Monthly Archives: December 2007

02 Dec

Inhale, Exhale

Rappaccini’s DaughterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne
The distrustful gardener, while plucking away the dead leaves or pruning the too luxuriant growth of the shrubs, defended his hands with a pair of thick gloves. Nor were these his only armor. When, in his walk through the garden, he came to the magnificent plant that hung [...]

01 Dec

News Corpse

Page Three girls - the naked truthBy Mary BraidBBC News Online
Page Three girls have been central to the success of the soaraway Sun, becoming a peculiarly British tradition in the process. But their introduction was risky, and their survival never completely assured.
Sun editor Larry Lamb made his big gamble on 17 November 1970, when his [...]