Paul's blog Vox 2008-03-29T18:31:44Z paulsroom http://paulsroom017.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398d0de320001/ thoughts from the United Kingdom To prevent boats sinking in the Boat Race tag:vox.com,2008-03-29:asset-6a00e398d0de32000100f48ce9562b0003 2008-03-29T18:24:16Z 2008-03-29T18:31:44Z paulsroom http://paulsroom017.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

BOAT RACE

It was the 154th Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race today on the River Thames in London - Oxford won. But here's a 1901 Punch cartoon suggesting how the latest marine technology might alter how the Boat Race could be run in the future (Ox...

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]]> Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose tag:vox.com,2008-03-29:asset-6a00e398d0de32000100f48d07ebd60001 2008-03-29T12:25:06Z 2008-03-29T12:25:06Z paulsroom http://paulsroom017.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Daffodils

The French President came to the UK this week for a State visit. He impressed us with his Anglophile speeches and effusive praise, and his wife wowed us with her glamour and French chic. They stayed at Windsor Castle where they had lunch with the...

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]]> Optimism versus possibility tag:vox.com,2008-03-26:asset-6a00e398d0de32000100f48ce8552c0003 2008-03-26T16:34:27Z 2008-03-26T16:34:27Z paulsroom http://paulsroom017.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I'm about to embark on an attempt at starting a new career in voiceovers, but first before I offer my voice to any service, I must be able to produce a high quality recording. So I'm doing a twelve module course on the fundamentals of digital rec...

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]]> Oldies, but goldies! tag:vox.com,2008-03-24:asset-6a00e398d0de32000100e398e90a9b0004 2008-03-24T09:18:45Z 2008-03-24T09:18:45Z paulsroom http://paulsroom017.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

UK #1 Hit 1958 THE KALIN TWINS "When"

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]]> "Good News" - title song from the 1930 film tag:vox.com,2008-02-23:asset-6a00e398d0de32000100e398df72180004 2008-02-23T12:23:12Z 2008-02-23T12:23:12Z paulsroom http://paulsroom017.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Wild and Jazzy dance number from 1930

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]]> Futurism and Vorticism tag:vox.com,2008-02-03:asset-6a00e398d0de32000100e398d8ef060004 2008-02-03T14:04:49Z 2008-02-03T15:50:05Z paulsroom http://paulsroom017.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Aeronoise (1923) by Giacomo Balla The Arrival (at Dunkirk) 1914 by C.W.Nevinson

With the fast moving technology of today, we become impatient at anything that doesn’t move as fast as we can think. If a program takes longer than we expect to execute a command, we’re either shouting at the computer or are generally irritated. ...

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]]> Hey Bulldog! tag:vox.com,2008-02-02:asset-6a00e398d0de32000100e398d888d60002 2008-02-02T12:24:03Z 2008-02-02T16:39:16Z paulsroom http://paulsroom017.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Hey Bulldog

This is my favourite cartoon character—a four-headed bulldog—based on the Greek Myths dog, Cerberous who guarded the underground (he actually only had three heads). Under the brilliant art direction of Heinz Edlemann this character appeared in T...

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]]> In offices of 'old' when nights were..... tag:vox.com,2008-01-24:asset-6a00e398d0de32000100e398d5945f0001 2008-01-24T13:43:35Z 2008-01-24T13:44:28Z paulsroom http://paulsroom017.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Office_Clash

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]]> I open my eyes, but there's nothing there... tag:vox.com,2008-01-23:asset-6a00e398d0de32000100e398d52f1b0004 2008-01-23T03:36:04Z 2008-01-23T03:36:04Z paulsroom http://paulsroom017.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom People sometimes talk about an out of body experience when they’ve had a serious illness or suffered an accident from which they survived unscathed. The precise definition of this is neither explained nor really analysed, but the religious among u...

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]]> Lady Agnew of Lucknow tag:vox.com,2008-01-22:asset-6a00e398d0de32000100e398d4ff610003 2008-01-22T13:20:10Z 2008-01-23T03:37:28Z paulsroom http://paulsroom017.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Lady Agnew of Lucknow

After the nightmare picture below comes this one of ethereal beauty. The sitter was recovering from an illness at the time which may have contributed to the melancholic atmosphere. But it cannot be denied that the painter—John Singer Sargent—knew...

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