A good set of chess pieces needs a certain amount of weight to play, so weights are added to better-quality plastic and wood pieces ... sets like the medieval Lewis chessmen.

Writer Martin Amis, comedian Stephen Fry, magician David Blaine, model Carmen Kass, pugilists Lennox Lewis and Wladimir ... glad to beat him because I had a pattern of reaching good positions ...

A weaver at the Gearrannan Blackhouse Village on the Scottish island of Lewis and Harris demonstrates the weaving of Harris Tweed on a foot-powered iron loom. The process still qualifies as hand ...

A cultural powerhouse or a celebration of stolen artifacts from colonial times? The British Museum is a fascinating window into global culture—despite the problematic origins of many exhibits ...

Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Splittin’ Wood Axe Throwing — the popular venue for entertainment and the sport of ax throwing — has moved just ...

There's a lot you need to consider before installing hardwood flooring in your home, either as a new flooring option or as a replacement, and one of the factors is wood width and patterns. Leave the ...

His work and that of any other weaver on the island – who use a variety of patterns including herringbone ... We also went to the beach where the Lewis chessmen were discovered in 1831. They are a ...

Among the pieces still in existence from this period are those from the famous Lewis chessmen hoard – the cache of 12th ... The many 19th century chess designs (most displaced by the Staunton pattern ...

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The Masonic Lodge floor has a wooden pattern showing the night sky above Bannack during summer 1868. You can see this special feature during certain tours. The star map uses 83 inlaid pieces of seven ...

His work and that of any other weaver on the island – who use a variety of patterns including herringbone ... We also went to the beach where the Lewis chessmen were discovered in 1831.