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Remembering the icon: Michael Jackson loved Mortal Kombat

Paul Theroux of the Telegraph could not forget the conversation that he had with Michael Jackson. Now that MJ has gone to that big Neverland in the sky, the journalist takes us back to the old interview, which revealed that eccentric as he was, Michael Jackson too was a sucker for [...]

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Remembering the icon: Michael Jackson loved Mortal Kombat

Paul Theroux of the Telegraph could not forget the conversation that he had with Michael Jackson. Now that MJ has gone to that big Neverland in the sky, the journalist takes us back to the old interview, which revealed that eccentric as he was, Michael Jackson too was a sucker for [...]

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Opportunity for Trades People in Gozo. A...

Opportunity for Trades People in Gozo. A great opportunity for a trades person in Gozo, I am talking about builders, plumbers, electrician, carpenters etc. I have come here from the UK because I like the people and the slow way of life, and there is no way that I would want to upset the natural balance of things here, the Gozitan's do things their way and that should not change. Now here is the opportunity,...

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Remembering the icon: Michael Jackson loved Mortal Kombat

Paul Theroux of the Telegraph could not forget the conversation that he had with Michael Jackson . Now that MJ has gone to that big Neverland in the sky, the journalist takes us back to the old interview, which revealed that eccentric as he was, Michael Jackson too was a sucker for video games. Not just any video game too - MJ loved MK. In the interview, Michael Jackson revealed that he turned to...

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The only Michael Jackson story ...

... you need to read: My trip to Neverland, and the call from Michael Jackson I'll never forget, by Paul Theroux . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Lining the gravel roads and the golf-cart paths were little winsome bronzes of flute players, rows of grateful, grinning kiddies, clusters of hand-holding tots, some with banjos, some with fishing rods; and large bronze statues, too, like the centrepiece of the circular...

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Jackson's Doctor Questioned by Police; Pitchman Billy Mays Dead at 50

Jamie Foxx performs a tribute to Michael Jackson at Sunday's BET Awards. (Getty Images) Michael Jackson: Janet Jackson, Jamie Foxx lead BET Awards tribute | Video... Cardiologist questioned by police; lawyer says doctor did not administer Demerol shot... Papa Joe Jackson says kids a priority... Paul Theroux describes his trip to Neverland... Elizabeth Taylor releases statment... Magazine seeks six-word...

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Paul Theroux remembers shy Jacko

Michael Jackson once told the American writer Paul Theroux how difficult it was to trust his so-called friends and how he hated meeting strangers. It was ten…

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Paul Theroux

“Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.” Paul Theroux quotes

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# 19 - Through Finland in Carts

"It is worth the journey to Finland to enjoy a bath; then and not till then does one know what it is to be really clean". This is cheating a little, since 'Through Finland in Carts' isn't by a Scandinavian author, but Mrs. Alec Tweedie (as she's credited) offers a very original take on her journeys in Finland. I admit that the principal appeal was the sheer age of this book. It's so old,...

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Responsible Tourism Awards Nominations

I’ll give you three good reasons to visit www.responsibletourismawards.com/ and nominate your choice for the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2009. 1. It rewards companies and individuals who are actively doing something to keep tourism and travel sustainable and help preserve the environment. 2. Paul Theroux says for you to support the awards. He says he supports the [...]

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Drinks and Bingo

I've been reading Paul Theroux's excellent travel memoir about Britain: "The Kingdom by the Sea" which is a walker's paradise of emerging images. Tired of London's ingrown self-satisfactions and smug urbanity the writer takes off with his knapsack for a...

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The BBC's India Election Train

Soutik - our blogger Originally uploaded by bbcworldservice The BBC has long had a thing about railways. One recalls The Great Railway Journeys and Paul Theroux's The Great Railway Bazaar, which was broadcast on the BBC. And now there's the...

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Another Confession (Or thoughts that came in as I read Paul Theroux's The Lesson Of My Life article)

I am hard-headed. Hard-head because I do not confer my life with other people's and live my life according to theirs. Many times friends and relatives, mostly friends, ask me what will my future be. I never really planned my life as it should be and I never have a thought that when I grow old I should have the money to cling on to. While others save for their future, I go and explore the world and...

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Paul Theroux: The Lesson of My Life

In 1963, Paul Theroux joined the Peace Corps, shaping both his future and his view of the world. Read his story--why he joined, how it has affected his life, and what advice he gives others.