Sunday, January 23, 2005

In the sunday papers

The last major gathering of Holocaust survivors is to be held in a bleak corner of southern Poland this week as the world marks the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp. The Independent

Italy finally ready to recognise the suffering of gays in Holocaust camp. The Independent

Historians hit back at David Hockney's claim that Renaissance artists used optical instruments to create their masterpieces. The Independent (I don't see why the use of optical aids is viewed as cheating)

Search for the lost library of Rome. The Times

The Royal Academy’s Turks revels in the eastern promise of the Ottomans, but there’s far more to this show’s gorgeous array of objects, says Waldemar Januszczak. The Times

TREASURES of Tutankhamun are to be displayed in the Millennium Dome, 35 years after the first British exhibition of artefacts from the tomb of the Egyptian boy king, writes Nicholas Hellen. The Times

BRITISH Muslims are to boycott this week’s commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz because they claim it is not racially inclusive and does not commemorate the victims of the Palestinian conflict. The Times (What a pity this article fails to distinguish between the people who say they represent British Muslims and the thousands of British Muslims themselves)

Islam, race and British identity. The Guardian.

Why Churchill saw himself as a failure. The Guardian

What's it like in a British primary school? The Independent

Gay Pride heads for black townships, to take on African taboo. The Independent

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