Archive for January, 2009
Posted in January 27th, 2009
Posted in January 27th, 2009
Quite a few people at the Book club have asked me if I knew what David Mitchell was writing currently…………
I picked this up from Wiki……….
Mitchell’s next book, currently known as “NAGASAKI” [3], will be an historical novel about Dejima, the man-made island in the middle of Nagasaki Harbour that was built to house Dutch traders […]
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Posted in January 27th, 2009
I have now amended the list of books and meeting times for 2009……….
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Posted in January 27th, 2009
There is a slight change in the order of books for reading because of people being away when their book was going to be discussed.
So now we shall be discussing:
On Chesil Beech by Ian McEwan at our 20th February meeting………
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutterson at the 20th March meeting…………
The Five People You […]
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Posted in January 27th, 2009
Ohhh, Oscar! The academy’s love for Outstanding films brushes off the good ones
By Jay Stone, Canwest News ServiceJanuary 26, 2009Comments (4)
Christian Bale in The Dark Knight.Photograph by: Handout, Files
Two kinds of films get nominated for Academy Awards: the Outstanding Motion Picture and the good movie. The first, which seems to win more often than not, […]
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Posted in January 27th, 2009
What they think My Word: A. G. Newmyer III ‘Like Jett Travolta, I collapsed at age 16 as a result of a major seizure.
Unlike Jett, I didn’t hit my head or suffer other significant trauma. I was much more fortunate and recovered fully. That seizure, 43 years ago, was my last, though not my first.’;
Jett’s […]
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Posted in January 27th, 2009
David Irving: ‘Hitler appointed me his biographer’Hitler wasn’t anti-Semitic, and the Holocaust wasn’t his fault - David Irving’s take on Nazi Germany has made him many enemies.
Johann Hari meets an unapologetic apologistBy Johann HariThursday, 15 January 2009JOHN LAWRENCEBlind faith or mischief? ‘One hundred years from now, Hitler will get a very decent hearing,’ says David […]
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Posted in January 27th, 2009
Dai Llewellyn, the playboy down-and-outHe kept up the facade of a high-rolling roué to the end but in truth he was a hard-up sponger, says his friendMangal Kapoor
Who was the real Dai Llewellyn? As I read the obituaries last week of the self-styled “seducer of the valleys”, who died on Tuesday at the age of […]
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Posted in January 27th, 2009
Obituaries in the newsBy The Associated Press – Jan 12, 2009
Maurice AlbertsonFORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Maurice Albertson, an architect of the Peace Corps and a Colorado State University professor emeritus, died Sunday. He was 90.Albertson died at Columbine Care Center West, said family friend Mims Harris. He fell ill following a trip to Indonesia […]
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Posted in January 24th, 2009
From The TimesJanuary 24, 2009
Taro Aso gives Japanese £100 each to spend way out of recession …………….For £200, a couple could have a sparkling day at the Yunessan spa
Leo Lewis, Asia Business Correspondent
With Japanese exports plunging and companies retrenching, the fate of the world’s second-biggest economy may now lie in an electronic cigarette, a ripe […]
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Posted in January 24th, 2009
John Scott Martin: actor who played chief Dalek for many years Times Online Obituary
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Posted in January 24th, 2009
Patrick McGoohan: Actor in the television series The Prisoner Times Online Obituary
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Posted in January 24th, 2009
Claude Berri: director of Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources Times Online Obituary
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Posted in January 24th, 2009
Tony Hart: artist and TV presenter Times Online Obituary
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Posted in January 24th, 2009
Dina Vierny: model and muse of Maillol Times Online Obituary
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Posted in January 24th, 2009
There’s no new motor to drive the economy Matthew Parris - Times Online
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Posted in January 19th, 2009
TheSpec.com - Business - House prices, sales plunge across Canada
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Posted in January 19th, 2009
Should banks be lending to house buyers?January 19th, 2009 by Peter KingShould the UK government really be encouraging households to borrow money to buy houses in the current climate? And should it be encouraging banks to lend to them as part of the latest bailout package?
Clearly there is considerable pent up demand for housing and […]
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Posted in January 19th, 2009
January 19, 2009What Gordon Brown and Richard Nixon have in commonJust after the Premiere of Frost/Nixon I reflected on the similarity between Tony Blair and David Frost that must have made it easier for Michael Sheen to play both characters.Now the author of the play, Peter Morgan (who also wrote The Deal about the so-called […]
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Posted in January 19th, 2009
January 19, 2009
What Gordon Brown and Richard Nixon have in common
Just after the Premiere of Frost/Nixon I reflected on the similarity between Tony Blair and David Frost that must have made it easier for Michael Sheen to play both characters.Now the author of the play, Peter Morgan (who also wrote The Deal about the so-called […]
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