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- I’m still top of the mops, says Boris Johnson's father (Times Online)
During his first days in office, somebody should let the new mayor of London know that he must change the announcements on the Tube. They annoy his father Stanley, a classical scholar.
- The Enduring Power Of An Old Form - Washington Post
John Adams likes to refer to traditional forms. "A Flowering Tree," for instance, his 2006 opera-oratorio, was his riff on Mozart 's "Magic Flute." Then there's "El Niño," the sprawling choral work that the Choral Arts Society is performing tomorrow ...
- The poem that saved a terribly English spy from death in Dublin - Irish Independent
Irish IndependentThe poem that saved a terribly English spy from death in DublinIrish Independent, Ireland - 2 hours ago... and said: "I hope you don't mind but I've written a poem about you." She had no choice but to accept this tribute but she found the poetry picture of ...
- Pizarro: Attentive bird-watcher saves the day at San Jose City Hall - San Jose Mercury News
There was a dramatic rescue Wednesday evening after the first flight of one of San Jose City Hall's peregrine falcon chicks went south. The male chick - who will get a name when the results of a contest are announced today - had flown from the City ...
- Sun Road on silk - Daily Inter Lake
Sun Road on silkDaily Inter Lake, MT - 5 hours agoThis exhibit, including other famed artists’ work, poetry and historical photographs, is on display from June 26 to Oct. 18. ...
- Community news: VT English professors win national awards (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
Bob Hicok (top) and Paul Sorrentino (bottom), faculty members in the Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, were both awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships. Hicok has also garnered the 2008 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry.
- Health Center to offer free testing for HIV (Middletown Times Herald-Record)
CITY OF NEWBURGH - The Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center is offering free HIV testing from noon to 6 p.m. June 26 at the health center’s offices at 3 Washington Square.
- Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land - Financial Times
Thank goodness Tim Mackintosh-Smith didn’t listen to his Arabic teacher’s advice not to go to Yemen to brush up his enclitic pronouns. “Why don’t you go somewhere respectable?” he was asked. Had he opted for the safer bet of Cairo or ...
- Zidane Headed To Sydney (Goal.com)
The team will include several of Zidane’s team-mates from France’s 1998 World Cup triumph, including Robert Pires and Marcel Desailly, as well as Danish great Jesper Olsen and Swiss international Fabio Celestini.
- Poetry: jibal al tariq/ gibraltar - Desicritics.org
Poetry: jibal al tariq/ gibraltarDesicritics.org, India - 30 minutes agoOn Book Review: The Food Revolution by smallsquirrel: I think it is also important to remember that just because it is not meat does not make it healthy. ...
- Poetry Review Publishes The Work Of Local Young Poets - The Bulletin
Philadelphia - In the today's world of communication via the Internet and cell phones, poetry seems to be written off as belonging to a bygone era. However, The American Poetry Review (APR), a frontrunner in literary publication, and a forum that ...
- 'Sharp Teeth': A Ferociously Good Read - AlterNet
'Sharp Teeth': A Ferociously Good ReadAlterNet, CA - 1 hour ago... told dazzlingly well, read this book. Don't waste time with "I don't like fantasy" or "I don't like poetry" or "Isn't that a little weird? ...
- State board approves standards for Bible course (KXAN 36 Austin)
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) - The State Board of Education approved academic standards for a Bible elective course on Friday, clearing the way for more Texas public high schools to offer the course as an elective this fall.
- Marukkaarai Moaddai - TamilNet
Maruk-kaarai Also Mathukk-kaarai, Marukkalang-kaay, Karaadam (Tamil); Madana-phala (Sanskrit); Kukuru-maan, Kukuru-muwang (Sinhala): A species of thorny shrub, belonging to the Rubiaceae family, and one of the varieties of the vegetation generally ...
- Italy’s tribute to a Polish poet - Thenews.pl
Italy’s tribute to a Polish poetThenews.pl, Poland - 3 hours agoThe programme of the festival include poetry readings, panel discussions, a performance of Herbert’s play The Philosophers’ Cave and a film about the poet. ...
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