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The Bedchamber
The Bed – Sleeping Stylishly in the Chamber of Love
We spend at least one third of our lives in bed. Every culture is steeped in customs superstitions and folklore surrounding this unique piece of furniture. But what about the bedroom? When did the bed gain a room of its own? How was it decorated? Where can we begin to relate its story?
The Code – Where Math & the Modern World Magically Converge
You will find number connections between trees and mountains, clouds and waterfalls, nautilus shells and cicadas and in the formation of the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, which became known to the wider world through a talk given at the Royal Society at London in 1693. BBC TV presenter Marcus du Sautoy who is gradually revealing and cracking simultaneously what he calls The Code, recently revisited this amazing natural phenomenon.
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