Austen inspired me, says Welsh
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Irvine Welsh, the cult author of titles including Porno and Filth, has caused jaws to drop in literary circles by citing Jane Austen as a major influence on his work.
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A report which aims to revolutionise the future of the arts in Wales is due to be published.
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Being English can be fraught with peril. Consider, for instance, the dilemma posed by peas.
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Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones had &quot;the full Welsh treatment&quot; to ensure she voiced a documentary in the lilting accent of her homeland rather than an American twang, it was reported Thursday.
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WALES red dragon will be breathing fire and brimstone today. Pride, passion, the burning desire to bring down the might of England ... all the fuses are ready to be lit.
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The verdict is out: Gurinder Chadha's Bride & Prejudice has taken a flying start in U.K., faring much better than the two major Hollywood openers .
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Henry David Thoreau might have recognized a kindred spirit in Susan Loucks. Or at least commended her determination to "live deliberately."
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âThe Jane Austen Book Clubâ is such a well-acted, literate adaptation of the 2004 best seller that your impulse is to forgive it for being the formulaic chick flick that it is.
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Michael Cox's book has the ornate, curlicued linguistic niceties of a Dickensian period piece.
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CARDIFF, WALES.- What inspires someone to collect art - money, fame, personal pleasure? Art collector, psychologist and educationalist, Dr John Gibbs (1912 -1996) believed visual art could provide a powerful ...
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ONE of Wales' top young chefs has come up with some fresh ideas to revitalise students' eating habits after The Western Mail revealed cash-starved students being given free tins of beans.
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Director Mira Nair wants a larger audience to enjoy Thackery&#39;s &#39;banquet of a novel,&#39; writes Jay Stone. Mira Nair, who was born in India and raised in an Irish Catholic boarding school there, learned about England from books -- Shakespeare, Dickens, Blake.
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A murder victim's mother makes legal history as the first to address a Welsh court on the impact her death caused.
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This revival applies itself to Arthur Millerâs beautiful language with clarity and force.
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Movie accents more Bangalore than Bangor US film critics have lined up to have a pop at the "Welsh" accents in The Last Sin Eater - "a creepy religious drama" regarding a Welsh immigrant community living in America's Appalachian mountains.â¦
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Arts & entertainment: Need to learn a Welsh or American accent in a hurry? Stephen Moss dons a Stetson and modulates his 'Oxford-in-the-50s' tones for a crash course that promises just that
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You've come to Caerdydd once too often, Bran ap Brychan! A US historian has upset the good burghers of Nottingham by claiming Robin Hood was actually Welsh, the Evening Standard reports.â¦