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 […]
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
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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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