How It Started It was never meant to be as monumental as a colleague celebrating his 60th birthday playing multiple games on …
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I was delighted to discover, in Oscar Wilde’s Impressions of America, the following description: “San Francisco is a really beautiful city. China …
We have read the book as part of our general reading curriculum, and have probably seen the TV series and the movie, …
For those of you old enough to be around before personal computers became a permanent fixture in everyday life, spam had a …
When James Rhodes holds court in a soiree billed as “An Unconventional Recital” at the China Club in the Old Bank of …
The programme billed him as “The Legend”. Russian conductor Gennadi Rozhdesvensky – tongue-twister of a name that gave me lots of trouble …
It seems that in 2011 alone, there were several revivals of the Oscar Wilde evergreen The Importance of Being Earnest. A casual …
There is no escaping the couch even, or perhaps especially, for Oxford don C. S. Lewis in the presence of the father …
July 26th, 2011 Loke Yew Hall, The University of Hong Kong Igor Stravinsky Septet (1952-53) Allegro Passacaglia Gigue Milton Babbitt Composition For …
The printed media industry, like the music industry, has been under pressure in recent years. Convenient and timely electronic access to a …