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INTERVIEW. BBC. Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird ''sequel'' to be published

The BBC's Nick Higham: "I think we can assume it will go like hot cakes"

An unpublished novel by Harper Lee is to finally see the light of day, 60 years after the US author put it aside to write To Kill a Mockingbird. 

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31118355

DOCUMENTARY. BBC. Harper Lee to publish Mocking bird 'sequel'

Lee's editor persuaded her to rework some of the story's flashback sequences as a novel in their own right - and that book became To Kill a Mockingbird.

The manuscript was discovered last autumn, attached to an original typescript of To Kill a Mockingbird.

A 5,500-year-old moccasin-like shoe

A 5,500-YEAR-OLD MOCCASIN-LIKE SHOE 

DOCUMENTARY. World's Oldest Leather Shoe

University College Cork (UCC) archaeologist, Dr Ron Pinhasi, and a team of international archaeologists discovered the world's oldest leather shoe in a cave in Armenia. The perfectly preserved shoe is 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and 300 years older than Newgrange, Co Meath.

RECIPE. A Spanish fish dish

Ingredients:

Pieces of dried codfish, olive oil, garlic, Spanish red pepper, tarragon vinegar, tomatoes, olives.

Method:

1. Bone some nice pieces of codfish.

2. Warm it in a cupful of olive oil, 1 clove of garlic, some Spanish red pepper and a wine-glass of tarragon vinegar.

3. Lay tomatoes, cooked down to a thick purée, in a dish.

4. Also, lay the fish upon it.

5. Pour the sauce over.

                                                         6. Add sliced olives.
                                                         7. Serve it.

ARTICLE

A MAGESTIC PLANT

Garlic is a plant of the onion family, a Liliacaea. It uses to be 30 or 40 cm in height, with narrow leaves and little white flowers. Its bulb is also white, blunt and gives off an overwhelming odour. It is a common and wonderful seasoning which adds aroma, taste and nutrients to the dishes from all around the world.

It is said that garlic is native to central Asia. Nevertheless, it was also used by other civilisations like Greeks, Romans or Egyptians. In Ancient Egypt, this vegetable was took by pyramid workers in order to keep them strong. On the other hand, in Greece, and during the Olympic Games, athletes ingested it so as to be in good physical condition and increase their resistance to infection.

Nowadays it is being grown in large quantities by China, the main producer of garlic. This country produces around 6,500 thousand tons, followed by India and Republic of Korea, with 517 and 483 thousand tons respectively. Its use is not only for cookery, but is also appreciated like a preventive treatment for colds, coughs, cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases.

Even though garlic is considered a remedy for some diseases, we cannot overvalue its active principles. It should only be ingested in small doses and with special precautions mainly by children, pregnancy and breast-feeding women.