Turner & Paige no.32 Oct. 9th 2015
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Category: Thing of the Day
A round-up of the bizarre and brilliant of the web corralled by the University of Portsmouth Library.
Maps have been lying to you
All maps (necessarily) lie to you. It is impossible to unwrap the surface of the near-spherical Earth and lay it out as a flat sheet, and so cartographers (map makers) have to decide what features they wish to accurately preserve and then then …
Turner & Paige no.30 Sept. 25th 2015
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Turner & Paige no.28 Sept. 11th 2015
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Turner & Paige no.27 Sept. 4th 2015
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Turner & Paige no.26 June 26th 2015
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Never judge a book by its cover…
A couple of months ago, you may remember me blogging about my favourite books. Or maybe you don’t. Well, whilst pulling together the threads of fiction that make up the literary tapestry of my life, I rediscovered Tomi Ungerer. Ungerer’s …
Turner & Paige no.25 May 29th 2015
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Turner & Paige no.24 May 22nd 2015
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Turner & Paige no.23 May 15th 2015
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