The cross-dressing potter Grayson Perry has come up with a brilliant strategy for making his work look good. It’s such an obvious wheeze, I wonder why others haven’t employed it before. Asked by the Arts Council to select a show from the huge collection of modern British art it has built up, Perry has plumped [...]

Cargill Inc. has donated more than $34,000 to Youth Entrepreneurs of Kansas.
The money is going toward a program that provides YEK students with backpacks filled with business supplies. They will be issued at the beginning of the school year and is theirs to keep through the duration of the business-education program.
“This support from Cargill gives [...]

A newspaper investigation has found that there have been more than 160 gun crimes on Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn., school campuses since 2003. In a majority of those cases, students were found with guns in their pockets, backpacks and lockers and carted off to juvenile hall to face felony charges. But on 15 occasions–on [...]

At Lippy, youll find them in pink-and-grey checks, tan tweeds and a fine herringbone pattern with thin gold thread ($39.90).
Wild Pair is offering the same price, but its styles are more rusty browns and thick woven plaids.
Glassons has some glittery tweeds, but tends to favour the one-colour options in black, grey or cream ($19.99).
With a [...]