8 Ağustos 2015 Cumartesi

A Child Prodigy

Saat 16:56'da gönderildi | Yazan Fatih Ün | Yapılan Yorumlar: Yorum Yok
A new-born-baby-a new life, a new hope...perhaps a future Prime Minister, perhaps a scientific genius: no wonder even the poorest families lavish care and love on their youngest offspring. When James and Harriet Mill's first baby was born in 1806, they had a pretty good idea that he was no ordinary...

The Golden Age

Saat 15:53'da gönderildi | Yazan Fatih Ün | Yapılan Yorumlar: Yorum Yok
In 1593 Christopher Marlowe was killed in a fight in a pub. He was 29 years old and had been acting as a spy for Queen Elizabeth I. But he had already written some of the finest verse drama in the English Language - plays like Edward II and Dr. Faustus. Shakespeare was also 29. His greatest play...

No Man Is An Island

Saat 15:28'da gönderildi | Yazan Fatih Ün | Yapılan Yorumlar: Yorum Yok
'No man is an island' said John Donne, the 17th Century poet. Everything we do has repercussions beyond our wildest imaginings. An old lady picks a rose and, in so doing, disturb a bee. The bee files through the window of a passing car and stings the driver. A clear case of cause and effect. Of...
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