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Novel on prophet's wife pulled for fear of backlash

guardian.co.uk     3 hrs ago   21 related          

The Jewel of the Medina was to have been released on August 12 by Ballantine Books A romance novel about the child bride of the prophet Mohammed has been withdrawn because its publisher feared possible terrorist acts by Muslim...                    

Hoffman brings Riflemind to London

jpress.co.uk     2 hrs ago   20 related          

Oscar-winning star Philip Seymour Hoffman is directing a play about an ageing rock band for the London stage. Riflemind tells the story of the group reforming 20 years after their frontman walked off stage for good. It stars...                    

Leonardo da Vinci masterpieces' first showing in Scotland

telegraph.co.uk     6 hrs ago   1 related          

A collection of Leonardo da Vinci masterpieces from the Queen's personal art collection have been put on display in Scotland for the first time. By Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent The tiny Smith Museum and Art Gallery in...                    

Edinburgh festival student roundup: Moonlight / Hiawatha / Blessed Be My Bedpan

guardian.co.uk     7 hrs ago          

Edinburgh festival student roundup: Age cannot hinder them Moonlight C Soco Hiawatha Pleasance One Blessed Be My Bedpan The Space @Jury's Inn There are some things young student actors will always find difficult. In Liverpool...                    

Her Naked Skin: a gut reaction

guardian.co.uk     6 hrs ago   1 related          

There are troubling sections in Her Naked Skin. The treatment of the prisoners is certainly disturbing, but so are some of the questions raised Strong stuff ... Lesley Manville (Celia Cain) and Jemima Rooper (Eve Douglas) in...                    

Patterson novels to hit big screen

metro.co.uk     4 hrs ago   3 related          

Morgan Freeman starred in the Alex Cross films Bestselling author James Patterson has already seen his Alex Cross books hit the big screen - and now it looks like another set of his novels will also be adapted. Variety reports...                    

Poster poems: Pen portraits

guardian.co.uk     7 hrs ago          

This week we're looking at painting. Photograph: Pasquale Sorrentino In his 1918 review of the Imagist movement, A Retrospect, Ezra Pound discusses, amongst other things, the difference between painting a landscape and writing...                    

Artist Uses Chocolate in a Whole New Way at the Henry Ford

euroinvestor.co.uk     9 hrs ago          

Come indulge yourself at The Henry Ford’s “Chocolate: The Exhibition” on August 9 at 1 p.m. and watch world famous artist Jean Zaun paint a chocolate portrait of the Dymaxion House. The event is free with membership or...                    

Keep kids occupied in London

thisislondon.co.uk     9 hrs ago          

By Andrew Neather, Evening Standard 08.08.08 Add your view Summer fun: beekeeping demonstration at Hackney City Farm Learning well: activities at the Foundling Museum Ball skills: training at the David Beckham Football Academy...                    

Pauline Baynes: artist and illustrator of Narnia and Middle Earth

timesonline.co.uk     4 hrs ago          

Pauline Baynes was a prolific painter and designer who provided exquisitely detailed illustrations for numerous books and magazines, but she will always be associated with the work she did in the 1950s for C. S. Lewis’s The...                    

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