observer.guardian.co.uk:
Bluegrass, fado, opera and jazz fuse together at Georgia's glorious medley of a festival. Kate Connolly falls in love with the music, history and mint julepsThe man who drives me from the airport to my hotel sings for much of the way; the receptionist croons Someone to Watch Over Me as I check in, and in one of the city's e (Read More)
Education | guardian.co.uk:
A talented and well-connected artist with a passion for the Greek landscapeIn 1946 the painter John Craxton, who has died aged 87, had a show of haunted landscapes in Zurich. He sent a postcard home, saying that he might go on to Italy, but by the time it arrived he had landed in his eventual homeland of Greece. He had been (Read More)
The Guardian:
Supermarket seals deal with Cable & Wireless that will allow it to offer discounted internet and landline phone packagesTesco is building up its assault on telephone and broadband firms with plans for hundreds of new in-store telecoms outlets and discounted packages of internet and landline services.Britain's dominant retai (Read More)
The Guardian:
• M&S's new boss leaves finance director to face media • Move 'intended to focus journalists' questions on Morrisons'Where was Marc Bolland this morning? The chief executive of Wm Morrison was due to talk to journalists about trading over the last three months but, having tendered his resignation to take up the challenge of (Read More)
The TLS:
Although music has always stood comparison with the other arts, its oddness is something we rediscover each time we try to describe it. When we speak of interpreting works of art, for example, we refer to the practice of deciphering their single or several meanings. But to interpret music, in the classical tradition at leas (Read More)
The Guardian:
Bill offers illegal filesharing clampdown, tougher rules on video game age ratings and powers for Ofcom over ITV regional newsA clampdown on unlawful online file-sharing, a push for the switchover to digital radio in 2015, tougher laws to stop children getting hold of violent video games and power for Ofcom over the provisi (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
The Arts Alliance is showcasing the vast array of creative activities it teaches and promotes among the prison populationAnyone interested in getting a close-up of what really works in prison should try to get to the Resource Centre in Holloway Road, London, today when the Arts Alliance will be showcasing the vast array of (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Three iPhone application developers are cited in an online petition which asks Apple to approve their apps, all of which have been sitting in limbo for months on end. The developers are awaiting word about their new DJ applications which let users mix loops of their own iTunes tracks stored in their iPhone or iPod Touch's m (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Former shipbuilder eyes the Met Office as ballooning budget deficit makes public spending cuts inevitableVT, the shipbuilder turned service provider, is preparing to cash in on a boom in outsourcing in the wake of future cuts in public spending.Paul Lester, VT's chief executive, has warned that public services will be contr (Read More)
The Guardian:
Transport group Arriva has accelerated to the top of the mid-cap risers after a positive note from Goldman Sachs.The bank has raised its recommendation on the business from sell to buy, hiked its price target from 360p to 580p and added the company to its conviction list. That has helped Arriva shares climb 27.8p to 486.3p. (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Financial Services Authority is expected to get powers to veto individual bonus dealsCity financier Terry Smith has a passion for boxing but when it comes to City bonuses, it seems gymnastics are more to his taste. The combative chief executive of money broker Tullett Prebon, who is also chairman of stockbroker Collins Stew (Read More)
The Guardian:
British newspapers can't catch a break when it comes to growing online earnings – just look at Trinity Mirror's negative digital growth in 2009 so far. But Scandinavian publishers aren't finding things quite as tough…For the three months to 30 September, Norway-based Schibsted reported a 52% lift in operating profit to NOK (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Persimmon says trading is much stronger than last year• £500m of sales booked for 2010 - up 50%• Debt levels lower than expectedAfter a troubling couple of years, are things looking up for Britain's housebuilders?Persimmon told the City this morning that trading over the last three months has been much brighter than a yea (Read More)
New York Times:
The conductor Leonard Slatkin has canceled appearances with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The Detroit Free Press reported.
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New York Times:
Liam Gallagher, former guitarist and vocalist of Oasis, said that he and other members of the recently defunct band were forming a new group, Reuters reported.
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