The Guardian:
Fifteen years after the genocide that killed a million people, Rwanda's warring tribes have reached a truce. But will it hold? Here, the world's leading writer on Rwanda meets the killers, the survivors, and the man bringing them togetherWhen I began visiting Rwanda, in 1995, a year after the genocide, the country was still (Read More)
The Guardian:
Jack's greatest hits; the best bribe ever; plus more on the 'lady ways' that did it for DiegoJack: big symbolsMan of the week: Fifa's Jack Warner – says media smears over Mrs Jack's £320 handbag "tainted" his image. "I returned this gift [to the England 2018 bid team] because it has become a symbol of derision and betrayal. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Just when Chelsea's power appeared to be waning, Carlo Ancelotti has restored the invincible aura of old.Chelsea must appear to Manchester United as a Terminator rolling out from under a blazing oil tanker, shoving an eye back in and remounting its Harley Davidson with shotgun primed. The old aura of power and indestructibi (Read More)
The Guardian:
For two decades Darcey Bussell was Britain's greatest ballerina. So what's it going to be like for the Strictly Come Dancing contestants when she starts judging on the show next month? Here, she talks about her new life in Sydney, being an eco mum and the joy of bringing dance to the massesI do a double-take when Darcey Bu (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Great writers never die, they just fade awayLiterature and longevity make poor companions. If most writers' reputations are made, or at least begun, before the age of 40, then very few novelists put many runs on the scoreboard after 70. Arguably, they can even start to damage their reputations, as anguished fans concede tha (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
His new play, The Habit of Art, is ostensibly about Auden and Britten. In reality it's about Alan Bennett himself. We trace his journey of self-discoveryAlan Bennett has once or twice had a go at being a little more unbuttoned as he writes, but it hasn't always worked. "Sometimes, particularly in summers in New York," he on (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
His new play, The Habit of Art, is ostensibly about Auden and Britten. In reality it's about Alan Bennett himself. We trace his journey of self-discoveryAlan Bennett has once or twice had a go at being a little more unbuttoned as he writes, but it hasn't always worked. "Sometimes, particularly in summers in New York," he on (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Whether they're working or staying at home, all mothers know that behind the dream of Having It All is the reality of Doing It AllWomen admitting they can't Have It All are becoming as much of a middle-class cliché as the Bugaboo in the back of the Jeep, but who could have predicted the speed at which it would happen?Wh (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
Frank Borzage (1894-1962) was one of Hollywood's great romantics, a specialist in lyrical melodrama about love in adversity. But he was the son of an Austrian-born coalminer and his stories were set not in aristocratic circles, but in impoverished rural America or working-class Europe and invariably shot on stylised sets.Th (Read More)
The Guardian:
'I am an idol in Germany' says former West Germany captainMatthaeus: 'Germany should be ashamed of the way it treats me'World Cup winner Lothar Matthaeus said on Sunday he was one of the greatest players ever to emerge from Germany yet had been shunned by his own country."In other countries they treat idols differently and (Read More)
Sports News from Times Online:
Chelsea’s new chief executive, Ron Gourlay, seems determined to enhance still further the club’s reputation for modesty and humility, qualities that have endeared the team to all neutral supporters. In his first interview since taking over from Peter Kenyon, he said Chelsea were expected to win the Champions League twice in (Read More)
The Guardian:
Royal Opera House, LondonBallet makes no ethnic distinctions. We accept without question a Caribbean Romeo or an Asian Juliet. George Balanchine's abstract work Agon, however, has remained subtly colour-conscious since the piece's New York premiere in 1957, when the choreographer caused a frisson by casting the black dancer (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
Norwegian striker John Carew had a hand in three goals and scored one as Aston Villa claimed their biggest win of the season against a Bolton team who succeeded only in strengthening their credentials as relegation candidates.Villa's other goals came form Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor, James Milner and Carlos Cuellar, wi (Read More)
CNN:
Buh Buh Buh B!The letter B is for Birthday!In celebration of Sesame Street's 40th birthday,we have decided to go back in time to 1992, Andrew's Air Force Baseand little Shane's second birthday, Sesame Street Style."Buuuurrrt" and "Uhnnie" AKA Bert and Erniewere his best buds.So here's to you Team Sesame Street!Happy Birthda (Read More)
USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories:
The accusations that Mayor Sheila Dixon used holiday gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees may sound like ...
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