Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... is the most successful female solo artist ever. Don’t miss a rare 2-part Madonna interview with Ben Shephard on GMTV, December 7th and 8th , where she discusses her life and extensive career. Lil Wayne Official Website Madonna Official Website
MuggleNet.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... to interview cast and crew. The segment airs next Wednesday, December 2. Finally, British host Ben Shephard, is at Leavesden Studios today filming a new installment in the Behind the Magic series. You can follow him on Twitter and check out a recently posted picture from the set of him with Dan Radcliffe. Thanks to Snitch Seeker for the tip!
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Gary Barlow, Kimberley Walsh, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard and Fearne Cotton will be assisting with the distribution of half a million mosquito nets to help save lives in the fight against malaria, Africa's biggest killer.
Home (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Thanks to our Order Partner, RGN, for linking us to this item on eTalk Canada ,who broadcast a short interview from the set of Deathly Hallows featuring interviews with Dan Radcliffe and Rupert Grint. You can watch the short clip at this link (at about 3:50 in). Also, Ben Shephard , presenter of the Behind the Magic documentaries for ITV , is at Leavesden even as we speak... well, no, probably...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Rex FeaturesCelebrities who scaled Africa's tallest mountain for Comic Relief are returning to the continent to see how some of the cash they raised is being spent.Gary Barlow, Kimberley Walsh, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard and Fearne Cotton were among a team of nine who raised £3.5 million by of the 19,300ft (5,900m) Mount Kilimanjaro in March.The celebrities are travelling to Uganda next week...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Gary Barlow, Kimberley Walsh, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard and Fearne Cotton will be assisting with the distribution of half a million mosquito nets to help save lives in the fight against malaria, Africa's biggest killer.
SnitchSeeker.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... of the DVDs. If anyone can record it, please feel free to send it over . Also, GM.TV co-host Ben Shephard is currently filming his Behind the Magic documentary on the making of Deathly Hallows , and while he can't share too much, he did release a photo of himself and Dan from the set taken earlier today. The Half-Blood Prince DVDs can be pre-ordered via the following links: Standard DVD:...
Jamie's Diary (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... loads of our guests (including my lovely wife) to climb up on their tables and have a dance! Ben Shephard was our MC for the night and it was clear to me that he totally understood what the Fifteen Foundation is all about. Somehow, he managed to keep everything running smoothly and keep control of the room, even when everyone was partying. What a legend! Lord Dalmeny did a fantastic job...
Baroque in Hackney (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... itself the whipping boy for the insecurities of the modern world. When the military historian Ben Shephard accused Andrew Motion of the P word (“and it’s not ‘poetry’”), for constructing a sonnet sequence out of quotations taken from his book, A War of Nerves , he inadvertently hit right into the heart of one of the biggest issues going these days. Intellectual property. Not only how do...
Culture (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
That Sir Andrew Motion has been so lazy as to “find” the majority of his “found poetry” piece for Remembrance Sunday in a single book called A War of Nerves by Ben Shephard is not surprising. His work has never been very original. He has, however, always struck me as a very nice man, and [...]
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... the wrong end of the stick", the former poet laureate said today.Author pic by David Levene. Ben Shephard said that Motion's poem An Equal Voice , a stitching together of the voices of several generations of shellshocked soldiers which was published in the Guardian on Saturday, draws heavily from his history of medical psychiatry A War of Nerves . "Of the 152 lines in An Equal...
Poetry & Poets in Rags (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Dear Poetry Aficionados, IBPC: Poetry & Poets in Rags Our first article is from the New York Times and contains poems commemorating the Berlin Wall coming down 40 years ago. This is followed by links to articles that have to do with Veterans, Remembrance, or Armistice Day, which is tomorrow. The Back Page is on Ben Shephard accusing Andrew Motion of plagiarism. This item has three links,...
Poetry & Poets in Rags (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
all but 16 are taken directly from A War of Nerves. There is a word for this. It begins with 'p' and it isn't poetry. "There is a further issue. My work can be lazily ripped off like this, without any recompense--what did The Guardian pay [Andrew] Motion for copying out my research? Yet every time I quote a line of poetry in a book, I have to pay. . ." --[Ben Shephard] from The Times:...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... hell). Scrupulously, Motion cites his sources – quotations (not the author's own words) from Ben Shephard's A War of Nerves, along with quotations from the war poet Siegfried Sassoon (whose literary remains Motion, it is reported, has been successful in saving for the nation). Pointy-headed academics will know (Motion, recall, is a London university professor as well as a "Sir")...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Military historian claiming that 'found' poem published in the Guardian makes unfair use of his work has 'got the wrong end of the stick', says former poet laureate The military historian who accused Andrew Motion of plagiarism has "got the wrong end of the stick", the former poet laureate said today. Ben Shephard said that Motion's poem An Equal Voice, a stitching together of the...
