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• Sunday Read: Excerpt from Vladimir Nabokov’s The Original of Laura

  
  BOOK SA - News — Authority: 543
  Chapter Four   Mrs Lanskaya died on the day her daughter graduated from Sutton College. A new fountain had just been bequeathed to its campus by a former student, the widow of a shah. Generally speaking, one should carefully preserve in transliteration the feminine ending of a Russian surname (such as -aya, ...
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• Even Martin Amiss best books leave you feeling a bit dirty

  
  Telegraph.co.uk Culture Blog — Authority: 611
  My first reaction on learning that Jerry Hall is to star in a BBC adaptation of Martin Amis’s best novel, Money, was that it would be unwatchable. After a couple of days’ reflection, I am wondering if I was a bit harsh. Hall is a surprisingly alright actress. And she does, genuinely, read. I once had [...]
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• LES AMIS DU FROMAGE

  
  Vancouver Is Awesome — Authority: 537
  I used to work with this girl who was French…like from France.  We made the usual, ‘what is the difference?’ type conversation about Canada and France, how many holidays the French got, why they are always protesting things… why Vancouverites are always ’sorry’… that kind of thing…The one topic though ...
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• Show me the Money

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Im thrilled that Martin Amiss great novel is to be adapted for screen – but the omens arent good Having always been sceptical about televisions obsession with costume drama, Ive never really understood what it must be like for the admirers of Jane Austen when, every two or three weeks, as it seems, a new production ...
  4 days ago

• Jerry Hall to star in TV version of Martin Amiss Money

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Martin Amiss classic novel Money is to be brought to life by the BBC in a new drama starring Jerry Hall. The 1980s exploration of amorality, excess and greed will be televised in a two-part drama following the story of British commercials director John Self, played by Nick Frost, who is thrust into the world of New ...
  5 days ago

• The BBC is brave or mad to film Martin Amiss Money

  
  Telegraph.co.uk News Blog — Authority: 794
  Martin Amis, whose novel Money is being filmed by the BBC. Photo: Eleanor BentallIt was rubbished for commissioning an umpteenth version of Jane Austen’s Emma, but you can’t say BBC Drama has taken the soft option this time. It’s just announced details of a two-part literary adaptation to be shown next year: ...
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• How do people come up with this stuff?!

  
  Thought Leader — Authority: 510
  You know how it happens. You sign onto Twitter. You start tweeting. Mohamed, your IT director, makes a recommendation, and you find yourself following TinkabelleTease, who offers such gems as:“Had to hot foot it back to Mayfair to give a newly divorced fella a porn star experience which was a great laugh, and then ...
  6 days ago

• On Trying to Do Too Much

  
  Marissabidilla — Authority: 420
  If you know me in person, youre probably aware that I am a perfectionist--and even if weve never met, you might get that impression of me just from reading this blog. Lately Ive been contemplating my perfectionistic tendencies--my habit of trying to do too much , of thinking that everything I create needs to be ...
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• Whats going on at Standpoint magazine?

  
  Telegraph.co.uk Culture Blog — Authority: 611
  It is sad news that Miriam Gross, the much-admired literary editor of Standpoint magazine, is leaving after seeing off the December issue.When Daniel Johnson – a former books editor himself – announced he was establishing a magazine to play the role of the Prospect of the right (in fact, I think he said it was ...
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• Money in the Bin

  
  Best of Both Worlds — Authority: 115
  Ive been meaning to get round to reading Money by Martin Amis for a few years. I read a short extract of it in a book by David Lodge about writing fiction (The Art of Fiction, which is excellent, by the way). The book is about British writer/director whos pretty much addicted to anything going. The quote that hooked ...
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• Why, hello there. . . .

  
  Bad Advice — Authority: 111
  Before you read anything I have to say, you need to go watch this video on Four Four . Warning: It goes on autoplay, so if you arent prepared to watch and hear the madness immediately, dont click the link. But please, as soon as you can, click it. Thats some cracky madness for you! (Not the top thing—scroll down!) ...
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• In praise of… the London Review of Books

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 158
  "The liveliest, the most serious and also the most radical literary magazine we have" is how Alan Bennett describes the London Review of Books , which celebrates its 30th anniversary this week. For Tom Paulin its "the most extraordinary journal of its time". Among the many reasons it seems so essential to Britains ...
  2 weeks ago

• Martin Amiss problem is not Katie Price, but women

  
  Books: Books blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 135
  The attitude revealed in his remarks about the celebrity novelist is one of the reasons she sells more books than him Its always a little bit astonishing in these relatively enlightened times when someone who would like to be regarded as an important contributor to the cultural agenda relies on lazy, casual misogyny ...
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• Martin Amis on John Updike

  
  Book Case — Authority: 418
  “In the year of his passing, I have of course been thinking about my interlude with this great American presence — a presence that is now an absence of the same dimensions. And I have been thinking about Updike, and Updike’s art, in the hospitalic setting. Furthermore, our long encounter, [...]Related posts: ...
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• Lindsay Headed To India; Are Jude And Sienna Back On? [Dirt Bag (After Dark)]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 815
  Has Lindsay Lohan turned over a new leaf? She says shes "going to India soon, before Thanksgiving hopefully," to film a BBC documentary on the trafficking of women and children. She says her mom is nervous about her trip, but she wants to go because, "I think its important to have a voice when you have one." [ ...
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• Howard Payne College, Brownwood Texas 1927 Football Team

  
  Family Old Photos - Free Photo Archive Database — Authority: 154
  On the team (and probably in the photograph):Shelby "Red" Jobes, Claud Boyd, Franklin Etheridge, Willis Hodges, Jimmy Fields, Fred Cawthon, Damon Hicks, Bob Bettis, Vic. (Canto) Urban, Joel... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  3 weeks ago

• Top 10 [Unconventional] Leadership Books

  
  Samuel Bacharach Blog — Authority: 125
  Since I write and teach about leadership I’m often asked, “What are the best leadership books?” It’s always a hard question. First, there are so many great books on the subject and second, not everyone has the same tastes. While one person might like The Art of Woo they may yawn over a reputable academic ...
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• Were all poets now

  
  The Curious Diary of Mr Jam — Authority: 125
    The lost art of word-painting is creeping back thanks to trendy tech WRITER JOSEPH EPSTEIN wrote an essay called Who Killed Poetry? Novelist Martin Amis made a speech about the disappearance of this art. Newsweek published an article headlined: “Poetry is dead. Does anyone really care?” ...
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• Update: Jordan Amis

  
  Jody Demling - Recruiting blog — Authority: 142
  There are several top football players in Eastern Kentucky this...
  4 weeks ago

• The looming threat of terror that comes from the far right

  
  Kirklees Unity Exposing the Far Right — Authority: 144
  The threat comes not from jihadis but neo-Nazis out to kill black people, Jews and gays Britain is facing the real risk today of a bombing campaign that targets random civilians for death - but it is being virtually ignored. When its supporters step closer every day to mass murder, nobody notices. When its ...
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