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Mad, Bad And Sad

metro.co.uk     Mar 19, 2008          

Lisa Appignanesi refuses to romanticise madness but does raise interesting questions about the relationship between female creativity and mental instability. ... by Lisa Appignanesi (Virago, £20) Claire Allfree - Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Virginia Woolf, Mary Lamb, Sylvia...                    

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Pickled fish and rotten oranges

newstatesman.co.uk     Mar 20, 2008   11 related          

"£150,000 wrapped up, please" "Yes, hello, I’d like to pay off my mortgage with a pickled fish" isn’t the most likely of banking requests, but then it’s not everyday that somebody has a Damien Hirst trevally-in-formaldehyde worth as much as their house. Darren Walker, a...                    

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Out of this world

guardian.co.uk     Mar 18, 2008          

Letters: I suspect UK audiences for foreign-language films would be even higher if it were not for the ridiculously limited opportunities to actually see them ... I suspect UK audiences for foreign-language films would be even higher (Foreign films make it big at the box...                    

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The tale of a lung transplant

telegraph.co.uk     Mar 16, 2008          

Tom Cameron reviews Breath by Michael Symmons Roberts ... The path from poet to novelist is not well-trodden: Victor Hugo and Sylvia Plath are among the few to excel in both forms, while Nabokov and Kingsley Amis each had several poetry collections published before...                    

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Offering the Gift of Life - for Free

buzzle.com     Mar 15, 2008   1 related          

The game began in the Thirties, when newspapers dished out insurance policies and cuckoo clocks to lure readers: that was the start of the free-DVD craze ... . But old movies for nothing are getting old hat. This winter we've had bottled water from the Times (outcome:...                    

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Engagement rings inside helium balloons = not a good idea

dollymix.tv     Mar 14, 2008   36 related          

Man buys £6000 engagement ring. Puts it into a helium balloon so he can "pop the question" to his beloved. Ring floats off. Shallow female refuses to speak to foolish man until he gets another ring. Man gives interview to The Sun. Human race is given brief reprieve from the threat of these two...                    

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Take the gold watch

guardian.co.uk     Mar 15, 2008          

Letters: It is greatly to be hoped that Peter Mandelson is not considering a second term as European trade commissioner ... It is greatly to be hoped that Peter Mandelson is not considering a second term as European trade commissioner (Report, March 14). There is strong...                    

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From Closing Time

es.wordpress.com     Mar 14, 2008          

There’s an episode in Closing Time wherein Yossarian meets some authors long dead. It does not have the strangest of paradoxes nor ... There's an episode in Closing Time wherein Yossarian meets some authors long dead. He walked through casually simply by guiding himself...                    

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The Envy Corps - 'Dwell' (Mercury) Released 07/04/08

gigwise.com     Mar 14, 2008   1 related          

"The Envy Corps have completely failed to cut out an identity for themselves..." The debut album from Iowa quartet The Envy Corps opens promisingly with ‘Wires & Wool’, which blends the plod at Elbow’s heart with the vocal determination of Thom Yorke circa ‘Street Spirit...                    

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Beware the Plath copycats

guardian.co.uk     Mar 13, 2008   1 related          

Nicholas Lezard: It's a great shame that the work of a great poet has spawned so many mawkish imitations ... It's a great shame that the work of a great poet has spawned so many mawkish imitations Spare me ... Gwyneth Paltrow takes the starring role in Sylvia The Guardian...                    

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