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Posted on January 16, 2019January 16, 2019

Toccata Psalm 146, Jan Zwart performed by Harm Hoeve on the organ of Bovenkerk, Kampen

  Performed on the renowned organ of the Bovenkirk in Kampen, Holland, here is a piece by Jan Zwart, on whom there is little on the Anglophone internet.: Born: 20th August 1877 Died: 13th…

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Posted on November 22, 2017

The surprising complications of tide-watching

Hugh Aldersey-Williams’ “Tide: The Science and Lore of the Greatest Force on Earth” has a title that sounds hyperbolic, but is endearing in its combination of a certain rhetorical restraint…

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Posted on January 20, 2017February 27, 2017

“The sea that is always counting.”

And her Achilles went to make amends, Walking alone beside the broken lace that hung Over the sea’s green fist. The sea that is always counting. Christopher Logue, “Pax”, from War…

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