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The NHS at 60.
The National Health Service is 60 on July 5th. Take a look at documents, audio and video related to the birth and growth of this "radical plan."
posted to MetaFilter by fire&wings
at 5:47 PM on June 28, 2008
(5 comments)
Art Inconnu
A blog featuring artworks and artists who are little known, perhaps under-appreciated and in some cases forgotten by the mainstream. After years spent pursuing my passion for collecting auction catalogues and searching online sales and archives for interesting works by so-called "minor" artists (and purchasing the odd affordable piece) I felt it was time to collate some of the images and personalities I have collected and learned about along the way.
posted to Projects by fire&wings
at 7:34 AM on June 26, 2008
Quick font indentification?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 5:15 PM on June 11, 2008
(9 comments)
A small piece of latin translation/identification required, if someone would be so kind.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 3:52 PM on June 4, 2008
(2 comments)
Guitarist looking for other string instruments to play around on...
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 5:44 PM on April 19, 2008
(19 comments)
Resources for recreating the look and feel of 17th century books (their title pages specifically?)
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 4:35 PM on February 19, 2008
(9 comments)
I've heard a song a few times now on
Goldfinger's Dancehall show on Radio 1, but he hasn't mentioned a title and I can't find it in the tracklisting on the Radio 1 website.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 5:15 PM on October 27, 2007
(2 comments)
Someone else's wireless network appears to be interfering with my own wireless connection - help required.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 7:31 AM on October 2, 2007
(6 comments)
Looking for a UK clothing designer's website I saw a few years ago. As well as making tweed jackets and other garments, they had another "arm" of the business that specialised in vintage looking, quirky, World War 2 era replica work clothing that was trendy and quite pricey rather than historically accurate, as well as vintage kitchen and garden tools.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 12:11 PM on August 25, 2007
(8 comments)
Engaging, quality films with very small casts. Recommendations?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 3:57 PM on July 23, 2007
(62 comments)
I'm planning on storing a large amount of (very slightly damp) books. Advice required.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 5:18 PM on April 24, 2007
(5 comments)
Looking for a photo/photographer I saw in a documentary a few years back. It was a black and white shot taken in the 1950's/60's and featured a typical small Yorkshire (or at least northern UK) village on a steep hillside at night. It was a long exposure and the glowing street and window lights illuminated the buildings and made for a very striking scene against the black sky and surrounding hills.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 1:58 AM on February 2, 2007
(3 comments)
Why are space shuttle interiors so complicated and so exposed?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 5:27 PM on November 30, 2006
(18 comments)
Moviefilter: Recommend some good films set in London?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 9:25 AM on September 15, 2006
(38 comments)
What is this implement?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 4:33 PM on September 7, 2006
(40 comments)
Can anyone tell me what this Arabic inscription says (if it is Arabic) and what the insignia represents? Photograph and a little
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 2:37 PM on August 12, 2006
(4 comments)
Recently I took a large quantity of household junk to my local council run landfill/refuse site. 3 weeks later these items, which I presumed would be destroyed and buried, are appearing at local auctions.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 5:03 PM on June 21, 2006
(44 comments)
How sore is a tattoo on the top of the foot?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 5:37 PM on May 25, 2006
(10 comments)
This user links to his own blog in six answers from the thirteen he has provided for other AskMe users, including recommending his
own blog as one of his favourites. His only comment on the blue links to
his blog. I am reluctant to bring this up as the answers he provides are generally helpful, on the other hand he seems more likely to help if he can link to his website. I guess Matt can decide is this is insidious spamming or not.
posted to MetaTalk by fire&wings
at 5:05 AM on May 24, 2006
(8 comments)
Gutteral, musical throat chanting, used as a way of communicating - an actual language? Used as a soundtrack for a BBC documentary, and I need to find a specific piece. (much more inside)
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 4:41 PM on April 13, 2006
(10 comments)
Projects - any plans for recording in the user profle what you have voted on, tagging, or a decent search function? For the first time I'm trying to remember something I enjoyed and voted on, but can't find the tools with which to find it.
posted to MetaTalk by fire&wings
at 4:31 PM on March 23, 2006
(7 comments)
What are some good Swedish novels?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 9:01 AM on March 20, 2006
(17 comments)
Looking for about 1000 business cards in the UK. Preferably a site where I can email/upload a design, and have them shipped quickly.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 3:48 PM on February 14, 2006
(6 comments)
A website featuring animal portraits in a human style...
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 5:33 PM on December 10, 2005
(5 comments)
Someone recebtly created a FPP from scanned magazine pages they had uploaded. Beneath the mantra of "best of the web" how far can one go? I often find great subjects for a post are not adequately documented online. In that case is it okay to upload some images, or create a little page to fill in the blanks in anotherwise post-worthy subject?
posted to MetaTalk by fire&wings
at 6:06 PM on December 3, 2005
(36 comments)
Looking for a photograph of Nadia Anjuman, the Afghan Poet that was recently killed.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 4:00 PM on December 3, 2005
(7 comments)
Looking to buy noise limiting/cancelling/reduction/silence headphones...
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 4:31 PM on November 22, 2005
(27 comments)
Quote pony? Whereby a user can quote another post without having to copy/paste and add italics. Gut feeling that if this was easy and feasible it would already exist, but you never know...
posted to MetaTalk by fire&wings
at 3:52 PM on November 15, 2005
(33 comments)
Cat with a swollen stomach. Vets, cat owners and helpful people welcome inside..
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 6:23 PM on November 14, 2005
(22 comments)
Japanese animated gif search filter...
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 6:15 PM on November 6, 2005
(5 comments)
What are some of the most overtly religious modern pop/rock/mainstream songs that sound great, and more importantly believable, in their devotion rather than jusy cringeworthy or preachy? Preachy titles also welcomed for comparison.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 6:08 PM on October 17, 2005
(70 comments)
Since iTunes won't let me purchase music from other territories, what are some good services that have worldwide coverage so I can download the tracks I want? If such a service even exists.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 3:38 PM on October 9, 2005
(14 comments)
Amiga game identification filter...
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 2:27 PM on August 25, 2005
(8 comments)
I have an antique photo album that stinks and I am looking for tips to neutralise the smell...
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 3:51 AM on August 12, 2005
(7 comments)
I'm looking to compile some bombastic, melodic, aggressive, singular, inventive, mainstream and anthemic rap/hip hop!
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 4:41 PM on July 20, 2005
(19 comments)
Can google (or any search engine) be made to search for a small portion of a word?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 3:37 PM on June 25, 2005
(15 comments)
I'm looking for a blog/site where people post regularly and passionately about good songs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 4:12 PM on May 26, 2005
(12 comments)
Can anyone identify an old piece of clothing for me? (pics inside)
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 7:44 AM on April 21, 2005
(2 comments)
I'm looking for interesting and unusual shoes (male.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 4:09 PM on April 5, 2005
(15 comments)
Joash Woodrow.
An artist who's story is not unlike that of
Henry Darger - a recluse who's lifetime of work has only recently been discovered. But unlike Darger, Woodrow was British, and a trained artist who studied alongside
Frank Auerbach and
Peter Blake. And he's
still alive. Now this pensioner, who's lifetime of painting, drawing and sculpture was
discovered by accident while his family were halfway through incinerating it, is being called "one of the great British artists of the 20th Century" and the price of his paintings,
which call to mind Picasso, Soutine and Rouault, are
skyrocketing. Aged 77, and confined to a nursing home, he is
unwilling to ever paint again or discuss his art, and it is unclear if he is enjoying the benefits of his belated success.
posted to MetaFilter by fire&wings
at 5:35 PM on March 28, 2005
(19 comments)
Please explain to a clueless person how genders are decided in French language...
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 3:41 PM on March 15, 2005
(22 comments)
Can anyone identify either the name, or the purpose of a piece of headwear in this pastel by symbolist artist Lucien Levy Dhurmer?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fire&wings
at 4:42 PM on February 26, 2005
(4 comments)
