Former Bond girls Joanna Lumley and Honor Blackman have recorded a charity CD at the Beatles’ favourite Abbey Road studios. The duo was amongst other celebrities, such as Martin Shaw, Brian Cox and Geoffrey Palmer, to lend in a helping hand for a children’s charity. The artists performed poetry readings for the CD, entitled Words For You, [...] Related posts: Joanna Lumley : UK actress...
Sir Richard Fanshawe and Lady Anne Fanshawe nee [Harrison] The eldest daughter and 4th child of Sir John Harrison of Balls Park, Hertfordshire, and Margaret Fanshawe, Ann had three older brothers, John, William [killed in 1643] and Simon, and one younger sister, Margaret. When Ann was 15, her mother died, and her father, whom Ann describes as 'a handsome gentleman, of great natural parts', subsequently...
Wow. I like this! Be sure to check out the "behind the scenes" video below. From the publisher: From the award-winning audio drama team that brought you Radio Theatre’s Amazing Grace and The Chronicles of Narnia. In his enduringly popular masterpiece The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis re-imagines Hell as a gruesome bureaucracy. With spiritual insight and wry wit, Lewis suggests that...
Former BOND girls JOANNA LUMLEY and HONOR BLACKMAN channelled the spirit of THE BEATLES for a charity CD - by recording it at the Fab Four's favourite Abbey Road...
In the UK, it's Remembrance Day, in the US it's Veteran's Day. Elsewhere, it's Armistice Day, since on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, Germany signed the Armistice and World War I - often simply referred to then as the Great War - ended. In the United States it wasn't until 1954 that the day was expanded to include veterans of all wars. It's worth remembering that the Great...
Roger Kerr of the Business Roundtable has been repeating the tired old mantra that the answer to New Zealand's alcohol problem is for individual drinkers to be more responsible. Referring to Sir Geoffrey Palmer's report "Alcohol...
In a value-free world, it's no surprise there is so little agreement on who won the BNP debate This Mr Fox is either fantastic, or a mangy beast. He comes loaded with stars in the Guardian ("whip-smart and very funny") and similarly garlanded by the Times ("a brush with greatness"). But Chris Tookey in the Mail dumps one of his no-star turkeys outside Foxy's lair – "weirdly...
The creator of the 'Purple Ronnie' cards has spent £35,000 of his own money making a short film to cheer up Britain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoiIYlww8M4&feature=player_embedded Giles Andreae, a lifelong friend of David Cameron, the Conservative leader, made the film because he is worried that "the entire nation has lost the ability to smile". As news came that Britain was...
Looks at Geoffrey Palmer (aka, the Unbridled Wowser ), Maurice Bennett, Brew Dog, an 18.2% beer, a 1.1% beer, alcohol prices and something called Townshend No.9. AS NEW ZEALAND INCHES towards a hospitality environment regulated by the whim and fancy of Geoffrey Palmer, it is worth considering the situation in the United Kingdom which, if anything, might be even worse. Here, Maurice Bennett Esq, a noted...
NZUSA out to ‘rebrand’ slavery WELLINGTON Slavery should be rebranded as an ‘opt-out labour arrangement’, the New Zealand University Students Association (NZUSA) said today. “Let’s face it, slavery has a bad name,” a NZUSA representative said. “For thousands of years slavery has been associated with force, compulsion and the negation of civil rights,”...
With a shop near every neighborhood, video stores have been the most convenient way to get movies for years. Now, with internet usage exploding, movie downloads are becoming very popular. Let's look at what you might find to watch using a movie download site.
It used to be that you had to go to the video store to get a movie. Instead of buying or renting the dvd, people now can choose a movie download instead. Here are some examples of movies you can acquire through a movie download site.
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