The elderly bard, John Lapraik (1727-1807) of Dalfram, Muirkirk, was married to Margaret, sister of another of Burns's poetic friends, John Rankine (to whom Burns' dedicated a verse epistle). Lapraik ...

After Marc Laidlaw's publication of a 'fanfiction', which revealed a plot summary for Half-Life 2: Episode 3, there has been a resurgence in interest for the Half-Life series. Hoping to harness some ...

This is an epistle by Robert Burns. It was written in 1786 and is read here by Ralph Riach. The young friend in this poem is Andrew Hunter Aiken (d. 1831), the son of Robert Aiken (to whom The ...

Taking what “Gertrude Fremont” suggested in Marc Laidlaw’s blog post and running with it, Half-Life fans around the world have come together to begin work on various interpretations of the final story ...

With some light editing to change a few key names --"Gertrude Freemont, Ph.D" -- the post lays out a plotline for an Episode Three that never appeared. It's hard to say if it will give gamers any ...

The birthplace of President Gloria’s dad has so inspired the Kapampangans again because his daughter is our head of state. An offshoot of such pride is that the Holy Angel Academy has courageously ...

THE ‘Epistle to the Jews’ which appeared in the December Atlantic was doubtless read by Gentiles as well as Jews. It may be this rejoinder will be read by Jews as well as Gentiles. We are grateful to ...

This is an epistle by Robert Burns. It was written in 1785 and is read here by David Rintoul. The elderly bard, John Lapraik (1727-1807) of Dalfram, Muirkirk, was married to Margaret, sister of ...

The young friend in this poem is Andrew Hunter Aiken (d. 1831), the son of Robert Aiken (to whom The Cotter's Saturday Night is dedicated). Andrew eventually became a merchant in Liverpool before ...