Newsletter 668
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
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[5]Anne Boleyn: Witch, Bitch, Temptress, Feminist
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5. http://b.rw/Jt2bDy
Hilary Mantel | Guardian | 11 May 2012
"Anne Boleyn is one of the most controversial women in English history;
we argue over her, we pity and admire and revile her, we reinvent her
in every generation. Her rise is glittering, her fall sordid. God pays
her out" [6]Comments
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6. https://thebrowser.com/articles/anne-boleyn-witch-bitch-temptress-feminist
[7]When Is A Terror Threat Not A Terror Threat? Let's Ask A Man Called
Felix...
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7. http://b.rw/M6RUjN
Phillip Knightley | Independent | 11 May 2012
"All intelligence services rely on convincing the public that there is
a monster out there in the big wild world waiting to grab them." The
truth is more complicated, as KGB founder Felix Dzerzhinsky could tell
us [8]Comments
Links:
8. https://thebrowser.com/articles/when-terror-threat-not-terror-threat-lets-ask-man-called-felix
[9]How The World's Top Stradivarius Dealer Misplayed
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9. http://b.rw/IHrJM3
Carsten Holm | Spiegel | 10 May 2012
Dieter Machold ran a family business of impeccable reputation, trading
in antique violins. When he needed capital, his banks were happy to
accept a Stradivarius or two as security. Until, one day, the music
stopped [10]Comments
Links:
10. https://thebrowser.com/articles/how-worlds-top-stradivarius-dealer-misplayed
[11]The Sword And The Word
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11. http://b.rw/J5uUeM
Anonymous | Economist | 11 May 2012
"Seen from the outside, feuds between Sunnis, who make up roughly 80%
of the world’s Muslims, and the Shia minority (most of the rest),
remain savage and are, in some ways, worsening." One reason may be the
West pulling out of Iraq [12]Comments
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12. https://thebrowser.com/articles/sword-and-word
[13]Arts And Crafts And Money
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13. http://b.rw/JHOY8P
Christopher Graham | Morning News | 10 May 2012
Reporter visits giant craft fair. "If artisanal work is a silver bullet
against commercially induced malaise, then the rehabilitative outlook’s
not only technologically bleak but almost entirely decorative and
hugely expensive" [14]Comments
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14. https://thebrowser.com/articles/arts-and-crafts-and-money
[15]Bloodless Bean-Counters Rule Over Us – Where Are The Leaders?
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15. http://b.rw/KbqTqY
Charles Moore | Telegraph | 11 May 2012
The workplace is beset by "managerialists". You know the type. They
speak in jargon and don't understand what their staff do. Their
internal communications are propaganda, "consultation" amounts to
advance notice. And they bleed us [16]Comments
Links:
16. https://thebrowser.com/articles/bloodless-bean-counters-rule-over-us-–-where-are-leaders
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Michael Morpurgo on Books for Children
Links:
17. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/michael-morpurgo-on-books-children
Former Children’s Laureate and award-winning author picks his favourite
five children's books. His choice ranges from Kipling, to Lear, to
Louis Stevenson - plus the first sad book he really loved [18]Read on
Links:
18. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/michael-morpurgo-on-books-children
Featured Special Report
[19]Parenting
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19. https://thebrowser.com/reports/parenting
What's the best way to bring up children? Indeed, is there a right way
at all? [20]Read on
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20. https://thebrowser.com/reports/parenting
Reader Recommendations
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Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
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28. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/stories-vladimir-nabokov-by-vladimir-nabokov
[29]The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov by Vladimir Nabokov
Links:
29. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/stories-vladimir-nabokov-by-vladimir-nabokov
[30]Maxim D Shrayer says: This is my favourite collection, and a lot of
my own work on Nabokov deals with the stories. [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/maxim-d-shrayer-on-nabokov
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Walt Disney's Taxi Driver
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32. https://thebrowser.com/videos/walt-disneys-taxi-driver
Travis Bickle, meet Mickey Mouse [33]More videos
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Eric Puchner, on parenthood
Links:
34. http://www.gq.com/news-politics/mens-lives/201205/cooler-me-eric-puchner-gq-may-2012-doppelganger?printable=true
"If someone asked me to prove my undying love for my daughter, I
would tell him that I have pretended to be over 50 different Pokémon
characters. I have watched an entire Pokémon Advanced Battle DVD,
which is essentially like roasting your soul on a spit"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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