Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival kicks off in King's College Cambridge

STORY: Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival kicks off in King's College Cambridge DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the festival 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALAN MACFARLANE, Emeritus professor of Anthropological Science, Chair of the festival 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALAN MACFARLANE, Emeritus professor of Anthropological Science, Chair of the festival 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TIM YIP, Art director and visual artist STORYLINE: The 9th Cambridge Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival kicked off on Friday at King's College, Cambridge. Commemorating renowned Chinese poet Xu Zhimo, who was an associate member of King's College for 18 months in 1921-22, the festival gathers nearly 100 poets, artists and scholars from several countries, including Britain, China, France, Italy, and Greece. "Xu's eminence as a Chinese poet and his close connection with the Bloomsbury group and King's College has had a great effect on the profile of the College and brings in

Late summer heat hits Sapporo, mercury tops 31 C

Late summer heat hits Sapporo, mercury tops 31 C

SAPPORO, Japan - A late summer heat wave hits Sapporo on Sept. 21, with the temperature soaring to 31.1 C in late morning. According to the Sapporo weather observatory, this is the first time since weather observations began in 1879 that the temperature topped 30 C this late in the summer. The previous record was logged 86 years ago, on Sept. 18, 1921, when the mercury in Sapporo touched 30.1 C. The photo shows a mother and her two children having lunch at Odori Park in central Sapporo.

Late summer heat hits Sapporo, mercury tops 31 C

Late summer heat hits Sapporo, mercury tops 31 C

SAPPORO, Japan - A late summer heat wave hits Sapporo on Sept. 21, with the temperature soaring to 31.1 C in late morning. According to the Sapporo weather observatory, this is the first time since weather observations began in 1879 that the temperature topped 30 C this late in the summer. The previous record was logged 86 years ago, on Sept. 18, 1921, when the mercury in Sapporo touched 30.1 C. The photo shows a mother and her two children having lunch at Odori Park in central Sapporo. (Kyodo)