Monday, August 03, 2009, Ron Silliman, Sillimans Blog Aug 4, 2009
Such as Ian Hamilton Finlay, some European dadaists (plus the dada nostalgics of Fluxus), & the mostly Canadian sound poets of the seventies. Miltons own relation to the idea of the book is more complicated than I could attempt to sort through here. (Harper's Magazine)
Leaders take second swing at Major League Baseball Jul 28, 2009
Several heavyweights in the business community are at least partially onboard with Parrott s cause, including Paulson Capital Corp. Chairman Chet Paulson (no relation to Portland Beavers owner Merritt Paulson), former Nike Inc. and current Nonbox executive Ian Hamilton and developer Homer Williams. This article is for Paid Subscribers ONLY.. (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Top 10 Most Reclusive Celebrities Jun 4, 2009
In 1986, he sued to prevent biographer Ian Hamilton from reprinting letters the author had sent to fans and friends. Almost everything known about Salinger comes from court transcripts or his daughter's 2000 memoir, Dream Catcher. (Time.com)
Stone of Destiny: This rock rolls Feb 21, 2009
In the grey mist of a Glasgow winter in 1950, law student Ian Hamilton (Charlie Cox) decides Scotland's pride and his own manhood require a daring act of self-empowerment. With a few pounds donated by leading Scots nationalist John MacCormick (Robert Carlyle), a borrowed car and a handful of co-conspirators that include the feisty Kay Matheson (Kate Mara) and the scrappy Bill Craig (Billy Boyd), the rock nabbers set their plan in motion. (Toronto Star)
Och! For a heist flick, there's ne'er a dram of suspense Feb 20, 2009
Of course, the occasional university student can always be counted on to take up the cudgel, and Ian Hamilton (Charlie Cox) is an occasional student indeed. Warns his daddy, tired of the lad's idling, "This is a world for doers not dreamers." So the dreamer decides to do, hatching a wild scheme to take back for Scotland what is rightly hers yes, the Stone of Destiny, a real rock with a legendary rep, swiped by dastardly Edward I those many centuries ago, and used ever since by English monarchs... (Globe and Mail)
Film shows Identity crisis Feb 18, 2009
The Stone of Destiny, based on a memoir by Ian Hamilton, tells the real-life story of four young Glaswegians -- three guys and a pretty girl -- who in 1950 broke into Westminster Abbey and stole The Stone of Scone, a symbol of Scottish independence that had been carried off to Britain 700 years earlier. The theft, which came at a time of Scots nationalism, was meant to rouse the population to assert the independence of the country and it worked so well that the stone, which weighs 150 kilograms,... (Canada.com)
