A hyphen can make a huge difference in a word and give it a new semantic and the reader a new insight. I’ve been rather taken recently by Lee Carroll’s book, The End Times, where writes about “voiding karma”. The simple message is one that is well known. When you follow your ...

From Renaissance Fair garb to funky 70’s styles, sewing Craftsters have made some amazing clothing and accessories inspired by history. Crafty people often have a unique style all their own, and one reason is that they can make one-of-a-kind wearables that express their personal style. For som...

Roller disco is relaunching with Gay City Rollers at the Renaissance rooms on the first Wednesday of every month starting 4th March 7pm. Entertainment from Miss Kimberley, the Magnificent, the Powder Puff Girls, Dusty O, Stewart Who?, Ferraro & Roca. £5 before 8 pm and £10 thereafter including...

My students in British Literature and Composition have just begun a unit on late Renaissance/Restoration poetry.  We will read the following writers: John Donne Ben Jonson Andrew Marvell Robert Herrick Sir John Suckling John Milton Afterward, students will explicate a poem, something I was not aske...

Nearly a month ago, I got a totally unexpected package in the mail with the following; Since it is hard to read here; Hey Tim, Here is a little extra motivation for losing that "winter weight", an XL T-shirt. When you lose that 20lbs, we'll send you a large JERSEY. Keep up the fight (because we are ...

In preparation for Women's History Month, bloggers Historiann, Notorious Ph.D., Tenured Radical, and Another Damned Medievalist at Blogenspiel are joining forces to discuss Judith M. Bennett's History Matters: Patriarchy and the Challenge of Feminism.Each Monday in March, this team of......

Renaissance Man is one of the best things coming out this year. They got an EP coming out on Dubsided soon and at least one other EP coming out this spring on some other label. And if that wasn’t enough they got a shit load of remixes in the making. It’s going to be a Renaissance year th...

Advanced warinig: Hustlaball will be returning to London in the Renaissance Rooms, Miles St, Vauxhall, SW8 1RZ on May day Sunday the 3rd May. With CHI CHI LARUE and over 30 of the world’s top porn stars. More info and updates on www.Hustlaball.com and www.AlexErfan.com . It's in your gay Londo...

Svanevit are a Swedish folk quartet consisting of Anders Larsson (vocals, mandola), Erik Ask-Upmark (harp, bagpipes, whistles, Jew's harp), Anna Rynefors (nyckelharpa, Swedish bagpipe, percussion), and Maria Larsson (fiddle). Their overall sound and arrangement style could be described as being even...

Filed under: Management, Competitive strategy, Scandals Ever since the $50 billion Madoff Securities Ponzi scheme came to light, I have been wondering whether there are others out there that have yet to be discovered. While the facts of how Madoff was able to keep his scheme going remain elusive, it...