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Celebrating: World Dog Day 26 Aug 2013 | 12:45 pm
Above: Pelorus Jack of HMS New Zealand. Looks like he loved his job. Image from Wikimedia Commons. These works are free of known copyright restrictions. At Team Americas we like to give opportunities....
Andrea Wulf: Out of Archives and Libraries 19 Aug 2013 | 01:10 pm
When we reached 5000m (the highest base camp today on the Chimborazo) we stopped – less than 1000m below where Humboldt went. The clouds came rolling in while we were bathed in sunshine. This really.....
Literally, a blog post 15 Aug 2013 | 02:56 pm
A friend emails, angry with rage, with the news that the Oxford English Dictionary has updated its definition of 'literally' (in 2011) to include the sense of ‘used for emphasis rather than being... ...
The Cats of Canada 8 Aug 2013 | 03:37 pm
Above: some of our colleagues may bring you illuminated cats but we bring you cats and books! These works are free of known copyright restrictions. Those of you on Twitter will have noticed it is... ...
John Burnside: Lost Brother 30 Jul 2013 | 02:24 pm
Image (c) John Burnside For as long as I don’t know the name of a character, I don’t really know that character. This might sound obvious, but the obvious can be as useful as the subtler points while....
A Special Relationship? Winston Churchill and Anglo-America Revisited 29 Jul 2013 | 01:20 pm
Image (c) Ander McIntyre A portrait of the distinguished historian Sir David Cannadine at the British Library before he delivered the 61st anniversary Fulbright Commission Lecture. Sir David's... (Wh...
The New York Cosmos 25 Jul 2013 | 05:22 pm
'The last football match I saw was Everton versus Wembley'. I don't often go to football matches, and this was my best effort to blend in on Wednesday, when I headed to watch Leyton Orient in east... ...
Prince George - British Columbia 25 Jul 2013 | 02:56 pm
Prince George, BC., May 1, 1919 Available from Wikimedia Commons Continuing our theme of a Canadian photo for every occasion, we couldn't resist providing this image of Prince George, British... (Wha...
The Royal Baby and Photos for Every Occasion 23 Jul 2013 | 05:55 pm
Above: 'The Stork's Visit'. Available from Wikimedia Commons. These works are free of known copyright restrictions. Here in Team Americas we've been rather swept up by our own new arrival, Beth's son....
Ay, if I know the letters and the language: The Elements of Style 21 Jul 2013 | 01:30 pm
In 1957, the New Yorker published a piece by EB White about a textbook he had used at Cornell as a student, known as the 'little book': a 'forty-three page summation of the case for cleanliness,... (...
