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Nov.14.2012
A book recommendation: Letters to My Daughter in 1957 by Edith Summerskill
One of the most notable example of a successful feminist in 1950s Britain, whose career was also her vocation, was Edith Summerskill (1901-1980), an Oxford graduate, physician, Member of Parliament, and a Minister of...
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Mar.08.2012
Are you passionate about love stories? Do you adore romantic fiction? Wish to evoke your tender chords?
Rush to grab your copy of the fiction novel "The Fortune Hunters" by Aslam Rahaman (ISBN number 9789381576816, 9381576816) and published by Frog books, an imprint of ...
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Oct.31.2011
There are some salient links in this article. This whole nonsense of Shakespeare not writing his plays and poems seems cut from whole cloth. It is not that his detractors have not heard of genius, or do not believe in it. They are envious of it.
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Will The Real...
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Oct.17.2011
I was fortunate (and exceedingly pleased) many years ago to see an exhibit of Kafka's personal correspondence. I did soooo much desire to have Maxwell's little silver hammer to break through the glass cases and snatch some away. There were letters and post cards (Kafka took many vacations and was a...
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May.15.2011
When friends come to dinner they often ask what can they bring read more...
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Apr.06.2011
These are most of the correspondence Kafka had with his sister Ottla. She was his youngest of three sisters, and he was extremely close to her. I'm not sure if she understood him but she certainly accepted - and helped - him. Ottla married a Christian - a great love affair. When World War Two...
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Mar.07.2011
First impressions: The sun glared bright and not a cloud was in the sky. The streets were alive with bustling shoppers: Mothers and buggies; entwined courting couples; pin-striped businessmen; groups of foreign visitors swarming around bowler-hatted guides holding aloft brightly coloured umbrellas...
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Nov.02.2010
What city can claim more writers per square mile than anywhere else in the world? Read here to find out, and to read a great quote by Oscar Wilde about traveling with one's diary.
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May.21.2010
Weapons drawn, 'codgers' quartered: race to be Oxford poetry professor gets serious
Eleven candidates argue their suitability for August academic role ahead of start of voting this week
"Larkin, who has plans for a poetry slam contest in Oxford, says he intends to "reload the...
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Sep.25.2009
Yesterday, my husband and I drove up to Oxford, the city famous for its spires... and academics who rig examination results for wealthy diplomats and then murder those who find out about it (yes, I do watch too much 'Inspector Morse'). The purpose of the visit was to add another Utamaro print to...
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