When Victoria ascended the British throne on 20 June 1837, G. A. Henty was not yet five years old. Yet in thousands of young boys' lives Henty was destined to be as important as the queen. In a 1980 review of the most recent biography of Henty, Eric Stok...
G. A. Henty once described himself as "a fierce and truculent Briton, ready to defy the whole world." It was an exaggerated yet appropriate description, given Henty's character and appearance. He was a tall, powerfully built man, with a large head and a...
Who will reconcile Ashanti's divided soul? Not her. Certainly not her. In song and in conversation, she barely admits to the contradictions she straddles: r&b sweetness and hip-hop sex talk; Ivy League aspirations and street hustle; girls and boys. Ashanti blows past this stuff...
A record annual gold production of 1.74 Moz was revealed earlier this month by Ashanti Goldfields, with cash operating costs falling to US$187/oz in 2000, the lowest for six years. In its report for the year to December 31, 2000, Ashanti noted that revenue...
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