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Historical Non-Fiction - Creative Writing
Majken Zein Sørensen
Majken Zein Sørensen
Apr 27, 20233 min read
Not Just a Bowl of Fruit
In the short movie Not Just a Bowl of Fruit, the 84-year-old British life model Diana Mukuma reflects on her ageing body while posing.

Majken Zein Sørensen
Apr 13, 20235 min read
Ripper Victims are Not Interesting
On R. Frost's book “The Ripper’s Victims in Print" and how the study of history not only tells us about the past, but also about ourselves.


Majken Zein Sørensen
Mar 30, 20235 min read
What It Was Like to Be a Teenage Girl in London in the Late Victorian Era
Here are two women who can tell us what it was like to be a teenage girl in London in the late Victorian era. How amazing is that!

Majken Zein Sørensen
Mar 16, 20236 min read
The (Difficult) Act of Giving
Some years ago, I witnessed an interesting happening at the local gym which made me think about the - difficult - act of giving.


Majken Zein Sørensen
Mar 2, 20233 min read
Just when in history did men decide that women are not funny?
...So asks Joy Wiltenburg, professor emerita of history at Rowan University. Hint: it has to do with money, business and competition.


Majken Zein Sørensen
Dec 22, 20227 min read
The No Diet Diet - Weird Christmas - Ghostly Tales - Charles Dickens (and Hugh Grant)
I once bought a book named "The No Diet Diet". It’s a book that tells you how to lose weight, however, not by counting calories though.

Majken Zein Sørensen
Dec 8, 20223 min read
Practicing Shoshin
Sitting down at my desk and starting to write can sometimes be hard to overcome. Do you know the feeling?


Majken Zein Sørensen
Nov 24, 20226 min read
“My father survived the sinking of the Titanic” - The Other Fab Four - Blue Zone Sardinia
When the Titanic sank, about 700 passengers were rescued. Among them were six Chinese sailors. Their stories have remained untold, until now

Majken Zein Sørensen
Nov 10, 20225 min read
The Power of 'Mana'
Some years ago, I stopped by the Cinema Museum in London...Once [it] was the home of Charlie Chaplin, although only for a short period.


Majken Zein Sørensen
Oct 27, 20224 min read
The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia - “What I learned from 2.000 Obituaries” - Setapa
I accidentally stumbled upon this webpage dedicated to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - and oh my! Was he a productive fellow or what!

Majken Zein Sørensen
Oct 13, 20224 min read
Street View Travelling
I sometimes travel using Google Street View. Have you tried that?


Majken Zein Sørensen
Sep 29, 20224 min read
The Lady and the Panda - The Story of Nostalgia - Stray in Kars
Ruth Harkness, American explorer and the first Westerner to capture and bring back a giant panda from China.

Majken Zein Sørensen
Sep 15, 20225 min read
Curiosity Killed the Cat
“Curiosity killed the cat” the saying goes. I don’t believe that. Actually, I think it is quite the opposite.


Majken Zein Sørensen
Sep 1, 20225 min read
Brazil’s Yanomami - Rakugo - Talking to Strangers
In 1971 photographer Claudia Andujar began documenting the lives of a remote indigenous tribe in the Brazilian Amazon jungle.


Majken Zein Sørensen
Jun 23, 20223 min read
Japanese Monsters - Bike Trip - Chanel No. 5
A weird or mysterious creature, a monster or fantastic being. Meet the Japanese monsters, the Yokais.


Majken Zein Sørensen
Jun 9, 20223 min read
The Spirit Photographer - Robert the (Creepy) Doll - Nonsense Botany
William Hope used to work as a carpenter. But in 1905, after capturing an image of a ghost on a photo, he became a spirit photographer.


Majken Zein Sørensen
May 26, 20223 min read
Beethoven and the Cultural Revolution - Joesphine Baker's 'Rainbow Tribe' - Oldest Song in the World
During the early years of the Cultural Revolution in China, all European music was banned. That didn’t stop Jindong Cai from listening to it


Majken Zein Sørensen
May 12, 20223 min read
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (I & II) - White Mischief
In September 1900, L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” sold nearly 15,000 copies - not least because of its illustrations.


Majken Zein Sørensen
Apr 28, 20224 min read
How Not Winning Can Feel Like Victory - Chinese Costumes - Postcards from the Danish Grandfather
In a typical western-thinking mind, the point of a game is to win. In Japan, however, it's about making people feel that they are winners.

Majken Zein Sørensen
Apr 14, 20226 min read
I Will Survive - Art Book Covers - The Peace Pilgrim
Gloria Gaynor's hit "I Will Survive" has had a long journey from the B-side of a record to receiving a Grammy Award a couple of years later.
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