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Rabbit

2007-06-25T13:40:59Z

MollyM:

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'''Rabbits''' are small [[mammals]]. They can be kept as pets, eaten as a food source or appear wild in nature. In some countries rabbits are a pest species causing great environmental damage. In [[Australia]] they were introduced as prey for the [[fox]] (which was also introduced as sport for British colonial hunters). From an initial introduction of 24 specimens, rabbits have since become the most serious pest in Australia causing untold environmental damage.

To limit the population in Western Australia, a so-called "rabbit-proof fence" was erected between Cape Kerundun and Esperance. The movie "''Rabbbit-proof fence''" highlighted the effect that this fence had on the indigenous [[Australian Aborigines|aboriginal]] population.

Rabbits are not native to the UK. They were introduced by the Normans.

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Goth (subculture)

2007-06-25T13:07:13Z

MollyM:

A member of a [[Germanic]] tribe, which invaded the [[Roman Empire]] from the Eat between the third and fifth centuries. THe Eastern half of the tribe, the [[Ostrogoths]] eventually founded the [[kingdom]] of [[Italy]], while the [[Visigoths]], their Western cousins, founded the kingdom of [[Spain]].

Goth is also a music and fashion cult of the 1980s.

Goth is distinguished by black clothing, silver jewellery and wearing lots of black eyeliner.

A favourite Goth drink is cider and blackcurrant, possibly because it looks like a glass of blood.

Goth groups include Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy, Marilyn Manson and The Southern Death Cult.

Goths are interested in the occult and black magic but are generally pretty harmless.

It is not thought that the ancient goths were particularly associated with the colour black and probably didn't drink cider either.

Futurism

2007-06-25T13:03:14Z

MollyM:

Futurism was an art movement, which as its name implies, focused on futuristic subjects. It portrayed modern subjects in a modern way and was fascinated with the beauty of speed. Its most notable artist was [[Boccioni]].

Marinetti was a famous Italian futurist. He was also an enthusiastic fascist.

Futurism and Vorticism, its English equivalent, were both fascistic in philosophy. This was due to the worship of the new and the cult of machines and speed over the old.

[[Category:Artistic movements]]

Portmeirion

2007-06-22T17:33:05Z

MollyM: New page: Portmeirion is a bizarre village on the Welsh coast in Snowdonia. It was designed and built by eccentric architect Sir Brian Clough Williams-Ellis. The village is a composite of Italian ...

Portmeirion is a bizarre village on the Welsh coast in Snowdonia.

It was designed and built by eccentric architect Sir Brian Clough Williams-Ellis.

The village is a composite of Italian baroque, William Morris Arts and Crafts and more unusual features.

It was opened in 1926 as a tourist attraction and later as a pottery centre.

The village (or should I say, The Village) is best known as the setting for the 1960s TV series "The Prisoner", featuring John McGoohan as a British spy undergoing mind alterations, incarceration, disorientation and general weirdness.

The series has been seen by some as an expose of the post Cambridge Spy Ring culture, a discussion of 60s counter culture, an entertaining spoof spy series and possibly as an allegory for how society forces us all to conform and how it oppresses and ultimately absorbs the differently minded.

Just as Pink Floyd's "Dark side of the moon" can be synchronised with "The wizard of Oz" it has been suggested that the opening sequences of "The Prisoner" can be synchronised with several songs from the Beatles "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band".