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Christina Patterson: Change. Energy. Passion. How much more of this can I take?

Well, I wish some of those Labour lads had ditched the PPE for English literature. (To be fair, Andy Burnham did, and he’s a lovely boy, with lovely ideas for Labour, and very pleasing on the eye, but since he can’t even get his website to move at anything other than a snail’s pace, one assumes his chances of running the United Kingdom aren’t terribly high.)

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Twitter entries satirize works of literature (Vietnews Online)

“Twitterature: The World’s Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter,” which Penguin releases next month in the United Kingdom, is an irreverent, profane and sometimes brilliant collection of 20 comments on the ideas and themes in 60-some classics

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Twitter entries satirize works of literature (The Malaysian Insider)

CHICAGO, Oct 23 — Deciphering William Shakespeare plays in school essays apparently was not enough for two university students who have written a book of Twitter entries that summarise and satirise works of literature. “Twitterature: The World’s Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter,” which Penguin releases next month in the United Kingdom, is an irreverent, profane and sometimes brilliant …

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Previous winners among 6 finalists for literature’s Booker Prize (Red Deer Advocate)

LONDON, United Kingdom — Previous winners A.S. Byatt and J.M. Coetzee are among six finalists announced Tuesday for literature’s prestigious Man Booker Prize.

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Schools lag in study allocation, says report (Brisbane Times)

Australian schools devote less classroom time to reading, writing and literature, maths and the learning of foreign languages than other developed countries, according to an international report card of education systems released last night.

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Self‐directed community aged care for people with complex needs: a literature review (Australian Policy Online)

This report critically reviews the literature on older care recipient‐directed care arrangements in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia and highlights the importance to distinguish between Cash‐for‐Care and Self‐Directed Care schemes. Health

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Literature teacher stands out at Elder (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

For a West Side Catholic boys’ school, where nearly every student and faculty member is white, David Reuben stands out in more ways than one. Every fall for decades, new students have asked him questions.

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Fred Chappell, Canton-born author, has become one of the sagest and most skillful poets in contemporary literature. Fred Chappell, Canton-born author, has become one of the sagest and most skillful poets in contemporary literature.

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