Archive | April, 2011

David’s Desert Island picks! – Shields Gazette

28. April 2011

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David’s Desert Island picks! – Shields Gazette

Shields Gazette David's Desert Island picks! Shields Gazette His chosen book is War and Peace by Russian author Leo Tolstoy – Mr Phillips having lived and worked in Moscow at the time of the old Soviet Union. He said: “I used to speak fluent Russian and requested a version of the book in Russian and English, ..

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Patricia is set to relive her Holy Land journeys – Express & Echo

28. April 2011

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Patricia is set to relive her Holy Land journeys Express & Echo A Quaker for 25 years, she was inspired by the notion of faith in action to take early retirement from teaching Russian at the Maynard School and Exeter School, in order to take up Quaker work in Russia. This included projects for refugees and ..

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Big names in line-up for summer season – Matlock Today

28. April 2011

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Big names in line-up for summer season – Matlock Today

Matlock Today Big names in line-up for summer season Matlock Today The Nottingham visit in June will be an exclusive opportunity for UK audiences to see the return of this stunning Russian production from Cheek By Jowl, which first took the national critics by storm in 2007. The season offers even more in the way of ...

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The Royal Wedding: Trees, tiaras and trestle tables – The Independent

27. April 2011

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The Royal Wedding: Trees, tiaras and trestle tables The Independent Betting has been suspended on "Kate to wear Queen's Russian fringe tiara" after a Berkshire punter placed £6000 on that eventuality at 12-1 at Ladbrokes. * Both halves of the royal couple held their stag/hen parties last month, and managed to maintain ... The Royal wedding: as it happened Telegraph.co.uk Britons jubilant as William and Kate tie the knot RIA Novosti Wedding gifts for William and Kate The Voice of Russia all 22,742 news articles

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Reading Rosa – Red Pepper

27. April 2011

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Reading Rosa Red Pepper Both accepted the need for a 'vanguard party', even though it is a notion that is alien to Marx's work and which entered the German (and later Russian ) socialist movement largely through the influence of Marx's adversary, Ferdinand Lassalle (who Marx ...

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All singing, all dancing – Spectator.co.uk

27. April 2011

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All singing, all dancing – Spectator.co.uk

Spectator.co.uk All singing, all dancing Spectator.co.uk Based on a silent film made in Russian in 1927, Bed & Sofa bills itself as “a silent musical”. Obviously, it's nothing of the kind, but its power does lie in what it leaves unsaid.

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Alexander Melnikov, Wigmore hall, review – Telegraph.co.uk

27. April 2011

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Alexander Melnikov, Wigmore hall, review Telegraph.co.uk Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov is definitely not one of these, though he clearly has technical mastery in spades. He hurries to the piano as if he's anxious to express the thought in his head before it goes away, and, even when the music causes his ...

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Jane Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry – Borders Today

27. April 2011

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Jane Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry – Borders Today

Borders Today Jane Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry Borders Today She went several times to the Soviet Union and had a particular love of Russia and Russian culture . Driven again by her curiosity and a strong sense of history, she took herself off to Berlin shortly after the wall came down as she wanted to feel for ... and more

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Theatre Interview: Dan Reballato – Londonist

27. April 2011

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Theatre Interview: Dan Reballato Londonist Instead, it asks: what would happen if the renowned 19th-century Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, awake after a century asleep, found himself in modern London?

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Pet Shop Boys’ First Ever Live Album ‘Concrete’ – Altsounds.com

27. April 2011

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Pet Shop Boys’ First Ever Live Album ‘Concrete’ – Altsounds.com

Altsounds.com Pet Shop Boys' First Ever Live Album 'Concrete' Altsounds.com The finished composition – “not so much background music as foreground music ”, says Neil Tennant. Neil Tennant continues; “I've read a lot about Russian history and, when we started this, I said 'of course it's really just a propaganda film'.

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