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nyfishergal-deactivated20110626 asked: I don't even have a slice of bread.... :(

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Spanish inquisition: why Javier Bardem was haunted... →

“Spanish inquisition: a heartwarming tale of religious zealotry”. No. Javier Bardem has not been cast as the notorious medieval Inquisitor General, Tomás de Torquemada. Although I wouldn’t rule anything out when it comes to Bardem, whose acting career at present finds itself very much in the ascendancy. Amongst many other things, this article from The Telegraph deals with...

Jan 28th

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Why don't we truly value poetry? →

Why does it feel as if poetry is losing its way, asks Philip Hensher. I don’t entirely agree with Hensher’s argument here. I suppose it all depends on how you define the term “value” and how this in turn relates to poetry. The word “value” is cleverly chosen since it can equally apply to “the regard that something is held to deserve; importance or...

Jan 27th

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Jo Shapcott: the book of life →

A profile of the 2010 Costa book of the year award-winning poet, Jo Shapcott.

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While we're on the subject of Derek Walcott... →

Click on the above BBC link to listen to Derek Walcott reading two of his poems.

Jan 25th

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Just when you thought it was safe to creep out from behind the sofa again… Here’s a trailer for The Resident (2010), the latest offering from the newly resurrected Hammer film company. The Resident is a thriller which stars Hilary Swank as Dr Juliet Dermer, recently separated from her husband and relocated to Brooklyn to start a new life there. Once there, she moves into a beautiful...

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nyfishergal-deactivated20110626 asked: HOLY CRAP!! Only after I saw your reply did I realize how that sounded!!! LOL!!! :)))) We just cleaned up the kitchen together! That's all.. so far.

Jan 18th

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nyfishergal-deactivated20110626 asked: HOLY CRAP!! Only after I saw your reply did I realize how that sounded!!! LOL!!! :)))) We just cleaned up the kitchen together! That's all.. so far.

Jan 18th

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Saw Sir Christopher Lee in London earlier...

Earlier on today, my mother and I saw Sir Christopher Lee in London quite by chance. We have met Sir Christopher before, but it is always a great honour and pleasure to renew our acquaintance with him. I must say that he was looking remarkably well, and we spoke briefly (in Spanish, too, a language in which he is fluent). He was accompanied by his wife, whom we had not previously met. They were...

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Well, I’m sorry, but I’ve never once come across “Ophiuchus” under the horoscope section in any newspaper I’ve ever read, and I’m not about to start changing signs just because someone deemed it necessary to squeeze some serpent-bearing figure into the zodiac.

Jan 15th

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