-------- MANTEX NEWSLETTER -------- Number 92 - May 2004 - ISSN 1470-1863 Typography - Design - Writing 0----- 'Web Type: Start Here!' - new book If you're interested in typography and the Web, make sure you at least *see* this stunning new book. It takes you from the basic principles of type and layout, through to the techniques used in both HTML and style sheets to produce elegant pages. And it's one of the most beautifully designed and printed books I've seen for a long time. Books like this are setting new standards for print production. http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/arah.htm 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #1 Which three countries joined the EEC in 1973? 0----- Great Writers - new additions For those interested in literature, we have added three new entries to our guidance notes on Great Writers. These pages offer brief biographical notes and guidance on their greatest works in print. The latest are all Nobel Prizewinners - Australian Patrick White, Russian Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and American Saul Bellow. http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/white-00.htm http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/solzhen.htm http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/bellow.htm 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #2 Which is worse, a first or a third-degree burn? 0----- Literary Competition - Finish the Story The BBC has launched a writing competition. You are invited to finish a story which has been started by one of eight writers. These include Fay Weldon, Ian Rankin, Sue Townsend, and Ed McBain. You've got to be over 16 - and not currently in jail. Watch out - email entries are not permitted. Closing date 31 May 2004 http://www.bbc.co.uk/endofstory 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #3 What did Winston Churchill win in 1953 0----- Bloomsbury Group - new addition We've added a new entry to our very popular guidance notes on the Bloomsbury Group and its members. This time it's economist John Maynard Keynes, who managed to successfully combine his work as a government advisor and powerfully influential economic theorist, with a marriage to Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova and his taste for young men. Those Bloomsberries eh? - They had it all! http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/jmkeynes.htm 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #4 How many sides does a nonagon have? 0----- Interior Design - Magazine Are you are interested in interior design? - that's house furnishings, colour schemes, fabrics, furniture, and decoration. Without a doubt there's only one magazine that covers this successfully - The World of Interiors. Forget the rest - I have subscribed to them all - but none comes even close to Interiors. It's high quality; it covers a wide range of dwellings, from grand palaces to mud huts, and it has consistently good art work. The latest issue features articles on bathrooms and kitchens, Roy Lichtenstein's studios, a London town house, new fabric designs, a beautiful bath house, an Italian villa, and reviews of the latest art books. Subscribers in the US get free shipping: http://www.Amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006L2KF/ref=nosim/mantexinformat0b Subscribers in the UK get twelve issues for the price of nine. http://www.worldofinteriors.co.uk/ 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #5 What is the largest organ in the human body? 0----- Fun Site: Retro Music, Movies - and Hair Elvis Presley had a pompadour, so does Kim Jong Il. How to do it yourself. Instructions at ForeverVintage. Explore the site. You'll like it. http://forevervintage.com/hair.html 0----- Pub Quiz - Question #6 What is the Tynwald? 0----- 'Concise Chronology of English Literature' - new book What were people writing about as Michaelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, or whilst engineers built the first railways in the nineteenth century? This is a compendium of what was published in every Year between 1474 and 2000. It also includes notable events and a huge index of writers and their works. Full details and review with samples at - http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/oxf-crel.htm 0----- Pub Quiz Question #7 Who wrote 'The Miraculous Mandarin'? 0----- MantexBlog - Update + News Feed We've added a comments page, so you can post your thoughts on the topic in question, read what other people had to say about it, and add your recommendation for other links. We've also started a list of links - cool web sites dealing with these topics which will be permanently available for those interested in: writing - typography - graphic design information architecture - reference For those who prefer to receive updates from the Mantex site on a daily basis, as they are posted - we're now offering a news feed service. This delivers automatic updates http://mantex.blogspot.com/atom.xml 0----- Pub Quiz Question #8 Which is the oldest college at Cambridge University? 0----- Cool Site - Motiongraphiks Interactive design, flash movies, motion banners, and of course dynamic typography. Trawl around the site, and look in particular at their client portfolio. http://www.motiongraphiks.com/index2.html 0----- Pub Quiz Question #9 What is the name of the soft spot on a baby's head? 0----- Literary Walks - Woolf, Kafka, Joyce We've just added some pages which describe *walks* around Virginia Woolf's London, Franz Kafka's Prague, and James Joyce's Dublin. Retrace the steps of the authors and their fictional creations. These come complete with street-by-street directions, house numbers, bus stops, Metro stations, and links back into the novels of these great writers. http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/woolf-00.htm http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/kafka-00.htm http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/joyce-00.htm 0----- Pub Quiz Question #10 Does a housefly begin as an egg or a maggot? 0----- Spelling Competition The BBC is launching a search for Britain's best young speller. All pupils aged 11 to 14 are being invited to take part in a nationwide spelling competition which the BBC will film and make into an exciting new show called HARD SPELL. To get involved, Head Teachers should email hardspell@bbc.co.uk by Friday 28th May 2004. Schools will then be sent starter packs to organise their own spelling competitions to be held in September. 0----- Feedback from subscribers Cheryl Sickel writes from Calgary in Canada to say "You can also tell your readers that thanks to your newsletter, I am having a blast with the Tate's online course on understanding modern art." For those who missed it, the Tate's f-r-e-e course is at - http://www.tate.org.uk/ita/ David Malarkey writes from deepest Croydon: "What is malt vinegar made from? You say beer, and that sounds right, but beer is a drink with hops as a flavouring and preservative. Surely vinegar is made from the older drink - ale, which was, so far as I know, un-hopped. This would be in those glorious golden days when men were..." 0----- Quotable quotes - from the Courtroom Lawyer: "Now Doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know anything about it until the next morning?" 0----- PUB QUIZ - ANSWERS Which three countries joined the EEC in 1973? ANSWER: Britain, Ireland, and Denmark Which is worse, a first or a third-degree burn? ANSWER: A third-degree burn What did Winston Churchill win in 1953? ANSWER: The Nobel Prize for Literature How many sides does a nonagon have? ANSWER: Nine What is the largest organ in the human body? ANSWER: The liver. What is the Tynwald? ANSWER: The Parliament of the Isle of Man Who wrote 'The Miraculous Mandarin'? ANSWER: Bela Bartok Which is the oldest college at Cambridge University? ANSWER: Peterhouse (1284) What is the name of the soft spot on a baby's head? ANSWER: The fontanelle Does a housefly begin as an egg or a maggot? ANSWER: An egg (which hatches a maggot) 0----- COMING SOON 'Spidering Hacks' - new book 'Dictionary of Slang' - classic reference 'Internet Art' - new book (c) Copyright 2004, MANTEX All Rights Reserved PO Box 100 Tel +44 0161 432 5811 Manchester Fax +44 0161 443 2766 M20 6GZ UK www.mantex.co.uk If you like this newsletter, PLEASE FORWARD IT to friends and colleagues. New subscribers should register at the following address -- http://www.mantex.co.uk/newslet.htm BACK ISSUES featuring news items, reviews, and product details at - http://www.mantex.co.uk/news/archive.htm Please retain the copyright and list-joining information. It may be posted, in its entirety or partially, to newsgroups or mailing lists, so long as the copyright and list-joining information remains. If you have any requests, observations, or items you would like to be included in our next issues, just mail us at -- news@mantex.co.uk You receive the MANTEX newsletter because you subscribed to it. 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