Barbara Testa had lived a perfectly anonymous life in Hollywood until she one day crawled into the attic and opened a steam trunk left by her grandfather, a 19th century lawyer with powerful friends. Inside, amid the letters and ledgers James Fraser Gluck had put away, was a handwritten manuscript …
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Trump’s letter to Pelosi: not ‘lopsided’ – but worse, from a speechwriter’s perspective
Concluding his interesting six-page letter to the Speaker of the House Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiHouse Passes Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Puts Social Spending Plan Progressives Leave Black Caucus Leader Waiting For On The Money Meeting – Presented By Citi – House Divided On Unified Agenda MORE (D-Calif.) This week, President Donald Trump …
Read More »Speechwriter for Judaism – The Forward
What should Democrats do in the Trump era? Sarah Hurwitz, who spent seven years as editor of Michelle Obama’s speech after doing the same for President Obama and candidate Hillary Clinton, has decided to write for herself. His book, âHere All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to …
Read More »The Original ‘Peter Pan’ Manuscript Offers a Darker Account
The History of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan is one that has been adapted for stage and screen many times. Over the past fifteen years, we’ve seen everything from a feature film based on his creation (2004 Finding Neverlandwhich was transformed into A musical) to controversial reboots (2015 Stove) for a …
Read More »How an ‘understanding’ crowd and journalist helped celebrate 2 Assam marriages amid violence
File photo of protest against citizenship law in Assam | PTI Text size: A- A + Guwahati: Amid violence in the streets of Guwahati against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed by the Narendra Modi government, two weddings managed to take place on December 12 in the city of Assam …
Read More »The dark side of Peter Pan emerges with the release of the original manuscript | JM Barrie
He’s the boy who never grows up, a lovable thug who has convinced generations of children that “dreams come true, if only we wish it hard enough.” But now a darker side of Peter Pan has been revealed with the publication last week of JM Barrie’s original manuscript, Peter Pan …
Read More »Page from a medieval Serbian manuscript soon to be delivered to Belgrade – Putin – Russian Politics & Diplomacy
SOCHI, December 4. / TASS /. Moscow will soon deliver page 166 of Miroslav’s Gospel, the oldest Serbian manuscript, to Belgrade, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference on Wednesday after talks with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic. The Russian leader emphasized the intense cooperation between the two …
Read More »A researcher recently discovered a 16th-century manuscript belonging to Queen Elizabeth I: Science: University Herald
(Photo: Getty Images) A British university researcher reported that he had discovered a mysterious manuscript written in the 16th century by Queen Elizabeth I – the first such find in over a century. The manuscript, which is currently in the Lambeth Palace Library in London, was discovered by John Mark …
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