetic manner. The watercolours have the qualities of an aesthetic moment that immediately move the viewer. Nicholas grew up in the Berkshire village of Hurst. In early childhood he suffered brain damage through epilepsy, but he has managed to live a busy and creative life.
The opening party takes place on Tuesday 28 March, 7pm to 9pm. All welcome – no need to book a place. The party will include Joanna McCormick's live art interaction "My Ex The Narcissist", poetry from Sooz Belnavis, flower themed cocktails and an edible Cake Smash cake.
The exhibition Floral Anthology is an exploration of the wonder and fascination of floral motifs in our history and a metaphorical description of the power of flowers to uplift and revive the spirit in times of adversity. In an explosion of colour and vibrancy the subject is examined through different mediums of paint, floristry and 3 dimensional objects.
"Astathia is a state of mind where the painstakingly carefully built structure of oneself begins to crack, to succumb to uncertainty. By chance or choice every encounter, event or experience brings tension to an already precarious balance. Astathia in Greek is the negation of constancy, which also happens to be my name's origin; hence an opportunity to question my identity."
Stathis Dimitriadis was born in Greece where he trained as a Chemical Engineer. After apprenticing to a potter and following various art courses he started his own studio practice in Wimbledon in 2008. In 2011 he completed an MA by project in Fine Arts at the Sir John Cass department of Arts of the London Metropolitan University. He was a finalist at the Broomhill National Sculpture Prize 2016, the Royal British society of Sculptors First@108 Public Art Award 2015 and has exhibited in ceramic Biennials in Spain, Austria, Portugal, Germany and Romania.
Pen Dalton's work spanned feminist and working class interventions from the 1970s to 1990s. Prints and writing from this period can be seen in The Women Artist's Archive, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Musee D'Affiches, Paris, The Working Class Movement Library and in her many academic publications. She will be taking part in "Mining the Gap" on 11 March at Tate Britain which will be revisiting those radical years. Dalton has always had an interest in relationships between image and word and the recent paintings on show here are informed by semiotics: 'abstract' colours, tones, textures, mediums and techniques act as signifiers that trigger complex chains of association. The title of the exhibition: 'different strokes' evokes references to the marks made by the paintbrush, but also other differences - of race, gender and class.
Dalton's artworks have recently been shown at the ART+TEXT exhibition in Bristol and past exhibition venues include The William Morris Gallery, Huddersfield and Norwich Art Galleries and are in private collections including the Priseman-Seabrook Collection, Swindon Art Museum and Komechak Art Gallery in Texas. She will be taking part in the Contemporary Masters from Britain exhibition in Yantai and Nanjing Art Galleries in 2017.
Dalton was trained at Goldsmiths School of Art, Brighton University and Plymouth University – where she gained a PhD in Creative Studies. She now lives and works in Walthamstow, East London.
Ansell makes paintings which reflect upon intimate spaces and the natural environment, and considers how we might physically, visually and emotionally experience a sense of place. The solo exhibition entitled 'Rearranging Curves' is showing a series of brand new paintings which convey the experience of place, absorbed and distilled. The curved line arrangements are based upon quick drawings of forms observed in the landscape, which Ansell records in a notebook or on loose sheets of paper. These line drawings are then re-organised to fit a desired composition and contribute to a process of over painting which can sometimes involve many layers. Their final placement is determined through a rehearsal which has sensitivity for the existing surface detail; so some areas of the painting are deliberately left to reveal something, whilst other areas are over painted and concealed.
Ansell's painting system provides a necessary foundation to which she can then prescribe multiple compositional try-outs. Through this process, rhythmical curved lines metamorphose to become organised gestures poised in relationship to one another and create increasingly complex surfaces, made up of interlocking mingling forms on the point of convergence. The synthesis of repetitive marks, natural tones and gestural play, create a series of curved line entanglements, which are pursuing a union between abstract lines and sensual effect and inherently relate back to an interrelationship between artist and environment.
About the artist: Amanda Ansell was born 1976 in Sudbury, Suffolk and studied at the Norwich School of Art and Design (1995-1998) and The Slade School of Fine Art (1998-2000). After studying and painting in London for 7 years Ansell returned to Suffolk in 2006. She currently lives and works on the Suffolk / Essex border.


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The economic impact of cigarette smoking on the poor in Jordan
Toukan, Amjad M.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212109916300292
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2016.06.001
Objectives To examine the expenditure on cigarette smoking in Jordan and compare the costs with potential investments in food and other essential items. Methods Review of available statistics and calculations were performed to estimate the economic cost of cigarette smoking in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Data on tobacco use and on household expenditures were collected from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan official databases. Information on the percentage of adult male smokers in each income group was based on cross-sectional data from 804 adult smokers. The average daily expenditure on cigarettes by cigarette smokers was based on a sample selected using a multistage, geographically clustered design. An example of a balanced diet was constructed on the basis of the recommendations of the jointly published dietary guidelines of the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture. Results Cigarette smoking prevalence is the highest among the poorest, with the highest rate (57%) being among adult males with an income of 100 to 250 Jordanian dinars per month as compared with the prevalence rate of 14% among adult males with an income of 500 Jordanian dinars or more per month. Our calculations show that the poorest 40% of adult males are 1.7 times more likely to smoke cigarettes than the richest 17% of adult males. The average poorest adult male cigarette smoker with an income of 100 to 250 Jordanian dinars per month spends approximately 25 times more on cigarettes than on health, approximately 10 times more on cigarettes than on education, approximately 2.5 times more on cigarettes than on housing, and approximately 1.5 times more on cigarettes than on food. The amount spent on cigarettes could potentially add up to 115 calories of a balanced diet per capita daily or 850 calories of a balanced diet per average cigarette smoker daily. Smoking cost the country 1 billion Jordanian dinars in 2012, including money spent on tobacco and smoking-related diseases, which amounted to approximately 5% of the gross domestic product. These calculations underestimate the real cost of smoking because these do not include the loss in work productivity due to smoking, which can be substantial. Conclusions Our positive analysis shows that by adopting policies that reduce cigarette use, Jordan would be able to achieve both short- and long-run economic gains that will disproportionally benefit the poorest. Normative analysis suggests that an increase in tobacco taxes is likely to be the most efficient policy tool to reduce cigarette smoking in Jordan.
Toukan, A. M. (2016). The Economic Impact of Cigarette Smoking on the Poor in Jordan. Value in Health Regional Issues, 10, 61-66.

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Shanton Chang
Assistant Dean (International), Melbourne University
Dr.Shanton Chang is from the University of Melbourne. Associate Professor Shanton Chang became an international student at the age of 11 and continued to the rest of his education as one from primary school to PhD. He has been involved in international education in Australia since 1992, first as an undergraduate student, then a course, administrator and marketer and is currently an academic at the University of Melbourne. He was also the Assistant Dean (International) of the Faculty of Science and the Melbourne School of Engineering at Melbourne University. His field of research includes information seeking behaviour, online behaviours and intercultural competence. He completed his PhD in intercultural management at Monash University. He has in the past run courses in intercultural facilitation and teaching for more than 30 institutions internationally. In 2000, he received the IDP award for outstanding contribution to the Australian International education industry. In 2006, he received the Dean of Science's Award of Excellence in Teaching. In 2008, he received the ISANA International Education Association Award for his contribution to the organisation. He has also received an Australian National Citation for Excellent Contribution to Teaching (2011) and was the Australian Computer Society's ICT Educator of the Year 2017.


Sir Donald Bradman is best known for his 99.94 test batting average. But 'The Don' also starred in the 1936 film The Flying Doctors.
Jeff Wray from the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia joined Simon Beaumont on Afternoons to talk about the little known footage.


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Nigeria women and Liverpool Ladies forward, Asisat Oshoala has said she is fulfilling a dream turning out for the Reds after signing in the winter.
The reigning African Women footballer of the Year got her first league goal of the season after helping her side to a 2-1 victory over Birmingham Ladie after volleying in on the stroke of half-time before setting up Fara Williams for Liverpool's second, with Aoife Mannion's late strike not enough for the visitors.
"I feel very happy and excited about the goal and the victory for the team," she said. "It was a great atmosphere, the support from the fans was extraordinary," Oshoala told media
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The Marco Polo Pasta Myth
Announcer: Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from howstuffworks.com.
Candace Keener: Hello, and welcome to the podcast. I'm editor, Candace Keener, joined by fellow editor, Katie Lambert.
Katie Lambert: How are you today, Candace?
Candace Keener: I am doing well. And I have a surprising statistic for you. Did you know that today's Italians consume between 66 and 77 pounds of pasta every year?
Katie Lambert: I think I know where I need to move, then.
Candace Keener: I know. It sounds like a great idea. And this is easing us into today's podcast topic, which is a little bit different from what we usually do. We usually base the podcasts very firmly in history. And today's no real exception, except we're going to be dwelling a little bit more on food history. And the podcast title, as you all have seen is the Marco Polo Pasta Myth. So before we bust the myth, I just wanted to bring everyone back up to speed on Marco Polo if it's been awhile since you heard the Marco Polo podcast. So Marco Polo was born in Italy around 1254. And in 1271, when he was 17 years old, he went with his father and uncle on a very extensive trip to the Middle East, parts of central Asia, and China. And he became a huge favorite of Kublai Khan because he proved that he was a likeable guy. He was good with languages, he was good with people. And Khan gave him a position of court courier. And along with that came a golden passport, which meant he could go anywhere in China he wanted. And he did. He explored every inch. And there was eventually some tension that arose between the Mongols and the Chinese, and so Marco Polo thought it was a good time to get out of there. And he agreed to deliver a princess to Khan's great nephew in Persia as his ticket out. When he got back to Italy, he was embroiled in some military conflicts when Venice was fighting Genoa. And he wound up in prison for a year. And he had this really bawdy well-known writer of a fellow inmate named Rustichello. And I guess to pass time, Marco Polo must've told Rustichello about his adventures in China. And Rustichello agreed to write a book based on Marco Polo's life. And it was posited as a biography, I guess, but it was very exaggerated. And it's known as The Travels of Marco Polo, and alternately called The Description of the World. And in one of the parts of the book, he describes macaroni. And people immediately assumed that, like paper money and the compass and porcelain - things that Marco Polo brought back from China - he must've also brought macaroni to Italy. And then macaroni and pasta became Italy's hallmark. But that's actually not true.
Katie Lambert: But that is a myth. And Marco Polo did not bring pasta from China to Italy. The Chinese do have the oldest pasta recipe. In 2005, archeologists discovered an overturned bowl with a spaghetti-like tangle in it, which might remind you of a college dorm room with Ramen noodles. And that pasta is about 4,000 years old.
Candace Keener: That is by far a very old dish.
Katie Lambert: Yes. And usually, when we think of Asian cultures, we think of rice. But actually they made a kind of millet pasta. And millet's not like the wheat pasta you're thinking of when you make spaghetti. We usually only see millet in birdseed! And you wouldn't want to eat birdseed. Millet can actually be pulled and processed to make a very delicious fresh pasta. But if the Italians didn't get pasta from the Chinese and Marco Polo, where did they get it from?
Candace Keener: That is an excellent question. And scholars have long debated who came up with pasta first, the Chinese, the Arabs, or the Italians. And Katie, you have effectively answered that question. The Chinese thought of it first. But you may be interested to know that, even though Italian pasta was created independently of Chinese pasta, the Italians actually got the idea from the Arabs. And while this may sound a little bit unusual, the idea of Arabian past, bear with us for just a moment because Arab pasta was dry pasta unlike Chinese pasta, which was fresh pasta. And Katie, you're much better with the differences between the fresh and dry. You're more of a cook than I am. So maybe you can expand upon this one.
Katie Lambert: The dried pasta - basically the whole point of the Arabs bringin it is that it survives well over long distances. Because dried pasta's what most of us use when we cook. You just toss it in a pot of boiling water and you're ready to go. Whereas, fresh pasta doesn't keep! You cook it within a few days or within a week.
Candace Keener: And you were telling me earlier that your father actually makes fresh pasta. And it's an arduous process because you're molding, kneading, shaping, and using an extrusion device - like a die to actually push the dough through to create long thin strands of spaghetti or vermicelli. But Arab pasta was so handy because it could be reconstituted with water. And so it was an essential staple for traders and travelers and militiamen - anyone who'd be traveling from that part of the world over to Europe. And passing through Sicily, the Sicilians really grasped onto this concept of pasta. In fact, if you look at very old Sicilian pas ta recipes, some even call for ingredients like cinnamon and raisins, which we don't think of as traditional Italian ingredients today. But obviously they refer back to Arab pasta. And an essential difference, to clarify between Chinese pasta and Italian pasta, is that the Chinese made theirs with millet and the Italians made theirs with durum.
Katie Lambert: Durum wheat is much heavier and denser and has a much higher protein than some other kinds of wheat. But it's also tough to deal with because it is so full of protein and so dense.
Candace Keener: But the great thing is that it contains gluten, so it's more malleable. So even though it could be shaped and cared for and have a longer shelf life than Chinese pasta, it was pretty unwieldy. And if you still needed any convincing about the total unrelatedness of Chinese pasta and Italian pasta, there's a will from a Genevieve soldier dated 1279, when Marco Polo still would've been in China, in which this soldier bequeaths macaroni to someone. And it's fascinating to think that macaroni was considered so valuable. I mean, today I've got a box of whole wheat rotini in my pantry that, I'd be embarrassed if I died and left behind, it's so old. But back in the world of 13th century Italy, it was incredibly valuable to have pasta in you pantry.
Katie Lambert: And that's because of the durum wheat. It was so hard to deal with; it took a whole crew of people working really hard all day long to turn this pasta into something that you could actually eat.
Candace Keener: A good analogy, think of a really valuable bottle of wine that sits in your wine cellar and ages with time and becomes more valuable. That's the essence of dry pasta. Just reconstitute it later. But I digress, because we're talking about history and not just about noodles. So let's delve a little bit into the development of pasta. Because what's so interesting to me is what began as a rich man's food eventually became the peasants staple!
Katie Lambert: At the time in Italy, of course, everything was made by artisans. And that's the type of thing you find when you go to a gourmet shop now. You find artisanal bread or artisanal cheese. And as you know, it's very expensive whereas massed produced boxes of pasta at your local grocery store are pretty cheap. And mass manufacturing makes things cheaper for everybody. The same thing happened in the United States when the first factory came to being in 1824.
Candace Keener: And what's great about factory-produced pasta is that it is more readily available for the masses. And that's something that Italy continues to struggle with today, the demand for pasta far outweighs the production of pasta. So ironically enough, Italy even has to import some pasta - go figure. But production of pasta in the United States is a little bit inauthentic because when dough is pushed through dies and extruded into strands and different shapes, it's rendered a little bit smoother than artisanal pasta. So it doesn't have all those fun little grooves and abrasions that hold the sauce. But while it may not be as authentic as Italian pasta originally was, it served the American people when the Great Depression hit, for instance, and the world wars. And supplies were scarce and times were lean and people needed a good staple.
Katie Lambert: I think that's when recipes for tomato-based sauces and pasta first started appearing in women's magazines. And that's just like it is now, during a recession, when you keep seeing programs and articles on how to shop on a budget and feeding your family for $50.00 a week. Pasta is a food of the people.
Candace Keener: It really is. It's a great go-to item. And so the next time you crack open a box of noodles and unscrew the lid on a jar of red sauce, be sure to thank the Arabs, because that's where it came from in a long line of pasta history. And if you want to learn even more about Marco Polo - remember him - and the history of pasta, you can read the article Did Marco Polo Bring Pasta Back From China? on howstuffworks.com.
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I took part in a photography course in Porto, Portugal. The course was arranged by Adult Education Institute of Vantaa (Vantaan aikuisopisto). The course was was held in the city of Porto.
In these links I have gathered some of the 2000 photographs that I took during that week. Btw, one panoramic image normally consists of 3-12 source images. And I took a lot of panoramic images during the week. So this figure is not comparable to 'normal' photos.
If you have any comments or questions about the photographs please feel free to drop me an email at hannu dot lehto at mbnet dot fi.
The links to the Adult Education Institute of Vantaa (Vantaan aikuisopisto), (sorry, the pages are only in Finnish).


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Bitcoin price hits all-time high amid crypto market frenzy – The Independent
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Price surge comes as cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase prepares to float
The price of bitcoin reached above $62,000 (£45,100) on Tuesday for the first time ever, recording a new all-time high.
The cryptocurrency has risen in value by more than 1,000 per cent in a year.
At around 7pm, bitcoin was trading at around $63,375, according to CoinMarketCap's price index.
Other cryptocurrencies, including ethereum (ether) and dogecoin, have also seen huge price surges in recent months and are currently trading close to their record highs.
"Bitcoin's price has surged once again thanks to a number of factors, including new demand from institutional investors and wealth managers offering cryptoasset exposure to clients," Simon Peters, a market analyst at eToro, told The Independent.
"Meanwhile a decline in on-exchange reserves is reducing supply as more investors move the currency to their own wallets."
The new record high comes as one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase, prepares to go public.
Coinbase was reportedly used by Tesla in its recent acquisition of $1.5bn worth of bitcoin, as well as major institutional investors who have entered the space over the past year.
It will be the first time that a company specialising in cryptocurrencies has launched an initial public offering, with some stock-market analysts predicting a valuation in the region of $100bn.
The overall market capitalisation of all cryptocurrencies combined is currently north of $2 trillion, largely thanks to bitcoin hitting a new all-time price high.
"At present, bitcoin's market capitalisation is $1,170,568,713,341, representing 54.6 per cent of the global crypto market cap," said Nick Spanos, co-founder of smart contract platform Zap.org.
"The upcoming public debut of Coinbase is particularly exciting to both the mainstream market investors, as well as crypto market enthusiasts. While the former will have a more direct opportunity to buy the shares of a company that plays a central role in bitcoin and the crypto space, the latter are excited as Coinbase will open the gates for more conservative investors to embrace the coin, and perhaps other digital assets."
This simple Bitcoin options strategy lets traders profit while also hedging their bets – Cointelegraph
Bitcoin (BTC USD) Cryptocurrency Price, News: Charts and Where It Might Go Next – Bloomberg
Aggregate Bitcoin Price Has Increased By $87 Billion In Last Five Months – Bitcoin Magazine
The realized market capitalization of bitcoin, or aggregate price paid for every coin on the network, increased by $87 billion since last August.
The below is from a recent edition of the Deep Dive, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now.
In recent weeks, much of our analysis has been focused on the consolidation period currently occurring in the bitcoin market, with a particular focus on realized price as an indicator of lackluster capital flow. As shown by the chart below, the realized market capitalization of bitcoin, which can otherwise be thought of as an aggregate price paid for every coin on the network, has increased by $87 billion since the beginning of August.
While significant in absolute terms, given that the realized market capitalization of bitcoin was a mere $90 billion at its peak following the 2017 bull market, in relative terms realized cap has not meaningfully increased since early fall of 2021.
A look at the 30-day rate of change of realized price gives additional context to this dynamic.
To dig deeper into the dynamic of price and realized price, we can examine the Delta Gradient indicator. The metric gauges market momentum relative to capital inflows.
As per Glassnode,
"The momentum of a market can be considered by assessing the rate of change of price, or the verticality over some period. The simplest example is a parabolic advance, whereby the rate of price appreciation increases in magnitude as a result of market momentum.
"The Realized Price reflects the aggregate price at which each coin in the supply last moved. Steeper increases in the Realized Price indicates a true and organic capital inflow is occurring, as every coin that is spent on-chain and sold, has a buyer with fresh capital. The steepness of this curve therefore represents a rational baseline for sustainable value growth.
"The Delta Gradient is calculated as the difference between the gradient of the spot Price, and the gradient of the Realized Price. This metric therefore measures the relative change in momentum between speculative value, and true organic capital inflows.
"Statistical normalization is then applied to bring historical values, and log-scale price changes into a consistent scale."
Crypto Podcast: Markets Dip and a Closer Look at the Metaverse – Coindesk
With crypto markets slightly dipping and a look at why we need rules if we want our virtual worlds to be free and open, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
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Tim Cook said Apple is looking at cryptocurrency – Here's what the company is likely to do – 9to5Mac
Bradley Chambers
– Dec. 28th 2021 6:00 am PT
@bradleychambers
A few weeks ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook made headlines when he said he personally owns cryptocurrency while mentioning that Apple is looking at it from a technology perspective, but not from a treasury decision. What will Apple do with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency?
It's something we are looking at, it's not something we have immediate plans to do. I would characterize it as there are things that I would not do like our cash balance. I would not go and invest that in crypto not because I would not invest my own money in crypto, but because I don't think people buy Apple stock to get exposure to crypto. So if they want to do that, they can, you know, invest directly in crypto through other means. And so I would not do that. I'm not planning to in the immediate future to take crypto for our products. As a mane of tender, but there are other things that we are definitely looking at.
During the interview, Cook revealed that he owns cryptocurrency, saying "it's reasonable to own it as a part of a diversified portfolio," while also noting that he's "not giving anybody investment advice." However, Cook didn't mention if he owns Bitcoin or another particular type of cryptocurrency.
Apple has plans for its retail financial arm. Its Apple Pay service allows people to send money in particular jurisdictions over iMessage. It also has its Apple Wallet app and associated Apple Pay services for mobile payments. Apple wants to grow its services business, and siphoning off banking services is an ideal way to do it. What does this have to do with cryptocurrency?
I believe that Apple will build a Bitcoin wallet directly into Apple Wallet shortly while also allowing for a low-cost way to purchase Bitcoin on iPhone.
With Bitcoin wallets – where you maintain full control of your bitcoin and move it off an exchange like Coinbase –you are responsible for securing your wallet with a seed phrase. I personally reccomend using a couple of Trezor, Ledger, or Coldcard hardware wallets with a multisig vault with a company like Unchained Capital to eliminate single points of failure with your Bitcoin wallets. I also recommend using a steel wallet like billfodl or SEEDPLATE for securing your seed phrase in case of hardware failure.
For newcomers to Bitcoin, this whole process might seem overwhelming, which is why I think Apple might approach it in a couple of ways:
If Apple operates as a Bitcoin exchange, they'll let you buy bitcoin directly in the Apple Wallet app using whatever payment methods you have on file. They'll allow you to store your holdings in Apple Wallet while Apple itself will retain the keys. It'll look a lot like what Cash App or Coinbase does, where you can send, receive, and store Bitcoin without needing to store your seed phrase.
If Apple sets up a software wallet directly on iPhone, it'll likely look similar to BlueWallet, where you take self custody of your Bitcoin with a seed phrase backup. You'll own the keys to your Bitcoin directly on your iPhone and be responsible for backing up the seed phrase. If Apple goes this route, I suspect they'll build in an encrypted iCloud backup of your seed phrase that's tied to multi factor authentication in such a way where only you can decrypt it. It's not ideal, but it's better than nothing.
Finally, Strike is a company I could see Apple partnering with for global Apple Pay Cash transactions. Twitter is already working with the company for its tipping service. Strike does a couple of things that could be of interest to Apple:
It accomplishes the global payment system using Bitcoin as the transaction medium. If I want to send someone in another country money, I input dollars, it converts it to Bitcoin and converts it back to local currency when received. It sounds simple, but it's a pretty revolutionary way to process payments globally for free.
I just published Announcing the Strike API
Today, @Twitter enables free, instant, global payments for their users with their integration of the Strike API.
What the internet did for communication, #Bitcoin + the Lightning Network is doing for money.https://t.co/jHkY6knXkP pic.twitter.com/FXujknG7sM
— Jack Mallers (@jackmallers) September 23, 2021
Ultimately, Bitcoin is becoming a significant force to be reckoned with in our world. With a finite supply, decentralization, and digitization of our financial system, it's likely to continue to play a significant role as digital gold and global settlement network. Apple doesn't want to miss a massive shift in technology as it seeks to drive services revenue and become a significant player in the financial services industry.
It's also possible Apple will use Bitcoin as a transaction layer with its online store when the company is concerned about the stability of the local currency as we saw recently in Turkey.
Bitcoin's energy usage is a common discussion among its critics. While there is a lot to unpack here, I've found the video I've embedded below to be a great resource to explain how there's more to the discussion about Bitcoin and energy usage than most people would lead you to believe.
TL;DW: The Bitcoin network uses less energy than the use of Christmas lights in the US.
What do you think Apple will do with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency? Leave a comment below! Interested in learning how to buy Bitcoin? We've put together a detailed guide on the best apps for buying Bitcoin on your iPhone
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Aspiring students receive Leaving Cert results as outcome of Brexit talks imminent
Mary O'Rourke Athlone Advertiser, Thu, Sep 10, 2020
There is no doubting what is the main issue in Ireland this week, and it is that of the Leaving Cert results on Monday, and then on Friday the first callout from the CAO.
So far, so good. I listened carefully to the Minister on Morning Ireland on Monday. She was on for 20 minutes with Audrey Carville, who is a very forensic interviewer and on the ball all the time. Norma Foley had a very productive interview, and I note that the Minister acquitted herself, I thought, in a very fine fashion. She was obviously well prepared and well able to adjust to the emerging results.
I feel the Department of Education here in Ireland has benefitted greatly from the experience in the UK, where obvious mistakes were made in dealing with the calculated grades. Because of this experience, Ireland was able to avoid the pitfalls and it appears to have achieved equitable results.
Now, of course, Monday was only half of the story. The next half will be the CAO offers, and the triumphs and recriminations which will ensue after that. So we will be talking about education again next week, I feel. And why wouldn't we? Education touches every home in Ireland, and it is important that we read everything about it, think and reflect upon it, and hopefully be knowledgeable about all aspects of it.
Over in the US, it is now seven weeks until the presidential election. The first public debate is on the 29th of this month. When Hillary Clinton lost four years ago, she wrote a very powerful book about her experience.
One point in it jumped out at me, and I have remembered it ever since: she said she had a huge regret that when she and Donald Trump were debating on public television, readers will remember that Trump prowled immediately behind her every step on the stage. She wishes now she had turned around and said "Stop that dreadful prowling, it is not the right way to conduct a debate and I take great exception to it", or words to that effect. She didn't do that, and now regrets not doing so. As she said herself, she was fearful that somehow she would be taken up as being too 'precious' about herself in giving such a rebuke. I feel strongly that it would have stopped him in his tracks.
Donald Trump is shouting away in the US that only for him, things would be so much worse in every way, both with the pandemic and also with racial unrest in many of the cities in the US. He is blaming the racial unrest on Democratic mayors or governors, where it suits him to use that as a pretext.
Let's look at the Brexit debate. This week is an important week because the talks have moved to London between the UK deputation and the deputation from Europe, so Michel Barnier and his team, and David Frost and his team, will be intently dealing with the likely fallout of Brexit. The worst result of all would be a no-deal outcome to the Brexit talks. This would be dreadful for Ireland and indeed equally so for the UK, only that they are so caught up in their spirit of 'go it alone' and nationalism, etc, that they don't seem to see how badly off they will be without their link to Europe. It is a very anxious week all round for us, and I truly hope that the outcome will be better than is being forecast in the UK newspapers this week, particularly in the Financial Times which usually records the correct angle to any debate.
What did the listeners and viewers think of The Late Late Show last Friday night with no audience? Ryan Tubridy did his very best to operate at full energy in dealing with such a bizarre situation. But
somehow, I feel the lack of audience took away an essential part of the show. Equally so, when you look at both the rugby and GAA matches, the empty feeling of no audience pervades the whole undertaking.
On Sunday afternoon last, I watched a very close contest, a semi-final county match between Clann na nGael Athlone and Na Piarsaigh. It was close to the very end, and the result was that Na Piarsaigh won by one point.
I was out with Aengus and Lisa last Sunday and looking at the match with him. We were all disappointed that Clann na nGael didn't make it. Although usually Clann na nGael and St Brigid's in Kiltoom are sworn enemies on the field, on this occasion we had wished for victory for them.
Going back to The Late Late Show, I thought Dr Ronan Glynn, the acting chief medical officer, came across as so practical, ordinary and very inviting in his own way. I particularly liked the way he talked with young people and the very sound advice he gave out in his interview. We are so lucky in Ireland that following Dr Tony Holohan, we now have Dr Ronan Glynn, both people so knowledgeable and able to project the correct advice in a winning way.
A great new series has started up on RTÉ1 and the first episode of six was aired on Sunday night last at 9.30pm. It is called The South Westerlies. Even if you missed it on Sunday, you can easily catch up next Sunday and all succeeding Sundays. There is a terrific cast, a good plot and really good acting in it.
That's my lot for this week. Hope to talk with you all next week.
In the meantime, stay safe and most of all, stay at home as much as you can.
Slán go fóill.
Mary O'Rourke
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This week's radio show has two focuses: Free Truman (pop punk from Fargo/Moorhead) & the interview I did with them along with four new limited edition cassette releases from Munich, ND-based label, Barf Cart Recordings.
Be sure to check out the tracklist and Spotify playlist at the end of today's post.
Barf Cart Recordings is a net / cassette label releasing music (primarily experimental electronic) from North Dakota and international artists. You can find their website at barfcart.com or you can hear their releases on bandcamp.
Frankie Cosmos has been releasing a bunch of new singles off her upcoming album, Next Thing (April 1 on Bayonet Records), and I couldn't be more hyped.
I adore her songwriting, her voice, the instrumentation, the recording quality - it's just all kinda perfect. I'm gushing, I wish I could see her live next month. Frankie recorded this album (and her previous one, Zentropy) in Johnson City, NY at Business District Recording. Hunter Davidsohn has been running that studio for like seven years now and I'm so envious of the sounds he's able to craft. You can read more here or check out the beautiful vignette of him & studio in the video below.
If you're wondering wtf I'm talking about with that Ted Cruz Zodiac Killer stuff, well, have fun. Also, here's that new Guided by Voices track again.
Matt Farley aka The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man, the writer of "Being a Pallbearer ; Carrying the Coffin", is the man behind Motern Media. If you're a lover of good podcasts, you may have heard him on Reply All. Yes, he actually has like 18,000 songs on Spotify. And yes, he'll write you a custom song for just $35.
And yeah, it's cool, I know, Blanche Blanche Blanche is your new favorite band.
Shoutout to NYPL for being the best for public domain images. Ever. Love you. The barn swallows in the episodes artwork can be found in their original form here. "Barn or Chimney Swallow" by John James Audobon (1785-1851).
Who are my friends? Basically.
A gassed from you pop up in my feet natural person. I would say people ghosts and garbage trucks are all frightening Tony.
I flew to California just before I was out of high school, walked around San Francisco, bought new shoes for the first time in forever.
My listening habits for summer 2017. New discoveries and old favorites.