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February 2012  

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Dorothea Tanning dies aged 101
Tanning was the last living member of the surrealist movement, wife of Max Ernst and published her first novel at the age of 94 ... more  Add a comment

A mastery of arts
The Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, a rich repository of the earliest manuscripts and art objects of the Islamic world, leaves even Muslim visitors in awe ... more  Add a comment

Real-life Charles Dickens characters traced
Bill Sikes and Scrooge are among the most well-known characters in English literature but rather than being figments of Charles Dickens's imagination, their names were derived from real people - and new research has pinpointed the writer's sources of inspiration ... more  Add a comment

Rare maps in Miami
Daniel Crouch Rare Books, leading specialist in rare maps and atlases, will be exhibiting two fine and rare cartographic works at the Miami International Map Fair; by Ptolemy, and Jesuit monk Ferdinand Verbiest ... more  Add a comment

The power of paper in a digital era
As more and more archives are digitised, with many benefits, it's worth being reminded of the value of traditional records ... more  Add a comment

A new antiquarian and collectables bookshop in Toronto
'If we'd listened to everyone who said we shouldn't do this, we'd have a different story to tell,' says Sellers (who is the father of Torontoist writer Daniel Sellers). 'But we believe that it's possible to succeed at anything. Even at the height of the Great Depression businesses continued to hire' ... more  Add a comment

 
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