:: Literature and Writing :: http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/forums/89 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Mon, 28 May 2007 19:19:41 GMT Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:01:07 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/forums/89 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Atheist author Philip Pullman 'disgusted' over claim Catholics blocked films ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/17400/t/Atheist-author-Philip-Pullman-disgusted--claim-Catholics-blo.html Sam Elliott, the American actor, has depressed Philip Pullman, the atheist author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, with his claim that a group of Roman Catholics managed to browbeat Hollywood producers into abandoning plans to film any more of his books.

Tim Walker
Published: 10:00PM GMT 16 Dec 2009

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/17400 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:10:30 GMT <![CDATA[ Stephen King is writing a sequel to 'The Shining' ... ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/17278/t/Stephen-King-is-writing-a-sequel-to-The-Shining-.html

Stephen King is Writing a Sequel to "The Shining"

Posted: November 25th,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dannys Damsel) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/17278 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:37:16 GMT <![CDATA[ 'She's just two bags of silicone': Martin Amis attacks fellow author Katie Price ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/17081/t/--s-just-two-bags--silicone-Martin-Amis-attacks-fellow-autho.html The audience gathered to hear Martin Amis speak were perhaps expecting a sneak preview of his new novel, at the very least an insight into his writing routine.

Instead, the award-winning author lectured the bemused crowd on his latest béte noir - Katie Price.

Reciting from memory, he regaled them with verses from the poem she read to Peter Andre at their ill-fated wedding.

Katie... ]]></description> <!-- optional elements --> <author>feeds@yuku.com (TBE)</author> <guid isPermaLink=http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/17081 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:15:26 GMT <![CDATA[ BBC slammed in Humpty Dumpty row ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16946/t/BBC-slammed-in-Humpty-Dumpty-row.html The BBC has been criticised after rewriting Humpty Dumpty - to give the nursery rhyme a happy ending.

Humpty Dumpty /Rex

The last line - "All the king's horses and all the king's men, couldn't put Humpty together again" - was changed for a CBeebies show.

Instead it ended with "Made Humpty Dumpty happy again", reports The Sun.

Labour MP Tom... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16946 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:28:51 GMT <![CDATA[ What is your favourite poem? ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16905/t/What-is-your-favourite-poem-.html US-born writer TS Eliot has been named the nation's favourite poet in a BBC poll which coincides with National Poetry Day. Do you have a favourite rhyme?

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Eliot, whose works include The Waste Land and the Four Quartets beat John Donne, Benjamin Zephaniah, World War I poet Wilfred Owen and Philip Larkin to take the honour.

Over 18,000 votes... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16905 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:50:19 GMT <![CDATA[ New friend joins Winnie-the-Pooh ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16894/t/New-friend-joins-Winnie-the-Pooh.html Lottie the Otter

Lottie the Otter has been illustrated by Mark Burgess

A new character called Lottie the Otter is to grace the new Winnie-the-Pooh book, publishers have announced.

The much loved bear's new friend, who appears in Return to the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (birminghamstar) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16894 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:35:44 GMT <![CDATA[ Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol 'will be biggest selling adult fiction novel of the decade' ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16816/t/Dan-Brown-s--Lost-Symbol---biggest-selling-adult-fiction-nov.html Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol will become the biggest selling adult fiction novel of the decade, and the fastest selling since the final Harry Potter book, Waterstone's have predicted.

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol is set to become the biggest selling adult fiction novel of the decade and the fastest selling since the final Harry Potter book, Waterstone's have said. feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16816 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:14:33 GMT <![CDATA[ Henry VIII is hot favourite to win the Booker Prize ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16797/t/Henry-VIII-is-hot-favourite-to-win-the-Booker-Prize.html A historical novel set in and around the court of Henry VIII is leading this year's Man Booker Prize contenders.

Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel, has emerged as the hottest favourite to win the prize in the award's 41-year history, after the shortlist was unveiled yesterday.

The novel tells the story of the rise to prominence of Thomas Cromwell - the Tudor monarch's adviser.

Literary experts said its success proved the rising popularity of historical... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16797 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:58:25 GMT <![CDATA[ 'Punctuation hero' branded a vandal for painting apostrophes on street signs ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16606/t/-Punctuation-hero-branded--vandal--painting-apostrophes--str.html With his trusty paintbrush, Stefan Gatward has been flying the flag for the English language.

Dressed in a collar, tie and well-polished shoes, the former soldier has been fixing missed apostrophes on grammatically incorrect street signs in Tunbridge Wells.

Thanks to his dedication, St Johns Close has become St John's Close, and supermarkets which have a 'five items or less' queue have been blacklisted by him until they provide a queue for people with 'five... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16606 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:04:27 GMT <![CDATA[ Grim tale of a Dutch child prostitute that has put exploitation back up the political agenda ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16595/t/Grim-tale---Dutch-child-prostitute----exploitation----politi.html A book telling the story of Maria Mosterd, a Dutch child prostitute who was controlled by a pimp from the age of 12, has forced the subject of exploitation up the political agenda in Holland.

Published: 9:23AM BST 18 Aug 2009

The schoolgirl was spotted on her first day of secondary school... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16595 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:34:20 GMT <![CDATA[ Oxfam is the new Tesco say angry independent bookshops being driven to the wall by charity shop's gr ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16539/t/Oxfam---new-Tesco-say-angry-independent-bookshops--driven---.html

The Oxfam bookshop in Salisbury

Tesco of the High Street: The Oxfam book shop in Salisbury which caused a nearby independent bookshop to close

It's a fate that's already befallen the independent butcher, baker and greengrocer.

Faced with the might of a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16539 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:54:53 GMT <![CDATA[ Roll over Roget ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16328/t/Roll-over-Roget.html

Trouser styles through the ages

feeds@yuku.com (TBE)http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16328Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:10:35 GMT <![CDATA[ Middle-aged women want to read about sex ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16277/t/Middle-aged-women-want-to-read-about-sex.html Middle-aged women want to read books about sex more than anything else, new research has found.

By Murray Wardrop
Published: 7:47AM BST 07 Jul 2009

Woman reading a book: Middle-aged women want to read about sex feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/16277 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:50:24 GMT <![CDATA[ Children 'no longer reading for pleasure' ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/15837/t/Children-no-longer-reading-for-pleasure-.html Children's love of books is being ruined by the demands of school tests, according to an award-winning author.

By Graeme Paton
Published: 7:00AM BST 09 Jun 2009

An emphasis on "functional literacy" in the classroom has left little time to read for pleasure, it... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/15837 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:35:59 GMT <![CDATA[ Da Vinci Code sequel criticised by Catholics ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/15294/t/Da-Vinci-Code-sequel-criticised-by-Catholics.html Catholic leaders have attacked the film sequel to The Da Vinci Code for its "gratuitously outlandish" portrayal of the Church.

By Philip Sherwell in New York and Jonathan Wynne-Jones
Last Updated: 3:53PM BST 03 May 2009

Da... ]]></description> <!-- optional elements --> <author>feeds@yuku.com (TBE)</author> <guid isPermaLink=http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/15294 Mon, 04 May 2009 10:56:16 GMT <![CDATA[ JRR Tolkien fans await latest book, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/15278/t/JRR-Tolkien-fans-await-latest-book--Legend--Sigurd--Gudr-n.html A scholarly translation of a 1,000-year-old Norse text will make an unlikely best-seller this week as it becomes the latest book by JRR Tolkien to be published posthumously.

By Alastair Jamieson
Last Updated: 10:59PM BST 02 May 2009

The academic work is already one of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/15278 Sun, 03 May 2009 15:55:25 GMT <![CDATA[ Dan Brown to publish long-awaited new novel, The Lost Symbol ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/15177/t/Dan-Brown-to-publish-long-awaited-new-novel-The-Lost-Symbol.html Dan Brown's first new novel since The Da Vinci Code was announced yesterday. Inevitably, it involves a global cult and a race against time to unlock a secret formula.

Details of the plot are likely to remain fiercely guarded until much nearer the publication date of September 15, but intrigue centres on whether Brown's vast and conspiracy-crazed international fanbase can divine any clues about the novel from its title: The Lost Symbol.

The story, a sequel to The Da... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/15177 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:14:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Comics ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/15029/t/Comics.html feeds@yuku.com (Shayde) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/15029 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:56:03 GMT <![CDATA[ Meet Barack the Barbarian taking on scantily clad nemesis Sarah Palin in new comic superhero role ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/15001/t/Meet-Barack--Barbarian-taking--scantily-clad-nemesis-Sarah-P.html Forget Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan the Barbarian and meet Barack the Barbarian in his latest fictional role.

The U.S President is featured in yet another series of new comic books which will be published in June.

In one called Barack the Barbarian: Quest for the Treasure of Stimuli the Democrat leader is pictured as the muscle-bound, loincloth-wearing President of 'Kickassistan'.

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/15001 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:37:28 GMT <![CDATA[ Mills & Boon launches online social-networking site ]]> http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/14923/t/Mills-Boon-launches-online-social-networking-site.html Mills & Boon, the book publisher famed for its bodice-ripping romance novels, is to launch its own social networking website in the vein of Facebook.

By Claudine Beaumont, Technology Editor
Last Updated: 12:15PM BST 03 Apr 2009

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TBE) http://thebritishempire.yuku.com/topic/14923 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:38:26 GMT