NCS News

Two new courses have been introduced to the catalogue of the NCS College of Online Learning. These are “Your Story - Writing A Life” and “The Wonderful World Of Psychology.” 
If you have feel you have life experiences that would interest a wider readership, then Joanna Howard’s course could provide you with the tools to create [...]

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We are delighted to announce the arrival of Drivel Defence from the Plain English Campaign. This is a software tool that can be used online to check your text for difficult English before including it in your web site. We’re looking forward to using it in the NCS College’s resources. It should be helpful to [...]

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The Guardian is producing a series of booklets this week all about writing. Today’s is about journalism,  and it contains a good few gems worth reading. This will interest anyone thinking of taking up our course, Understanding Journalism.
The Guardian: How to write Journalism

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George Orwell’s diaries are to be re-produced as a blog to mark their 70th anniversary. From the 9th August you will be able to follow, in displaced real time, his thoughts on Europe descending into War, plus more mundane activities such as  how many eggs his chickens laid.
 
Visit: George Orwell’s diaries.

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Can’t be bothered lifting that twenty kilo bestseller while basking in the sunshine? Why not listen to a good book instead? We’ve found a site which offers educational listening, too. This appeals to our lazier sides and makes us feel that the time lying in the sun is well spent, actually learning something. Check out [...]

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In the wake of the release of a new film and book about the 1950 theft and subsequent recovery of the  Stone of Destiny, Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, has claimed that that particular Stone is a fake and that the original has been lost for 700 years.
The Stone, on which Scotland’s kings were traditionally [...]

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Literary Landscapes’ on www.ambaile.org.uk is a collaborative project between Am Baile and Highland Libraries. It uncovers authors inspired by the Highlands and was launched by award-winning novelist, poet and publisher James Robertson who features in the Literary Landscapes listings.
Literary Landscapes is an interactive map leading to biographical information, images, sound files and bibliographies of writers [...]

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The email newsletter of the New Curiosity Shop has transformed with issue 20, out now. It has now become a proper quarterly magazine. It is available as an online electronic magazine at http://issuu.com/cloisters/docs/cloisters20. You can read it there now.

 Post your comments on the new magazine here, and let us know if you have any ideas [...]

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Today, the people of Sri Lanka honoured the late Sir Arthur C Clarke who had made their country his home since 1956. Sir Arthur died on Wednesday, aged 90 and, today he lay in state at his home in Colombo while Sri Lankans from all walks of life came to pay their respects.
Sir Arthur was [...]

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The US Library of Congress has overturned last year’s decision to classify Scottish literary works as “English.” Pressure from the Congress’ Friends of Scotland Caucus and many Americans of Scottish descent has brought about a rethink of this cultural blunder. More from the Houston Chronicle… 

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