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Crafts and hobbies
The Creative Crafts Show is coming to the Bath and West Showground, near Shepton Mallet, from Thursday to Sunday, April 26 to 29. The show provides an opportunity to find all the latest supplies and materials for all manner of crafts and hobbies. Among those covered by the show are stamping, cross stitch, sewing, card [...]
Continue reading...Hollywood loves books
Saturday, May 12, 2012
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Posted at 12:54 PM ET, 04/23/2012 TheWashingtonPost Hollywood loves books By Joel Achenbach When you hear the words “Los Angeles,” you immediately think “books.” It’s a book town. They have this huge book festival every year, sponsored by the L.A. Times, which is staffed by book lovers who emcee book awards and moderate panel discussions [...]
Continue reading...In retirees’ Man Cave, a return to the hobbies of youth
Saturday, May 12, 2012
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In retirees Man Cave, a return to the hobbies of youth Outnumbered by the women at an Irvine senior living center, men rediscover the joy of model making that has been dormant since they were young. Along with trains and planes, they build fellowship.
Continue reading...Cleaner, Safer, More Economical!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
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Continue reading...Festival of Books: Steve Lopez, healthcare panelists on end-of-life struggles
Friday, May 11, 2012
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The panel, one of the last at this year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, was about the uncomfortable subject of death — and, even so, it drew a lively and clearly appreciative crowd of several hundred to a USC conference room Sunday. The discussion was moderated by LA Times columnist Steve Lopez, who in [...]
Continue reading...Festival of Books: History’s dark corners make good crime, spy novels
Friday, May 11, 2012
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Here’s a humdinger of a story from the Scottish crime novelist Philip Kerr about a research trip to Russia following some local cops with whom he thought he had built a good rapport. “The cop was always joking – “So you are British spy, yes?’ I always told him, ‘Of course I am.’ One night [...]
Continue reading...Trevor Pryce: Early retirement not all it’s cracked up to be
Friday, May 11, 2012
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Pryce proves that early retirement isnt always such a great thing. US Presswire What would it be like to retire at age 35? With millions of dollars in the bank after a 14-year life in pro football, how sweet would it be to sleep in every day, to work on your hobbies, to browse the [...]
Continue reading...Time Capsule: Mike Wallace tells truth about homosexuality in 1967 documentary
Thursday, May 10, 2012
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Wallaces documentary, The Homosexuals, is a frank examination of the self-destructive behavior of sexually-active homosexuals, the underlying psychological causes of their impulses, and their troubling influence on American culture. It also discusses curative therapy for homosexual orientation, which had a success rate in the 1960s of about one third, a result similar to that yielded [...]
Continue reading...Festival of Books: California as a novel backdrop
Thursday, May 10, 2012
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“California Dreamin’” was a dream panel, because as moderator and LA Times book reviewer David Ulin pointed out, Hari Kunzru, Dana Spiotta and Steve Erickson are three of the best novelists working today. The LA Times Festival of Books panelists also have recent novels that take place in California: Erickson’s These Dreams of You, Kunzru’s [...]
Continue reading...Hobbies, entertainment top topics of web searches: poll
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Well over half of people globally use the Internet to search for information on entertainment and hobbies, according to a new survey. The online poll of more than 19,000 adults world-wide in countries ranging from the United States, Argentina and Sweden to Japan, India and Russia showed that 57 percent of people said they visit [...]
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
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