George Orwell

Books, Books, Books [Uncertain Principles]

scienceblogs.com     8 hrs ago          

Via Tom, a big long list of books with which to showcase either my broad cultural background or pathetic cultural ignorance. As Tom's original source notes, the claim that most Americans have only read six of these is kind of...                

Row rumbles on over Darren Pattinson's cap

timesonline.co.uk     10 hrs ago   2 related          

Strength of commitment is the key to the successful integration of England players drawn from outside the country “As a rule they will refuse even to sample a foreign dish, they regard such things as garlic and olive oil with...                

Striking a Balance Between Fact and Fiction

allafrica.com     yesterday   1 related          

Posted to the web 23 July 2008 Kenedy Ndahiro Kigali An interesting article appeared in a Ugandan daily, Daily Monitor, penned by Timothy Kalyegira. The article entitled: "Can the ICC deliver true justice across the world?"...                

Sir Bernard is not for an early bath

scotsman.com     yesterday          

Published Date: 23 July 2008 CAUGHT up with Sir Bernard Crick at an art exhibition in Dundas Street deli Glass & Thompson and found him still steeped in politics at 78. Well, what else, considering he's been a Labour Party...                

CHRONICLEWATCH / Working for a Better Bay Area

outside.in     yesterday          

WHAT'S NOT WORKING: DAY 1 S.F. memorial vandalized: Four months ago, a memorial honoring the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, the volunteer army that fought against fascists in the Spanish Civil War, opene...See more on...Where: Justin...                

Is social media becoming a vast wasteland?

redcouch.typepad.com     yesterday          

Gautam Ghosh, one of my favorite Indian bloggers recently posted how much he and other fans enjoyed talking with popular Indian Ramayana series author Ashok Banker via the author's blog, Twitter and FriendFeed. Banker responded...                

Bronte, Charlotte - Jul 22nd

big-city.org     yesterday          

Related Charlotte Bronte Websites Gaskells Life of Charlotet Bront: the French, Branwell, ancd Ruth » Robinson (btw, The Graduate sprung to mind when I read the name of the older woman, so I got to Googilng and found this bit:...                

Britain's 10 worst recessions ever

timesbusiness.typepad.com     yesterday          

If the media's constant talk of "recession", "credit crunch" and "downturn" is depressing you, bear in mind that our ancestors have had it much worse. Here Times Money looks at ten of the grimmest decades in British history –...                

Book review: C.J. Sansom’s Winter in Madrid

bloggernews.net     yesterday          

By Jefferson Flanders Both American presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama, named Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls when asked recently by journalists to cite their favorite novel. McCain has said that...                

Book Project Update

vox.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Clearly I have a lot of reading left to do. The Sister by Poppy Adams Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 3 Fat Chicks...                

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