YESTERYEARDid Jesus have a strong regional accent? Jesús Sanchis-Calabuig, Valencia, Spain
A woman who was present when Peter denied having known Jesus on the night of Jesus's arrest comments that Peter must at least have known him, since he had an obvious Galillee accent (the conversation took place in Jerusalem). We can infer that Jesus had a similar accent, but how strong we will never know. J Osman, Leeds I was told at school that Jesus's Galilean accent heard by a resident of Jerusalem would have been analogous to a Geordie accent heard by a resident of London. Read More...
Bing This article is more than 1 month oldDoes Australia exist? Well, that depends on which search engine you ask …This article is more than 1 month oldMicrosoft’s Bing falls victim to long-running part-joke internet conspiracy theory
Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Australia doesn’t exist. That’s at least according to Bing search results for some users on Wednesday when the Microsoft search engine cited long-running internet conspiracy theories denying the existence of the country. Read More...
MusicReview(Pias)Instrumental post-rock has become a tedious cul-de-sac populated by listless bands who think that noodling guitar lines, a scrape of cello and a handful of sombre chords convey crushing import.
Mogwai's painfully marvellous 2001 LP, Rock Action, proved that the lairy Scots were head and shoulders above their peers, co-opting deceptively sweet melodies, corralling guest vocalists and confining the whole thing to a perfectly judged 39 minutes. If anything, Happy Songs For Happy People is even sweeter, a trove of tunefulness that sometimes lulls and sometimes overwhelms. Read More...
