Jane was lively, half-Welsh, a graduate in French and Italian of Bedford College London, but also emotional and motherly, which was lucky as Priestley left the upbringing of the six children entirely to her. Jane, Priestley’s second wife, was nothing like his more famous third wife, Jacquetta Hawkes. After the standing ovations the Priestleys dined with the company and were showered with gifts of champagne, chocolates and enough tobacco to last Jack till Christmas. On Priestley’s 51st birthday, 13 September, he finally saw his play in the Kamerny theatre, seated in a box. “No comfort, no lav, no sleep, no food,” she wrote, and when they touched down at Minsk, “lav a wooden hut, so filthy as to seat, I had to do what others had done and use the floor!”īut they were royally welcomed by the Writers’ Group of the Society for Cultural Relations with USSR, who included Alexei Tolstoy and Boris Pasternak. “Everybody smoked piano-accordions were brought out and played and sung to bottles circulated and there was a birthday-party atmosphere, very Russian and very genial,” wrote Priestley. So in September, Priestley and Jane travelled to Moscow from Berlin in a Red Army Dakota piloted by a cheerful woman, without seats or seatbelts but with a metal bench, their luggage piled in the middle. The original Leningrad poster of An Inspector Calls
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Or that he, his sisters and his new-found brothers, his countrymen and men from all over the Empire, would be drawn out onto roads that led very far from home, and did not all lead back……….” from Raghu Karnad’s Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War.Įvery photograph on the mantle, or the wall, or hidden between aged pages of albums, has a story to tell. Raghu Karnad had seen the three old photographs in his grandmother’s house, but never asked their names. ……………Bobby never imagined, any more than the egg boy, how the war would rise up around India, or how it would divide the country, divide the army that enlisted him, and even divide Bobby against himself. But he couldn’t have explained about the Panzers in Poland, the craven declaration from London, or the Viceroy in Delhi already committing India and Indians to the fray………. The egg boy may have been told that rationing and shortages were expected, and eggs would be priced up as a precaution. “ It is said that the news of the world war reached Calicut along with the morning eggs…. Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War by Raghu Karnad Touching tribute about his father, Mark English, and spoke about how eachĪrtist who passed away in 2019 served as mentors and changed people’s lives for The in memoriam introduction was presented by John English. The three of them made it possible to bring the awards ceremony live. Between Lauren, Dan, along with Marc Scheff who ran tech support, Lauren Panepinto and Dan dos Santos served as the hosts during The ceremony introduction was by Spectrum founders and directors, Arnie andĬathy Fenner. The first time all of the recipients were able to provide winning speeches. Recipientsįrom Australia, Canada, China, Japan, and in Europe were able to participate. Over 450 peopleįrom all over the world connected to bring the community closer than ever. The ceremony was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The celebration included the presentation of the Gold and Silver Awards forĮxemplary art from the previous year in eight categories: Advertising, Book,Ĭomics, Concept Art, Dimensional, Editorial, Institutional, and Unpublished. The Spectrum Awards Ceremony was held live online on Saturday night, April 4, For 27 years Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art hasīeen celebrating imaginative works by creators from around the world. have boldly taken on these concepts with a loving hand, in the process telling a fresh and crackling fun yarn full of mystery, suspense and majestic power - all with an eye on helping establish Kirby's creations as a vital part of the Marvel Universe once and for all.Īgainst the backdrop of Marvel's CIVIL WAR, the Eternals are being awoken one by one from a strange, waking dream, at once coming to terms with the fact that they are far more than the normal people they have thought themselves to be. Their creation was the result of Kirby's ceaseless curiosity about the origin of man and his mythologies - but like many of the King's concepts, it was definitely ahead of its time.įlash forward to 2006: Superstar creators Neil Gaiman and John Romita Jr. More than thirty-five years ago, comics legend Jack "The King" Kirby returned to the House of Ideas with perhaps his biggest idea of all: the universe of the Eternals! Elizabeth Arden by Nancy Shuker covers the life and accomplishments of this woman in the beauty industry.Dream Doll by Ruth Handler is an autobiography of the woman who created the Barbie doll.Dear Female Founderedited by Lu Li is a collection of 66 letters of advice written by women entrepreneurs who have made more than $1 billion in revenue. Boss Lady by Edith Sparks covers the careers of three pioneering businesswomen-Tillie Lewis (founder of Flotill Products), Olive Ann Beech (co-founder of Beech Aircraft), and Margaret Rudkin (founder of Pepperidge Farm). There are, of course, numerous works of fiction that feature strong women in business, but to paraphrase Lord Bryon, truth is more interesting to me than fiction. Some are modern and still on the scene, while others are from years past. Many names may be familiar to you, while others may not. The following, which is excerpted from the Library of Congress and other suggested reading, is a list of biographies of women in business. If you’re not a big reader, you might want to sample a book or two during Women’s History Month to better appreciate how women have struggled and triumphed in the business world. If you’re a big reader, you likely find inspiration in the biographies of famous people. Understand how Church teaching is rooted in Sacred ScriptureĪbsorb over 2,000 years of Sacred TraditionĮncounter God’s plan of sheer goodness for your lifeĪ guided prayer to help you enter into each episodeĪ reading from the Catechism of the Catholic ChurchĪn explanation from Fr. Understand the essentials of the Catholic Faith and why they matter Read the ENTIRE Catechism of the Catholic Church in 365 days With this podcast, you’ll finally understand what it means to be Catholic and how the beliefs of the Catholic Faith come together. Mike Schmitz) podcast follows a reading plan inspired by Ascension’s Foundations of Faith approach, a color-coded approach that reveals the structure of the Catechism, making it easier to read and understand. Unlike any other Catechism podcast, The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz guides you through the entire Catechism of the Catholic Church in 365 episodes, providing explanation, insight, and encouragement along the way. In Ascension’s The Catechism in a Year podcast, Fr. That said, it is nice to have some of these old novels available for fans again. The plot just moves from one bit of action to the next.Īnd one mystery that does hang out there (regarding a neighboring planet) we never get a solution for. There isn’t a lot of mystery at all, really. But what is missing here is the strong intrigue that was present in some of the better TV show episodes. Even then I’m not sure I got it right.Īs for the story, there are some fun areas-a good sampling of action and adventure, and many obstacles for the main characters to overcome. (Perhaps the phrases in question are more meaningful to a reader from the UK.) But I kept finding myself stalled, tripping over words and phrases that took a great deal of context searching to derive any meaning for. Part of this is undoubtedly due to the many years since the book was first published, and part could be because the writer was British. To start with, the writing is filled with euphemisms and comparisons that aren’t meaningful. Never having read this book when it was originally released (way back in the 70s) I was curious to read it-looking forward to it, actually.Īfter having read it, though, I have to say it isn’t one of my favorite Space 1999 books. This version of Android Planet by John Rankine is a re-release by the modern guardians of the Space 1999 universe, Powys Media. Many medieval medical texts set out the desired character traits of a good medical practitioner, especially as pertains to surgeons, with instructions on how to navigate payment depending on the patient’s situation. 1-4 Even before the Hippocratic Oath was standardized, there were various versions of professional codes of ethics and behavior toward the financial status of patients among medical practitioners. Great disparities in wealth and differences in access to healthcare between the top and bottom of society are hardly new experiences in human history. 9 C (York, England, 1364),Ĭourtesy of Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis. “ Urine Wheel,” Almanack, Free Library of Philadelphia – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States “If it be a poor man”: medieval medical treatment for the rich and poor April 29, 2019 Here, Vallotton – himself about to take the marital vows – denounces adultery, the flip side of the sacrosanct institution of marriage. While descriptive, the title could also refer to the similarly titled novel by August Strindberg (1879), a mordant attack on the hypocrisy of bourgeois life. La chambre rouge is the first work in the series, and gives the key. With their uncompromising colours, clinical delineation of forms and strangely disquieting themes, these six Intérieurs avec figures represent the quintessence of Vallotton’s art at the turn of the century. For a shared exhibition with the Nabis to be put on at the Durand-Ruel gallery in 1899, the Swiss artist presented a new series of Intimités, but this time they were paintings. Félix Vallotton attained recognition in the 1890s with his woodcuts, and in particular with his Intimités series, ten scenes from the private life ( intimité) of a modern couple. “It is dangerously inconsistent for CAMRA to promote real ale as the pinnacle of the brewer’s art while simultaneously making it the cheapest beer on the bar … The policy also undermines CAMRA’s public image, as it promotes that which it was established to overhaul: a limited range of beers from large breweries, served-up cheaply by pub chains.” It has been co-signed by 110 breweries and in its most biting paragraph says: According to the authors, the vouchers reinforce the idea that real ale should be the cheapest option on the bar, a decades-long issue that directly reduces the price pubs are willing to pay brewers for their beer. The letter follows a motion by Saltonstall’s local Scarborough CAMRA branch to debate the issue, which was rejected for debate at the CAMRA annual conference at Yorkshire University this coming April. Big plays, smart moves, and otherwise curious indicators of beer's possible future.
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