Monthly Archives: June 2012

Art and Money

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The Art of Building

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    27 June 2012 Anon out of the earth a Fabrick huge 
Rose like an Exhalation……… … Continue reading

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Ars longa

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    25 June 2012 Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ … Continue reading

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Basel Classics 2

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Basel Classics 1

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  23 June 2012 And so to the Modern Classics, the Modern Greats. Some reports at the … Continue reading

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Pushing the envelope

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  22 June 2012 PUSHING THE ENVELOPE “Men are from Murmansk…Women are from Vilnius” Citation displayed at … Continue reading

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Ladder

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Those were the days!

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Big Brother

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   Basel, 15 June 2012 It is often energising to do something different from what one normally … Continue reading

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Death of Pericles

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