Regency Factors aims for £100m turnover
Manchester Evening News
Maurice Craft, 56, who set up Regency in Salford in November 1991, taking the name from the first office building it occupied, says he hopes to achieve the target within two years. Regency, which relocated to Bury in 1992 and remains based in the town, …

Recording of August 2011: Bon Iver
Stereophile Magazine
From the opening track, "Perth" (cities and states are a mini theme on this album), which opens with a field recording of ships in Perth harbor, it's clear that the overall idea has been to deepen the craft evident on the landmark first album. …

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Getting in the swing
Rail.co
Holiday and leisure craft are now all that need to have the bridge swung. The present structure was built in 1986 at the time of the electrification of the Ipswich to Norwich section of the Great Eastern main line. It seemed like a good idea to …

British Turkey Awards shortlist announced
FarmersWeekly
Judges were Lara Nugent, food editor of Best magazine, Lee Maycock, chef consultant for the Craft Guild of Chefs, and Lisa Maps, Sue Kirk and Jenny James, three consumers who won a place on the panel via the British Turkey website. …

Interview: Zulfikar Ghose
Newsline
In this interview conducted via email, Zulfikar Ghose speaks about his life as an author and a teacher, and the art and craft of writing in an ostensibly market-driven literary world. Q: What brought you to literature and the fine sensibility that …

Evangelical Leader John Stott Dies at 90
The New American
CBN recalled that with other evangelical leaders of the time, Stott “helped craft the 1974 Lausanne Covenant, helping define the evangelical movement.” In 2005, Time magazine included Stott as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, …

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Fela Kuti: The King of Afrobeat Interviewed, Part 1
Sabotage Times
“There was a witchpot,” Fela continues, “a witch-craft pot. Civilisation was placed in Egypt, all races were there to learn civilisation. But because of evil the maker dispersed all human beings away from Egypt. He gave the power pot to the Yorubas but …

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Beacons Festival Update 2011
Contactmusic.com
… treasure hunts, live art and fancy dress, plus live film rescores, spoken word, theatre, dance, and exclusive film programmes from Leeds Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest and Article Magazine. Ticket holders can also take part in craft workshops, …

"Stone Arabia": Two demon-plagued siblings, laid bare
Salon
Writers are employed, and novels are reviewed by those who have an intimate understanding of the craft and who might naturally be predisposed to look kindly on the strange enterprise of making up stories for a living. David Gates, author of the novels …

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Carry on glamping as Britain embraces luxury-tent breaks
The Guardian
"They are very effective holiday homes. They are beautifully made, with willow frames and trellis that will last a lifetime. It's sad really that in Mongolia the use of them is fading fast, and it's only tourism that is keeping the craft going. …