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- Capital garden becomes focus for a celebration of poetry (The Scotsman)
ST ANDREW Square is to become a focus for poetry in the Capital as part of new initiatives put forward by the city council.
- Adjusting the Theory of Just War: Gary Bass's 'Freedom's Battle' (The New York Sun)
From the Vietnam War until the end of the Cold War, it was almost axiomatic that liberals would oppose every use of American military power. Defecting from that position was what qualified a former liberal as a neoconservative. But in the last 20 years, as the post-Holocaust promise "never again" was betrayed in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur, parts of the left began to reconsider the virtues of ...
- YETI: A film about Tibet, releasing online 08/08/08 - Phayul
YETI: A film about Tibet, releasing online 08/08/08Phayul, Tibet - 1 hour agoThe Original poetry used in Yeti is written by the award winning activist/poet Tenzin Tsundue. Tsundue is an inspiring leader in the Tibetan freedom ...
- 'The Invention of Scotland' by Hugh Trevor-Roper - Los Angeles Times
In the mid-1700s, Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart, a Scot) failed to take the British crown. Scots, suffering from an identity crisis, started rummaging through manuscripts and oral traditions for a great national epic but couldn't find ...
- Library closing for two days - Peterborough Examiner
Library closing for two daysPeterborough Examiner, Canada - 1 hour agoThe English contest will have categories for poetry and short story writing, with a prizewinner and runner up in both categories. ...
- Mahmoud Darwish "free from Palestine" at last (Radio Netherlands)
Palestinians have been mourning the death of their national poet Mahmoud Darwish, seen by most in the Arab world as the greatest poet in modern Arab culture.
- Do not ignore vandalism that chips away at our civilization - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Do not ignore vandalism that chips away at our civilizationRochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - 2 hours agoMichael G. Kane, former president and publisher of the Democrat and Chronicle, in his May commencement address to Nazareth College graduates receiving ...
- Crash teen farewelled in sombre service - West Online
A teenager killed in car crash with three of his cousins has been remembered as a "pretty boy" with a georgous smile who cared for his family. About 150 people farewelled Quinton Humes - one of four boys killed in a car crash in Ravenswood last month ...
- BBC announces programming policy for bbc.co.uk - Indiantelevision.com
BBC announces programming policy for bbc.co.ukIndiantelevision.com, India - 19 hours agoCurrent affairs shows Panorama, Today and Question Time will have more interactive tools online, while Radio 4's The Archers website will be revamped, ...
- Letters: Don't fear the state (Independent)
Sir: I don't fear the State, Mr Jacobson (Comment, 14 June). I don't suspect it of base motives. I just don't think it's very bright, and nobody enjoys having a fool for a boss. Consider, for a moment, being required to work with an editor who, flying in the teeth of all available evidence, considers himself best placed to tell you how to write your books.
- Construction on the Interstate 35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge began in ... - USA Today
MINNEAPOLIS - The new span that stretches across the Mississippi River on the spot where the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed a year ago bears little resemblance to its predecessor. The sleek, white concrete swath includes the latest design and safety ...
- UN celebrates Roudaki's works - Presstv
Ban ki-moon: Roudaki, the poet of global cultural unity In a ceremony marking the 1150th birth anniversary of Roudaki, Ban ki-moon has hailed the 8th century Iranian poet as a messenger of justice. Iran's ambassador to the UN, Mohammad Khazaei, said ...
- Library of the lost (Guardian Unlimited)
Arts & entertainment: Sickert called him 'the greatest portraitist of this or any other time', but Wyndham Lewis's paintings have never received sufficient recognition, says Iain Sinclair
- The (almost) fantastic four - Globe and Mail
The (almost) fantastic fourGlobe and Mail, Canada - 39 minutes agoThese unifying traits can be general ("four new poetry books" seems to work fairly well) or specific ("three new books about Canadians in the Great War" ...
- MYSTIC DISC, INSIDE AND OUT - New London Day
Nice autograph on the wall: A thank you note to Curland from the late Stevie Ray Vaughan in appreciation for a variety of Hendrix videos. Are there really eight-track tapes in Mystic Disc? Yes. In the tiny alcove to the rear of the store is a box ...
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