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  • Life on China’s low-speed trains

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    05th December, 2019

    An interesting photo gallery of what life is like on China’s slow trains.

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  • Uzbek Journeys – Soviet Metro Stations

    04th November, 2019

    “Anyone interested in Soviet design will love this book. Christopher Herwig – who put together the splendid two-volume series “Soviet Bus Stops” – has  photographed the stations of each Metro network of the former USSR.”

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  • Emergency German banknote designs

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    22nd October, 2019

    “During the first world war and the ensuing economic crisis, many German towns issued notgeld, or emergency money, to combat cash shortages. The designs range from local fairytales and legends to political messages.”

    Some fantastic designs pictured in this online gallery, especially one issued by the Braunschweig public transport authority in 1921.

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  • Traffic Officers in North Korea

    08th October, 2019

    The iconic women who direct Pyongyang’s cars.

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  • 1986 article on the death of vinyl

    08th October, 2019

    Interesting article from 1986 to contrast with the article from The Age below on the resurgence of vinyl records.

    What’s old is new again.

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  • Step back in time: LPs to outstrip CDs for first time in 33 (and 1/3) years

    08th October, 2019

    (Paywall) article on the resurgence of vinyl record sales.

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  • The Glorious Poster Art of the Soviet Space Program in Its Golden Age

    08th September, 2019

    “How do you sell a government program that spends tens of millions of dollars on research and development for space travel?”

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  • Outside: Alternative Meat Industry

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    01st August, 2019

    Article on the alternative meat industry – where it had come from and where it might be heading.

     

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  • The Atlantic: Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think

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    05th July, 2019

    “The data are shockingly clear that for most people, in most fields, professional decline starts earlier than almost anyone thinks.”

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  • Museum Dedicated Exclusively to Poster Art Opens Its Doors in the US

    05th July, 2019

    Poster House has opened in New York and is the first museum that displays only poster art.

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