07 Twitter under fire after bank note campaigner is target of rape threats

Twitter under fire after bank note campaigner is target of rape threats Pressure grows on the social media site as users ask: why should ‘trolls’ be allowed to tweet what they like? Jamie Doward The Observer, Saturday 27 July 2013 22.00 BST Jump to comments (577) Caroline Criado-Perez (right) with, from left, Mary Macleod MP, …

07 How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton – review

How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton – review A shrewd and amiable stroll through the canon ends up championing some odd virtues Steven Poole The Guardian, Friday 26 July 2013 08.01 BST Jump to comments (…) ‘Dostoevsky is better than Grisham in the sense that Tiger Woods is a better golfer than Lady Gaga’ … …

07 Six feminist alternatives to Jane Austen for a Bank of England note

Six feminist alternatives to Jane Austen for a Bank of England note The choice of the author to represent women on the £10 note is a safe and bland option, compared to Boudicca or Mary Seacole Belinda Webb guardian.co.uk, Thursday 25 July 2013 16.57 BST Jump to comments (387) An illustration of the new British …

07 How the Brain Benefits From Being Bilingual

TIME Science & Space How the Brain Benefits From Being Bilingual By Jeffrey Kluger July 18, 20137 Comments Read more: http://science.time.com/2013/07/18/how-the-brain-benefits-from-being-bilingual/#ixzz2Zkz5hQSd   Never mind how well spoken you might be now, you will never again be as adept with languages as the day you were born. Indeed, the youngest person in any room is almost …

07 Martin Amis on why he regrets that 500k advance

Martin Amis on why he regrets that 500k advance for The Information, ‘foolish’ feuds – and his surname In a Radio 4 interview, the author talks about the ‘burden’ of the Amis franchise and tells why he sometimes wishes he had opted for a quieter life Stephen Moss The Observer, Sunday 14 July 2013 Jump …

07 JK Rowling publishes crime novel under false name

JK Rowling publishes crime novel under false name The Cuckoo’s Calling was released in April using pseudonym Robert Galbraith Press Association guardian.co.uk, Sunday 14 July 2013 09.03 BST Jump to comments (6) JK Rowling, whose secret novel The Cuckoo’s Calling is said to have sold 1,500 copies in hardback. Photograph: Ian West/PA The Harry Potter …

07 Homenaje a nuestro GRAN MAESTRO Cándido Pérez Gállego. RIP

Además de leer su fascinante contribución en: http://www.uv.es/~fores/AcosoTextual/candido2001.html Acoso Textual:Literatura como Filosofía Cándido Pérez Gállego   También podréis leer los maravillosos artículos que el Profesor Pérez Gállego publicó en El País. http://elpais.com/autor/candido_perez_gallego/a/ Martes, 9 de Julio 2013 Edición España, Hola,uvpress Cultura Artículos escritos por: Más temas » Candido Pérez Gallego Compartir RSS 02/09/2005 Edición Impresa …

07 Doug Engelbart obituary: Silicon Valley visionary who invented the computer mouse

Doug Engelbart obituary Silicon Valley visionary who invented the computer mouse Jack Schofield The Guardian, Thursday 4 July 2013 16.30 BST Jump to comments (0) Doug Engelbart with his his first prototype mouse, in San Francisco, 2004. Photograph: Zuma/Rex Doug Engelbart, who has died aged 88, will be remembered as the man who in 1963 …

07 The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman – review

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman – review A terrifying shift in the nature of things lies at the heart of Neil Gaiman’s rich new novel AS Byatt The Guardian, Wednesday 3 July 2013 10.00 BST Jump to comments (34) Illustration by Clifford Harper/agraphia.co.uk On the cover of Neil Gaiman‘s …

07 ‘Spain’s rote learning system needs scrapping’

Opinion William Chislett’s latest book “Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know” will be released in August. ‘Spain’s rote learning system needs scrapping’ Published: 23 May 2013 17:49 GMT+02:00 | Print version Updated: 23 May 2013 17:49 GMT+02:00 Share on reddit More Sharing Services This week The Local speaks to renowned Spain expert and former Times …

07 State schools failing to cultivate brightest pupils, says Ofsted chief

State schools failing to cultivate brightest pupils, says Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw launches new report card to show parents how their children are performing compared with their peers nationally Richard Adams, education editor The Guardian, Thursday 13 June 2013 Jump to comments (4) Sir Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools, said: ‘Across the …

07 George Orwell back in fashion as Prism stokes paranoia about Big Brother

George Orwell back in fashion as Prism stokes paranoia about Big Brother Nineteen Eighty-Four depicts a society in which liberty was impossible – so how should we respond to this new threat? More relevant than ever … George Orwell, who saw the writer as a free individual striving for objective truth. Photograph: Rex Features The NSA …

07 How Tom Sharpe earned his seat at high table of campus fiction

How Tom Sharpe earned his seat at high table of campus fiction After the news of Tom Sharpe’s death at the age of 85, Charles Nevin looks at the past, and future, of campus fiction Charles Nevin The Guardian, Thursday 6 June 2013 19.05 BST Jump to comments (6) Tom Sharpe: ‘the master of situations …

07 Fallece el escritor inglés Tom Sharpe, a los 85 años

Los amigos de Tom Sharpe despiden los restos del escritor en Palafrugell El funeral se ha oficiado por el rito anglicano El Ayuntamiento estudia un homenaje Las cenizas se esparcirán entre España e Inglaterra Ampliar fotoPalafrugell ha acogido el funeral del escritor Tom Sharpe, fallecido el pasado jueves en su domicilio del núcleo de Llafranc.EFE/Robin …

07 Jane Austen, adelantada a su tiempo

Jane Austen, adelantada a su tiempo La escritora chilena Marcela Serrano anima a que lean ‘Orgullo y Prejuicio’ Marcela Serrano 31 MAY 2013 – 15:46 CET2   Portada de Orgullo y prejuicio, de Jane Austen Las letras siempre han rodeadao la vida de la escritora Marcela Serrano (Santiago de Chile, 1951), autora de obras como …

07 Nine inspiring lessons the suffragettes can teach feminists today

Nine inspiring lessons the suffragettes can teach feminists today A century after the death of Emily Davison at the Epsom Derby, the movement that gave votes to women still has much to teach those continuing to fight for equality Kira Cochrane The Guardian, Wednesday 29 May 2013 17.20 BST Jump to comments (232) Emmeline Pankhurstcelebrating …

07 La madre de la literatura

LA CUARTA PÁGINA La madre de la literatura La literatura europea moderna nace a finales del renacimiento y su impulso decisivo es la Biblia en sus traducciones a lenguas vernáculas. En España no hemos tenido un texto bíblico como modelo literario Félix de Azúa 26 MAY 2013 – 00:00 CET Archivado en: Opinión EDUARDO ESTRADA …

07 Granta ‘Best of Young British Novelists’ events in London and abroad

View this email in your browser British Council Series at the Telegraph Hay Festival 23 May – 2 June We’re proud to present a special series of four British fiction events at the original Hay Festival as part of our global partnership. Event 40: Saturday 25 May 2013, 1pm on the Wales Stage Will Self talks …

07 inventing abstraction – again.

http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2012/inventingabstraction/ Three Windows by Robert Delaunay (The Museum of Modern Art) Inventing Abstraction: 1910-1925: Q2 Music & The Museum of Modern Art Share Print Email Q2 Music is curating a dynamic, innovative sound chamber for the Museum of Modern Art’s multidisciplinary exhibition examining the rise of abstract art, Inventing Abstraction: 1910-1925. The standalone, enclosed room, titled Reinventing …

07 Star Trek, Sheffield and why we are all international citizens now

Posted by Keith Burnett Tuesday 14 May 2013 12.22 BST Guardian Professional Jump to comments (7)   Star Trek, Sheffield and why we are all international citizens now The modern university is an experimental country, says Keith Burnett, with a range of home communities across the world Academia without borders: hopelessly optimistic? Photograph: Ronald Grant …