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Modern Languages, Basque Studies and Humanities

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FASHION FUN FACTS

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on FASHION FUN FACTS

 Carly Stern and Ruby Madren-Britton writers in Glamour magazine have been talking about some really funny fashion facts like where does the english hat tradition come from, the origin of the thong […]

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Celtic invasion of Greece; Succes or failure?

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Celtic invasion of Greece; Succes or failure?

The celtic invasion of Greece during the early years of the 3rd century BC has spurred a great deal of controversy. Many historians and schollars deem it a crushing defeat of the invading force since they failed to stablish a permanent presence within central Greece. But was it their purpose? Other schollars consider that the […]

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Where are Earhart, Noolan and the “Electra”?

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Where are Earhart, Noolan and the “Electra”?

What happened to Amelia Earhart? It is one of the biggest mysteries of the aviation, this strange disappearance of a plane with two people that where ending his fly around the world has produce as result some hypothesis. The real facts are that Earhart and Noolan were flying around the world in a Lockheed “Electra”, […]

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Euskara ikastea zaila denaren mitoa

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Euskara ikastea zaila denaren mitoa

Kike Amonarrizek, euskal filologo eta telebista aurkezleak, ETB1eko “Tribuaren Berbak” saioan euskaltegien lana goraipatu eta euskaldun berriei omenaldia egin nahi izan die, haiek goretsiz. Saioari “Monumentu bat euskaldun berriei” izena eman diote eta bertan, hainbat euskaldun berri elkarrizketatu dituzte. Izan … Continue reading

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Synchronised swimming…only for women?

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Synchronised swimming…only for women?

 “It’s not fair, but I still haven’t given up my dream of one day competing in an international championship.” These were the words of a boy who was not allowed to achieve his goal. Niklas Stoepel is a German swimmer who is one…

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Historical accuracy and/or authenticity?

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Historical accuracy and/or authenticity?

Is it truly possible to create a historical film that´s both historicaly accurate and yet portray an authentic and compelling view of the timeline depicted?  Many a time we think that if a film contains too much detail about the period in which is set up or follows the historical events too closely it will […]

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Eman aukera bat bakeari

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Eman aukera bat bakeari

Urko Apaolazaren Argiako artikuluan irakur dezakegun lez “2011n ETAk jarduera armatua uzteko hartutako erabakiaren ondorioz presoen kolektiboak hausnarketa abiarazi zuen. Hainbat hilabeteren ondoren, presoek ziklo aldaketari babesa agertu zioten eta […]

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NOW IS THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on NOW IS THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE

The critic William Blackburn recognizes in Writers for Children the power of the work of Rudyard Kipling, “His unrelenting craftsmanship, …

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Doris Lessing dies aged 94

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Doris Lessing dies aged 94

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:Maev Kennedy,  a special writer of the Guardian newspaper, wrote last month about the dead of the famous English writer Doris Lessing. Maev writes about Lessing in a sad way due to the fact that after a long…

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Chaos for 11 days

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Chaos for 11 days

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:The “Queen of Crime” disappeared. No reasons were known for that tragic act. Feelings of sadness and fear were all combined. The uncertainty of what will happen next was in the minds of everyon…

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In memory of “The man who loved the girls”

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on In memory of “The man who loved the girls”

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:Thanks to an article written in the ABC webpage, in which Servando Rocha is interviewed, I came up with something that personally shocked me. As we all know, Lewis Carroll was the author of “Alicia in the …

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Theatre of Shakespeare: Modernity and Fame

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Theatre of Shakespeare: Modernity and Fame

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:As we can see in Michiko Kakutani’s review of one of the latest versions of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare and his works are not save of “actualizations” that often tend to achieve a …

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