tagged articles with: education

'Bookshop of the future' one step closer to realisation

'Bookshop of the future' one step closer to realisation

Felicity Capon and Fiona Baird - The Telegraph - Activities el Wed, Mar 20th 2013

Authors, poets, sales directors, librarians, booksellers, technology developers, publicists and literary agents gathered at Foyles’s flagship bookstore at 113-119 Charing Cross Road in London in order to share ideas about what its new bookshop should look like and the nature of future bookshops in general.

Prudence, not prurience

Prudence, not prurience

The Tablet - Activities el Sat, Feb 2nd 2013

The Catholic school system in the United Kingdom is one of the success stories of which the various Catholic communities of these islands can feel rightly proud. Usually such schools are in demand, sometimes oversubscribed; frequently their success outshines that of other schools in the neighbourhood.

Bishops to send out a million postcards on marriage

Bishops to send out a million postcards on marriage

Catholic Herald - Activities el Tue, Jan 29th 2013

The Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales is sending out a million postcards calling on MPs to oppose the Government’s redefinition of marriage. The postcards will be sent to parishes next week. Each card will have a space for people to sign their name so they can post it to their MP.

The Vatican will be the most talked-about newcomer

The Vatican will be the most talked-about newcomer

Laura Gascoigne - The Tablet - Activities el Mon, Jan 14th 2013

Representation in Venice is as important for nations as for artists. A pavilion at the Biennale is a sign that a state, no matter how troubled or politically backward, has joined the Western cultural consensus. It’s six years since the first whispers of a plan for a Vatican pavilion at the fifty-fourth Biennale followed the appointment in 2009 of the art-loving Gianfranco Ravasi as President of the Pontifical Council for Culture.

Half of all food 'wasted' report claims

Half of all food 'wasted' report claims

Matt McGrath - BBC - World Issues el Thu, Jan 10th 2013

The report said half the food bought in Europe and the US ended up in the bin. As much as half of the world's food, amounting to two billion tonnes worth, is wasted, a UK-based report has claimed. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers said the waste was being caused by poor storage, strict sell-by dates, bulk offers and consumer fussiness.

Why are we still waiting for Godot?

Why are we still waiting for Godot?

Sean Coughlan - BBC News Education - Book Review el Wed, Jan 9th 2013

So why are we still waiting for Godot? How has Samuel Beckett's play grown from a tiny avant garde performance in Paris to become part of the West End theatre coach party circuit? It asks all the big philosophical questions - about life and death and the uncertain purpose of what goes on in between - but in a way that isn't limited to a particular place or era.

Report on demonstration for land for Sumanahalli

Report on demonstration for land for Sumanahalli

Fr George Kannanthanam, cmf - Development el Mon, Oct 8th 2012

More than 500 people gathered together to demonstrate against the Government’s decision to take back most of the land that has been given to the Sumanahalli Society for the care of the leprosy patients at the Town Hall in Bangalore. (This is the mail from George Kannamthanam, CMF, the director of the Sumanahalli Society.)

Police close ‘offensive’ art exhibition

Police close ‘offensive’ art exhibition

Chirendra Satyal - UCA News - World Issues el Thu, Sep 20th 2012

Artist says he did not want to hurt feelings.  However Damodar Gautam, the second leader of the national office, urged caution on the part of artists working on controversial themes. “Artists should be careful not to hurt the religious sentiments of any religion,” he said. “The rights of any artist are not limitless in that sense.”

The Irish priest coaching Kenyan athletes

The Irish priest coaching Kenyan athletes

Michael J. O'Loughlin - Activities el Fri, Aug 10th 2012

Watching the Olympics this week? If you tune into the men’s 800-meter track final on Thursday, pay attention to Kenya’s David Rudisha, the current world record holder and favorite to win gold. Rudisha’s coach happens to be a Catholic priest originally from Ireland.