ABOUT ME
Hello, my name is James Edward Hughes, and welcome to my site.
I created this website in 2010, initially as a Blog called Show Me Something Interesting, to post some of the weird and wonderful things which occur in this fantastic worlds of ours. Soon after starting, I began to write reviews of the Classical Music concerts and CD's I attended or purchased. This lead me to create a corner of the site specifically for my favourite voice type: the contralto. This expanded faster than I had expected, which lead me to create a separate website for these "low ladies" which became the highly successful Contralto Corner. In 2013 I created a brother-site for the Contralto Corner called the Countertenor Corner, which specialised in performances by those male singers who sing in what is known as the Falsetto register. Show Me Something Interesting also became a showcase for my amateur photography skills. Again, though, there was too much to put keep on this site, so I now have my own photography site called James E. Hughes Photography. In the beginning, this was made up of my holiday pictures, as I am a keen traveller, particularly to the high Arctic: Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Norway and Sweden. Since then, I have branched out into portrait and art photography. My other interests include: Science; Morbid Medicine; Deep Sea Creatures; Astronomy; Chemistry; Mathematics; History, particularly women in power; Esoterica & the Occult; Music in general; The Bass Voice (the voice I wish I had!); and Art, particularly painting and sculpture. I also have a passion for the 1920's and 30's. I hope you enjoy my site! |
PROJECTS AND CHARITIESThis is a list of projects and charities I am either involved with, support, or have helped to fund. Please have a look and feel free to give what you can to help.
My Projects:
Charities:
RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
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MOST VIEWED POSTS
The "Maggot from Italy's Tomb?" The "Black Widow" of St Bartholomew? Or one of the finest examples of power politics and survival ever seen? Well, I would have to say yes to all of the above, and more! Catherine was one of the most complex characters in a time of massive internal strife in France, with enemies both within (Guise, D'Albret) and abroad (Philip II of Spain).
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Born in Kent Town, Adelaide, Australia, Mark Oliphant was a Physicist, who received the prestigious Hughes Medal (other recipients include Alexander Graham Bell, Enrico Fermi, Stephen Hawking, and Andre Geim). He was also a life-long vegetarian after seeing a pig slaughtered at a farm as a child.
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The third movement of Haydn's Cello Concerto in C Major is one of my favourite pieces of music. It is a truly joyous piece, and one which I find uplifting. The first performance I heard was by 13-year-old Han-na Chang, who took my breath away with her skill, musicianship and dynamism.
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New research from Dutch scientists has revitalised the search for the elusive Majorana Fermion. The Majorana Fermion was first predicted about 75 years ago by Italian scientist Ettore Majorana, one of the Via Paspernera Boys - a group of scientists named after the street where their lab was located.
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Water. Without it, we would not exist. Covering nearly 71% of the world’s surface, it is one of the key building blocks of life on Earth. We think we know all about it, how it works, and what it does. But Gerald Pollack, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington, Seattle, is sure we don’t!
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Franco Fagioli is an Argentinian Countertenor "who seems to redefine the capabilities of the countertenor voice." He has won great acclaim for his performance in the role of Arbace in the recent all-male production of Vinci's Artaserse, and will soon be releasing an album celebrating the star castrato Caffarelli.
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© James Edward Hughes 2013