Embracing the Sound of Words:Evoking the Inner Experience (CATESOL -...
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View ArticleThe 1975's Matthew Healy says more music could be on the way in the next year
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View ArticleThe Deadly Comic Villain Kevin Smith Wants To Bring To The Flash
Tonights episode of The Flash is not only notable for being one of the final installments of Season 2, but also for having the comic-fluent filmmaker Kevin Smith behind the camera. We already know...
View ArticleDahl's squishous words get their own dictionary
Swashboggling and frobscottle are among thousands of Roald Dahl's words to be compiled in a dictionary celebrating the centenary of the writer's birth. Almost 8,000 real words - and invented ones - are...
View ArticleNothing on Earth by Conor O’Callaghan: an original story, brilliantly told
A man sets out to tell a story. It could be true. It may be a pack of lies. Who knows? He appears to be all too well aware of the nature of blame and the way in which it tends to stick. Blame...
View ArticleR&B Singer Kent Jones on Paying Homage to Barry White With His Hit 'Don't Mind'
Each year as the weather gets warmer, listeners start to crave a different sound -- a little lighter, and probably something you can dance to. Kent Jones’ “Don’t Mind,” which rifles through languages...
View ArticleJeffrey Foskett remembers Pet Sounds at 50
Jeffrey Foskett has performed Pet Sounds with Brian Wilson on more than one occasion, and he remains a devout loyalist to the music created by Wilson touring with his first cousin Mike Love. Today, on...
View ArticleWhy do we talk to ourselves? A new book investigates the voices in our heads
The Voices Within by Charles Fernyhough is an ear-opening book – and an important corrective to myths about schizophrenia, the brain and even our self of sense. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
View ArticleThe price tag on knowing English
We’ll give you a word and you are required to tell us what it means to you: Flower. Niranjana Ramesh, currently a PhD student in the United Kingdom, remembers this as one of the questions she was asked...
View ArticleHow Beatles' Game-Changing 'Paperback Writer' Paved Way for 'Revolver'
In the annals of Beatles singles, we have what we might think of as a game-starter in "Please Please Me," a game-ender in something like "Let It Be," and a host of game-changers, the most important of...
View ArticleJeffrey Foskett remembers Pet Sounds at 50
Jeffrey Foskett has performed Pet Sounds with Brian Wilson on more than one occasion, and he remains a devout loyalist to the music created by Wilson touring with his first cousin Mike Love. Today, on...
View ArticleHong Kong Holds Pikachu Protests
There have been protests in China after the Pokémon Company announced it would be translating the new games, Pokémon Sun and Moon, into traditional and simplified Chinese. Back in February, when...
View ArticleNitin Sawhney: how I wrote music for a dance without dancers
He has composed for films, TV series and orchestras. But his latest project – which sprawls out over three floors of Sadler’s Wells – could be his most ambitious yet...
View ArticleAriana Grande and Fifth Harmony - how to get from B to A-list
When major label pop is called calculated, it's not necessarily a criticism that carries weight. Few pop fans are naïve enough to believe that their favourite artists' albums aren't the result of a...
View ArticleDavid French and the Cult of the Soldier
Earlier this week, Weekly Standard editor William Kristol continued his frantic efforts to prevent the nomination of Donald Trump by suggesting that National Review writer, attorney, and Iraq war...
View ArticleQuotable Quotes: French Open Week 1 (WTA Tour Inc)
(Source: WTA Tour Inc) PARIS, France - The interview rooms at Roland Garros have been just as busy as the grounds through Week 1. Here are some of the best quotes from a hectic week. 'I just made it a...
View ArticleFrench And Portuguese Do Not African Unity Make
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. I haven’t searched the records books yet, but it well appears that Ms. Hanna Tetteh may be the first Ghanaian foreign minister who does not speak or understand the...
View ArticleWhen a literary encounter with the French produces a little magic in Beijing
When Di An and French writer Vincent Hein sit together to talk about their travels and writing, it's a magical time. They met at the fourth China-French Writers Conference in Beijing last week. The...
View ArticleEmmy the Great: 'It’s time to retire English as pop’s lingua franca'
The Hong Kong-born singer-songwriter Emmy the Great asks why more and more musicians, from Gwenno Saunders to Maria Usbeck, are turning to their first languages for their lyrics...
View ArticleIn-depth Q&A: Vince Gill talks about coming home to Oklahoma, meeting Merle...
Oklahoma native and Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill. Photo provided An abbreviated version of this story will appear in Friday's Weekend Life section of The Oklahoman. Homecoming 'Habit' Vince...
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