mercoledì 29 aprile 2015

International Workers' Day
International Workers' Day is a celebration of laborers and the working classes that were promoted by the international labor movement, anarchists, socialists and communists. It is celebrated every year on May Day, 1st May, an ancient European spring holiday. May Day is a national public holiday in many countries. Some countries celebrate it in other dates significant to them. No one works on May Day. 





martedì 28 aprile 2015

Earth Day
Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22nd, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year. 
The introduction of the name "Earth Day" was also claimed by John McConnell.
Nelson determined the week of April 19-25 was the best bet as it did not fall during exams or spring breaks. More students were likely to be in class, and there would be less competition with other mid-week events so he chose Wednesday, April 22. 




mercoledì 22 aprile 2015

Freda Kelly
Freda Kelly is a secretary from Liverpool but when she was younger, she was the secretary to The Beatles. In 1962, during her lunch breaks she would go to the Cavern Club and watch The Beatles. They decided that they needed a secretary and they offered the job at Freda and so she accepted.
Freda told fans to use her home address to contact The Beatles. In 1963, the post office delivered huge quantities of letters every day. Freda worked for The Beatles for ten years, she was still with them when they split up in 1970. 
Today Freda works for a law firm and recently she decided to make documentary that was called "Good Ol' Freda" by The Beatles.


mercoledì 15 aprile 2015

"Nowhere Boy"

In the morning of 9th of December 1980, John Lennon died. It has been a drug's overdose or a car crash. A deranged fan, Mark Chapman, had ambushed John and his wife outside their home. It was a sad day. This could have been the results of his difficult adolescence. This is the subject of the film "Nowhere Boy". It's directed by Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Johnson. Anne-Marie Duff is Julia, John's estranged mother and Kristin Scott Thomas is John's aunt.