Syndicate
Subscribe to this site's RSS feed.
Twitter
pressrun.net on Facebook
Monthly Archives: January 2008
The future of English
Gordon Brown hopes there will be more people speaking English in China than in America, Britain, Australia and New Zealand by 2025. I wonder what that will do to the language. Language evolves with culture and society and the English-speaking … Continue reading
Download FeedDemon
The best desktop reader for PCs, FeedDemon, is now available for free. Go, try it out if you haven’t already downloaded it since its developer, NewsGator, started giving it away for free more than a week ago. It’s the desktop … Continue reading
Posted in Web/Tech Comments Off
Finest Bob Dylan
After posting Auden’s beautiful love poem yesterday, I could find no words to describe how much it moved me. Anything I wrote would have broken the spell of his poem. It reminded me of the songs I love by the … Continue reading
John Fuller’s Valentine
I posted Auden’s beautiful love poem last night from a selection of his verse edited by the poet, John Fuller. The name sounded familiar. I wondered if he was related to the poet, Roy Fuller, whom I read long … Continue reading
Posted in Books Comments Off
Romantic Auden
Nothing touches the heart more than a beautiful love poem. And here is WH Auden at his finest. He wrote it in 1940 when he was 32 or 33 years old. The poet John Fuller in his selection … Continue reading
Posted in Books Comments Off
Singapore, Abu Dhabi: Money in the media
Singapore Press Holdings yesterday reported 112 million Singapore dollars ($78.4 million) in first quarter profits. "Newspaper, magazine business… drive growth," crowed The Straits Times. It and other SPH publications must be doing something right to continue minting money. How have … Continue reading
Posted in Media Comments Off
President blogs!
Here’s a blog to keep you in stitches. David Mamet is blogging to promote his new play, November, which opens on Broadway on Thursday and it’s absolutely hilarious. Mamet is blogging as President Charles HP Smith. Running for re-election, … Continue reading
Dorothy Parker’s reasons to live
The 13th of the month is as good a day as any for an affirmation of life. Grin and bear it. RésuméDorothy Parker Razors pain you;Rivers are damp;Acids stain you;And drugs cause cramp.Guns aren’t lawful;Nooses give;Gas smells awful;You might as … Continue reading
Lee Kuan Yew: Today and The Straits Times
With news reported online, it’s now possible to see how stories develop. And it can be interesting reading. Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s (Time photo) advice to people to continue working past the retirement age if they wished to … Continue reading
Read Wall Street Journal for free
Three cheers for Rupert Murdoch! Now anyone can read the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page online for free unlike, say, Singapore’s very own Straits Times. The Journal announced the good news with a flourish yesterday: Everyone knows that Joseph Schumpeter’s … Continue reading
Posted in Media Tagged far eastern economic review, murdoch, singapore, wall street journal Comments Off
