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Last week I planted my very first tree. Some people assume that we spend all our time at the Woodland Trust tree planting and walking around beautiful woodlands, but unluckily for the Campaigning team we don’t get out as often as some of our other Trust colleagues so it’s taken me until now to get [...]
Cut Global Warming (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Gerald Kaufman MP (far right) joins Manchester supporters in planting an apple tree to oppose the third runway From small acorns do mighty oak trees grow.Okay, we’ve been planting apple trees instead of oaks, but the sentiment certainlyrings true for the Airplot tree planting ceremonies being held up and down thecountry. Was it only 10 days ago [...]
The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
UK Animated Feature Film Director: Martin Rosen Writers: Martin Rosen, Richard Adams Animation Director: Tony Guy Composer: Angela Morley Cast: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham-Cox, John Bennett, Ralph Richardson, Simon Cadell, Harry Andrews, Hannah Gordon, Nigel Hawthorne After one of their number has a premonition of impending doom, a group of rabbits leave their warren and go in search...
Cut Global Warming (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Actors, political party leaders, local residents and the Poet Laureate are planting an apple orchard on the site of Heathrow’s proposed third runway to show their opposition to expansion at the airport. Gavin and Stacey actress Alison Steadman, Richard Briers from the Good Life, Nick Clegg and poet CarolAnn Duffy will be on the runway [...]
Civil War Bookshelf (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
One of the least attractive qualities of Lincoln, to many observers and commentators, was his love of dialect humor. One senses that the vast popularity of dialect literature during and after the war was offset by tastes that regarded it as uncouth.It certainly is (or was) perishable, with the writer relying on readers awarding points for accuracy in accent engineering. Funny nuances in
Cut Global Warming (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
How do you like them apples? Down on the parcel of landGreenpeace has bought on the site of the proposed third Heathrow runway, a new element is being added to the Airplot.Typically for this time of year, it’s a bit chilly and a bit muddy, but thatmakes it perfect for what we’ve got planned today, [...]
Cut Global Warming (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
How do you like them apples? Down on the parcel of landGreenpeace has bought on the site of the proposed third Heathrow runway, a new element is being added to the Airplot.Typically for this time of year, it’s a bit chilly and a bit muddy, but thatmakes it perfect for what we’ve got planned today, [...]
David Burbage's Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
One week Cameron, the next it’s Clegg . . . We all planted trees in the rain in Sipson village, apparently this small plot of land is owned by around 60,000 people across the world making any CPO a rather difficult challenge. It was well organised by the Woodland Trust and Greenpeace, supported by not only [...]
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Complicite's Endgame was meant to be Richard Briers' final stage appearance, but he pulled out of that earlier this year after his friend and intended co-star Adrian Scarborough withdrew due to commitments in Alan Bennett's new play The Habit of Art ...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
ACTOR Richard Briers will join politicians and campaigners to help plant an apple orchard today on the site of the proposed third Heathrow runway.
Jo Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I feel happy! Alert the media. Well, I suppose I am alerting The Meeja (as it known in some parts of Kent) by blogging about it. Or at least, alerting a medium. The cause of my happiness? Retail therapy. A new pair of boots. And a new Gillian Welch CD. Possibly? Then there was making toast at a real fire with my beloved and his son. Definitely. I'm having a perfect November afternoon. After toast and...
The Time Traveller's Strife (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
When Mel fancies a swim it transpires the TARDIS swimming pool has been jettisoned. That in itself is a huge shame but it leads The Doctor to take her to Paradise Towers. We don't arrive in a luxury apartment building, but in a world in turmoil with gangs roaming the corridors, fascist (comedy) caretakers, vicious old ladies and murderous cleaning machines. The War Machine springs to life. . A poignant...
Cut Global Warming (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
While BAA continues to make its case for a third runway at Heathrow, the plot of land we bought on the proposed site is still there, and the allotment Richard Briers helped establish has been providing the local community with all manner of produce. Leeks, potatoes, cabbages, rhubarb and blackberries were harvested, although many of [...]
Greenpeace UK blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
While BAA continues to make its case for a third runway at Heathrow, the plot of land we bought on the proposed site is still there, and the allotment Richard Briers helped establish has been providing the local community with all manner of produce. Leeks, potatoes, cabbages, rhubarb and blackberries were harvested, although many of the apples were scrumped and reappeared later as bottles of cider....
So anyway, (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
This production of Endgame disappointed me weeks before I even went to see it - as I'd only booked because it was meant to be Richard Briers' final stage appearance, but he then pulled out of the production. I might not otherwise have booked (as I've mentioned before, I sometimes find Beckett's plays more interesting to read than to watch.) Still, I had my ticket so went along to Complicite's production,...
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