The Lost Thing

What follows is an Academy Award winning film version of one of the best works by Shaun Tan.

Hope you like it!

                                


Here's additional information about an exhibition on the film-making process based upon this book. If you're interested, you can watch a related video that shows part of the work.

Kisses!

HAPPY 200TH BIRTHDAY, MR. DICKENS!

Many cities around the world are celebrating Charles Dickens' bicentenary today, so why not pay one of the major novelists in English Literature a little homage and see the following videos? Happy Dickens' Year!

(Check http://www.dickens2012.org/ for full information on this event)





http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16850193 (BBC News: 200th anniversary celebrates the works of Dickens)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-16846438 (BBC News: Charles Dickens bicentenary: The Dickens industry)

BURNS NIGHT

Today, 25th January, Burns Night is celebrated in Scotland.  This is a satirical poem by Burns. Below, the translation.


Addresed to a gentleman…

Robert Burns (Scotland, 1759-1796)

Addresed to a gentleman at table
who kept boasting of the company he kept.
What of lords with whom you've supped,
And of dukes that you dined with yestreen!
A louse, sir, is still a louse,
Though it crawl on the locks of a queen.

Dirigido a un comensal...
Dirigido a un comensal que presumía
de las compañías que frecuentaba.
¡Seguid comiendo con lores
y con duques id de cena!
El piojo es también piojo
en los bucles de una reina.