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- The dangers of banality - Financial Times
R eporting on the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961, the political theorist Hannah Arendt coined the phrase “the banality of evil”. Eichmann, responsible for the slaughter of millions of Jews, had the appearance and even the mentality ...
- Oxford pupil wins Amnesty International poetry competition award ... - Amnesty International UK
Oxford pupil wins Amnesty International poetry competition award ...Amnesty International UK, UK - 10 hours ago... Jack Mapanje in Malawia, and a number of detainees at the infamous American-run prison camp Guantánamo Bay - all of whom produced moving poetry, ...
- China's 'ultimate place to relax' (BBC News)
As part of a series of features following the route of the Olympic torch around China, the BBC looks at the mountainous Huangshan.
- Cards mark funny, poignant parenthood moments - Calgary Herald
Calgary HeraldCards mark funny, poignant parenthood momentsCalgary Herald, Canada - 32 minutes agoThe whimsical name for her business, Speckles & Weeds, comes from a line of poetry she wrote many years ago. "It's about patterns that I love in life and ...
- Candidates Gone Wild: Politics as Entertainment - Oregonian
Wannabe city leaders, political junkies (myself included), and people looking for some beer-fueled entertainment on a weekday evening made their way to the Roseland Theater Monday night for Candidates Gone Wild . This it-could-only-happen-in-Portland ...
- Legends and lore: Secrets of North Texas - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Legends and lore: Secrets of North TexasFort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 20 minutes agoHer unassuming headstone contains a couple of sweet lines from a poem she once wrote (yes, she wrote poetry in high school): "As the flowers are all made ...
- I Am My Own Dragon by Linda Thompson - WTNH
I Am My Own Dragon by Linda ThompsonWTNH, CT - 4 hours agoThrough Thompson's compelling prose, Lucy asks readers to think of "Dragon" as not purely her story, but to become a part of it: "We are creating this ...
- What's left behind (The Phoenix)
Tap Olé at the Regent, Rachid Ouramdane at the ICA, Prometheus at Boston Conservatory Tap Olé is less a new-fangled bicultural fusion than a return to tap dancing’s foundational swingtime.
- Poetry reading to mark book launch - phillyBurbs.com
Poetry reading to mark book launchphillyBurbs.com, PA - 5 hours agoThe event is free and open to the public. Wine and cheese will be served. For more information, contact the library at 215-968-7659, ...
- The Virgilian Tradition. The First Fifteen Hundred Years. - Fabula
The Virgilian Tradition. The First Fifteen Hundred Years.Fabula, France - 28 minutes agoIntroduction on the Nature of Poetry 000 2. On Allegorical Interpretation 000 3. Dido and Aeneas 000 4. Golden Bough 000 W. Virgilian Obscenity 000 1. ...
- 'Bull Durham' hits the 20-year mark - Chicago Sun-Times
DURHAM, N.C. -- The bull still snarls from atop the outfield wall, snorting smoke after home runs and taunting hitters with four simple words written on it: Hit bull, win steak. The replica of the prop Hollywood built for ''Bull Durham'' is larger ...
- Edward Smith: Washington's True Car Lover - Seattlest
SeattlestEdward Smith: Washington's True Car LoverSeattlest, Seattle - 23 minutes ago"I'm a romantic. I write poetry about cars, I sing to them and talk to them just like a girlfriend." He says he has never had any romantic interest in men ...
- 'Hamlet' triumphs at Stratford - Jam! Showbiz
STRATFORD -- There's very little rotten in the state of Denmark -- at least, not in the Denmark conceived by director Adrian Noble. His Denmark -- an elegant Edwardian evocation of Hamlet's Elsinore, created in collaboration with designer Santo ...
- Anime Review—Sword of the Stranger - Firefox News
Anime Review—Sword of the StrangerFirefox News, AZ - 8 hours agoBy Peter Gutiérrez Over the past fifteen years, Peter's work in horror and other genres, in the form of short fiction, poetry, criticism, and comics, ...
- Now the smart money is on magazines for intellectuals - Guardian Unlimited
Some rich men buy football teams, but millionaires with more lofty pretensions acquire intellectual magazines instead. Already this year, entrepreneur Michael Danson has acquired a 50 per cent stake in the New Statesman from its proprietor Geoffrey ...
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