In optimistic societies, there are constant claims that everyone can be exceptional and, one day, awe-inspiringly successful. The charms and rewards of life are therefore fundamentally geared towards ...
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Unless you’ve been at war in Libya or cooped up in prison, no doubt you’ve been seeing the S word dribbled... Santigold Ft. Karen O – ‘Go’ Not just there for the awe-inspiringly inane ...
GRADED POETRY
The baby repeats words again and again for the mere joy of their sound ... The best way to teach children to love a poem is to read it inspiringly to them. The French say: "The ear is the pathway to ...
Forget tourism – Skye’s housing crisis is the real emergency
NO question. The island of Skye at this time of year is impossibly dramatic and awe-inspiringly beautiful. Whether it’s the long views across blue seas to white snow-capped peaks in Torridon or puffs ...
In 1926: Living on the Edge of Time
In this thoroughly innovative work, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht evokes the year 1926 through explorations of such things as bars, boxing, movie palaces, hunger artists, airplanes, hair gel, bullfighting, ...
The Queen's Platinum Party At The Palace concert watched by 13MILLION viewers
The Queen's Platinum Party At The Palace concert was the clear winner in the TV ratings on Saturday night - watched by a staggering 13million viewers at its peak. The BBC One concert in honour of ...
MONUMENTAL JAVA
If this book needs an apology, it is one to myself for taking the public at large into the confidence of cherished recollections. The writing was a diversion from studies in a quite different ...
Neurodiversity Is Not A Pollyanna Concept: Judy Singer Says Get Realistic
Pollyanna Syndrome in psychology refers to an “excessively or blindly optimistic person” the name based on the eponymous character by Eleanor Porter, published in 1913. To mark its centenary ...
Aurora Orchestra with Roderick Williams, Kings Place, review: a remarkable concert
His exceptional communicative abilities lifted everything to a special level, his tone as dark yet bright as the poetry’s moonlit rambles, and the words not just enunciated but experienced so ...
Queen and Adam Lambert kick off much-anticipated Platinum Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace
As he sang, he appeared on the Palace with the lyrics to his hit track appearing alongside him, sending the crowds into silence as they were awe-struck ... with a spoken word segment as the ...