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While the Navy doesn't teach photography anymore, these textbooks from the 90s provide an interesting window into the past There was a time when the Navy would train photographers, journalists, lithographers, and draughtsmen. Since 2006, those roles have all been combined, and all the armed forces train their communication teams from a single school, but before that there were generations of servicemen who trained as Photographers' Mates, and these are the textbooks they used.

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10 Acrylic Painting Tips for Beginners

Acrylics are extremely versatile, fast-drying paints, and can be used straight from the tube like oils or thinned with water or a medium and used like watercolors . And a lot in-between. Here are a few tips to help you get started painting with acrylics. Tip 1: Keeping Acrylic Paints Workable Because acrylics dry so fast, squeeze only a little paint out of a tube at a time.
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'Secret garden' Wrest Park reopens after restoration | Culture

The Italian gardens at Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images One of the UK's finest and least known gardens will on Tuesday be unveiled in newly restored glory after decades hidden away from the general public's gaze. The 90 acres of Wrest Park in Bedfordshire are unarguably magnificent, probably Britain's largest "secret garden", with surprises around every wooded corner. Although it is a nationally important garden its existence has remained virtually unknown.