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Fostering hope in young arty activists (Massey University)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Apr 2016
(Source. Massey University) ... Competition organiser, Associate Professor Elspeth Tilley, of Massey's School of English and Media Studies, says, 'Being a global citizen means recognising that issues like sustainability, peace, human rights, climate change, refugees, global inequality, international law or the responsibilities of multinational organisations transcend national borders and need empathetic and collaborative responses ... (noodl....

Theatre review: Granite, Aberdeen

Edit Scotsman 04 Apr 2016
Granite . Marischal College, Aberdeen . Rating **** ... There's the spine of a great historical story – beautifully evoked by Elspeth Turner and Mark Wood in the leading roles – about a 19th century stonemason who, with his young wife, takes up the chance to work in Russia, on the granite construction of the city of Odessa ... • Run completed. ....

UC San Diego Professor Uses Photography to Draw Together Different Disciplines (UCSD - University of California - San Diego)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Apr 2016
(Source. UCSD - University of California - San Diego) ... Speculative Landscapes ... V.A.L.I.S ... Funded by the UC Humanities Research Institute, this workshop will include talks by scholars of photography and culture Elspeth Brown (University of Toronto), Shawn Michelle Smith (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Ken Gonzales-Day (Scripps College), Kelli Moore (NYU), Kamala Visweswaran (UC San Diego), and David Serlin (UC San Diego) ... (noodl....

The Most Beautiful Forests in the World

Edit Huffington Post 01 Apr 2016
By. Elspeth Velten. Credit. Sam Strickler/Shutterstock. Even if you're one of those people with an "Earth First (We'll log the other planets later)" bumper sticker on your car, we think you'll appreciate this visual hike through some of the world's most spectacular forests. More. The Most Beautiful Place in Each State. Credit. noolwlee/Shutterstock. Mossy Forest. Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Best accessed from ... Best hike ... Credit ... California ... ....

Comedy Archive takes laughter seriously (The University of Kent)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Mar 2016
(Source. The University of Kent) ... Depositors include ... The Archive team ... Nicholas Hiley ... The Beacon Project funding has facilitated the appointment of a dedicated Project Archivist Elspeth Millar, to catalogue material, work with potential depositors, and publicise the Archive, and also a Digitisation Assistant, Errin Hussey, to help digitise audio-visual and printed material for preservation and access. Comic Phill Jupitus. Key events....

Gimblett Gravels dozen rich, poised and elegant

Edit Otago Daily Times 29 Mar 2016
The Gimblett Gravels Winegrowers Association has had a longstanding relationship with highly respected Australian Master of Wine Andrew Caillard, who since 2008 has selected the wines for the Gimblett Gravels dozen. These are representative of the vintage and highlight the strengths of that year. For me, the wines have shown an incredible poise and restraint ...   ... Price. $60. Rating ...   ... $79 ... 2013 Mills Reef Elspeth Cabernet Sauvignon....

Let’s flag the important stuff now

Edit Otago Daily Times 29 Mar 2016
Dear John, Easter is a time for forgiveness. Well, that's what I tell the seams on my clothes as I stuff in another hot cross bun and a marshmallow eggs six-pack. (A scientific tip for those worried about Easter excess. break decadent morsels into pieces before you shove them in your gob; the calories leak out and cannot do any damage.) ... Forgive yourself, John ... Forgive yourself, but don't forget them ... ●Elspeth McLean is a Dunedin writer. ....

'The greatest enemy to good art is not the pram in the hall, it's the router in the hall'

Edit Belfast Telegraph 26 Mar 2016
For the first minutes of my conversation with the novelist Maggie O'Farrell, I compete for her attention with her daughter who is home from school with flu. An audiobook of Peter Pan comes to the rescue ... "Part of the skill of writing at home with small children is ring-fencing your work time ... I may have said ... Summoned by the tutors - Elspeth Barker and Barbara Trapido - O'Farrell thought she was going to be kicked off the course....

Design-Led Innovation in Tourism, Arts, and Culture (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Mar 2016
Mathew will moderate a panel discussion featuring Michelle Boone (commissioner, City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events), Lou Raizin (president, Broadway in Chicago) and ......

Macquarie Island Flag Donation (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Mar 2016
(Source. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery). The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) today received a well-travelled and much-loved Australian flag, donated by a dedicated group of Macquarie Island expeditioners ... 'The flag fits the museum's collecting policy, which focuses on early ANARE activity in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic,' TMAG Senior History Curator Elspeth Wishart said ... Image details ... Original Document ... (noodl. 32739531) ....

UK legal sector 'now worth £26bn a year'

Edit The Guardian 22 Mar 2016
Industry grew 8% last year, helped by feuding oligarchs and wealthy divorcees choosing to fight their cases in London. @owenbowcott. The booming UK legal sector grew at the “phenomenal” rate of 8% last year and is worth almost £26bn, according to research commissioned by the Law Society ... Nearly two-thirds of them work in solicitors’ firms ... Elspeth Thomson, who chairs Resolution’s legal aid committee, said ... This hasn’t happened to date.”. ....

40 millionaires ask New York to raise taxes on wealthy in '1% plan for fairness'

Edit The Guardian 21 Mar 2016
Open letter from ‘New Yorkers who have contributed to and benefited from the economic vibrancy of our state’ says they ‘have the responsibility to pay’. @holpuch ... Among the backers of the plan are Steven Rockefeller, a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family; Elspeth Gilmore, who works to get wealthy people under 35 to donate to philanthropic efforts; and Joshua Mailman, son of the inventor and philanthropist Joseph Mailman....

Merkel's Electoral Setback Hands Turkey Greater Leverage Over EU

Edit Bloomberg 15 Mar 2016
“Many refugee and human rights organizations have also indicated that there is a serious legal issue with the proposed one-for-one automatic return of all persons arriving irregularly in the EU from Turkey without an investigation into their international protection needs,” said Elspeth Guild, a professor at Radboud University Nijmegen and associate of the Brussels-based CEPS think tank. Merkel still has options ... ....
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