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Boston College have provided an excellent google maps mashup guide to Ulysses, very useful for anyone currently reading it.

View The Boston College Guide to Ulysses in a larger map

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Was wondering if the flyover scene from Invictus actually happened?

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The boathouse on this estate is amazing especially the decking around it. There is a separate page on the site detailing the comprehensive work they did to the gardenswell worth a read.

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Sean Hillen’s Irelantis exhibition is on at Alliance Francaiseuntil April 10th. This of one of my favourite images of his entitled Boating on the liffey

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Bizarre story retold by Greg Grandin about Henry Fords attempts to establish a rubber plantation deep in the Amazon jungle. Get it here on Amazon

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List of some cool blogs:

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Monty Don returns with a new series documenting Italian gardens. According to the BBC press release:

Monty Don journeys from the south of Italy to the north, visiting some of the country's most beautiful, impressive and interesting gardens along the way in Monty Don's Italian Gardens. From lovingly-created romantic hiding places to enormous formal gardens of the Catholic Church, this four-part series is bursting with great characters, compelling stories and captivating insights.

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Great article from Charles Arthur over at the Guardian, read it here

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