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Something Different: Leonard Slatkin conducts Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” (Prydain)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:32:19 GMT

If you like classical music, I think you will enjoy Leonard Slatkin’s conducting the BBC Orchestra in Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings.” This was recorded after 9/11 and I think one can really see (and hear) the emotion.

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Green Chic - Saving The Earth in Style Eco Book Review (Life Goggles)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:00:06 GMT

Green Chic - Saving The Earth in Style by Christie Matheson is a book for people who want to go green without giving up on great style. Being thoughtfully, consciously green makes a real difference in the fight against global warming. But did you know it’s also hip, classic and stylish? I like to thing [...]

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Review: Sideways in Crime edited by Lou Anders (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:08:10 GMT

Sideways in Crime edited by Lou AndersA wonderfully varied collection of crime stories set in alternative histories proves to be great fun, writes Eric Brown

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Review: Principles of Angels by Jaine Fenn (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:07:08 GMT

Principles of Angels by Jaine FennA first novel about a world where people are, literally, labelled good or bad is flawed but entertaining. By Eric Brown

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Review: Infected by Scott Sigler (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:48:56 GMT

Infected by Scott SiglerSigler's cliché-ridden story about a mysterious alien plague should be avoided like ... well, the plague, advises Eric Brown

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Architectural Record July 2008 (full and free download)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:20:21 GMT

English / ZUB / 236 pages / RS / 43MB The 7th issue of AR this year.

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Review: The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:33:55 GMT

The Collected Stories of Vernor VingeA disappointing collection of short fiction proves that for Vinge, bigger is better, writes Eric Brown

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Dyer targets Portman Road comeback (Evening Star 24)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:03:36 GMT

FORMER Ipswich Town star Kieron Dyer is looking forward to making a return to Portman Road.

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Man Asian longlist strong on Filipino writers (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:30:01 GMT

The longlist for the second Man Asian literary prize features a strong showing from Filipino writers

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Review: Flood by Stephen Baxter (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:26:37 GMT

Review: Flood by Stephen BaxterEric Brown enjoys an enthralling story about rising sea levels and people's dogged determination to survive

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Martin Kettle: Barack Obama should visit the Hadrian exhibition on his trip to London (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:23:02 GMT

Martin Kettle: Senator, a trip to the British Museum's exhibition about this Roman emperor will be of far more benefit than hanging out with gloomy Gordon Brown

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Digested Classic Read podcast: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:35:13 GMT

Now in podcast form, John Crace presents his cult G2 column in which he summarises and satirises classic novels

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Digested Read podcast: Life With My Sister Madonna by Christopher Ciccone (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:14:40 GMT

Now in podcast form, John Crace presents his cult G2 column in which he summarises and satirises recently published novels

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Diary · Jenny Diski tries to stay awake (London Review of Books)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:52:39 GMT

If you set aside the incomparable cruelty and stupidity of human beings, surely our most persistent and irrational activity is to sleep. Why would we ever allow ourselves to drop off if sleeping was entirely optional? Sleep is such a dangerous place to go to from consciousness: who in their right mind would give up awareness, deprive themselves of control of their senses, volunteer for paralysis, and...

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Blasting bugs is more complicated than you think (The Guardian Books Blog)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:45:00 GMT

Our next look at Hugo award winners is 1960's Starship Troopers, a novel clouded with debate over its politics

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Opera surtitles mustn't steal the show (The blog art)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:30:00 GMT

Operas in English that eschew surtitles can make for a richer theatrical experience. Buxton's Samson is a case in point

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Hadrian's life uncovered in new British Museum exhibition (PinkNews.co.uk)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:48:45 GMT

Think of Roman Emperor Hadrian and the first thing that springs to mind is the wall that bears his name, separating England from the revolting Picts.

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In the Park · Peter Campbell: Frank Gehry's Pavilion (London Review of Books)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:16:16 GMT

Innovative buildings are often, unsurprisingly, small, functionally undemanding pavilions or pavilion-like structures – Gehry first made a mark by doing unusual things with houses – and the history of architectural styles is often best illustrated from their small beginnings. In the early 1500s Bramante built his Tempietto of San Pietro in Montorio: a little, round, domed martyrium – Saint Peter met...

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Short Cuts · Jeremy Harding tries to listen to the World Service (London Review of Books)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:16:14 GMT

You can listen to Radio Three on a laptop anywhere these days, or run Five Live through a Sky digibox in, say, the Dordogne. In the days before this was possible, it was the World Service that kept hundreds of thousands of people from acute information-deficit disorder if they happened to stray beyond the range of the home service. In sub-Saharan Africa, a stone’s throw nowadays from a modern, multicultural...

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Demon Cruelty · Eric Foner: What was it like on a slave ship? (London Review of Books)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:16:12 GMT

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