Tag: london
Mechanical musical instrument invented for the 1851 London Great Exhibition by Henry Mayhew
He also coined “flaxen Saxon.” With other absurdities.
Tweets for February 2016
Is the Cibber piper in the V&A a notorious plague-pit drunkard?
Featuring O du lieber Augustin, the Thomases Dekker and Middleton, Daniel Defoe and various disreputable beggars and foreigners.
Brenda strikes back
“Don’t waste your time on obscure contemporary composers, John,” she said.
¡A por los títeres!
La feria madrileña imita a Petruskha.
Barrel organ available for losing bettors on the Iowa caucuses
Exemplary punishments from the 1892 US presidential election.
Tweets for January 2016
Christmas carousels
Impossible automata for my street organ this holiday season. Featuring Georg Büchner, Ignaz Bruder, German Christmas pyramids, dancing Hasidim, Lieutenant Kijé as you’ve probably never seen it, Le Tigre, and a crustacean.
Migrants entering Slovenia from Croatia
Plus Gibbon and Leigh Fermor on migrations past.