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The Independent (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
These authors' previous book was called Why Do People Hate America?, so you get some idea of where they're coming from. Their thesis here is that America has got to change, for all our sakes, but that there are precious few signs of its doing so. They analyse the US media and drama shows to produce evidence of an ideology that is both insular and aggressive; they reveal telling facts such as that...
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Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
THEY’RE getting the New Year celebrations in early at the Royal Northern College of Music, where a run of performances of Johann Strauss’s frothy and fizzing operetta Die Fledermaus begins on Tuesday.Stefan Janski directs, Viennese dance music specialist Wyn Davies conducts (with Kevin Griffiths) and Bethan Rhys Wiliam correct is in charge of the dancing – a notable and accomplished feature...
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New Statesman (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Can a United States led by Barack Obama really change its attitudes towards the rest of the world? The American Future: a History Simon Schama Bodley Head, 400pp, £20 Will America Change? Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies Icon Books, 252pp, £8.99 No president in recent American history, not even John F Kennedy, will come to office with such a weight of expectation as Barack Obama. The hope...
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Newcastle United Mad (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Only Andy Cole, Les Ferdinand, Alan Shearer ... and now Oba Martins ... have been part of the "exclusive No 9 club".While greats like Jackie Milburn, Len White, Wyn Davies and Malcolm Macdonald also have their names engraved in Geordie folklore after their glut of United goals.But each and everyone had a side-kick who helped them make legend status, and sadly Martins doesn't have that luxury...
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Newcastle United Mad (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
It was interesting to read (in the Chronicle) Nikos Dabizas's feelings after scoring against the Mackems.
