Matt Smith holding the Olympic Torch in Cardiff (May 26th)
I’m very excited about the run. It’s a huge privilege. A once in a lifetime thing. Let’s hope I don’t trip over!
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How Wes Anderson Soundtracks His Movies
Fresh Air from WHYY, npr.orgHow Wes Anderson Soundtracks His Movies Fresh Air from WHYY
If you see the new Wes Anderson movie Moonrise Kingdom, you’ll hear background music from composers Benjamin Britten and Alexandre Desplat, as well as several songs fro…
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Historic black and white photos of New York City
Zolton, lostateminor.comThe Atlantic, which has to be the finest magazine in America, have compiled a remarkable collection of photos from the newly released database of the New York City Municipal Archives. Their collection numbers some 2.2 million image…
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NASA’s Project Gemini photos all available online, including this melancholy image of astronaut Ed White
By Sean Hollister, theverge.comNASA’s Project Gemini began 50 years ago. Starting in 1965, it would send two men to the stars ten times over, until the United States decided to reach for the moon with Apollo. The man in the picture above is Ed White, the first American…
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NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise: the NYC fly-by, in pictures
By David Pierce, theverge.comThis morning, the Space Shuttle Enterprise flew into New York City on the back of a NASA 747. Several weeks from now, the plane will come to its final resting place atop the Intrepid aircraft carrier, where it will become part of …
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NASA’s Psychedelic Concepts From The 1970s Are Still Inspiring Today
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.comA reminder that NASA needs to remember the powerful force of conceptual design.
Our excitement for space didn’t end when we put a man on the moon in the 1960s. In the late 1970s, we were still obsessed with the voids beyond our atmosphere. A…
