Archive for January, 2007

Learning to Write XX

How do you know if, instead of creating a rounded character or a personified trait, you have inadvertently created a caricature?
A caricature is someone who can have no other existence except within the special atmosphere of the story. So what you must do is take this figure and try transferring him or her out of [...]



Apple’s digital rights management lock on its iPod device and iTunes software is illegal, the Consumer Ombudsman in Norway has ruled. The blow follows the news that consumer groups in Germany and France are joining Norway’s action against Apple. Similar actions in Sweden and Denmark are expected to follow.

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The Arts Council Arts Debate is online and waiting input from you on the website of Arts Council England.

The arts debate is a large-scale programme of research, public consultation and debate to explore what people value about the arts.

The site is stuffed with all kinds of waffle, but there is space for you to add your point of view.

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This novel would make an excellent gift for any young people you know who are thinking of becoming missionaries.
As night fell, burning torches were set on wooden tripods and the young men raised a song. The elders sat in a circle and the singers went round singing each man’s praise as they came before him. [...]






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