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Are Fairy Tales Really of a Different Time?

By admin | Published: August 26, 2012

No one tells stories, people always say. We watch the TV, we go the cinema, we scour the internet. One of the things we don’t do is tell stories. Let’s look back on the works of the Brothers Grimm, the castles, the palaces, the peasants, nothing to do with people today. Wallowing in nostalgia, you [...]

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Bedtime story for a political fantasist

By admin | Published: August 7, 2012

Bedtime story for a political fantasist M.J. Akbar The Daily StarPublication Date : 11-07-2012 This story is true, for I do not possess the fabulous imagination necessary to make it up. Nor, I think, do the editors of the British paper the Sunday Times, where I read it. A Russian became so livid at the [...]

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The Full English 

By admin | Published: July 18, 2012

To really bond with a place, you have to eat breakfast there. Go where the locals go, eat what they eat, see what they’re like first thing in the morning, hear what they did last night, listen to what they plan for the day. Each place has its own little twist: country ham and biscuits [...]

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