Emergence of Civilization Revisited (Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology) (Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology)
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Sheffield has come on a long way over the past 20 years. England's one-time "City of Steel" was, in the dying days of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's era, a pretty grim place to be, its factories shuttered and its high streets desolate. Today, it presents a cleaner, more affluent — and, some might say, less interesting — face to the world. When Warp Records held their 20th...
Working Class Tory (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
ToryBear has a good post, illustrating the fact that many in the Liberal Democrats are not really liberals or democrats, rather they are socialists. Stone-cold socialists. Half the party would privatise their own mothers if given a chance, and the other half would nationalise everything from the trains to their own shoelaces. They are a coalition of natural enemies, whose voter-base is so wide and...
The Devil Has The Best Tuna (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
photo by brittany shepherd www. woodwhirl. blogspot.com Little Girls Genre: Minimalist / Post punk From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Toronto-based group Little Girls has only been in existence since January 2009 and this is their second appearance on the Devil's blog (first appearance back in June, Thank Heaven For Little Girls ) which must be some sort of record. The guys are preparing for an extensive...
Comfort in Sound (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Los Angeles based band Prima Donna have been selected by Green Day to support them on thier upcoming UK and European tour. Kevin Preston , Prima Donna lead vocals, occasionally joins Green Day in their alter-ego band Foxboro Hot Tubs. In other Green Day news they took home three VMA awards(Best Rock Video, Best Direction and Best Cinematography) for their clip for "21 Guns". They also performed...
Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Enter Shikari will play throughout the UK, the US and Europe later this year. 8/28 Leeds, ENGLAND Leeds Festival (2:00pm) Reading Festival 8/29 Reading, ENGLAND Reading Festival (2:00pm) ENTER SHIKARI U.S. tour with Alesana, The Bled, Asking Alexandra and Broadway 9/4 Nashville, TN Rockettown 9/5 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre 9/6 Tulsa, OK The Marquee 9/7 Columbia, MO Blue Note 9/8 Omaha, NE The Waiting...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
Simian Mobile Disco have announced a North American tour set to start in October in support of their upcoming sophomore album, Temporary Pleasure. The tour starts in Boston on Oct. 28 and wraps on Nov. 28 in Portland. The North American dates are prefaced by a Europen tour that starts later this month. Temporary Pleasure is out today in the U.K. and due out on Sept. 15 in the U.S. via Wichita. Here...
SNAIL'S TALES (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
Our recent discovery of the European land snail Cepaea nemoralis in Maryland (see the posts here and here ) has aroused my interest in this species. Since we will write a manuscript eventually, I am now in the process of collecting the relevant literature and learning about not only the history of C. nemoralis in North America, but also its biology. The earliest recorded introduction of C. nemoralis...
2009 2010International Scholarships (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Award name: Sheffield Hallam University Vice-Chancellor’s ASEAN ScholarshipTo celebrate the official launch of the Sheffield Hallam University South East Asia regional office in Kuala Lumpur in March 2009, one full tuition-fee scholarship is available to an applicant from South East Asia for a 2009/10 postgraduate course.All full-time postgraduate taught courses are taking part in this scheme.The...
nourishing obscurity (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Beeb again : "Robots that can decide where to kill, who to kill and when to kill is high on all the military agendas," Professor Noel Sharkey of the University of Sheffield said at a meeting in London. "The problem is that this is all based on artificial intelligence, and the military have a strange view of artificial intelligence based on science fiction." His main gripe is that...
Classic Rock and More (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
British gothic metallers PARADISE LOST have announced a massive European headlining tour in October. Dates confirmed so far are as follows... Oct 30 - Glasgow, UK - King Tuts Nov 01 - Newcastle, UK - Academy Nov 02 - Manchester, UK - Academy Nov 03 - London, UK - Academy Nov 04 - Sheffield, UK - Academy Nov 05 - Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun Hall Nov 07 - Enschede, Netherlands - Atak Nov 08 - Vosselaar,...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
Transfer News:Tottenham have confirmed the signings of defenders Kyle Naughton and Kyle Walker from Sheffield United. No fee was disclosed for either of the England youth internationals.
The view from here (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
by Jen The View From Here Interview: Marina Lewycka ABOUT MARINA LEWYCKA Marina Lewycka is of Ukrainian origin and was born in a British-run refugee camp in northern Germany, after the end of World War II. She grew up in England and studied at Keele University. She has written a number of books of practical advice for carers of the elderly, published by Age Concern England . She lectures in the department...
History is made at night (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
Weekend nights in Anytown UK, boys and girls roam the town centre between pubs and the kind of nightclubs where they only play chart music. Violence is in the air from drunken blokes (sometimes women too), bouncers and pumped up police. This is the landscape of songs like I Predict a Riot by the Kaiser Chiefs (Leeds): 'Watching the people get lairy, It's not very pretty I tell thee, Walking through...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/27/2009
Protest vote immediately declared void by university union Lecturers voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli universities and colleges today. Delegates said Israeli academics were complicit in their government's acts against Palestinians. But as soon as the vote was carried, the leadership of the University and College Union declared it void. Lawyers had advised the union to rule the vote null and...
SoundsXP (Free subscription) | 04/28/2009
Sheffield post-punkers The Comsat Angels have announced a further 3 UK dates in October. Active from 1978 to 1995, Comsat Angels have been credited as an inspiration to current bands such as Editors, Interpol and White Lies and have been lovingly championed by film critic Mark Kermode as “the band Joy Division should have been.” The band will be performing songs from their first three albums...
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