http://www.newstin.co.uk/uk/SAMUEL_JOHNSON Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90836335 BIG TV, the only fully digital DTH Service in that provides 32 Pay-Per-View (PPV) channels, has lined up a bonanza of award winning films for its subscribers. English film aficionados have a big treat lined up with actors like... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:05:53 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90836335 2008-12-01T14:05:53Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90834778 Billy Kristol likes to think he is a grown-up thinker. But he has a long way to go. Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism. No, appeals to patriotism reduce the ability to see the... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:34:04 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90834778 2008-12-01T13:34:04Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90757836 The historian who sets out to write a new biography of Samuel Johnson is in more or less the same position as someone who sets out to write a day-by-day account of the life of Samuel Pepys. Although the promise is to see the... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90757836 2008-12-01T05:00:00Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90676756 I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Also, I'm always looking for ways to be efficient and get a lot done, so I begrudge the time it takes to put up decorations. Entering into the spirit (whether of... Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:46:50 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90676756 2008-11-30T13:46:50Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90617783 It's rather nerve-racking, interviewing an acknowledged master of the English language. I tell Henry Hitchings that I feel as though I'll have to take extra care with my choice of words. "Don't," he says briskly, as he ushers... Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90617783 2008-11-30T00:00:01Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90617784 When Johnson first went to dinner with her, in 1765, she was Hester Thrale. Her husband, Henry, was a philandering, fox-hunting MP and the owner of a lucrative brewery in his constituency, the Borough of Southwark. Dinner was... Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90617784 2008-11-30T00:00:01Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90648905 There's something about Arnold Schwarzenegger's 21st century green crusade that recalls Samuel Johnson's 18th century crack about women preaching and dogs walking on their hind legs; the point is not whether it's done well, but... Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:30:20 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90648905 2008-11-30T09:30:20Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90568442 “The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” Robert Louis Stevenson quotes (Scottish Essayist, Poet and Author of fiction and travel books, 1850-1894) “Those who know nothing of foreign languages know... Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:29:21 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90568442 2008-11-29T13:29:21Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90498816 Antonia FraserBy far the best novel I read this year was Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture (what on earth were the Booker judges thinking about?). I have always admired Barry's work, both on stage and off it, but I feel... Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:02:26 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90498816 2008-11-29T00:02:26Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90572998 Authorities arrested four Rollins College students last week, charging them with dealing and possessing cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The students are Ronald Kline, 20; Joseph Jolly IV, 21; Samuel Johnson, 19, and... Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90572998 2008-11-29T05:00:00Z