[BLOG] Some Sunday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Crooked Timber takes a quick look at the role of the shadow in art, here.


• Daily JSTOR notes that, in the 18th century, the punch favoured by partiers was often put up against the tea favoured by the more civilized.


• Language Hat notes that the British Library has preserved the only surviving copy of Il Kaulata Maltia, the first Maltese-language journal.


• Marginal Revolution notes a new study examining if easier divorce leads to assortative mating.


• Justin Petrone at north! celebrates his life in November in Estonia.


• Rocky Planet notes that Indonesia's Mount Agung is experiencing volcanic eruptions of lava.


• Window on Eurasia suggests that Putin's Russia is trying to get Ukraine to take over Donbas on disadvantageous terms.