Learning English – 6 Minute English – The ‘plastic’ princess?. Quotes from a speech in which the Duchess of Cambridge was compared to a “shop window mannequin” with a “plastic smile” caused controversy in the UK this week. But a closer analysis of British novelist Hilary Mantel’s speech reveals a more sympathetic picture. Finn and […]
June 7, 2012
BBC News. President Barack Obama has led the tributes to science-fiction author Ray Bradbury, who died on Tuesday aged 91. The US President said: “His gift for storytelling reshaped our culture and expanded our world. “But Ray also understood that our imaginations could be used as a tool for better understanding, a vehicle for change.” […]
May 14, 2012
Anne Boleyn: witch, bitch, temptress, feminist | Books | The Guardian.
May 9, 2012
Harry Potter author JK Rowling gets freedom of the City – UK Wired News.
May 9, 2012
BBC News – Links between our landscape and literature. From the London suburbs, through the rolling Cotswolds, and out to the rugged coastline of western Scotland – the UK’s landscape has influenced authors for centuries. In turn, their literary works have helped define how we think of Britain both culturally and geographically.
February 27, 2013
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