STRATFORD-UPON-AVON – William Shakespeare stierf op 23 april 1616, vierhonderd jaar geleden. Engelands beroemdste schrijver werd precies 52 jaar. Niet alleen zijn geboorte- en sterfplaats Stratford-upon-Avon maakt zich op om te herdenken. Letterlijk in het hele land beklimmen acteurs en actrices podia om een van zijn 38 toneelstukken te spelen. The National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company en zo ongeveer alle andere grote Engelse gezelschappen herdenken de schrijver. Niet alleen de toneelstukken komen aan bod. Overal kunnen belangstellenden, lezingen, academische conferenties, films, voordrachten van gedichten, concerten, opera’s en tentoonstellingen over Shakespeare bezoeken, zo meldt The Guardian maandag. (De Telegraaf/foto: reisgraag.nl)…[+]
Nieuws volgens datum: 4 Jan, 2016
Visiting British teen vanishes in Guyana
It has been over two months since British born, Dominic Bernard landed in Guyana via the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on his second solo trip out of England. But since then he has not been seen or heard from. On October 14, 2015 Bernard departed London, England on Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Flight BW 903 destined for Port of Spain, Trinidad. From the Twin-Island Republic, the18-year-old then boarded CAL BW 483 which arrived in Georgetown the same day.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]
NICIL sold out state assets to finance Marriott Audit
An audit into the state of affairs of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has revealed that the entity went on a selling spree in order to get cash to finance the construction of the Marriott Hotel.
NICIL’s audit report stated that decisions were made to sell government assets with haste. It was noted that NICIL, under the leadership of the embattled Winston Brassington, decided to sell government’s share in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) company and almost all the money received from that sale US$20M went into the construction of the Marriott. But that was not all. According to the audit report, evidence indicates that in addition to the disposal of GT&T shares, “there was an acceleration of the disposal of State properties/assets in order to secure financing for the construction of the Marriott Hotel.”.(Kaietuernews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)...[+]
George R.R. Martin misses ‘Winter’ deadline
U.S. – A contrite George R.R. Martin has a message for fans, and “you won’t like it,” the author said in a blog post Saturday.The next novel in the series adapted by HBO as “Game of Thrones” is not finished. So HBO’s sixth season of the wildly popular show, slated to start in April, will almost certainly air before its source material is published.(CNN.COM/photo:cnn.com)…[+]
