http://theglobalherald.com News, Analysis & Reflection Mon, 21 May 2012 11:05:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://theglobalherald.com/review-the-penguin-tv-companion-by-jeff-evans/26854/ http://theglobalherald.com/review-the-penguin-tv-companion-by-jeff-evans/26854/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:52:23 +0000 Entertainment Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26854 If you’ve ever wondered who the new characters in Neighbours are, or what Vic Reeve’s chosen career was, the Penguin TV Companion has the answers. November 2011 marked 75 years of television programming and the release of the fourth edition of this small screen tome. 2,300 television programmes and 1,500 television personalities are listed – [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/review-the-penguin-tv-companion-by-jeff-evans/26854/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/extract-from-award-winning-australian-history-book-bad-characters-by-peter-stanley/26397/ http://theglobalherald.com/extract-from-award-winning-australian-history-book-bad-characters-by-peter-stanley/26397/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:44:10 +0000 Entertainment Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26397 Dr Peter Stanley’s account of the murkier side of the Australian armed forces shared the 2010-2011 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History. Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Mutiny and Murder in the Great War takes a “warts and all” look at the behaviour of the diggers in World War I. Transgressions included failing to salute, going [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/extract-from-award-winning-australian-history-book-bad-characters-by-peter-stanley/26397/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/front-row-seat-premium-fashion-photography-by-kirstin-sinclair/26033/ http://theglobalherald.com/front-row-seat-premium-fashion-photography-by-kirstin-sinclair/26033/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:59:40 +0000 Entertainment Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26033 Kirstin Sinclair has haunted some of the very best locations in the world in pursuit of the perfect fashion shot. From New York to London and Paris Haute Couture, the professional fashion photographer has caught some of the world’s biggest celebrities on film including Victoria Beckham and Katie Homes. With an eye for grace and [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/front-row-seat-premium-fashion-photography-by-kirstin-sinclair/26033/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/review-the-quest-energy-security-and-the-remaking-of-the-modern-world-by-daniel-yergin/25613/ http://theglobalherald.com/review-the-quest-energy-security-and-the-remaking-of-the-modern-world-by-daniel-yergin/25613/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:47:36 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=25613 Daniel Yergin won a Pulitzer Prize for his previous work on energy, The Prize, written 20 years ago. His follow up effort The Quest brings all of that smack bang into the now ten years old 21st Century with a rather large thud: an 800+ page doorstep of a thud, to be precise. Upon opening [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/review-the-quest-energy-security-and-the-remaking-of-the-modern-world-by-daniel-yergin/25613/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/guantanamo-became-a-black-hole-says-former-fbi-agent-ali-soufan/25565/ http://theglobalherald.com/guantanamo-became-a-black-hole-says-former-fbi-agent-ali-soufan/25565/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:48:17 +0000 Linda Haywood http://theglobalherald.com/?p=25565 Ali Soufan worked at the FBI from 1997 to 2005. An American citizen of Lebanese descent, he first applied for the FBI as part of a college bet, though his fluent Arabic and passing hobby of following a certain Saudi businessman named Osama Bin Laden led to a career following al-Qaeda suspects around the world [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/guantanamo-became-a-black-hole-says-former-fbi-agent-ali-soufan/25565/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/book-review-a-heros-many-faces-raoul-wallenberg-in-contemporary-monuments/24677/ http://theglobalherald.com/book-review-a-heros-many-faces-raoul-wallenberg-in-contemporary-monuments/24677/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:27:11 +0000 Susanne Berger http://theglobalherald.com/?p=24677 Raoul Wallenber expert, Susanne Berger, on the art historian’s view of the Holocaust hero. Of the numerous Wallenberg books and publications released since the 1980′s, this one stands apart. It is to my mind the first substantive study of Swedish diplomat Raoul G. Wallenberg outside of the regular Holocaust Studies/World War II canon. The young [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/book-review-a-heros-many-faces-raoul-wallenberg-in-contemporary-monuments/24677/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/the-new-harvest-agricultural-innovation-in-africa-towards-food-security-in-kenya/23026/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-new-harvest-agricultural-innovation-in-africa-towards-food-security-in-kenya/23026/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:11:36 +0000 Robert Okemwa Onsare http://theglobalherald.com/?p=23026 Food insecurity is biting Africa. In Kenya and the Horn of Africa the Red Cross has said that more than 11 million people are hanging at the the edge of death, starvation and malnutrition. This has prompted a campaign dubbed as “Kenya For Kenya” to mobilize money for food stuffs for the Northern part of [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/the-new-harvest-agricultural-innovation-in-africa-towards-food-security-in-kenya/23026/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/dickens-and-london-opens-to-celebrate-200-years-since-authors-birth/23107/ http://theglobalherald.com/dickens-and-london-opens-to-celebrate-200-years-since-authors-birth/23107/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:17:26 +0000 Entertainment Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=23107 An exhibition celebrating 200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens will open on 9th December 2011 at the Museum of London. The display will include a specially-commissioned film, ‘The Houseless Shadow’, by William Raban – a documentary filmmaker. It will explore the continuities between London after dark as it is now, compared with how [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/dickens-and-london-opens-to-celebrate-200-years-since-authors-birth/23107/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/star-wars-character-encyclopedia-out-14th-july-2011/21787/ http://theglobalherald.com/star-wars-character-encyclopedia-out-14th-july-2011/21787/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:52:11 +0000 Entertainment Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=21787 Ever wondered where Jabba the Hutt’s palace band came from? Or how old Yoda is? Find out everything you need to know in the all new Star Wars Character Encyclopedia from Dorling & Kindersley. Compiled using the Lucasfilm Archives, this easy-to-read compilation details over 200 characters including the make and models of the various droids [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/star-wars-character-encyclopedia-out-14th-july-2011/21787/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/books-bentley-release-500-limited-edition-copies-of-carte-blanche/15482/ http://theglobalherald.com/books-bentley-release-500-limited-edition-copies-of-carte-blanche/15482/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:33:25 +0000 Entertainment Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=15482 Bentley, the car makers, have released 500 special edition copies of Carte Blanche – the new James Bond book from Hodder & Staughton. The latest tale in the James Bond series was written by Jeffery Deaver and takes the gentleman spy to the deserts of Dubai. Bentley Senior Designer Brett Boydell designed the Bentley Continental [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/books-bentley-release-500-limited-edition-copies-of-carte-blanche/15482/feed/ 0