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• What We Know About the Olympics Closing Ceremony: Spice Girls, One Direction, an...

  

  The Spice Girls will play at the Olympics Closing Ceremony The background The opening ceremony for the London Olympics was, by all accounts, a blinder, featurin... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• A New Bourne is Born: Renner Takes Over in the Bourne Legacy

  

  Jeremy Renner in The Bourne Legacy. Photo credit: Universal The background Jason Bourne is back in a new exciting thriller, except this time, it’s not actually... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Kiev: From the Cold War to Euro-madness

  

  Downtown Kiev, at the height of Euro 2012 madness – minutes before the Ukraine-Sweden match. When Kiev-born writer Mikhail Bulgakov wrote his master work, The... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Why Writers Need Pink VW Beetles

  

  Lucy Beresford recommends everyone get a pink VW Beetle – live a little! I’ve just come back from 10 days holiday in Croatia: hot sun, fabulous seafood and... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• A Worm’s Eye View of the Olympics: Why I’m a Games Convert

  

  Olympic Stadium during the London 2012 Games. You know the feeling when you get given a present which somebody else would really love, but which is your least... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Samuel Beckett’s Collected Poems Are Essential, Say Critics

  

  A scene from Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, from Beckett on Film. The background Samuel Beckett is best known for his gloomy, pared-down plays such as... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• How Dressage Should Really Be Done

  

  Dressage with real horses! After Team GB’s historic Olympic gold in dressage – it’s first ever – we wonder, dressage is great with real horses and all, but... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• White Power Music, Far-right Terrorism in Focus After Sikh Temple Shootings

  

  Wade Michael Page, neo-Nazi who opened fire on worshippers at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, killing six people. On August 5, Wade Michael Page opened fire on... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• 10 Most Difficult Books Should Push Us to Challenge Ourselves

  

  American novelist Djuna Barnes The Millions have published a list of what they regard as the 10 Most Difficult Books of all time, based on a variety of factors... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• 10 Most Difficult Books Include James Joyce and Djuna Barnes

  

  The background What are the ten most difficult books of all time? Emily Colette Wilkinson and Garth Risk of The Millions have, after three years of research,... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Apple, Amazon Change Security Processes After Wired Editor is Hacked, Exposing...

  

  Protect your digital life from hackers. Photocredit: Aaron Amat at Shutterstock The background Apple and Amazon have changed their password retrieval systems... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Inspire a Generation: Will the Olympic Games’ Legacy Last?

  

  Head of Legacy and Head of Sustainability in the BBC Comedy Twenty Twelve. Photocredit: BBC The background The Olympic Games in London have been a resounding... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Viral Video: The Lonely Man’s Olympics

  

  The London 2012 logo. Photo credit: Ben Sutherland, http://flic.kr/p/9wtYrg The background There are realistic hopes that Team GB’s sensational performance at... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Best of the Weird and Wacky Olympics Coverage – Does Long Hair And/or Virginity...

  

  London 2012 Olympic mascot The background Coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games has understandably centred on Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s brilliance and... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• First Look at Daniel Day-Lewis as Abe Lincoln: Did Spielberg Time Travel?

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln The background Daniel Day-Lewis is to star as Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s forthcoming biopic of the US President. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Meg Rosoff Goes to the Olympics

  

  The London 2012 logo. Photo credit: Ben Sutherland, http://flic.kr/p/9wtYrg I applied for tickets in the first round and got what I wanted, so I was never one o... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Fifty Shades of Grey Becomes Fastest Selling Book in the UK; Brings out...

  

  Fifty Shades of Grey and its siblings. Now you can buy the album. The background Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James is now the best-selling book of all time in... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Facebook Moves into Online Gaming with Bingo Friendzy App

  

  Bingo Friendzy, the Facebook bingo app. The background Gamblers beware: Social networking site Facebook is launching Bingo Friendzy in the UK to users over the... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy: Greatest British Olympian of All Time

  

  Chris Hoy. Photo credit: Sum_of_Marc http://flic.kr/p/cA6drE The background Sir Chris Hoy claimed a sixth Olympic gold medal on Tuesday to become the most... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Robert Hughes, the World’s Most Famous Art Critic, Dies

  

  Art critic Robert Hughes in The Shock of the New. The background Robert Hughes, the art critic, died this week at the Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, New York, a... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY