Linda Grant: Israeli cinema comes out of the shadows
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
A string of powerful new Israeli films feature disturbing animation, surreal comedy - and a battle over a lemon tree. Linda Grant reports
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Linda Grant on the UCU and antisemitism
ENGAGE - Forum (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
The Israel-Palestine conflict has turned into a belief system and you can no more convince an anti-Zionist of Israel's right to exist than a Christin can convince a Jew that Jesus was the Messiah. But here we have from a union official which makes the following statements:- that the author styles himself an anti-racist - then uses hoary old anti-semitic tropes - then concedes that yes, there is indeed...
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Snohomish County approves sales tax to expand drug treatment
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... Eastern Washington."We have guys with tears in their eyes saying, 'I need treatment now,' " said Linda Grant, director of Evergreen Manor in Everett, which runs the detox facility and the women's residential treatment center as well as outpatient treatment programs.The lack of treatment options is one reason the Snohomish County Council today approved a one-tenth of 1 percent sales...
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Raising the Next Generation of Donors
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
The film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas', based on John Boynes bestselling book, had all the promise of a major blockbuster but failed to attract the requisite audiences. Its harrowing content, seen through the eyes of an eight year old was heavily criticised, with critics like Linda Grant disapproving of what she termed the Disneyfication of the Final Solution'. Full article here:...
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Snohomish County weighs sales tax to expand drug treatment
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... Eastern Washington."We have guys with tears in their eyes saying, 'I need treatment now,' " said Linda Grant, director of Evergreen Manor in Everett, which runs the detox facility and the women's residential treatment center as well as outpatient treatment programs.The lack of treatment options is one reason the Snohomish County Council today is scheduled to consider a one-tenth of...
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del.icio.us fashion links for November 24, 2008
I want - I got (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... - Telegraph Where would French fashion be without Lucien Lelong? Probably in Berlin, that's where. Linda Grant on the dressmaker who stood up to Nazis – and won. Some Clothes and Accessories Shown in Fashion Magazines Don’t Really Exist - NYTimes.com A FEW weeks ago, the editors of Vogue responded to the unfolding global economic crisis with a gesture that was both practical and,...
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Lucien Lelong: the man who saved Paris
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Where would French fashion be without Lucien Lelong? Probably in Berlin that's where. Linda Grant on the dressmaker who stood up to Nazis - and won.
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Conversations
A Cloud In Trousers (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Talking. It's what makes the world go round. Here's the brilliant Studs Terkel in conversation. [ Via Linda Grant . ]
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The Author, the Niche, and the Wardrobe
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
The Toronto Star 's Vit Wagner explores sartorial "issues" with Linda Grant vis-à-vis the Man-Booker Gala Dinner .
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Finance lawyer sues Citigroup over airport bonds
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
NEW YORK, Oct 28 (Reuters) - An attorney who specializes in
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The Lagoon by Janet Frame
dovegreyreader scribbles (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
... like that does it? My recent experience with Towards Another Summer and a good egging on from Linda Grant and Stella Duffy in comments sent me a-hunting and I didn't have to go too far, to Bloomsbury in fact for these most perfect of editions from the Classics Collection, which at £10.99 back in the 1990s I'll admit I by-passed. However they seem to be readily available second-hand...
