沉醉江南

我看到的常熟,有宽袍大袖的悠然,有茶盅香茗的温润,有水袖轻舞的柔媚,亦有湖光山色的开阔与假山园林的闲适。常熟的小桥流水,是一坐下来,就能感受到的洇洇水气,是一闲下来就能邂逅的江南烟雨,是一呼吸就能粘濡到的糕点甜香……     

沉醉之时

<正>所谓诗酒年华,在古人的世界中,作诗与饮酒往往同时进行,由此造就的著名篇章难以胜数。我们从小就熟读古人的饮酒诗,但若较起真来,恐怕很少有人一字一句弄明白过其中的意思。《诗经》的时代离我们太远,金罍、兕觥之类酒器就连字音都不易读准,只能算偏题、怪题;可哪怕晚至唐人孟郊的名句劝君金曲卮,勿谓朱颜酡,要问到这金曲卮到底长什么样,平常人恐怕也不见得能一下儿答上来。这个情形引发了我们的好奇心。在本期杂志的微观中国栏目中,     

爱丁堡，夜未央

英伦三岛的纬度很高,北部名城苏格兰的首府爱丁堡和俄罗斯的莫斯科纬度基本相同。因此爱丁堡的夏季平均气温只有21摄氏度,那份凉爽就不用说了。最难得的是,因受到海洋气候的影响,纬度这么高的地方冬天却也不算很冷,低于零度的日子不多。基本就是一个全年凉嗖嗖的地方而已。     

沉醉紫色夏天

炎热的7月,临时确定了普罗旺斯薰衣草之旅,—直向往那里如诗如画的美景和舒适自然的生活方式,能够在普罗旺斯体验当地人的生活,走进那些田野山村,好好呼吸全法国、可能还是全世界最纯净争的空气成为一个终于可以实现的梦想。     

沉醉与我

我自1941年进军统贵州息烽特警班(即中央警官学校特种警察训练班)时起,就听到了“沈醉”这个名字。老特务教官们在谈论之中,常说沈醉的擒拿技术如何高明,他的枪法如何准确;又说沈醉如何会办案并获得戴笠的特别“宠信”,18岁就     

飞一般沉醉

在不分日夜的飞行中,餐酒可谓是旅客们在这个密闭空间里的最大期待。万米高空,任凭舌尖于美酒佳酿中徜徉一番,绝对是一场“飞”一般的沉醉旅程。品酒顾问团、年度评酒会、空中酒吧,各大航空公司投客所好。纷纷大打“美酒牌”,只为了让你爱上飞行!     

纳帕的沉醉

“我们打开葡萄酒窖/窖里藏着美酒成桶/它使我将爱之苦遗忘/它是点燃我诗歌的火种”,或许俄国诗人普希金的文采不是最迷人的,但你很难抗拒他诗里对美酒的赞叹,那是一种发自内心的热情。     

城堡之都爱丁堡

1995年被联合国教科文组织列入世界文化遗产。 爱丁堡位于苏格兰东海岸入海口,雄据于延绵的火山灰和岩石峭壁上,与大部分欧洲城市相比,爱丁堡拥有优越的地理位置。爱丁堡是苏格兰南部低地的中心,也是苏格兰的首都。爱丁堡不仅是政治中心,而且又是文化中心,是苏格兰与英格兰交流的枢纽。     

爱丁堡:让艺术狂欢起来

每年8月,爱丁堡就成为举世注目的焦点,只因年度艺术节盛事的开锣。这段期间,观光客人数达到巅峰;B＆B的主人们笑得合不拢嘴;pub得以合法延长营业时间,而新开张的pub也特别多,哪怕只为短短三周的寿命;全爱丁堡的人都因此而忙碌、疯狂。     

马伊琍沉醉下午茶时光

距离穿著正式、礼节繁复的晚餐Party还有段时间,又感觉肚子有点饿了,就请Waiter准备几片烤面包、奶油以及茶。新鲜的水果搭配刚刚出炉的松饼,真正验证了秀色可餐。印象中老派、严谨的英国人似乎在用他们的下午茶宣告,英国人也创新了,自助式下午茶的出现便是最好的证明。年轻的英国女孩,一定会在出嫁前跟随自己的母亲学会烤制松饼,而旅途中在酒店里享受下午茶带来的惬意,似乎成为当下最时髦的活动。     

Excavations at Lochrin Distillery,Edinburgh

Abstract

Lochrin Distillery was founded by John Haig around 1780, at a time when the scale of Scottish distilleries was increasing dramatically and distilling was, briefly, the most significant industry in the land. Nevertheless, frequent increases in excise duty meant that these were challenging times for distillers, and Lochrin was mothballed and re-opened several times before finally closing in 1848. By the end of the century, the distillery buildings had been swept away.

In 2005, Abercorn Archaeology LLP excavated parts of the former distillery prior to redevelopment, concentrating on the still house. Remains of six still bases considered to derive from three phases of construction were recorded, together with the footings of a worm tub and a large basement structure. The excavations have clarified the evolution of the distillery, confirming that large lowland distilleries of the period were dynamic enterprises, frequently adapted in the light of the challenges facing the industry.     

The founding of the Edinburgh medical school

This article seeks to show that the usual accounts of the founding of the Edinburgh Medical Faculty in 1726 give undue prominence to John Monro, an Edinburgh surgeon, and to George Drummond, later Lord Provost of Edinburgh. They do so because their authors have ignored the ways in which patronage appointments, such as medical professorships, were and had been dispensed in the city of Edinburgh and in its university. There the Town Council was only nominally independent when it came to making professors. Medical historians have been equally cavalier in their treatment of the roles of leading politicians, especially of Archibald Campbell, first Earl of Ilay and later third Duke of Argyll, who was the most important Scottish politician working between c. 1716 and his death inl 1761. A more realistic view of the history of Scottish medicine would not ignore the realities of politics and the relation of these to institutions, such as the Edinburgh Medical Faculty.