Back in July, at a New National Theatre Tokyo (NNTT) press conference to herald this autumn's special staging of William Shakespeare's nine-hour-long "Henry VI" trilogy, Hitoshi Uyama, 56, its director, declared his intention to go beneath and beyond the blood, guts and gore of the famous epic set during the War of the Roses, England's 15th-century civil war between the House of Lancaster...
Obviously there's a lot of discussion about whether fascists should be allowed a platform like that of the BBC. Will they hang themselves if we give them enough rope, or use that rope to hang us? Does the election of two BNP members to the European Parliament change the game, or is it same shit different day? As a service to the community I thought I'd round up some of the discussion taking place at...
A British soldier has been killed while on foot patrol in Afghanistan. The soldier was serving with 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, operating with the Light Dragoons Battle group. Read It Here RIP With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, Britain mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Canadian...
Manipal: Michele Luxon, Head, Overseas Programmes, Lancaster University, U.K., inaugurated the 16th twinning programme of the International Centre for Applied Sciences (ICAS) here on Tuesday. Ms. Luxon said the programme, by Manipal ...
KOCHI: A delegation of Conservative Party members of the Parliament of United Kingdom visited Kochi on Thursday. The delegation included Shailesh Vara, Stephen Hammond, Nigel Evans, Mark Lancaster and Sandip Verma. Finance Minister T.M.Thomas ...
A message we've got to pass on from Camera Obscura: Hello again. A big thanks to everyone who came out to see us in North America. We will be back soon! Now remember how we told you about all the festival shows we'd be playing throughout the summer, and we might have mentioned that we'd be touring round the UK and Europe in the Autumn. Well, here we are, barely finished in North America, and we'd...
The University of Cumbria is offering the opportunity for four local artists to utilise its arts facilities in Lancaster and Carlisle for free, thanks to the Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) project. Local artists can apply to use the University's facilities in woodwork, jewellery, textiles, printmaking and ceramics at the Brampton Road campus and sculpture (bronze and aluminium casting using...