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Showing posts with label Lesley Downer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lesley Downer. Show all posts
Friday, 3 April 2026

The Grand Egyptian Museum and Other Adventures in Egypt ~ by Lesley Downer

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‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair.’ Ramses II at Luxor - Ozymandias, King of Kings Ozymandias ...
Friday, 3 October 2025

Queens and Empresses: When Women Ruled Japan ~ by Lesley Downer

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‘ Thank you very much for bestowing the crown today at the coming of age ceremony. ’ Prince Hisahito, September 6th 2025 Emperor Naruhito a...
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Friday, 4 April 2025

Japan’s Jazz Age: Flappers and Feminists ~ by Lesley Downer

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‘In the beginning, woman was the sun.’ Hiratsuka Raichō Moga , pictured in  Mainichi shimbun   ‘Modern gals’ If you had visited Tokyo in the...
Friday, 5 April 2024

The Men who Ate Gold ~ by Lesley Downer

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Like a great cloud The Wiraqochas [Whites] Demanding gold Have invaded us.          The Death of Atau Wallpa , Runasimi [Quechua] epic lamen...
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Friday, 6 October 2023

Octopus dreams: Japan, Stonehenge, Knossos ~ by Lesley Downer

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takotsubo ya                   Octopus pot hakanaki yume o           Fleeting dreams natsu no tsuki                 ...
Friday, 7 April 2023

A Brief Encounter ~ by Lesley Downer

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Which is more beautiful, spring or autumn? That was a question bound to stir the interest of any sensitive young woman at the eleventh centu...