The author of Peter Pan, JM Barrie, transferred the copyright of his famous creations to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in his will. The hospital has full control over all productions of the play and is supposed to benefit financially from each subsequent adaptation. According to this article Disney has pulled its involvement in [...]

The war to end all wars. The Great War. Here’s a site called The Heritage of the First World War. They say :
This website is dedicated to the events and consequences of World War One.
We put some emphasis on unorthodox and thought-provoking points of view. We are averse to historicism.
And we show people [...]

Australian tourism is built on Big Things. This guy has documented many of the examples of what makes family road trips really worth it.

This is a fascinating article looking into a mythology evolved among homeless children in Miami. It seems to them that there is no God in heaven watching over them, as so many of them are killed with no apparent meaning, but the stories create a meaning for them. They speak of a God [...]

Remember when “The Making Of…” specials were often amazing feasts of ingenious thinking, on the spot problem solving and devious cleverness on the part of the effects team, cinematographers et al? You would watch a movie and go “Wow, how did they do THAT?”
I saw a presentation by one of the Weta Digital guys, [...]

Well, apparently they are…
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.”
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.”
“I want to know God’s thoughts; the rest are [...]

Burned out our toasty maker the other day, woops. OK for me though, I really hate having to clean them, especially after you make spaghetti toasties and the sauce gets like everywhere, and I’ve been bitching for ages that I want removable cooking plates so you can wash them easier. Meanwhile Monique has [...]