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Pity the Murdochs, innocents lost in a world of knaves and fools Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:26PMThe performance of Rupert and James Murdoch before a Commons committee presents News Corp shareholders with a terrible dilemma. Read more on the blog...
We're sitting ourselves to death Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:51PMSpare a thought for the call centre workers. If they're not losing their jobs to Bangalore, they're dealing with abuse from someone they've never met before. Now research proves there's another, more covert danger to their work. In their first eight months on the job, according to one study, the average call centre worker packs on about 6 kilograms.
Letters: Hacking scandal Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:41PMThe arrogance at the 'top'
The Hour: Past imperfect Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:10PMDid they really smoke that much? Could Freddie really have afforded such a dapper cut of tweed? And how, exactly, did Bel get her hair quite that shade of honey blonde? Tonight, as audiences take in the first episode of the BBC's much-discussed drama The Hour, historians will once again commence battle over just how accurately period Britain has been portrayed. The show has a lot to live up to ...
"Deeper Than Oil: Calm down, that’s just your wife’s head in the box!" Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:08AMI usually avoid watching English-language films dubbed into Russian. Not only as – for obvious reasons – I prefer seeing them in the original, but also because I’ve had some bad experiences.
Readers' Letters - May 21 2009 Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:08PMReaders' letters from the May 21 issue of the Observer. Following Greg Miles' article 'Footballers kick out at parish over negative attitude' (Observer, last week), I am disappointed to read the Bosham council has shown such disregard to the aims and aspirations of its football club.
A sadder Bachelorette Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:03AMNot many dental students are hounded by paparazzi. Then there's Ashley Hebert. "They wait outside my apartment for when I leave in the morning and they wait outside school for when I go home," says the petite 26-year-old, who has almost completed her degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.
Bride hits back at 'mother-in-law from hell' Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:48AMIt was the stinging email which left a bride-to-be shattered by her future mother-in-law's brutal assessment of her social failings, leaving a family bitterly divided and a forthcoming wedding enveloped in tension.
Blasted bride hits back at mother-in-law from hell Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:18AMThe bride-to-be whose future mother-in-law sent a stinging email attacking her "lack of grace" has hit back, describing her shock at reading the "character assasination" by a woman dubbed "the mother-in-law from hell".
Pity us if we let Gaga do our thinking Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:22AMWe shouldn't ask celebrities for their inane insights, and they should resist the temptation to dish them out.
Mumbai's message Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:19PMTerrorists and extremists who kill Indians seek to divide the people of India. Every terror attack is an attempt to sow the seeds of sectional hatred and insecurity. Terrorists do not aim to kill people as an end, they do that as a means to divide people along communal or other sectional lines.
2,771 ‘Taka, Tika and Gangare Greedy Bastards Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:16PM“Agya reba o, Agya reba oo, Agya anya abeduru” to wit - the die is cast.
Charlaine Harris wishes she could be in " True Blood " audience at Comic-Con Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:00AMThe author of the popular Sookie Stackhouse novels won't make the Con this year, but here are her favorite moments from past Comic-Cons.
NBA Capsules: AP source says Yao set to retire Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:58AMHOUSTON (AP) — Houston Rockets All-Star center Yao Ming is retiring after nine NBA seasons, according to a person with direct knowledge of his decision.
What Should We Do Now? Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 8:06AMBy Tekak Mendalam When the ruling junta collectively decided to let loose those brain-deficient For Rough Use personnel on the Rakyat, it meant that they are forcibly turning this previously democratic country into a police state. Make no mistake about that. As per pre-Mandela South Africa, we are closely falling headlong into lawlessness where witnesses are somehow coaxed into thinking that ...
Lupica: Kimball fought the good fight Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 1:15AMIn the end, the esophageal cancer that came after my friend George Kimball in 2005 finally won, but not before Big George made it go the distance with him. George Kimball worked to the end the way the great Bill Gallo did at this newspaper, because this w.
Kumar Sangakkara's 2011 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture in full Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 9:35AMKumar Sangakkara's Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture, on cricket history and culture in Sri Lanka and the Lahore attack.
Gilligan's Gourmet: 4th of July cupcakes Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:25AMThe following words were spoken by the late Red Skelton on his television program as he related the story of his teacher, Mr. Laswell, who felt his students had come to think of the Pledge of Allegiance as merely something to recite in class each day.
'Courtney Love of cooking' Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 10:52PMSydney-born Skye Gyngell, the proud recipient of a Michelin star, doesn't mince her words when it comes to the culinary antics of her fellow chefs
'Courtney Love of cooking': Skye Gyngell opens up on heroin abuse, alcohol addiction and Nigella Lawson Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 10:27PMSydney-born Skye Gyngell, the proud recipient of a Michelin star, doesn't mince her words when it comes to the culinary antics of her fellow chefs
The Boss (1956) Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 8:24PMHighly Recommended Coarse, vital, low-budget crime meller. M-G-M's Limited Edition Collection of M.O.D. (manufactured on demand) discs has released The Boss , the 1956 crime drama starring John Payne, directed by Byron Haskin, from a script by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo (under the pseudonym Ben L. Perry). The full-screen print is exceedingly rough here, and that soundtrack is almost a deal ...
Virginia Ironside: Dilemmas Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 6:21PMDear Virginia, I feel so down about everything. My friends moan about how children today can't read, how the world is going to end if we don't do something, we're too dependent on the internet, Iran has a nuclear weapon, the population is exploding... And I can see the problems for myself – I recently discovered my niece doesn't know who Shakespeare is! And now there are going to be all these ...
Skye Gyngell: 'I would hate to be considered a wally' Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 1:25AMSkye Gyngell tells Cassandra Jardine why she likes Jamie Oliver's enthusiasm, but has no intention of following Nigella's footsteps.
Is smoking still defensible? Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 6:20PMThey are an increasingly rare breed these days, it's true, but you can spot them still, even now, a dogged blight on our otherwise Keep Britain Tidy streets.
Axis Dance Company revels in its abilities Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 5:55PMThe troupe, which features performers with and without physical disabilities, seeks to alter perceptions. Bonnie Lewkowicz has been a professional dancer for more than 20 years. She has worked with Bill T. Jones, Stephen Petronio, Joe Goode and other prominent modern dance choreographers. She's also paralyzed from the chest down. Needless to say, when she tells people what she does for a living ...
Depictions of disability on TV still leave much to be desired Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 1:21AMWhy can so few programmes document disability without grotesque fascination or patronising sentimentality? Last week, Born to be Different – Channel 4's long-running biopic chronicling the lives of six disabled children – drew to a close having achieved television's trickiest feat: documenting disability without grotesque fascination or patronising sentimentality. In a disaster-laden genre, it's ...
Angry Mother-In-Law GOES IN On Future Daughter-In-Law in Scathing E-Mail! Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 3:26PMLadies and gentlemen … meet the mother-in-law from hell. Her name is Carolyn Bourne and apparently, she hates her stepson’s soon-to-be bride and her poor family, as detailed in a viral e-mail that is making its way around the Internet. Mrs. Bourne, 60, sent her future daughter-in-law Heidi Withers a nasty e-mail after stepson Freddie [...]
Weekend Talk Thread 1 July – 3 July Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 1:40PMAnd the weekend’s here! Also, if you have small humans of your own, the school holidays. And apparently there’s skiing, unless you’re a “warmist” and it would somehow be hypocritical for you to enjoy the snow. (No, that doesn’t make any sense to me, either.)
Mean mother-in-law email goes viral Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 1:05PMA feud between a future stepmother-in-law and her daughter-in-law to be has made one wedding in England the most talked about since the royal nuptials.
Mother-in-law knows best: I don’t mean to be rude, but you have no manners Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 9:10PMShe wrote her table manners were unacceptable, she shouldn’t have slept late when others got up early, and she should plan a more modest wedding.
NJN signs off today, leaving 130 people out of work Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 6:34PMThe station now becomes NJTV and New York-based WNET takes control after a prolonged push by Gov. Christie to get the state out of the public broadcasting business
Mother-in-law's email rant Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 4:52PMAs any bride-to-be knows, establishing good relations with your future mother-in-law is vital. Heidi Withers failed badly.
Yankees Cap-Wearing Woman Has Horrible Manners, According To Mother-In-Law Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 4:44PMWe were well aware that Yankees caps were disproportionately popular with suspected criminals , but who knew they were popular with "uncouth" British lasses? That at least was our takeaway when we read the amazing admonishment one English woman e-mailed her daughter-in-law to-be recently, an e-mail which promptly went viral . [ more › ]
Meddling Mother-In-Law Sends World's Bitchiest Email About Manners [Emails] Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 1:51PM# emails Over in the U.K. they like to stand by their traditions and do things a certain way. That still doesn't excuse Carolyn Bourne from sending an overly bitchy email to her future daughter-in-law, Heidi Withers, about her "rude behavior." Who is ruder here? More »
Mother-In-Law's Scolding Email Goes Viral Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 9:20AMA mother-in-law's scathing attack on her son's fiancé has been published on the internet. While many women will admit to having problems with their mother-in-laws, not many will receive an email . . .
UK mother-in-law’s scowling email about son’s bride-to-be goes viral Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 8:10AMDAWLISH, England -- A piece of advice for mother-in-laws: you may feel your future daughter-in-law is an uncouth, graceless, penniless ladette but do not set it out in an email.
Bourne Ultimatum: Mum-In-Law's Manners Guide Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 6:08AMA bride-to-be has been given a very public etiquette lesson after an email from her future mother-in-law, attacking her "uncouthness", went viral over the internet.
Mother-in-law's email to bride goes viral Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:30PMYOU may feel the woman your son is marrying is an uncouth, penniless lout, but don't commit those thoughts to an email.
The Mrs Bourne ultimatum Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 8:26PMCAROLYN Bourne's ultimatum to stepson's 'rude' bride becomes an internet sensation
Mother-in-law lays down rules of engagement – for all to see Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 6:18PMThe wedding was already going to be difficult. It now promises to be excruciating for all concerned. A bride-to-be has received a very public etiquette lesson after an email from her future mother-in-law, attacking her "uncouthness" and "lack of manners", went viral over the internet.
Bride left red faced after email criticising her future-mother-in-law goes viral Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 11:34AMHeidi Withers, 29, was slated for her 'lack of grace' in the scathing email from mother-in-law to be Carolyn Bourne, pictured, after she visited her Devon home.
How things change Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 12:14AMTwenty years ago I wrote a column that was published in The Denison Herald about life for anyone born before 1940. The article was written from one that ran in The Houston Post Silver Set the previous year and sent to me by a reader.
Viewpoint: 'Abused - breaking the silence' Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 3:12PMI am still feeling shocked, sad and angry after last Tuesday’s TV programme ,'Abused - breaking the silence' on BBC1, which revealed that four Rosminian priests physically and sexually abused boys at schools in England and Africa 45 years ago. It is horrifying to think that priests committed these crimes and I find it difficult to imagine the hurt they caused.
Nigeria: Time for Action Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 4:11AMThere are those who might feel, perhaps to a justifiable extent, that the stance of President Goodluck Jonathan to state affairs does not appear manly enough. They feel that he seems to be rather laid-back and somewhat subdued on some of the occasions that he might have appeared more vibrant and assertive. They wonder why he gives the impression of what Americans would casually characterize as a ...
Domingo switches FIFA for Formula 1 Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 12:42PMWatching the paddock scenes on television at the Valencia Grand Prix, I could not at first recognise the portly man in the lightweight suit who was presenting the winner’s trophy to Sebastian Vettel and conveying fraternal sympathies to Fernando Alonso, who came second.
Full transcript: Joan McCarthy in The Zone Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 9:22AMJoan McCarthy, welcome to The Zone. Thank you very much for your time. Thanks for coming.
Maneuvering to Control Future of Formula One Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 12:29AMNews Corporation and an investment company owned by the Agnelli family, of the Ferrari team, want to take over.
Maneuvering to Control Future of Formula One Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 12:29AMNews Corporation and an investment company owned by the Agnelli family, of the Ferrari team, want to take over.
The Sims 3: Generations (PC) Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 1:23PMThe Sims 3: Generations offers fun new features and objects to play with, but on the whole, it doesn't make much of an impression.
I’ll take ‘anxiety’ for $800, Alex: One man’s musing on attempted game show stardom Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 10:02AMWhat is a dream? For some people that may be a question, but for me it’s the answer, or at least the way it has to be phrased. Let me elaborate. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a knack for retaining trivia tidbits, layer upon layer of informational items useful to some — or no one — depending on how much or little they need to know about a given subject.