Hurricane Irene and Impressionism
August 29, 2011 Leave a comment
By Cressida Smart
“Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried.” (Frank Tyger) Read more of this post
The Voice of the Digital Generation
August 29, 2011 Leave a comment
By Cressida Smart
“Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried.” (Frank Tyger) Read more of this post
August 28, 2011 Leave a comment
By Emma Brooks
About the author:
Yann Martel is a Canadian author, best known for “The Life of Pi” which won the Man Booker Prize in 2002. He grew up in various different countries across the world, including Mexico, France, Costa Rica and Canda, as well as visiting India on his travels. He finally decided to settle in Canada, where he still lives today. From 2007 – 2011 he undertook a curious project called “What is Stephen Harper reading”, where he decided to send the Prime Minister of Canada a book every two weeks, accompanied by a letter from Yann Martel himself. Read more of this post
August 24, 2011 Leave a comment
By Chris McCarthy
We have paid heavily in the past for late starts and squandered opportunities in Europe. We dare not let that happen again…the effects will be incalculable and very hard ever to correct.
Sir Geoffrey Howe, 13 November 1990 Read more of this post
August 21, 2011 Leave a comment
By Cressida Smart
Sunday 11 September 2011 will see the opening of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York. The Memorial is located at the World Trade Centre site, on the former location of the Twin Towers destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001. Read more of this post
August 21, 2011 Leave a comment
By Laura MacPhee
Tender Comrade, a 1943 film starring Ginger Rogers, is notable less for its cinematic merits than for the political controversy it provoked years later. The film’s director, Edward Dmytryk, was blacklisted, and imprisoned for several months during the Second Red Scare of the late 1940s. Senator Joseph McCarthy took advantage of the atmosphere of fear and suspicion by launching his infamous attacks on Communism. Read more of this post
August 19, 2011 Leave a comment
By Angus Bromhead
Summer holidays are being cut short on the continent this month as politicians scurry back to their capitals in an attempt at averting crisis. News that financial turmoil in the Eurozone has spread from its periphery to its core has shocked many in Europe. On Tuesday, pedestrian second quarter GDP growth figures of only 0.2% were announced for the region as a whole, even the German economy is stuttering. Whilst stocks from last week’s market panic ‘’ might ’’ well be slowly recovering all the warning signs point to a drastic need for Europe to address its financial woes to avoid a return to recession. Read more of this post
August 18, 2011 Leave a comment
By Alexander Bryan
As dust settled over the riot-stricken streets of English cities, chaos reigned in the courts. The result of the riots was clear; over 2,770 people have been arrested in connection with the riots. By Tuesday afternoon, 1,277 had appeared in court. The pace of action by the judicial system has been commendable. Read more of this post