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They debated at the Oxford Union Society and were elected president of it.
(I had to do some googling)

11 Lydia Monks; David Roberts; Nick Sharratt; Axel Scheffler? Children's illustrators 14 Ezra Cornell; Sarah Lawrence; Leland Stanford; Matthew Vassar? American universities are named after them. Or founded by them? 15. The first location and date looks very like the birth of Josephine Beauharnais (...

5 Nessiteras rhombopteryx was a proposed scientific name for what?
The Loch Ness monster? I don't really know any of these.

7 What was established in 1852 as the Museum of Manufactures?
Would this be one of the museums that got built out of the proceeds of the Great Exhibition?

Sweetest love, I do not goe, For weariness of thee, Nor in hope the world can show A fitter Love for me; But since that I Must dye at last, 'tis best, To use my selfe in jest Thus by fain'd deaths to dye; Yesternight the Sunne went hence, And yet is here to day, He hath no desire nor sense, Nor half...

My next chapter of Break is up (short and happy): https://archiveofourown.org/works/52626 ... /136234426

Oh man, yes, this is one of the greats, isn't it?

Philipaholt wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:28 am As always, I'm perfecting the feel of my Modern AU for N&S.

It's got the kind of bold, in your face colours and font that of course John Thornton would crave. ;-)

15 Samaritan woman; Draupadi; Wife of Bath; Gail Platt?
Much married women!

How lovely ! You know Daisy, one of my dreams is to one day visit New-Zealand. Since I fell in love with the LOTR trilogy I am fascinated by your country. 😀 And also, I am a huge rugby fan 😉 I'm honestly a bit embarrassed about how much I don't watch rugby. :blush I did watch the Rugby World Cup fi...

A nice Sunday at Khandallah Park...

1 Player 456 won 45.6bn won on what?
Squid Game?

2 Masahiro Mori coined what term for our unease at human-like robots?
The Uncanny Valley

ColleenD wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 4:07 pm Oh, yeah! That would be so cool! You could do like a mafia romance featuring Don John Thornton and his cotton mill empire. And Mr. Hale in his 'reduced circumstances' is forced to marry his daughter to the Milton Godfather.

......... yeah, that'd be a new kind of AU version. ;-)

My next chapter is up: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52626 ... /135747331

Looking forward to your #JusticeForFanny story, Magda!

I've just gotten a story seed for this prompt, I think - is it falling in love via letters in spring?

12 Bird’s Nest; Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn; Stools; Sunflower Seeds?
Names of paintings by someone?

4 Which poet climbed Mont Ventoux in Provence in 1336?
That sounds like the right period for Petrarch?

My new chapter is up! https://archiveofourown.org/works/52626 ... /135305689

Autumn, I'm looking forward to reading yours tonight when I've got more time. (Stupid notifications that turn up at the beginning of my work day)

Ooh, this is coming back. Well done, Mim and Van!

Violet83 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:57 pm Daisy, I haven't yet started Break because I haven't been in the mood for heartbreak...but one of these days I'm going to be in the right mindset to give it a try! You're a wonderful writer.

It's fine. Sometimes you just want light and fluffy, you know? ;-)

9 15 metopes; 17 pedimental figures; 75m of frieze? I would guess the quantity of Parthenon Marbles currently held at the Elgin Museum. 13 Francis of Assisi; Joseph of Cupertino; Simon Magus; Teresa of Avila? Three are saints, and the fourth is a magician mentioned in the Bible. Did they all have st...