The art of the tale
Novelist David Mitchell on his latest epic, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
By Lee Ferguson, CBC News
Arts & Entertainment at a Glance
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- YouTube ups video limit to 15 minutes
- Popular video-sharing website YouTube says it is ready to increase the limit it places on video uploads to 15 minutes, from the current 10 minutes.
- Rocker Brian May focuses on 3-D photography
- Rock star, astrophysicist and animal rights activist Brian May has revealed a new obsession — stereo photographs.
- Venice film fest boasts premiere-filled lineup
- Barney's Version, the movie based on Mordecai Richler's acclaimed novel, is among the high-profile titles making their world debuts at this year's Venice Film Festival.
- Toronto's Caribana proceeds despite funding cut
- Toronto's Caribana - the biggest Caribbean festival in North America - heads into its final few days, despite a loss of $400,000 in federal funding.
- Obama defends his record on The View
- U.S. President Barack Obama mounted a spirited defence of his first 20 months in office Thursday on the popular daytime talk show The View.
- Feature: Novelist David Mitchell explains Thousand Autumns
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- Ex-USDA worker Sherrod will sue blogger
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- Churchill, FDR archives to go online
- Archives for two of the Second World War's great leaders — British prime minister Winston Churchill and U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt — are to be made available online.
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