fantastic! (via John Battelle's Searchblog)

(the tip of another iceberg spotted, bearing down upon us)

(from NewGeography) "…The old elite of aristocratic parasites, Church of England drones, and their snobbish retainers like elite lawyers and professors despised upwardly mobile arrivistes, although their children and grand-children might become socially acceptable if they abandoned “trade” for the lifestyle of genteel rentiers and were laundered through public schools like Eton and Oxbridge… As British industry shrank under American and German competition, the City of London became even more important. Finance was a clean business, untainted by the grime and odor of the factory, and could be practiced by gentlemen…"

ownership is just sooooo cool

"An Annotated Bibliography of the Folk Songs of the English-Speaking World." OMG. 9 MB.

This is what my father's generation found ummmmm alluring (I strongly recommend killing the sound)

What a great story, and a Cautionary Tale about Education too. And I love the painting. Looking forward to others in the series.

A fascinating time-sink. I dare you…

beautifully skewered

what a great story from Jonathan Haeber

amazingly vibrant detail

magnificent mashup

oh if ONLY American growers would come to their senses…