The Lord of the Hallows: Christian Symbolism and Themes in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter
Working Class Tory (Free subscription) | yesterday
Apparently Labour are going to call JK Rowling a "working class hero". What? Since when? She was on dole money for years completing degrees. That's not working class. That's lazy middle class. Worse than that: she is an enemy of the working class. She named her daughter after Jessica Mitford , a communist and one of the archetypal champagne socialists. I'm sure you've heard of the Mitfords...
Here She Be -- The Battlements (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ok, so this isn’t much of a post, but I thought I’d put up the list of books I’ve read since coming to Japan and those I was in the midst of reading. Recently, I’ve reached a point where I read a novel or two about every week or two. So, by next [...]
SnitchSeeker.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The full video featuring the behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, as shown on the Half-Blood Prince DVD extras, can be viewed below. In addition to the sets being built, interviews with Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis,...
The Betazoids (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Hooray! Another dressing up day at school. I love dressing up days. Yesterday we had a celebration of Indian culture day as part of our topic on India. So here are Ellie and I in our Indian clothes. This was before we got to school, naturally (those of you who know me will recognise my untidy front room.) When we got in I headed straight for the loos, along with all the other female members of staff,...
TofuPunk.com | That One '08 (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Next time, on the Venture Bros. Dance! Dance, little man!
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A DOOR swings open and, for just the briefest of moments, the silhouette of Robert Pattinson can be made out standing against a window. Slouching with his hands in his pockets and his head lowered, it’s a glimpse of Hollywood’s hottest property and the object of desire for millions of hormone-fuelled fans across the globe.
Technology Toolkit (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
E-Book is the short form of Electronic Book It is generally read on personal computers
Badder Example (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Senate version of the health care bill is out. And it's big. And expensive. And puts J. K. Rowling to shame. Let me explain. The bill is 2,074 pages long. CNN reports the cost of the bill, over 10 years, is calculated at $849,000,000,000 That's $409,353,905.50 per page. J. K. Rowling's seven-book Harry Potter series sold 325-million copies in the first 10 years . At 4,195 pages, at the hardcover...
Roaring Fish at Inferno (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
This event, being held at York University on 9-10 April 2010. The website tells us that: This festival is for you, the writer. We know how hard it is to break into print, and the Festival is designed to give you everything you need to succeed. The Festival has a host of workshops led by top authors [...]
Twilight News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Twilight (Twilight Saga) has broken more book sales records in the UK! Read the full article here. The Twilight books, which have been turned into a series of hit films starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, have broken Waterstone’s sales records. The teen vampire books by Stephenie Meyer have sold one million copies in little over two [...]
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
HARRY Potter author JK Rowling has become the face of Labour's "working class heroes" as it bids to win back voters.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight series of teen vampire books, lives modestly in the town of Cave Creek, Arizona in the same house for the last decade. Based on the book sales and films' phenomenon, she may be the next JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books.
In a bun dance (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Computers, tellies and games consoles don't always win - hurrah for the printed word and JK Rowling. Whatever the question is the answer definitely is food. Dobbie the House Elf has a high-pitched voice and if you do it for a whole chapter you get a sore throat.
Thoughts on music (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
We were having a discussion at work today and, as such things do, it ran along fairly predictable lines. It was about new media and the effects they have, in particular social networking. I was, as always, out-gunned two to one (one older and one younger than I) so I don't think it is entirely an age related issue in the wider sense. I was sticking to my positive stance, as usual, when one of my colleagues...
Tory Bear (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Quite unbelievably the error strewn Against the Odds video is err still error strewn, inaccurate and stomach churning, ready for its TV debut tonight. See TB's earlier post . Millionaire Labour donor JK Rowling plug gone though, unsurprisingly.
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