Dancers still hold audience spellbound

26 May 2008 at 11:22 am (Further curiosities)

Deborah Jones writes in The Australian today about two Ballet Russes legends living in Australia – Irina Baranova and Anna Volkova.  Read Dancers still hold audience spellbound.

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Gore Vidal: Literary feuds, his ‘vicious’ mother and rumours of a secret love child

25 May 2008 at 3:46 pm (Further curiosities)

An interview with Gore Vidal to coincide with his appearance at this year’s Brighton Festival.  Gore Vidal: Literary feuds, his ‘vicious’ mother and rumours of a secret love child appeared in The New Review (25 May 2008).

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Wha’s like us?

17 May 2008 at 11:10 am (Further curiosities)

Commentary article that appeared in the The Guardian today in which Scotsman On Sunday books editor Stuart Kelly considers the “cultural cringe” inherent in the Scottish literary community … and the world.

Guardian 17 May 2007

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