Gut: the inside story of our body’s most underrated organ has apparently taken Europe by storm and it is way up the nonfiction bestseller lists in Spain (as La digestion es la cuestion) and France, where they have paraphrased the title of the Luis Bunuel classic film, calling it Le charme discret de l’intestin. The…
Cool stuff from the Selectors
Art, fashion, religion, sport with a touch of history and death thrown in for good measure. Check out some cool stuff from the selectors this month. Art and Fashion: Collaborations and Connections Between Icons Spanning numerous eras, men and women's fashion, and a wide range of art mediums, these 25 collaborative projects reveal the astonishing…
Make a Fun Palaces comic
Get your Fun Palaces on right now with the Fun Palaces Comic Maker! You can drag and drop characters inspired by Emily Medley’s original Fun Palaces illustration into a comic-book story. Just move the images around, and add captions to tell your own Fun Palace adventure. Once it is looking slick,: “Preview” - you can…
All creatures great and small – celebrate World Animal Day 2015
World Animal Day is an international day of animal rights. It is held annually on 4th October, on the feast day of St Francis of Assisi. On this day, some churches have the blessing of the animals. I don't have any experience with this, but if the Vicar of Dibley is anything to go by…
When “Plus” size is good news!
There is something about spring and the arrival of longer nights that makes the blood in your veins get all itchy. Before you know it you are ready to shake off the winter inertia and pull weeds in the garden and donate clothes that are no longer your size and never will be again. Everything…
Anzacs and the Battle of Britain: author interview with Adam Claasen
Running from early July to the end of October, the Battle of Britain ended in the failure of the Luftwaffe to gain air supremacy over the UK. The German invasion of Britain was called off and Hitler turned his attention to the Soviet Union instead. Together Australian and New Zealand airmen made up the second largest…
Connecting Christchurch educators – 31 days of blogging with ChchEd
Are you a teacher, or interested in education? There is a group in Christchurch doing fab work - they're called Christchurch Connected Educators or Chched. You might see the hashtag #chched on Twitter. Their aim is to create connections between educators across the Canterbury region. It is a strong forum for sharing ideas and making…
Looking – Titiro
Look at Christchurch with new eyes in October with Fun Palaces, SCAPE, and BECA Heritage Week. Fun Palaces In the weekend of Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October we will be the first place in the world to get our Fun Palaces on! Take part in free, pop-up arts, science and culture activities for people…
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