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Public Domain Image Archive 1d ago

The Portuguese (1562) by François Desprez, from Collection of Various Clothing Styles.

Source: Rijksmuseum

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/733955e4-b2ae-4c61-b6a1-0a0c30ea0a1a

#travelogues #portugal #fashion #art #publicdomain

Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines 3d ago

Friday, April 24, 2026

Human rights activists count 7 torture chambers detaining Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant staff -- Russian overnight strikes on Odesa residential buildings kill married couple, injure 15 -- 12 Russian FSB officers killed in drone strike on command post in occupied Donetsk -- Russians in Tuapse in disbelief after Ukrainian drones bring the war home ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/friday-april-24-2026/

James Baillie Apr 10

Not sure if I shared this yet: some recent writing with reflections on a trip to #Graz last November, entitled 'The Ways a Hearthfire Burns' and looking at the feel of the city but also its history and the tension between its past and present:

https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?msg=171007

#Travel #WritingCommunity #Travelogues #Austria

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FID Anglo-American Culture Apr 2

Today is #InternationalChildrensBookDay - so book 1 of this 🧵by Sybille A. Jagusch is on depictions of #Japan in 200 years of American #ChildrensBooks - from #travelogues to picture books, adventure stories #folklore & more

#ICBD #AmericanLiterature #Asia #interculturalexchange #LiteraryStudies