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- When your grown child is far away - Christian Science Monitor
It's often believed that the strongest human bond is between parent and child. So family celebrations on holidays can seem less than happy when a parent's grown children are far away, for whatever reason. When those we hold dear are not near, it's ...
- I just don't get modern art, says Italy's culture minister - guardian.co.uk
I just don't get modern art, says Italy's culture ministerguardian.co.uk, UK - 5 hours ago"Under fascism in Italy, everything that was not straight or in line was also deemed perverted art," he told the daily newspaper Corriere della Sera. ...
- Our national anthem…a song of patriotic ardor - Fulton Valley News (subscription)
Our national anthem…a song of patriotic ardorFulton Valley News (subscription), USA - 26 minutes agoThere is an intriguing history surrounding Francis Scott Key and his writing that patriotic poem. Songwriting—or poetry—was not on his mind at the time. ...
- The fearless explorer - Ottawa Citizen
The fearless explorerOttawa Citizen, Canada - 28 minutes agoEven at the close of the free-wheeling '70s, the sight of Chouinard urinating into a bucket was shocking enough to get her banned from the Art Gallery of ...
- Looking back at the Booker: JM Coetzee - Guardian Blogs
The book that won JM Coetzee his second Booker prize is, according to Time magazine: "A subtly brilliant commentary on the nature and balance of power in his homeland...Disgrace is a mini-opera without music by a writer at the top of his form." OK ...
- The Art of Travel - DVD Talk
The Art of TravelDVD Talk, OR - 12 hours agoThe direction by Thomas Whelan reaches for poetry and achieves an even flow of culture shock humor and gentle Zen-like absorptions of experiences. ...
- Gay and lesbian film fest has East Bay connections - Inside Bay Area
A psychic (Zoe Tapper) does some time in prison in "Affinity." A Concord man emotionally recounts how he felt when his son became his daughter. A former Albany woman digs through numerous photos and letters while trying to figure out if her great ...
- Shakespeare’s R&J at the Southwark Playhouse, SE1 - Times Online
The concept of single-sex Shakespeare has been thoroughly explored in recent years, from the “original practices” productions at the Globe under its former artistic director Mark Rylance to the work of Edward Hall’s all-male Propeller company ...
- The dark side of 007's Sean Connery - News.com.au
THE upcoming autobiography of Sean Connery, who found fame as James Bond, will be a sanitised account of his life, reports Paul Scott. IN the autumn of 1964, an unprepossessing and cramped ground-floor office at 21 Wimpole St had become a magnet to ...
- Plus: Obama's failed fight-back - Slate
Effective day for Dems. 1) Bill Clinton outlined a simple, substantive framework for the election. As James Taranto noted, he built a stronger case for Obama than Hillary did--an inversion of how the two Clintons are said to actually feel about the ...
- An afternoon of cultural crossover - Coast Reporter
An afternoon of cultural crossoverCoast Reporter, Canada - 2 hours agoTogether, they perform intensely beautiful interpretations of Persian folk songs and classical poetry. Haghighi’s passionate Persian traditional vocals ...
- Pete Mullineaux to launch debut poetry collection - Galway Advertiser
Pete Mullineaux to launch debut poetry collectionGalway Advertiser, Ireland - 1 hour agoThe writing overall experiments with a variety of forms and reflects a quirky but challenging personal-politics, laced with a rich irony and humour. ...
- Cowboy For A Day (CattleNetwork.com)
Carrying a catalog with more than 10,000 items, from napkins to carrots and steak, foodservice sales is no easy job. Specialized knowledge is often required. For example, a chef may ask about the beef: Where does it come from? What were the cattle fed? How were they handled at the farm?
- Poem of the week: Fine Knacks for Ladies - Guardian Blogs
This week's poem is by the greatest poet of all time. I was reminded of its existence by an essay by Clive Wilmer, published in the latest issue of that excellent poetry journal, PN Review , "Thom Gunn, Shakespeare and Elizabethan Poetry". During the ...
- My wife waltzed away with a suave French seducer, reveals Len Goodman (Daily Mail)
His twinkly charm and eccentric sense of humour have made Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman an unlikely TV icon. Now he's telling the story of his life in a rollicking autobiography.
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