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- Paperback: Tennis Whites and Teacakes, by John Betjeman (Independent)
How delightful that a statue of the man who wrote "It is useless to pretend that I enjoy myself abroad" adorns the refurbished St Pancras. Equally dubious about the expat life ("Our savings gone, we climb the stony path/ Back to the house with scorpions in the bath"), Betjeman extolled the delights of the Northern Line's City Branch ("a strong smell of wet feet"). What he wrote of Waugh – "he ...
- Teenager beaten to death in park was 'victim of happy slap attack' - Daily Mail
A teenager savagely battered to death in park is believed to have been the victim of a 'happy slap' attack on a mobile phone. Flicking through the autumn glossy fashion magazines, I noticed that some of the models did not look very well. A few of ...
- Getting into character with Marisa de los Santos - phillyBurbs.com
Getting into character with Marisa de los SantosphillyBurbs.com, PA - 2 hours ago“Then I went on to get an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College and a PhD from the University of Houston. It was all poetry. I didn’t write fiction at ...
- Shirley Beers: Aircraft engineer, artist, actress and poet - Lewisville Leader
Shirley Beers: Aircraft engineer, artist, actress and poetLewisville Leader, TX - 6 hours agoIn addition to her love for painting and acting, Beers also loves inspirational poetry. Over the years, she has written several inspirational poems. ...
- Book celebrates gifts of Bangalow's reluctant poet - Byron Shire News
Book celebrates gifts of Bangalow's reluctant poetByron Shire News, Australia - 13 minutes ago"When I was growing up it was a great relief to write poetry," said Jean, "because it got things off your chest." But although Jean's life in poetry began ...
- Perfect prose - Spectator.co.uk (subscription)
Perfect proseSpectator.co.uk (subscription), UK - 3 hours agoAll the big-money prizes (and associated kudos) have been devoted to novels, or poetry — until a couple of years ago when the combined forces of Prospect ...
- Poetry (The New York Sun)
CREATIVE MINDS The Academy of American Poets hosts its fourth annual Poetry & the Creative Mind benefit gala. Celebrities including Meryl Streep, Wynton Marsalis, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Mike Wallace read their favorite poems by America's best-loved writers. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, 1941 Broadway at 65th Street, 212-721-6500, $35-$75...
- Write some formulaic verse - guardian.co.uk
Write some formulaic verseguardian.co.uk, UK - 53 minutes agoI already knew about Lucretius and his writing about the Atomism of Democritus in his poem De Rerum Natura; a very advanced bit of scientific poetry indeed. ...
- The Body and the Book. Writings on Poetry and Sexuality. - Fabula
The Body and the Book. Writings on Poetry and Sexuality.Fabula, France - 6 hours agoSarah P. GAMBLE: A Poetics Of Erasure: Mark Doty's Queer Coast Tatiani G. RAPATZIKOU: Viral Seduction and ‘Penetrated' Bodies in Rob Hardin's Poetry.
- Youth group experiences life-changing memories during mission trip - North Channel Sun
Shirley Green talks to teens who are a part of Octane Youth Ministry at First Presbyterian Church of Kingwood. The mission group traveled to Jacksonville, Fla., to understand homelessness and help those in need. Along the way, they met Green and were ...
- Faith and ritual in art of the Americas - Houston Chronicle
The Old, Weird America and NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith, a gallery talk by Dario Robleto at 11 a.m. at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 5216 Montrose, and 1:30 p.m. at the Menil Collection, 1515 Sul Ross. Pre-ordered box lunches ...
- Bastille Day In Media? Mais Oui - The Bulletin
Media - With France's Bastille Day following on the heels of our nation's own independence celebration, Philadelphia Francophiles can dust off their black berets for extended festivities right here in the 'burbs. Supporting a flourishing cultural ...
- Naomi Klein Helping Me UnLearn What I Learned in Business School - OpEdNews.com
I’m less than a third of the way through Naomi Klein’s brilliant book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, but it’s already giving me a new perspective on my years of graduate work in business school. Klein talks about the ...
- The Cuban Kid in Concert tonight in Union City - Bridgeton News
Journal file photo Union City Commissioner Lucio Fernandez, left, celebrates on Election Night with Mayor Brian Stack. Tonight, Fernandez takes center stage of a different kind when he performs show tunes in concert. Union City Commissioner Lucio ...
- Tragic poetic lament for lost tortoise - audio - Sussex Express
Tragic poetic lament for lost tortoise - audioSussex Express, UK - 4 hours agoBy Alexandra Jenkins A BELOVED lost tortoise has inspired her distraught owner to write poetry pleading for her return. Washington woman Trisha Cook has ...
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