Yearly Archives: 2014
Israel takes over vast Palestinian lands to build new settlement. Takeover from five Palestinian villages is biggest West Bank land appropriation in 30 years, says Peace Now; settlers laud Netanyahu, Ya’alon, government.
Israel appropriates massive tract of West Bank land (Chaim Levinson and Jack Khoury, Haaretz) [behind paywall]
The monstrous (and very rare) £99,000 Canon 1200mm f/5.6 L USM lens put through its paces on the Mall in London.
MORE: Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6 L USM – Focal Length Comparison (MPB photographic)
More: Popular Photogrpahy
(H/T: Graeme Kelly)
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Lord Wilmore writes:
I’ve been looking for accommodation in Dublin for the past few weeks and noticed the signage is awful. this is just a small sample. Who the flip do I write a letter to? Also I still need a room. Any offers?
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MORE to folly
Thanks Pamela McCarthy, Niamh McEneaney, Paul Murphy, Mick Crowley and Nick Sutton.
Covers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
The late US poet and novelist Charles Bukowski reanimated for Harper Collins by Quoted (the studio behind the PBS Blank On Blank series) what sez:
In 1993, candid conversations between Charles Bukowski, his wife, and his producer took place in Bukowski’s home during the recording session for his classic Run With the Hunted.
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Barry Cummins writes:
A friend of mine got some great pictures of a Seagull…… being eaten by a sparrow hawk (thanks Google Images) right in the comfort of his own back garden. It took the bird of prey two hours to finish the job.
UPDATE: As Mark points out in comments, the unfortunate prey bird may have been a dove or a pigeon. Seagulls have webbed feet.