The Globe and Mail spoke to Simon Akam, a British journalist based in London. A contributing writer for The Economist’s 1843 magazine, his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, GQ, Outside, and Bloomberg Businessweek. He spent a year in the military at the age of …
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Birch Bark Manuscript: Google Doodle Celebrates 70th Anniversary of Discovery of Russian Linguistics
Today, Google is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the birch bark manuscript. On July 26, 1951, during excavations in Novgorod, a Soviet expedition led by Artemiy Artsikhovsky found the first Russian birch bark script in a layer dated c. 1400. Since then, more than 1000 similar documents have been discovered …
Read More »Ann Morrow, reporter who covered the United States for the Telegraph and wrote books on royalty – obituary
His reporting, however, earned him a full-time job at the newspaper. She worked briefly in New York and Washington, traveling with the Carters to their peanut farm in Plains, Georgia, and seeing Elvis Presley lying in his coffin in Graceland after his death in 1977. Back in London, she flew …
Read More »PUBLISH to make Korea National Treasure NFT, Hangul Manuscript ‘Hunminjeongeum Haerye’
PUBLISH announced that it has been retained by the Kansong Art Museum to implement the technical solution for the conversion of the Haerye edition of Hunminjeongeum to NFT (non-fungible tokens). The Haerye edition of the Hunminjeongeum The Hunminjeongeum (“Appropriate Sounds to Educate the People” in English) is a manuscript created …
Read More »Prince Charles biographer Jonathan Dimbleby criticizes Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Prince Charles biographer Jonathan Dimbleby accuses Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of “vicious, cruel and horribly selfish” behavior during their interview with Oprah Winfrey Jonathan Dimbleby called the couple’s interview with Oprah a “great shame” He said it had done “great damage” during an address at the Buxton International Festival …
Read More »Michael Jordan biographer thinks Antetokounmpo still has a lot to prove
KEY POINTS Giannis Antetokounmpo’s ability to lead Bucks to more titles will shape his NBA greatness, bestselling author says Roland Lazenby believes Antetokounmpo’s free throw zone probably wouldn’t have happened if the NBA Finals had reached Game 7 Milwaukee will face big odds to win back-to-back NBA titles Without a …
Read More »COAS Bajwa apologizes for the death of senior journalist Arif Nizami
RAWALPINDI – General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Staff of the Army (COAS), expressed his condolences on Wednesday on the sad disappearance of senior journalist Arif Nizam, the media branch of the military said. in a press release. According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), COAS said: “May Allah bless …
Read More »Carol Easton, biographer of artistic figures, dies at 87
Carol Easton, whose curiosity for creativity inspired her to write the biographies of four eminent figures in the arts – Stan Kenton, Samuel Goldwyn, Jacqueline du Pré and Agnes de Mille – died on June 17 at her home in Venice, in California. She was 87 years old. His death …
Read More »this is not a midlife crisis – jeff is the ultimate “space geek”
âIt may be controversial, but he sees it as a return to society. If you build a presence in space, he would say, it keeps the world from being stuck in its own stasis. Of course, you can argue that it is more urgent to invest in the protection and …
Read More »Friedan was a feminist leader and union journalist
By Bill Knight | Canton Daily Ledger Too often we are all in “silos” limiting our views, not having other experiences and information that might be useful. A good example is Betty Friedan, from lower Illinois who 50 years ago this week was the founder of the National Women’s Political …
Read More »Journalist Aditya Kant makes author debut with mysterious murder
Senior journalist Aditya Kant’s debut novel “High on Kasol,” which is a drug-trafficking crime thriller, officially launched at the Chandigarh Press Club on Sunday. Attendees at the event included Vivek Atray, motivational speaker and former IAS officer, author and motivational speaker, as well as several other journalists and other prominent …
Read More »From $ 100 million to nothing – Biographer claims John McAfee was broke to his death – Bitcoin News
Just before antivirus mogul John McAfee was found dead in Spain, he told the public from prison that US federal authorities had seized all of his assets and that he had “nothing”. Today, a biographer who writes a biography based on McAfee corroborated the McAfee story. Author Mark Eglinton says …
Read More »Papal Biographer Austen Ivereigh on PBS’s New Pope Francis Doc and “The Chosen”
Pope Francis / Photo: Shutterstock As part of a new group of In their own words specials profiling eminent personalities, PBS is tackling Pope Francis July 20. One of the featured experts is Austen Ivereigh, a British Catholic journalist, commentator and biographer of the pontiff. Pope Francis joined Chuck berry …
Read More »Time Machine: journalist Jean Strong left Iowa for Life magazine … but returned
Jean Strong left The Gazette in the spring of 1954 to work for the foreign news department of Life magazine. This photo accompanied a story published on February 6, 1955, relating his mission to accompany Princess Margaret on a tour of the Caribbean. (Gazette archives) Betty Jean Strong was born …
Read More »Cumbrian journalist signs contract with Hachette Prolific North
Danielle Owen-Jones signed a two-pound contract with Bookouture, a division of Hachette. The former senior reporter at Reach is also the founder of Cumbrian public relations agency Bloomin ‘Creative. “Signing my book contract has been my real life” pinch me, am I dreaming? ” moment! I’ve been sitting with this …
Read More »4.55 million euros of manuscript of the Marquis de Sade acquired for the French nation | Marquis de Sade
The manuscript of the Marquis de Sade’s infamous erotic tale The 120 Days of Sodom was acquired by the French government for 4.55 million euros, following a campaign to keep it in the country. Detail of the allegorical portrait of Sade by H Biberstein. Photography: Roger-Viollet / Rex / Shutterstock …
Read More »Communist Cuba: PA journalist beaten and bloodied by police while covering freedom protests
An Associated Press photojournalist was beaten by officers in Communist Cuba while covering freedom protests over the weekend. While capturing footage of the protest against the Havana regime, Ramon Espinosa was accosted by Cuban police on Sunday and left bloodied. Photos of fellow journalists captured the attack, Business Insider reported: …
Read More »How to get your business in the news (without bribing a reporter)
Opinions expressed by Contractor the contributors are theirs. You are reading Entrepreneur United States, an international Entrepreneur Media franchise. Five people approached me last month to “write about them in the papers.” Four of them wanted to pay me for it, which is a guaranteed way to ruin your writing …
Read More »France buys the manuscript of 120 days of Sodom from the Marquis de Sade
A manuscript manuscript of 120 Days of Sodom, the notorious and controversial 18th-century novel by the Marquis de Sade, has been acquired by France for 4.55 million euros. The work tells the story of the sexual orgies of four wealthy libertine men, aged 45 to 60, who rape, torture and …
Read More »I am a biased journalist and I agree with that
Lauren Wolfe at Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan (Courtesy) Since i was fired from The New York Times At the end of January, no matter what I post or say about online journalism, angry people come out of their hiding places to yell at me. They say I’m biased (usually …
Read More »France buys original manuscript of 120 days of Sodom from Marquis de Sade for £ 4million
France buys original manuscript of 120 Days of Sodom from Marquis de Sade for £ 4million to protect ‘national treasure’ The French State has acquired the manuscript of 120 days of Sodom from the Marquis de Sade The Culture Department bought it for £ 4million, protecting a work called ‘national …
Read More »Dick Leonard, Europhile Labor MP, Economist journalist and political biographer – obituary
When Jenkins, Rodgers, David Owen, and Shirley Williams went their separate ways to found the SDP, Leonard went with them, playing a largely behind-the-scenes role. He spent more time in Brussels, before settling there as a visiting professor at the University of Brussels, European correspondent of The Observer (from 1989 …
Read More »ED arrests Delhi-based freelance journalist in money laundering investigation
File photo of freelance journalist Rajiv Sharma | Twitter @ANI Text size: A- A + New Delhi: The ED said on Saturday it had arrested a Delhi-based freelance journalist in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to alleged leaks and the provision of sensitive information to Chinese intelligence agents. …
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