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So You Decided To Open A Gastropub!
The advent of the gastropub began at that revolutionary moment when an enterprising Brit thought to combine the words “pub” (British for “bar”) and “gastro” (from the Ancient Greek for “stomach”) and serve food in bars. The first of its kind is…
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Lumpfish Life: Growing Up In A Remote Fishing Village
An amusing interaction in a Facebook group caught my attention the other day. A small-town resident wanted to order pizza. Seeing a mass order as her only chance to get the pizzeria to deliver, she rallied her townsmen. Together they put in…
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So What’s This Letter To The European Union I Keep Hearing About?
In July of 2009, Iceland applied to become a member of the European Union. On March 12 of this year, the Foreign Minister of Iceland, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, delivered a letter in person to the European Union saying that it was the…
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Don’t Let Them Do That To You: In defence of MoMA’s “Björk”
If you’ve read coverage of the recently opened Björk retrospective at Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art, chances are you’ve read a searing critique ripping the exhibit, its curator, and the museum to shreds. Art critics from esteemed publications have seized upon the…