The “magnificent” beard of socialist thinker Friedrich Engels has inspired a climbing wall sculpture in Salford. The 16ft (5m) beard statue – a “symbol of wisdom and learning”, to be produced by arts company Engine, will stand on the University of Salford’s campus.
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Draw three circles of equal size and inscribe them with a pentagon, a hexagon, and a decagon.
The sides of these figures form a right triangle — and half of a golden rectangle.
The X-Base Anthrax Trials of 1942 and 1943, held on Scotland’s Gruinard Island proved that airborne anthrax is highly infectious – a little too well. While the island is uninhabited, spores eventually made their way to the Scottish mainland, causing an outbreak. The island had to be completely sealed off to visitors, and locals report that the animals that remained on the island after the tests displayed genetic abnormalities for generations. The soil remained contaminated for decades until a group calling itself ‘Operation Dark Harvest’ began sending samples of it to government facilities across the UK, demanding that it be cleaned up. The entire island was sprayed with a solution of formaldehyde and seawater to inactivate the remaining anthrax, and by 1990, it was declared safe.
A Boy & His Dog
A boy and his dog – so cute! The name of this young boy was once lost, but later discovered to be Roy Shipman. [ Original: Roy Shipman Lambkin Cemetery ]
Four boys with bagpipes attending the meeting of the Scottish Clans, held in London, 1933, photo by George Woodbine for the Daily Herald (via the National Media Museum UK/Daily Herald Archive)
