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Entries by Hilary Robinson from 02/2013

BELT! Why a Black Eye Reveals More About Those That View You

| Posted 02.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Strangers, Injuries, Health, Accidents, Kindness, Zemblanity, Black Eye, Tennis, Andy Murray, Manners, Domestic Abuse, UK Lifestyle News

It wasn't a particularly vicious assault, but last week I accidently, and forcefully, whacked my cheekbone with my own tennis racquet and, as a consequence, turned my blue eye black.

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British Libraries Are Fighting Back! And It's Children Who Are Leading the Charge

| Posted 02.07.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Society of Authors, Authors, Illustrators, Publishers, Plr, Children's Books, Libraries, Library, Library Closures, UK Universities & Education News

At last great news for libraries! And it's the children who are putting their giant stamp of authority on the matter. Not only are there six writers of children's books amongst the top ten most borrowed authors of 2011/12 but children's fictions titles were borrowed a staggering 81.8 million times over that period.

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Universally Challenged - How Can University Challenge Students Not Recognise The Voice Of Kate Bush?

| Posted 02.12.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Graham Le Saux, Kate Bush, Wayne Rooney, Chomsky, Chaucer, Revd Richard Coles, Emily Bronte, David Beckham, Wuthering Heights, University Challenge, UK Entertainment News

How can the cream of the student crop deal with the complexities of quantum physics or the inner mechanics of Chaucer yet seem to be ignorant of some of the most brilliant contributions made to contemporary culture? How can anyone not recognise the voice of Kate Bush?

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