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Yukie Ota

September 17, 2014 Written by Earth_Emperor

A Peacock butterfly has been wooed by the beautiful sound of Japanese flautist, Yukie Ota. It settled on her face as she played ‘Sancan’s Sonatine for flute and piano’ at Carl Nielson’s International Flute Competition in Odense, Denmark. Unfazed, Yukie calmly continued her performance before teasing the entranced ins [...]

Dancing Park Ranger

June 28, 2014 Written by Earth_Emperor

The Earth Emperor does enjoy dancing. Fancy then that Deryl Nelson wants to be the Dancing Park Ranger. Apparently he enjoyed a good waltz. Sadly, through, he’s antics saw him fired from his job at Coolidge Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but there’s a campaign to reinstate him. In The Earth Emperor’s Eye, the Emperor& [...]

City of a Million Roses

June 15, 2012 Written by Earth_Emperor

Donetsk is known as the ‘City of a Million Roses’ It’s a relatively young city in the east of Ukraine, following rapid industrial growth about 150 years ago. It was founded by John Hughes, a British businessman. In 1970 UNESCO recognised Donetsk as one of the greenest industrial cities in the world because i [...]

Malachi – The Messenger

June 12, 2012 Written by Earth_Emperor

The Whittenbury’s once made an image of Malachi out of the 2012 Olympics emblem. Curious then that Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony captures a ‘green and pleasant land’ destroyed by the arrival of the industrial revolution – William Blake’s Dark Satanic Mills.

The Lion Tamer

January 7, 2012 Written by Earth_Emperor

Malik the lion reacted fiercely to a girl staring at him through strengthened glass in his enclosure at Wellington Zoo. The moody lion swipped his front paws against the 33mm glass, but Sofia aged 3 was unmoved. Malik has charged the glass before, normally when feeding. However, perhaps Malik had a deeper message. In the [...]

Hay on Blake

August 28, 2011 Written by Earth_Emperor

Yohan Blake has unexpectedly won the 100m final at the 2011 World Athletics Championship. The Jamaican raced to victory after the defending champion Bolt caused a real shock after being disqualified after a false start. Let’s take a closer look at YOHAN BLAKE. An anagram is HAY ON BLAKE! Which is curious [...]

Country Roads

August 23, 2011 Written by Earth_Emperor

Earthquakes are rare in the Eastern United States. Its curious then that a 5.8 magnitude quake has struck the state of Virginia. The epicentre was in Louisa County close to Richmond, felt in 12 states and damaging national monuments in Washington DC. It’s strange because we’ve a namesake, Bill Richmond, uncrowned boxing cham [...]

Wake Up Call

August 15, 2011 Written by Earth_Emperor

New Zealand is under its heaviest snow in living memory. The once in a life time event saw Wellington experience heavy snow and blizzards with electricity cut and schools closed due to the disruption. Residents took to the streets with cameras to enjoy the snow and keepers at Wellington Zoo gave Happy Feet the lost emperor penguin found sick [...]

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

April 17, 2011 Written by Earth_Emperor

Samuel Coleridge’s ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ helped inspire the Blakesware Set and the ‘Haymakers Survey’. Curious then that an author named Nick HAYES has brought Coleridge’s tale up to date as a cautionary environmental story. The poem has been re-imagined as a stunning graphic chic nov [...]

Moonquake

December 22, 2010 Written by Earth_Emperor

In his journal on 21 December 1822 Charles Lamb describes the winter solstice as “an unnerving and foreboding date” whilst introducing the arrival of many of his distinguished guests to Blakesware Hall, including William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge. He mentions how Blakesware’s foundations shake with glee at their a [...]

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