{"id":87,"date":"2013-02-28T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/february-2013-in-review\/"},"modified":"2013-02-28T23:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T23:59:00","slug":"february-2013-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/february-2013-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2013 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an index and summary of the things I&#8217;ve talked about over the last month.  Links for multi-post subjects go to the first post (even if it&#8217;s before this month), you can follow the internal navigation links from there.<\/p>\n<h3>Books<\/h3>\n<h4>Fiction<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/golden-age-2-ed-isaac-asimov\">&#8220;Before the Golden Age 2&#8221; ed. Isaac Asimov<\/a>. Part of <a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/tags\/read-all-fiction\">Read All the Fiction<\/a>, short stories from 1933&#038; 1934 plus autobiography of Asimov during those years.  Boxed up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/25\/book-shadows-paula-brackston\">&#8220;Book of Shadows&#8221; Paula Brackston<\/a>.  Historical fantasy, framing story set in 2007 with flashbacks through the life of a witch born in the 17th Century.  Library book.<\/p>\n<p><b>Total:<\/b> 2<\/p>\n<h4>Non-Fiction<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2012\/12\/23\/china-worlds-oldest-civilisation-revealed-john-makeham-part-1\">&#8220;China: The World&#8217;s Oldest Civilisation Revealed&#8221; John Makeham<\/a>.  Part of <a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/tags\/chapter-chapter\">Chapter-by-Chapter<\/a>, an overview of the sweep of Chinese history from the Paleolithic through to the death of the last Emperor in the 20th Century (started reading in January).<\/p>\n<p><b>Total:<\/b> 1<\/p>\n<h3>Films<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/18\/indiana-jones-and-last-crusade\">Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Total:<\/b> 1<\/p>\n<h3>Photos<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/23\/bracken\">Bracken<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/16\/gap-clouds\">A Gap in the Clouds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/09\/lights\">Lights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/02\/photos-louvre\">Louvre, Day 2<\/a> &#8211; a batch of photos from our trip to Paris in 2011.<\/p>\n<p><b>Total:<\/b> 4<\/p>\n<h3>Radio<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/05\/our-time-bertrand-russell\">Bertrand Russell<\/a>.  In Our Time episode about the life &#038; work of Bertrand Russell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/19\/our-time-crystallography\">Crystallography<\/a>. In Our Time episode about x-ray crystallography.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/12\/our-time-cult-mithras\">The Cult of Mithras<\/a>. In Our Time episode about the Roman cult of Mithras.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/26\/our-time-south-sea-bubble\">South Sea Bubble<\/a>. In Our Time episode about the South Sea Bubble.<\/p>\n<p><b>Total:<\/b>  4<\/p>\n<h3>Talks<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/07\/man-cretan-cloak-jds-pendlebury-amarna-rosalind-janssen-eeg-meeting-talk\">&#8220;Man in a Cretan Cloak: JDS Pendlebury at Amarna&#8221; Rosalind Janssen<\/a>.  Talk given at the EEG meeting in February, about the life &#038; death of the archaeologist J. D. S. Pendlebury.<\/p>\n<p><b>Total:<\/b> 1<\/p>\n<h3>Television<\/h3>\n<h4>Non-Fiction<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/11\/ice-age-art-culture-show-special-rome-history-eternal-city\">Ice Age Art: A Culture Show Special<\/a>. One off show presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon linked to the Ice Age Art exhibition at the British Museum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/01\/lost-kingdoms-south-america-search-medieval-britain\">In Search of Medieval Britain<\/a>.  Alixe Bovey following a medieval map of Britain (link goes to only episode watched in this year).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/01\/25\/prehistoric-autopsy-lost-kingdoms-south-america\">Lost Kingdoms of South America<\/a>.  The history &#038; archaeology of four cultures in South America (started in January).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/08\/richard-iii-king-car-park\">Richard III: The King in the Car Park<\/a>.  Documentary following the excavation &#038; analysis of Richard III&#8217;s remains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/11\/ice-age-art-culture-show-special-rome-history-eternal-city\">Rome: A History of the Eternal City<\/a>.  History of Rome from the perspective of religion, presented by Simon Sebag Montefiore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/blog\/2013\/02\/14\/romes-lost-empire\">Rome&#8217;s Lost Empire<\/a>. Using satellite imagery to find previously unknown Roman sites to excavate.<\/p>\n<p><b>Total:<\/b> 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an index and summary of the things I&#8217;ve talked about over the last month. Links for multi-post subjects go to the first post (even if it&#8217;s before this month), you can follow the internal navigation links from there. Books Fiction &#8220;Before the Golden Age 2&#8221; ed. Isaac Asimov. 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