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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... month. The strongest increases in enquiries were in London, the south-west and the north; but in East Anglia 19% more estate agents reported a fall rather than a rise in new buyer enquires. Despite this Rics said there was still a shortage of supply, and that its members expected prices to continue rising during the next three months. Spokesman Jeremy Leaf said: "Although the supply...
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Kathy Brown's Garden (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
On Saturday morning we welcomed over 60 representatives of tourist groups from the West Midlands and East Anglia as part of a 'Visit Bedford' weekend. Luckily, it was a beautifully clear, sunny morning and Simon was able to take two tours of the garden, relishing the autumn colours but also bringing in many local historical aspects from Danes to John Bunyan! My task was to perform an edible...
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Bibliobibuli (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Are writers born or do they emerge after a year of being 'workshopped' on a creative writing course? There is evidence either way Dickens didn't sit through an MA in the fens, yet the starry alumni graduating from Iowa's Writers' Worshop and the University of East Anglia's Creative Writing MA hint at the fact that writing fiction is not a given birthright, but a learned art. Arifa Akbar in The...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
... Lord Adonis will attempt to carry out his threat to strip National Express of its remaining East Anglia and C2C franchises under so-called "cross-default" rules for giving up East Coast. National Express is adamant that he lacks the legal powers. Fresh from rebuffing three suitors and in the run-up to losing East Coast, National Express is this week expected to launch a heavily-discounted...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... games to make classroom the most enjoyable one for children. Melissa Ramadan of University of East Anglia, explained the teaching techniques with help of drama by conducting various game shows and enacting dramas to help students develop concentration, communication, confidence, trust, etc. Ms. Melissa Ramadan told The Hindu that teaching through drama is influential and helps students to...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
First Capital Connect which operates trains between East Anglia and King's Cross has been forced to cancel nearly 300 services on Sunday because its drivers are refusing to volunteer to work.
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On An Overgrown Path (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... Aimard is the artistic director of the festival Britten founded at Aldeburgh here in East Anglia. In the speech that he gave when accepting the Aspen Award in the Humanities in 1964 Britten set out his vision of a holy triangle of composer, performer and listener. Today, particularly in modern music, that holy triangle sometimes becomes a profane duo of composer and performer, with the listener...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Are writers born or do they emerge after a year of being 'workshopped' on a creative writing course? There is evidence either way Dickens didn't sit through an MA in the fens, yet the starry alumni graduating from Iowa's Writers' Worshop and the University of East Anglia's Creative Writing MA hint at the fact that writing fiction is not a given birthright, but a learned art.
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Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Arifa Akbar: Why always write in a room of one's own? The Week In Books, The Independent. Friday, 6 November 2009 Are writers born or do they emerge after a year of being 'workshopped' on a creative writing course? There is evidence either way Dickens didn't sit through an MA in the fens, yet the starry alumni graduating from Iowa's Writers' Worshop and the University of East Anglia's Creative...
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EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... Either of these events would result, depending on wind direction, in a radioactive cloud covering East Anglia.”Under current arrangements, the fuel storage pond is likely to provide allowable capacity for spent fuel until around 2015.With Sizewell B due to operate until 2035, and the possibility of life extension beyond that, British Energy must ensure a suitable plan is in place for managing...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... last winter – when winter bee activity was recorded at almost 600 sites – there were sightings in East Anglia, Wales, the Midlands and as far north as Hull. The winter bees seem to be an entirely urban or suburban phenomenon, as they forage on garden plants, particularly Mahonia, a shrub native to Asia as well as North America but now popular in British gardens. Colonies monitored in London...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... while researching ant-plants in the Amazonian rainforests of Peru, Douglas Yu of the University of East Anglia and Glenn Shepard of Sao Paulo University were tipped off by the local people about a strange phenomenon. The natives showed the researchers several non-myrmecophyte trees with swollen scars called galls on their trunks and branches. When the researchers cut into the galls, they...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Britain’s busiest long-distance rail route was effectively nationalised on Thursday when the Government confirmed it would take control of the troubled East Coast franchise, which National Express has run for the past two years.National Express now faces a battle to keep its remaining two franchises — C2C and East Anglia — after the Department for Transport said that it was still considering...
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Physorg (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... while researching ant-plants in the Amazonian rainforests of Peru, Douglas Yu of the University of East Anglia and Glenn Shepard of Sao Paulo University were tipped off by the local people about a strange phenomenon. The natives showed the researchers several non-myrmecophyte trees with swollen scars called galls on their trunks and branches. When the researchers cut into the galls, they...
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Powell's Books: Overview (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... British scene of cracked Bakelite, chipped teacups, and squadrons of bombers on the flatlands of East Anglia, readied for Armageddon. He didn't believe that human actions were rational or easily fathomable, and it was probably this, more than any view of history or aesthetic theory, that led him away from what he regarded as the staleness and artificiality of contemporary literature. He...
