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The Secret History of Writing episode 2

History / 4 minutes of reading / October 7, 2022 / By HDclump

The Secret History of Writing episode 2: In 1448, in Mainz, Germany, a goldsmith named Johannes Gutenberg was experimenting with a lead alloy and a hand-held mould. His aim was to speed up the process of putting ink on paper. But what he did was speed up history. Gutenberg’s printing press spelled the end of the Middle Ages and ushered in the modern world of science and industry. Every innovation since has been built on this foundation. Yet behind Gutenberg’s invention lay centuries of development and change in the way words were written, without which he could never have succeeded. […]

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This Farming Life episode 4

Farming and Country Life / 3 minutes of reading / October 7, 2022 / By HDclump

This Farming Life episode 4: Emma and Ewan hatch a plan to breed peacocks, Barbara gets her pumpkin plan off to a strong start, and Ronnie and Pete turn to cutting-edge science. It’s early spring as the farmers gear up for lambing, their busiest weeks of the year. In Northumberland, Emma and Ewan are rounding up their cattle and sheep as they prepare to move from Emma’s home for the last ten years to a farm seven times the size, on the Isle of Bute just off Scotland’s west coast. The move means taking on huge financial

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This Farming Life episode 3

Farming and Country Life / 3 minutes of reading / October 6, 2022 / By HDclump

This Farming Life episode 3: Ronnie and Pete prepare for a leggy new arrival, Joanna embarks on a steep learning curve, and young farmer Sean nears the end of a bumper lambing season. Filmed across a year, this series follows six families in remote and stunning Scotland. It’s early spring as the farmers gear up for lambing, their busiest weeks of the year. In Northumberland, Emma and Ewan are rounding up their cattle and sheep as they prepare to move from Emma’s home for the last ten years to a farm seven times the size, on the

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The Secret History of Writing episode 1

History / 4 minutes of reading / October 6, 2022 / By HDclump

The Secret History of Writing episode 1: We take it for granted, but every time we pick up a pen, we are employing the most powerful technology ever invented: the technology of writing. The invention of writing about 5,000 years ago made civilisation itself possible, and every innovation of the modern world is based on the foundation of the written word. But how and where did writing begin, and who began it? In From Pictures to Words, the first of three films about the history of writing, we uncover the hidden links between all the diverse writing systems in use

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Nadiya’s Everyday Baking episode 5

Nadiya’s Everyday Baking / 6 minutes of reading / October 5, 2022 / By HDclump

Nadiya’s Everyday Baking episode 5: Nadiya presents the very best weekend breakfasts for kicking back, relaxing and really indulging in the pleasure of the day’s first meal. And, of course, they are all easy, effortless and baked in the oven. First up are Nadiya’s delectable granola cupcakes for a delicious breakfast on the go. A sticky fruit-and-nut granola shell is filled with chocolate and yoghurt before being crowned with edible flowers and fruit. Next, Nadiya offers up a refreshing start to the day with a kiwi, mint and spinach smoothie packed with energy-boosting oats. And, for a

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Mary Berry – Cook and Share episode 5

Mary Berry - Cook and Share / 8 minutes of reading / October 5, 2022 / By HDclump

Mary Berry – Cook and Share episode 5: Mary heads to a festival where food takes centre stage. Set in the grounds of Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire, performers from theatre, music and art come together, but the real headliners are the top chefs who host sharing feasts and intimate dinners throughout the four-day event. Mary is meeting up with an old friend, Michelin-starred chef Niklas Ekstedt. He cooks for an intimate crowd of diners who sit around the chef’s table and watch him work his magic. Mary gets a taste of what’s on the menu and meets some of the

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This Farming Life episode 2

Farming and Country Life / 3 minutes of reading / October 5, 2022 / By HDclump

This Farming Life episode 2: As spring arrives on the farms, it’s all hands on deck to get through the busiest time of year. On Orkney fourth generation farmer Sean wants to one day own his own farm. For now he works alongside his dad and uncle. When their bumper lambing season is in full swing, his sister and her three you children also pitch in. In Stranraer Kayleigh’s husband Rab has an important hospital appointment. Meanwhile it’s full steam ahead with plans for their new, independent dairy business. The couple visit a dairy farm in Ayrshire,

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Great British Bake Off episode 4 2022 – Mexican Week

Great British Bake Off 2022 / 3 minutes of reading / October 5, 2022 / By HDclump

Great British Bake Off episode 4 2022 – Mexican Week: The bakers take on three challenges exploring authentic Mexican bakes, as they put their twist on the classic sweet bread pan dulce for the Signature, tackle a Mexican street food staple in the Technical, and make their own showstopping version of the milk-soaked tres leches cake. Which bakers will impress Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood enough to keep their place in the tent, and who will be heading home? It’s getting hot and spicy in the Bake Off tent – not because Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas

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The Last Days of Anne Boleyn

History / 5 minutes of reading / October 4, 2022 / By HDclump

The Last Days of Anne Boleyn: Anne Boleyn is one of the most famous and controversial women in British history. In 1536, she became the first queen in Britain’s history to be executed. The brutal speed of her downfall and the astonishing nature of the charges against her – treason, adultery, even incest – make her story shocking even to this day. Yet whilst we know how Anne died, the story of why she had to go and who authored her violent end has been the subject of fiery debate across six centuries. In a radical new

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Searching for Italy 2022 episode 1 – Veneto

Travel / 3 minutes of reading / October 4, 2022 / By HDclump

Searching for Italy 2022 episode 1 – Veneto: Stanley Tucci visits the Veneto, home to the ‘floating city’ of Venice. Once the centre of a world-trading empire, Tucci explores the ingenuity of the Venetians, who have embraced the unexpected delights and challenges of the lagoon, reaping the benefits of Veneto’s fertile land. Veneto has a fascinating food culture due to its aquatic environment and the various influences from around the world throughout its vast and textured history. Searching for Italy is a CNN Original Series that follows Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci as he travels across Italy

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This Farming Life episode 1

Farming and Country Life / 5 minutes of reading / October 3, 2022 / By HDclump

This Farming Life episode 1: Following six farming families in some of Scotland’s most remote locations. Emma and Ewan move to their forever farm on Bute, while cousins Donald and David prepare for a busy lambing season. Emma and Ewan move to their forever farm on the Isle of Bute, while cousins Donald and David prepare for a busy lambing season. Elsewhere, dairy farmer Andy hands over the reins to his daughter Kayleigh, and with his blessing, she plans to maximise the dairy’s earning potential by bringing a large part of the business in house – pasteurising and bottling their

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Pavlopetri – The City Beneath the Waves

History / 3 minutes of reading / October 3, 2022 / By HDclump

Pavlopetri – The City Beneath the Waves: Just off the southern coast of mainland Greece lies the oldest submerged city in the world. It thrived for 2,000 years during the time that saw the birth of western civilisation. An international team of experts uses cutting-edge technology to prise age-old secrets from the complex of streets and stone buildings that lie less than five metres below the surface of the ocean. State-of-the-art CGI helps to raise the city from the seabed, revealing for the first time in 3,500 years how Pavlopetri would once have looked and operated. Underwater

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