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Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86; pencil deflated presidents for 50 years Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 4:57AMLOS ANGELES, Calif. - For more than half a century, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Paul Conrad poked fun at politicians, taking on presidents from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush.
How We Met: Lea Anderson & Sandy Powell Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 6:22PMSandy Powell, 50, is a costume designer and winner of three Oscars for her work on 'The Young Victoria', 'Shakespeare in Love' and 'The Aviator'. She works regularly with the director Martin Scorsese. She lives in south London
More Mr Nice Guy: Why everyone loves Russell Tovey Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 6:09PMRussell Tovey has gone topless, and 6,365 people have gone potty. That's how many followers the actor has amassed on Twitter in the 24 hours since creating an account on the social-network site. Being "ordained", as he puts it, by Stephen Fry, the high priest of 140-character ego-bulletins, helped ("Welcome, Russell Tovey, to Twitter," tweeted Fry). "Suddenly," he exclaims in his none-more-Essex ...
Ramadan experiences Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 5:40PMTwo readers share very different but touching views of this holy month.
High-profile tweets console Cantabrians Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 1:04PMHigh-profile Tweeters including ex-pat Kiwi Russell Crowe sent out messages of support to the stricken South Island yesterday.The Gladiator star and prolific tweeter wrote on the social networking site: "Shout out to Christchurch,...
16. Up Close and Personal with Tan Sri Rastam Isa Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 7:09PMThe former Wisma Putra secretary-general talks about the highlights of his 36-year career as a diplomat.
17. Up Close and Personal with Tan Sri Rastam Isa Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 7:09PMThe former Wisma Putra secretary-general talks about the highlights of his 36-year career as a diplomat.
Esks contemplate hair safety Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:51AMIt's an insurance policy that's head-and-shoulders above any other in pro football.
Speaking the lingo Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:18AMDoes the NHS do enough for non-English speakers?
The asylum experience never leaves you Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 1:47AMMeg was first admitted to Stanley Royd hospital when she was just 17. The asylum has gone but her memory of it lingers on Though a great deal has changed in psychiatric treatment in the 200 years since the building of the first great Victorian asylums, it is only relatively recently that the most significant shift has happened, moving patients out of those huge institutions and, where possible ...
Bishop was a good friend Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:24PMTHE Catholic Bishop of Bathurst, Michael McKenna, will officiate at a Solemn Pontifical Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial for a friend of 30 years when he conducts the the funeral service next week for the late Bishop Patrick Dougherty.
Girl, 13, hanged herself in Goth 'fainting' experiment that went tragically wrong Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 9:55AMAn inquest today heard that Sian Jones had suffered bullying issues at school, but detectives said they were a 'red herring' and did not play a part in her death.
Fall's broadcast season has some fine new series, none of them a talk show hosted by Leno Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:32AMNEW YORK, N.Y. - Let's all marvel at the bumper crop of new shows about cops and courtrooms!
Fall's broadcast season has some fine new series, none of them a talk show hosted by Leno Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:30AMNEW YORK, N.Y. - Let's all marvel at the bumper crop of new shows about cops and courtrooms! Let's welcome back favourite stars from the past like Tom Selleck, Jimmy Smits and Dana Delany!
Tributes for Aussies killed in PNG air crash Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:29AMOne of the Australians reportedly killed in a plane crash in Papua New Guinea previously owned an airline linked to one of Australia's worst air disasters.
Awesome Article !!!!!!!! Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:58PMIn reply to Uncommon Sense: The power of positive thinking : Awesome Article !!!!!!!! Life Is Good, Live Life to the fullest......
Uncommon Sense: The power of positive thinking Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:54PMWednesday, September 1st, 2010 10:11:00 I HAD a good friend back in college, this girl from Ampang or Gombak, if I remember correctly (it’s been a while). She sure was attractive; while her looks may not have been supermodel material, she was one of the "hot" ones in our batch, and was always high on the radar of the hormonally-charged young men on campus.
Stephen Wall obituary Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:50PMLiterary historian, academic and longstanding editor of Essays in Criticism The achievements of Stephen Wall, who has died after a lung infection aged 79, were exceptional for their humane generosity. As a literary historian and a critic of the Victorian novel, pre-eminently of Trollope and Dickens; as a reviewer – at once welcoming and discriminating – of new fiction and of theatre; as a ...
Jeffrey Donovan heats up Miami in Burn Notice Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:05AMIf you're going to be an unemployed spy and thrown into the wild with nothing but your wits and wiles, it might as well be in Miami.
Portrait of an artist as the creator of ‘animal farm’ Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:10PMGautam Khamaru didn’t know that he could draw till he was six years old, a student of Class I. A teacher at his village school at Chakpara, near Santiniketan, once asked Gautam and his classmates to “sketch something on the slate”. Gautam drew a horse.
No slowing Young, still coach at 96 Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:13AM"I asked for that," the coach said, picking himself up off the track with a grin and a grimace. Pushing a young Parkside athlete to explode out of the starting blocks, the coach called for more power. He got it.[...]
Tholakele Hope Madala (July 13, 1937 – August 25, 2010) Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:57AMRETIRED Constitutional Court Judge Tholakele “Tholie” Madala, who died earlier this week, was held in high esteem. Madala, 73, who was one of the founding judges of the Constitutional Court, died after a long illness on Wednesday.
Stephen Wall: Critic and academic who edited the leading literary journal 'Essays in Criticism' for 37 years Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 6:09PMFor 37 years Stephen Wall served as the editor of Essays in Criticism, regarded as a leading journal in the field of English studies.
Beyond student humour Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 1:32PMWith literally thousands of shows on offer, Fringe trawling is always a lottery.
Film stars' yearbook photos on web Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 12:50AMAmusing yearbook pictures of some of America's biggest stars have been published for the first time on a family history website. Related Stories More traffic gridlock in China Police find cocaine in a sausage
Brad Pitt yearbook photo unearthed Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 7:53AMA photo of Brad Pitt sulking about having to make decorations for a school party has been published online for the first time. Related Stories Will runner-up Olly prove to have the real XFactor? Julio Iglesias marries in secret Lee Ryan assault charge dropped Eminem crowns rap battle winner Fists fly at X Factor auditions
Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, and Will Smith's yearbook pictures published on family history website Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 7:32AMAmusing yearbook pictures of some of America's biggest stars were published for the first time today on a family history website.
Brad Pitt yearbook photo unearthed Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 7:28AMA photo of Brad Pitt sulking about having to make decorations for a school party has been published online for the first time.
What's on: Sat's picks Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:04AMEvents listing for Sat, Aug 28
Tributes pour in to Earby soldier killed in Afghanistan Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:58AMTRIBUTES have poured in to an "exceptional soldier" from Pendle who was killed in a gun battle in Afghanistan.
Val McDermid: Crime and rewards Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:24AMCelebrated Scottish crime writer Val McDermid in conversation with Ramona Koval at the Melbourne Writers Festival. She has written more than 20 novels, some, like Wire in the Blood adapted for the screen. She's in Australia with her latest book Trick of the Dark , in which we meet Charlie Flint, criminal profiling psychiatrist, who is at the moment suspended pending investigation of her role in ...
Bruce Chatwin: Lines from a lost world Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:20AMBruce Chatwin died 20 years ago, something of an enigma. A collection of his letters illuminates him anew
Bruce Chatwin: Lines from a lost world Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:20AMThe travel writer and novelist Bruce Chatwin died 20 years ago something of an enigma. A collection of his letters, co-edited by his widow, Elizabeth, illuminates him anew
Val McDermid: Crime and rewards Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:42PMCelebrated Scottish crime writer Val McDermid in conversation with Ramona Koval at the Melbourne Writers Festival
Opus major for retiring engineering CEO Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 12:12PMKevin Thompson has a cartoon of his Opus family up on his office wall.
Pub best place for chatting, finds research Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 12:02PMPEOPLE spend more than two months a year just chatting – with the humble pub the best place to spark up a conversation.
DON'T HURT: The Friends Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 6:34AMCYBER-bullying forever changed the lives of Allem Halkic's friends and this is their warning to others.
Sex wisely stays with what worked in the original Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 10:53AMOne of the biggest complaints people had about the Miami Vice movie is that it really wasn't much like the original TV show. I mean, where was the crocodile on Crockett's boat, or his sense of humour?
Dundee Contemporary Arts Presents New Works by Mary Redmond and Sara MacKillop in Two Solo Exhibitions Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 10:05PMDUNDEE.- Both artists have developed their practice through travel, day to-day experiences and incidental encounters with materials and found objects. They explore ideas around cultural value and production, whilst embodying the idea of making-do-and-mending.
19. Noble moments Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 6:13PMAcademics, one of whom is a Nobel laureate, enlighten and impress a group of pre-university students at a science festival.
Capsule reviews of 'Piranha 3D,' 'The Switch,' 'Nanny McPhee Returns' and other new releases Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 5:08PMCapsule reviews of films opening this week:
Capsule reviews of 'Piranha 3D,' 'The Switch,' 'Nanny McPhee Returns' and other new releases Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 4:57PM"Lottery Ticket" — The odds of winning the lottery are what, like, 1 in 175 million? The laughs aren't quite so hard to come by here, but they're not a safe bet, either.
Somerset Catholics mourn Bishop Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 11:46AMRIGHT Reverend Mervyn Alban Alexander, the eighth Bishop of Clifton, died on August 14 at St Angela’s Home in Clifton, Bristol.
In the Works: "Vamps," Decimated Village, Laughing at Cancer, Gay/Black Marriage Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 10:11AMIn this week's in-production column, "Vamps," from "Fast Times at Ridgemont Hight" director Amy Heckerling, a group of vampires indulges in New York nightlife. Also in the works this week, a stylized story of a desecrated village, a comedic take on cancer, and documentarian Thomas Allen Harris's short about the intersection of civil rights and gay rights in the contemporary marriage movement ...
Tributes for priest who defied the odds Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 8:17AMTributes have been paid to Father Michael Ryan who battled through years of ill-health to achieve his lifetime’s ambition of becoming a priest. Father Ryan died on Monday, August 16, in hospital after a long battle with cystic fibrosis.
Life's sweet Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 2:03AMHE'S 53 but his acting career has never looked brighter. Gary Sweet talks to Andrew Fenton.
Travellers' tales: Write on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 8:11PMI never want to run the Young Travel Writer competition again. For, how to name two winners when there are so many strong entries?
Vonnegut legacy to be preserved in library Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 12:28PMThree years after his death, pieces of Kurt Vonnegut's life are coming together in his hometown in a new library that will also be a museum devoted to his legacy.
Daniel Wilson obituary Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 11:26AMMy friend Daniel Wilson, who has died from a heart attack aged 38, was a film-maker, writer, musician and humanist. In his work and in his personal life, he reached out to those around him. Everyone who knew him had a unique relationship with "their" Daniel. Born to Bunny and Cybil Wilson, he was the youngest of three children in a Jewish family from north London. He was educated at Friern ...
Science teacher's passion rewarded Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 9:18AMDEB WHITE'S enthusiasm for science is infectious.