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  • The Lost World of Manners, Dress, and Literature

    The Lost World of Manners, Dress, and Literature0

    Recently I revisited a famous antiquarian bookshop. Marks & Co. closed decades ago, but it lives on in Helene Hanff’s memoir “84, Charing Cross Road” and its companion 1987 film starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins. My library had both the book and the DVD, so I spent an evening traveling back in time to 1950s London

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  • The Tomb and the Stone

    The Tomb and the Stone1

    Does religion make people happier? As writer and university teacher Stephen Cranney reported in 2024, the studies and literature on the connections of health, well-being, and religious practice are vast and demonstrate overwhelmingly that those active in a faith are generally happier than non-believers or those not involved in a religious community. Many articles on this topic

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