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Leicester Comedy Festival 2021 starts today - and it could be just the tonic we need in lockdown Tom Allen, Al Murray, Zoe Lyons and Ed Byrne are among the comedians taking part 04:00, 3 FEB 2021 You can enjoy an exclusive interview with Al Murray Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they�...

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! This week, as we honor King’s work, life, and legacy and celebrate the inauguration of a new administration that includes America’s first African American vice president, we offer this list of alluring local activities. Paul Bermanzohn Presents “King Was a Revolutionary” | January 18 At 4pm on January 18, Dr. Paul Bermanzohn will host “King Was a Revolutionary,” a Zoom talk sponsored by the Library at the A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center in...

GARRETT — A new show at the Garrett Museum of Art highlights 10 artists who the museum staff believes are on the path to recognition and exposure in their respective

click to enlarge Courtesy of Peaceful Provisions This New York cream doughnut is a vegan creation from Peaceful Provisions, which is raising funds for a storefront in Beacon. 2020 is officially behind us, but the Hudson Valley is still stuck in the dead of winter. There’s no better way t...

Lily, Karen Angels miniature pinscher. A SEASON OF GRIEF I didn’t lose my miniature pinscher, Lily, because of the pandemic, but losing her during the pandemic made it that much worse. A rescue from a hoarding situation, Lily had been with me nearly nine years, since she was about five. For the first few years, we were inseparable, due largely to the fact that she bonded to me like glue and had severe separation anxiety. Time apart caused her so much...

A reason to hope for a different future the reunification of germany the expansion of the european union and even the enlargement of nato these were significant events that looked like progress but progress for whom not for the post soviet wild west russia of the 1990 s. that diminished great power that would eventually demand respect again with vladimir putin in charge tonight one of the authors a journalist who reported on that time he wrote the rough draft of post wall history or joined me to...

So thats sort of a hint that its possibly the white house that was calling the shots here. >> ellen, i want to go to one point in the reporting weve been watching this week. some reports indicate that there was a promise, the word promise being used in some reports in some news organizations that in the phone call the president of the united states made some kind of promise. that word does not consistently appear in all of the reporting. does that mean theres some inconsistency or something abou...

So thats sort of a hint that its possibly the white house that was calling the shots here. >> ellen, i want to go to one point in the reporting weve been watching this week. some reports indicate that there was a promise, the word promise being used in some reports in some news organizations that in the phone call the president of the united states made some kind of promise. that word does not consistently appear in all of the reporting. does that mean theres some inconsistency or something abou...

Who else is higher up than joseph maguire but the president, hes really the only person higher than dni in the chain of command. so thats sort of a hint that its possibly the white house that was calling the shots here. >> ellen, i want to go to one point in the reporting weve been watching this week. some reports indicate that there was a promise, the word promise being used in some reports in some news organizations that in the phone call the president of the united states made some kind of pr...

Had saws and band saws and everything that we could cut regular wood with. here we dont. here we have popsicle sticks, and i buy them a thousand at a time. then i cut the ends off. good old elmers glue and this is my little saw which happens to be the bottom of a pringles can. its not sharp. it wont cut a person, but it will cut these sticks. it is the only tool i use to cut these. it takes eight to nine months to make one. >> why do you do it? >> just to pass time, basically. >> this is a farmh...