“I’m not taking you any further.” “What?” Larissa Jackson understood the driver’s Portugese perfectly. That wasn’t the problem. #1stLinePit #thriller

My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books

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Artist’s sketch of a sparrow. From Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, c. 1479–1458 BC. Artists have always loved to sketch. In ancient Egypt, some 3,500 years ago, they used flakes of limestone as sketch pads rather than paper. 📷: metmuseum.org/art/collection… #Archaeology

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A group of researchers have recreated the clothing of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy from the wall paintings in the cathedral of Faras, which sits at the border of modern Egypt and Sudan.

What a fantastic story here by Romy Morreo !

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Love this story by Brooksie C. Fontaine

5. War and Peace handwritten by Leo Tolstoy

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Earth, Jupiter and Venus seen from Mars