Vaccine priority given to those most at risk Oct 6, 2009
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 12:00 am. This is in response to a Sept. 29 letter ("Grandma not getting priority for H1N1 shot"). (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Michael Moore's smash and grab Sep 12, 2009
Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. Moore's brilliant new film, Capitalism: A Love Story, will find an audience for its assault on America's political economy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Call to back English-language TV Sep 12, 2009
THose who added their name in the letter to the UK government included the Archbishop of Wales Dr Barry Morgan, opera singer Bryn Terfel and author Jan Morris. They said English language television in Wales was in "deep crisis" and said 25m has been lost from the annual value of programming for Wales compared to a few years ago. (BBC News -- UK)
Beatlemania back as Britain celebrates B-Day Sep 10, 2009
"It occurs to me that when she was in her heyday during the war she meant much the same as the Beatles did in their day," said author and historian Jan Morris. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- Music)
* China destroys culture, Hong Kong cares Jun 1, 2009
Commenting on the cultural poverty of Hong Kong, the writer Jan Morris could dismiss it as a dismally philistine colony. Chinese people are charged not only with a lack of concern for human rights but with a dismissive view of their past. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
The way words work Apr 5, 2009
The Guardian has always been pretty clear on the matter: "He's an absolute pair-of-aching balls of a man a slapheaded, ruby-lipped pop philosopher who's forged a lucrative career stating the bleeding obvious." But then he has fans like authors Edmund White, Roger Scruton, John Banville, Jan Morris and John Updike, who called him "dazzling". The weird thing is I find it possible to hold both views about de Botton almost simultaneously. (Sydney Morning Herald)
* [SOFTCOVER: INDIA] Going to lots of places and none at all Feb 22, 2009
On the other hand, there are endorsements by travel-writing giants Jan Morris and Pico Iyer on the cover. Morris says Jacob is a natural cosmopolitan and possesses a fresh and wonderfully infectious enthusiasm, while Iyer agrees, pointing out that he combines cosmopolitanism and innocence K authority and vulnerability. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
