BackyardConservative (Free subscription) | yesterday
An Obamacon , via RCP . Reaction to Governor Sarah Palin bringing up Bill Ayers , Barack Obama's terrorist pal: "It's a giant changing of the subject," said Jenny Backus, a Democratic strategist. "The problem is the messenger. If you want to start throwing fire bombs, you don't send out the fluffy bunny to do it. I think people don't take Sarah Palin seriously." Throwing fire bombs ? Perhaps an unfortunate...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
... is famous for its lakes, mountainsand associations with William Wordsworth and children’s author Beatrix Potter. Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city is one of the most attractive cultural destinations in the world, making it a magnet for tourists and international investment. Overlooking the Berkshire town of Windsor is Windsor Castle, one of the official homes of Queen Elizabeth II...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
... or so there and enjoying the scenery and poking around the small towns, and following the path of Beatrix Potter. Tuesday was a bit drizzly, but we weren't out much anyway. Our hotel had been changed to one in Grasmere instead of Bowness-on-Windermere, so we were kind of out in the middle of nowhere again. Fortunately both dinners were included, and they were very good; also the bkfts....
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Under the influence of Beatrix Potter and too much beer Ben Hatch recounts how he went off the rails in the style of Peter Rabbit.
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Monster Theatre's newest show for young audiences! Short adaptations of Classics of Literature (including The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, and Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving) to help get kids excited about reading! Using puppetry, masks, improve, original songs, physical comedy, satire good old-fashioned storytelling, we will...
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Romanticizing the secret lives of history’s most famous authors has become a big deal recently. They did it to Jane Austen, they did it to James Barry, heck they even did it to Beatrix Potter, making her bunny drawings terribly romantic. Now they’re doing it to F. Scott Fitzgerald. says Nick Cassavetes has signed up to direct a movie about the love story between F. Scott Fitzgerald and...
Right Wing Nation (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
Just saw No Country for Old Men. Good movie. Yesterday, we saw Miss Potter, about the life of Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit). I’m not sure what kind of drugs these imdb commenters are on, but I want some. This is the story of Beatrix Potter, the author of many classic illustrated children’s stories such as “Peter Rabbit.” [...]
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
... each less popular than the one before it-- Cinderella Man, as Russell Crowe's wife, and Miss Potter, as the children's author Beatrix Potter. Pundits fell all over themselves when both of these films were released, explaining why they failed, but did it ever occur to them that Zellweger + the past = just plain annoying?I don't think it's mean girl snark to suggest that Zellweger...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
The BBC has a very interesting video report up about a Japanese woman giving special tours to Beatrix Potter fans who come to England in search of the world of Peter Rabbit. Watch it here!
The Poop (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
... childhoods, nothing in "The Secret of NIMH" approaches the creepy scariness of an unedited . Even Beatrix Potter was a lot darker than the typical children's films of today.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
... After crossing Lake Windermere on the ferry from Bowness, take time out to visit the home of Beatrix Potter at Hilltop Farm, owned by the National Trust.Between Ambleside and Hawkshead is the Drunken Duck Inn, which has an impressive lunch menu, as well as being the home of the award-winning Barngates microbrewery. Further cultural delights await in Grasmere where William Wordsworth...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... One Bad Rat by Bryan TalbotBryan Talbot's weird mythopoetic imagination here meshes the stories of Beatrix Potter and a teen runaway, in drawings that sometimes look plucked from an art-deco poster.Helen Potter's story goes from cardboard city to rural Arcadia, with hallucinated interludes and the benevolent presence of an enormous imaginary rat. A touching, clever - and, where...
IOL (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Up until a couple of months ago we had begun allowing the odd Beatrix Potter episode to slip in under the radar – particularly when posed with a day of solid rain, or when my nerves were frayed. But we definitely noticed that after watching television, particularly if it was for an extended time (say over 30 minutes), that our child became fratchity, was more prone to temper tantrums...
Lone Star Times (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
No, not the Peter Rabbit that Beatrix Potter created. This Peter Rabbit is a 32 year old horse being kicked off his birthplace in the latest example of the loss of property rights in the U.S. The owner of a 32-year-old horse named Peter Rabbit wasn’t able to buck a local ban on livestock within city [...]
Backwards In High Heels (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... cats (who incidentally, aren't bothered about him) and makes far more noise when eating. No wonder Beatrix Potter was so enamoured with them, hedgehogs are remarkably cute. Last night, not put off by the camera flash, Prickle looked up after licking the plate clean, looked straight at me and licked his lips. Then he turned around and waddled off to survey his territory and I swear...
