The current government in Quebec may owe its mandate to a “gaffe” made by outgoing premier Philippe Couillard in 2018. The then liberal leader famously said that it was possible for a family of four in Quebec to live on $75 a week for groceries. In doing so, he briefly became the poster boy for […]
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In the winter of 1967, Donald Campbell, a British world land and water speed record breaker, attempted to regain his water speed record in the tranquil setting of Coniston Water in England’s Lake District. Having already rocketed to a spectacular speed of over 310 mph (500 km/h), Campbell decided to make an even faster second run immediately.
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When ninetieth century British statesman Robert Lowe declared rather conceitedly “if it’s not cheap it shall be efficient; if it is not efficient it shall be cheap,” he was capturing the essence of the Revised Code, a scheme warmly introduced into British education in the mid-nineteenth century. To say that the Revised Code was all
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When ninetieth century British statesman Robert Lowe declared rather conceitedly “if it’s not cheap it shall be efficient; if it is not efficient it shall be cheap,” he was capturing the essence of the Revised Code, a scheme warmly introduced into British education in the mid-nineteenth century. To say that the Revised Code was all
Have you ever wondered how in virtually every sphere of life in the modern age, from transportation to food production and from medicine to farming, slow persists alongside fast? Yet, when fast and slow time meet, fast time wins. For much of modern society, particularly from the mid-20th century onwards, speed and efficiency triumph over
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William Blake retired at times to mental institutions to paint his lovely portraits. This was back at the start of the Industrial Revolution and Blake was having none of it. He was known for taking too long and going too slowly at his main job, being an engraver. At around the same time, on the
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When ninetieth century British statesman Robert Lowe declared rather conceitedly “if it’s not cheap it shall be efficient; if it is not efficient it shall be cheap,” he was capturing the essence of the Revised Code, a scheme warmly introduced into British education in the mid-nineteenth century. To say that the Revised Code was all
Education: If we have to do it, keep it bloody cheap and efficient as possible, I say! Read More »
The slow movement (sometimes capitalised Slow movement or Slow Movement) advocates a cultural shift towards slowing down life’s pace. It began with Carlo Petrini’s protest against the opening of a McDonald’s restaurant in Piazza di Spagna, Rome, in 1986 that sparked the creation of the slow food movement. Over time, this developed into a subculture
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