Rachel Carson and the legacy of Silent Spring

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Near a brook in south-east England, the bird-spotter JA Baker stumbled on a grim little scene in 1961. "A heron lay in frozen stubble. Its wings were stuck to the ground by frost. Its eyes were open and living, the rest of ...
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15 years later, CIA reveals name of fallen Marylander

Source: Baltimore Sun

The report from the State Department was brief: Thomas M. Jennings Jr., a federal worker from Burtonsville on a temporary assignment with NATO peacekeepers, had died in a car crash in Southern Bosnia. Fifte ...
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When That I Was tells charming tale of Shakespeare’s life and work.

Source: Downtown Calgary Blog

The Shakespeare Company’s When That I was is like a compilation of Shakespeare’s work. It features lines from King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet, just to name a few. The play tells of Jack Rice (Christopher Hunt), ...
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BREC’s Baton Rouge Gallery’s June Exhibition Details

Source: Baton Rouge Today

The Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Dr., will share the latest works from three of its artist members, including Amy James, Phyllis Lear and Kelly A. Mueller, June 3-28. The gallery will host a free “First Wednesday” Opening Reception on June 6 fro ...
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The Sentinel published Stab-threat burglar caught as he returned to scene of earlier...

Source: This is Staffordshire

KNIFE-WEILDING burglar Gareth Lear was caught by police when he returned to the scene of his crime. He initially fled the property in Hartwell Road, Meir, after lunging at one of the householders with a knife when he was confronted. But he returned whil ...
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Fairy tales cast spell on Hollywood

Source: Winnipeg Sun

Kristen Stewart stars as Snow White in Snow White and the Huntsman. (Handout) Hollywood wants you to live happily ever after. How else to explain the tidal wave of movies based on fairy tales that's headed our way? Snow White ...
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Dunphy baby, you've clearly jumped the fence

Source: Irish Times

SIDELINE CUT: Where the pundit used to rage with a righteous anger, he is now simply a cabaret entertainer, a prized member of the establishment he used to resent, writes KEITH DUGGAN CAN WE ever again believe in anything Eamon Dunphy says? Toda ...
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Observations: Literary lessons from N F Simpson - an absurdly good playwright

Source: The Independent

Tomorrow, London's Royal Court Theatre will hold a celebration of the life and work of Britain's greatest absurdist playwright, N F Simpson (1919 -2011). And I imagine we will hear much talk of the lunatic imagi ...
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The Complete Pelican Shakespeare - William Shakespeare - #30.00

Source: Penguin Books

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