On August 4th, Barack Obama will be 53…
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Strange Fruit
On April, 7th, 2015, she would have been 100! Lady Day aka Billie Holiday sang in 1939 a song against August lynching of young Black people.
Lord Of The Flies
Sir William Golding, nobel prize winner in 1983
60 years ago, on september, 17th, 1954, was published another big masterpiece of the British Literature. Its creator, Sir William Golding depicted how a group of boys tried to survive on an uninhabitated island…The result is a terrific portrait of the weaknesses and failures of civilisation.
Mandela Day
Today is July 18th, Nelson Mandela’s birthdate and the MANDELA DAY !!!! Click on the time to serve link below Mandela’s picture…
Carnival in ST Lucia
Here is one of the Caribbean biggest events!
See here. (It is the Unofficial site)
What about beachfront librairies?
What about beachfront libraries to encourage people to read during the holidays! The idea was tested in various countries, around the world!
Nadine Gordimer
South African novelist and Nobel Prize winner (1991) Nadine Gordimer died at 90 on July 13th, 2014. She wrote Crimes of Conscience (1991) and Get A Life (2005) among others.
You and I
American singer and composer John Legend paid a stirring tribute to women in this video…
Tesla
Nikola Tesla was born on July 10th 1856 and died in New York in 1943. See his biography here to see why he is famous for.
The Tour de France in England
The French bike competition started in England and the third stage of the race will be from Cambridge to London.