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No one ever smiles in Cézanne’s Portraits.

ENC News 20 Nov 2017

Refinement? Forget it. Beauty?Unlikely.Flattery?Impossible. Cézanne simply wasn’t that sort of a painter. For him portraiture was a testing ground, a laboratory, a way of learning his trade. What kind of...

Sir Thomas Browne: “Urn Burial”-an Essay on the Nature of Identity and Humanity’s Quest for immortality

ENC News 20 Nov 2017

Sir Thomas Browne is a writer whose afterlife vindicates the power of an enchanted, idiosyncratic, and – the gift that holds one key to the success of the writing life...

Gap between rich and poor may be reaching its peak, Credit Suisse suggests

ENC News 20 Nov 2017

The gap between rich and poor may be reaching its peak. In a report 14 November on global wealth, Credit Suisse Group AG noted a shift away from equities and...

California. National Parks

ENC News 14 Nov 2017

Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks California has a lot of parks but you can cross two off your list at once by visiting Sequoia and Kings Canyon, just south-east...

My family is great, but I feel as though I have no friends.

ENC News 14 Nov 2017

Mariella Frostrup responds to a lonely mother. The dilemma I am 38, happily married with two children and have a job I enjoy. However I have found myself plagued by anxiety...

Mental Health.It’s in the mind and the body, too

ENC News 14 Nov 2017

Something is stirring in the world of mental health and for once the news is positive. This month, British scientists began testing a radically new approach to treating schizophrenia based...

Famous Britons and Their Fortune

ENC News 14 Nov 2017

Fame and fortune typically go hand in hand. This, however, wasn’t always the case. Contrary to today’s celebrities, many great historical figures didn’t enjoy fortune even though they gained great...

From GingerBiscuits To Fancy Cakes

ENC News 14 Nov 2017

Paul Hollywood is all about the bake. He grew up in a flat that always smelled of bread, above his father’s bakery in Merseyside; became a baker in his teens,...

Thrilling performance of ineffable Beethoven fugue.Emerson String Quartet.

ENC News 14 Nov 2017

“Incomprehensible” was one leading critic’s verdict when Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge was premiered in 1826. “This work will be contemporary for ever – I love it beyond everything,” declared Igor Stravinsky a century...

We Care Less About What We’re Paid Than Why

ENC News 14 Nov 2017

You’re probably getting paid better than you think you are. If only you knew it. Whether our jobs pay us fairly matters a lot less to us than how well we feel we’re...

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