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- Baroness Michie of Gallanach: Lib Dem peer committed toScotland and the Gaelic language (Independent)
On 31 October 2001, a small but important piece of history was made when Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach, became the first person ever to take the oath of allegiance in the House of Lords in Gaelic. In doing so, she was true to her inheritance. Her father, Lord Bannerman of Kildonan, had spoken the first words of his maiden speech in the Lords in Gaelic.
- God: Big Wheel and Ceiling Cat - World Magazine
God: Big Wheel and Ceiling CatWorld Magazine, NC - 21 hours agoHe sees his rap as poetry: “Through iambic pentameter, Shakespeare reached depths and through rap, I also believed that you can reach the real spirit of ...
- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Religion as love story: Ward '08's thesis blends poetry, film (The Dartmouth)
Rebecca Treat Ward '08 doesn't think of herself as an artist. "See these hands?"she says, in her soft-spoken voice. "I may be a small woman, but these -- these are a teenage boy's hands. They're useful hands. They're not an artist's, they're an artisan's."
- NYC Gothic Vaudeville Show Asks, Can Goths Laugh? - PR Web (press release)
NYC Gothic Vaudeville Show Asks, Can Goths Laugh?PR Web (press release), WA - 11 minutes agoThe show's format, incorporating poetry reading, music, performance art, and dance, gives a nod to the old vaudeville format, where clowns, magicians, ...
- Mystic music festival continues in Multan - The Post
Mystic music festival continues in MultanThe Post, Pakistan - 8 hours agoThe mystic poetry echoed the message of love, peace, and harmony in the air here Multan. The Qasim Bagh Stadium and its surroundings were decorated with ...
- People: Gordon Brown; Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley - Times Online
People: Gordon Brown; Martin McGuinness and Ian PaisleyTimes Online, UK - 24 minutes agoAndrew Motion, the Poet Laureate, continues in his tireless attempts to make poetry hip. “I’ve noticed that youngsters at primary school level rarely have a ...
- Speech tourney set for Saturday (The Fairmont Sentinel)
FAIRMONT — The annual high school speech tournament will be at Fairmont High School on Saturday. “This is the 21st year that we’ve hosted the tournament,” said speech coach Roxy Jahnke. “We have 70 students on the speech team this year from grades 7 through 12.”
- Into Harm's Way - Manchester Evening News
Into Harm's WayManchester Evening News, UK - 15 minutes agoNot only that, but to bring poetry to settings and scenes that maybe it hasn't been experienced in before. "It's about what we are capable of when we feel ...
- Poetry group plans program in Sidney Thursday - Sidney Herald Leader
Poetry group plans program in Sidney ThursdaySidney Herald Leader, MT - 5 hours ago"We love what we do and want to bring the qualities we have to give," Thorup said. Thorup explained each group member will read their own poetry at the ...
- Share this article: - Louisville Courier-Journal
Share this article:Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - 1 hour ago29 hours of nonstop music and poetry with Ron Whitehead. Black Pig Liberation, W. Loran Smith, Susi Wood, Brigid Kealin, John Mann Band, danny flanigan and ...
- When Oscar's picks hold up - calendarlive.com
When Oscar's picks hold upcalendarlive.com, CA - 7 hours agoWhile the transfers are substandard (due to the poor condition of the original negatives), the set, for about $30 at most online retailers, ...
- Living words: Poems leap from page to podium as teens recite
Lansing State Journal - Maya Angelou would have smiled. The words of famous poets, such as Angelou, Langston Hughes and William Blake came alive as 15 students amused onlookers and questioned everyday life during the Poetry Out Loud State Championship on Saturday. Nearly ...
- A Word with … Tae-Hon Ryu - Kyiv Post
A Word with … Tae-Hon RyuKyiv Post, Ukraine - 2 hours ago... poetry, and of course literature on marketing and managing, since he works in those spheres. Naming the American linguist and political theorist Noam ...
- Rock icon Patti Smith shares memories at first Paris art show (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Deep leather armchairs, carpets and a guitar. Step into Patti Smith's living-room at a Paris art show opening this week for a rare glimpse into the 1970s punk rock diva's inner world over four decades.
- 'Hello, Carol!' Broadway's original brassy 'n' sassy darling hits ... - Bakersfield Californian (subscription)
'Hello, Carol!' Broadway's original brassy 'n' sassy darling hits ...Bakersfield Californian (subscription), CA - 14 minutes agoI appreciate poetry. (When Harry and I were young), I read him “Annabel Lee,” Edgar Allan Poe. We read poems together. My mother would take us to museums ...
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