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Cellulose & Rust Selections - Two Poems that Shatter the Rules
14/03/2013 16:14
Newly welcomed into The Peanut Society of Lucubrators are the enviable miens of Dr. Cellulose and The Purple Mayor of Heavy Rust.
Dr. Cellulose is uncommitted to Hippocratics and doesn't wipe his bum. Don't send him out for an extra bag of saline when it's raining. He has a tendency...
Leeds Revisited
07/03/2013 00:43
My last visit to Leeds was the most memorable for a long time... Filled with colourful items from childhood, wide discussions with my father, sharing crisp white wine; filled with moving about the city with an evolved aim.
Walking to the centre, I passed directly through Harehills with its...
The Essential Travel Gift: Writing a Letter of Introduction
24/02/2013 22:09
I recently gave a friend who was travelling to the Far East the thing that every traveller needs but so few travellers have.... I handed him a universal letter of introduction. An independently-backed item such as this can be useful in countless unanticipated or foreseeable scenarios – making...
From Law to Art (Part 2): Keep the pen, sod the wig – Writers who studied law
18/02/2013 22:30
The Part 1 article demonstrated how law is far from the linear vocational degree that it initially appears to be. Our painters from Part 1 are kept in the good company of writers, with the latter arguably drawing more from a law degree. Welcome to Part 2: The Writers! Deep study of law helps one to...
Thinkbox: Self-Realisation in the UK (Read Your Way to Freedom)
08/02/2013 22:54
Presenting graffiti statements of self-realisation from the United Kingdom; a densely populated area with many roads and cities. Ask yourself when looking at this evidence, what the spirit of these messages represents. A mocking bohemia, or unremitting nihilism?
For me, these...
This Week's Lucky Dip – Gold, Ink, Films and Artists' Houses
30/01/2013 23:56
Let's start with a bit of fun for your eyes: a unique property in Budapest's District II (Buda side). Budapest has all the trappings of London at a fraction of the price. Click here to flick through the thumbnail pictures and say wow! Ask yourself, a shoebox in London or this? But we'll move...
Try our NEW Typewriter Service (perfect for special occasions)
23/01/2013 01:33
Communicate like a star! It's here! Introducing a new combined kind of letter service...
Send us the text of your letter or greeting and we'll type it for you on one of our fine historical typewriters – either this antique black Erika Naumann portable,...
Brain Science for Beginners: A Note from the Amygdala
18/01/2013 20:11
A note from the amygdala is the first in the Peanut Society of Lucubrators' series of brief and reflective Neuroscience-related articles. The theme of this note is: 'Who were Klüver and Bucy?' It's a little-known brain science lesson in everyday language.
The amygdala consists of a...
Kaleidoscope: the envelope face, undefined & redesigned
09/01/2013 19:21
The habitual act of placing stamps in the top right-hand corner of an envelope and the address in the middle appears to originate from the layout of the 'stamped papers' that predated loose stamps. Such papers had their pre-printed 'stamp' in the upper-right corner, which cemented the future...
The Lada in the Ballroom: A Consolidated Interview with Captain Y
02/01/2013 23:55
Briefly, here's the background. I've met this man in person only once. This interview is the crystallisation of an extended paper correspondence between us and a single conversation when we met. The effects of his philosophies and dubious pastimes have gradually remodelled Captain Y's...
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