A paranormal affair Oct 31, 2009
Among them were two British prime ministers Arthur Balfour and William Gladstone the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, novelist Mark Twain, intellectual and critic John Ruskin and academician Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, was an active member and attended many sances, during one of which he claimed to have heard the voice of his son and saw the revenants of his mother and nephew. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
How Nice Is Your Boss? Oct 1, 2009
- Alfred Lord Tennyson. We all need "truth-tellers" in our lives. (W-USA News, DC)
Looking Up: Poetry in the night sky Sep 13, 2009
The stars have often inspired mortals to poetic verse. Fri Sep 11, 2009, 02:34 PM EDT. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Military or myth? Road extension to become Hero Way in Leander Aug 16, 2009
Lord Byron, John Keats and Alfred Lord Tennyson were other well-known poets who wrote of the lovers. The name passed the council, 7-0, with Mayor Pro-Tem Chris Fielder making the motion and John Perez making the second. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
Isle marks two centuries since poet Lord Tennyson's birth Aug 6, 2009
Page last updated at 03:09 GMT, Thursday, 6 August 2009 04:09 UK. Isle unveiling Tennyson monument. (BBC News -- UK)
Titcom’s Bookshop in East Sandwich celebrates 40th anniversary Aug 2, 2009
Longfellow s many friends Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham Lincoln, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. were born in 1809. Each, too, had a connection to Cambridge resident Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the most popular poet of their time. (Boston Globe)
A Stirring Book On America's Fate Released -- Author Donald Przebowski Discusses the Events That Will Lead to the Inevitable Collapse of the United States Jun 26, 2009
Writers as Victor Hugo, Dostoevsky, and Alfred Lord Tennyson inspired him to write novels. He is the author of Aryan, the Last Prussian, a story of a Prussian family during World War II; Over the Rainbow, a story of an Irish Priest who is sent to Cambodia during the reign of Pol Pot, the Cambodian barbarian; and Heroic Hearts, a story concerning four fledgling surgeons during World War II.. (Primezone Releases)
poets ranked by beard weight May 9, 2009
"Unhealthy book fetishism from a reader, collector, and amateur historian of forgotten literature." Recent obsessions: illustration and graphic design. Excerpted and abridged from The Language of the Beard, originally circulated by The Torchbearer Society, London, 1913. (Harper's Magazine)
Britain selects first woman poet laureate May 4, 2009
LONDON - Britain on Friday awarded the role of national poet laureate to Carol Ann Duffy the first woman to hold a post that has been filled by William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes. Duffy, who once said no self-respecting poet should have to write verses about the wedding of Queen Elizabeth IIs youngest son, will be expected to produce poems for royal weddings, funerals and other state occasions. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
First female British poet laureate is a lesbian May 3, 2009
The centuries-old post of British poet laureate, bard to kings and queens, has been held by William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes - but never, until Friday, by a woman. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Carol Ann Duffy named poet laureate May 2, 2009
Britain has named its first female -- and openly gay -- poet laureate, to follow in the footsteps of renowned bards such as William Wordsworth and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Carol Ann Duffy, 53, whose works are both popular and critically acclaimed, will produce poems for state occasions after being confirmed to the prestigious, 341-year-old post, on Friday. (Sydney Morning Herald)
UK's first woman poet laureate is gay May 2, 2009
LONDON: Britain named its first female - and openly gay - poet laureate today, to follow in the footsteps of renowned bards such as William Wordsworth and Alfred Lord Tennyson ... Britain named its first female - and openly gay - poet laureate today, to follow in the footsteps of renowned bards such as William Wordsworth and Alfred Lord Tennyson. (India Times, India)
Carol Ann Duffy chosen as UK poet laureate May 2, 2009
LONDON - The centuries-old post of British poet laureate, bard to kings and queens, has been held by William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes _ but never, until Friday, by a woman. Carol Ann Duffy said she hesitated before accepting the job, which brings a high public profile and an expectation to rhapsodize about royal weddings, funerals and major state occasions. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
News Briefs | Mar. 25 Mar 25, 2009
During the scandal, Blagojevich developed a habit of using literary references: He referenced the short story The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner and Alfred Lord Tennyson s poetry in discussing his plight. Some bloggers are anticipating his use of additional literary references. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
O-T Oxford and Cambridge Writers an... Mar 23, 2009
O-T Oxford and Cambridge Writers and Literature: Oscar Wilde, Sylvia Plath, Lord Tennyson, William Wordsworth. O-T Oxford and Cambridge Writers and Literature. (Suite101.com)
M-Z Essential 1700s and 1800s Briti... Mar 22, 2009
M-Z Essential 1700s and 1800s British Literature: Oscar Wilde, Anthony Trollope, William Wordsworth. M-Z Essential 1700s and 1800s British Literature. (Suite101.com)
Digestive CARE Gastroenterologists Launch 'Bottom Line Poetry Contest' for National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month During March 2009 Mar 7, 2009
Or an epic stanza in the style of Alfred Lord Tennyson: Half an inch, half an inch, half an inch upward. Or even a basic limerick: There once was a lass from Nantucket, who was irked by a bothersome bucket. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
A Skeptic's Take on the Public Misunderstanding of Darwin Feb 12, 2009
On the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday two myths persist about evolution and natural selection. On July 2, 1866, Alfred Russel Wallace, the co-discoverer of natural selection, wrote to Charles Darwin to lament how he had been so repeatedly struck by the utter inability of numbers of intelligent persons to see clearly or at all, the self acting & necessary effects of Nat Selection, that I am led to conclude that the term itself & your mode of illustrating it, however clear &... (Scientific American)
