And while many (particularly the wealthy) thrived in these environments, the lower classes were still dramatically poorer, working hard for very little in return. Poverty was common during the Gilded Age and the Renaissance, and peasants were heavily taxed during the Enlighten...
Tea was introduced into England in 1660 by King Charles II and his Portuguese queen, who were both confirmed tea drinkers. Tea mania swept across England as it had earlier spread throughout France and Holland. By 1708 tea importation had risen to thirteen times the 1699 level. Tea was drunk...
) That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture. Obscurant (n.) One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or ...
The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter. —Dwight D. Eisenhower 48 In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. —George Orw...
Did you know David Manson was an Ulsterman who started the first playschool in Belfast in 1751? Did you know the Thomas Andrews Manuscript Collection - located in the Special Collections section at the main library of Queen\\\'s University, Belfast - includes around 85 items which were donate...
FourthWall Arts, 540 Queen St.. Friday December 13 at 1 pm As anticipated, the final events in this calendar come fromAlex Raineri‘s chamber music festival that illuminates the closing months to each serious music year in Brisbane. This final slew of seven recitals begins with a duo recita...
After a satisfying siesta we enjoyed fine food and drink at paladare El Cocinero where the Queen of Spain and Beyoncé have dined. Fish tacos and rabbit for me. (I forget what Barbara ordered.) After dinner we visited another Hemingway favorite and today’s tourist draw, Floridita, where we...
I don’t always believe the results, but it’s so much fun to see what a quiz will reveal about me to me. We are all complex individuals and sometimes we are a blend of multiple personality types, but typically, your “type” leans in a certain direction over all the others....
It’s also no coincidence that the era of Georgian architectural style (roughly 1714 and 1830) so nicely lines up with the Age of Enlightenment (1715 to 1789). This was a period in which people were looking back at antiquity but also investing forward in improvements of mind, machinery, an...
British pubs are often named after famous people (Robin Hood, The Duke of Wellington) or royalty (The Queen’s Arms, the Prince of Wales) or historical symbols (The Rose and Crown to represent King Edward III, The Royal Oak to represent King Charles II who once hid in a large oak ...