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A Splash Of Marilyn | Lawrence Schiller | Vanity Fair | 08 May 2012

The Browser — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:38 +0000

Photographing Marilyn Monroe. Lawrence Schiller did it, to great effect. His account of working with the flirtatious, calculating star has shades of a coming-of-age story and makes for surprisingly compulsive reading

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The Devils In The Diva | Mark Seal | Vanity Fair | 08 May 2012

The Browser — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:21:27 +0000

Huge feature revisits Whitney Houston's life, and death. How one of the greatest female vocalists in history fell foul of hard drugs, and toxic relationships. “She became a huge star but, like so many creations, they fall apart”

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Barack Obama, The Great Deceiver | Yves Smith | Naked Capitalism | 14 May 2012

The Browser — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:10:27 +0000

Scathing takedown of US president. "It isn’t simply that Obama lied. Politicians lie. But there are norms for political lying. The depth and dependability of Obama’s misrepresentation constitute a difference in kind"

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Bullfighting Is Not A Sport, It Is A Tragedy | Ernest Hemingway | Hemingway Papers/Toronto Star | 07 May 2012

The Browser — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:30:54 +0000

Hemingway's old paper, the Toronto Star, has launched a terrific new project to republish his columns. In this piece, from 1923, Hemingway describes the first bullfights he saw – an experience he was to revisit in his first novel

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Blow Up The Box | Vanessa Grigoriadis | New York | 13 May 2012

The Browser — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:11:34 +0000

Media mogul Barry Diller on disrupting TV market. "Television wasn’t the destruction of radio. Cable wasn’t the destruction of broadcast networks. What happens is new alternatives come, and they live alongside whatever existed"

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Tiny Hand Over Hand | Julie Bosman | NYT | 12 May 2012

The Browser — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:50:39 +0000

Ashima Shiraishi is a petite girl with pale skin and a toothy smile. She's not just the best climber for her age in the US, her accomplishments have earned her a place among the sport's global elite. Not bad. For an 11 year old

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Robert Lacey on the Queen

FiveBooks — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:23:02 +0000

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As the Diamond Jubilee approaches, royal biographer Robert Lacey considers the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, her family history, and her ambivalent relationship with Princess Diana

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The Queen

FiveBooks — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:12:42 +0000

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Majesty

FiveBooks — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:11:37 +0000

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Monarch

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