What was the name of the 1970 number one hit record by Matthews Southern Comfort which was their only hit?

Ian Matthews Bio | Ian Matthews Career |    MTV Get the MTV ArtistsApp and discover music wherever you are. About Ian Matthews Blues/Folk During his stylistically diverse and often convoluted career, Iain Matthews (born Ian Matthews MacDonald, he changed his last name in 1968 and then the spelling of his first name in 1989 to reflect his Celtic roots) has seen commercial success, major-label deals, and numerous bands come and go, and then come and go again, while always bouncing back in one way or another. After time spent with a couple of local bands (the Classics and the Rebels) in his hometown of Scunthorpe, he moved to London where he began his recording career in 1966 with the surf group Pyramid. The band recorded one single for Deram Records, but never really went any further and Matthews (then still known as Ian MacDonald) left after he was brought to the attention of Ashley Hutchings, who happened to be looking for a male singer for his new band Fairport Convention. He remained with Fairport for two albums, including the folk-rock classic What We Did on Our Holidays, before leaving during the recording of 1969's Unhalfbricking (his backing vocal can be heard on "Percy's Song") due to creative differences. By the time of his second and last record with the band, he became known as Ian Matthews, changing his name to avoid confusion with King Crimson's Ian MacDonald. Matthews soon signed with MCA Records for his first solo effort, Matthews Southern Comfort (1970), which featured former Fairport bandmates Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol. He eventually formed a band of the same name, recording two albums for MCA and scoring a number one U.K. hit with their version of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock." In November of 1970, at the height of the band's popularity, Matthews left, abruptly walking off-stage during a show in Oxford. Shortly thereafter, a deal with Mercury Records subsidiary Vertigo resulted in two of his best albums, If You Saw Thro' My Eyes (January 1971) and Tigers Will Survive (November 1971). Artistically restless, Matthews formed another band, Plainsong, with Dave Richards, Andy Roberts, and Bob Ronga. Both Roberts and Ronga had appeared on Tigers Will Survive. A contractual obligation with Vertigo for one more record led to the recording of Journeys from Gospel Oak. The finished product, which was completed in just five days, remained in the can until 1974, after being sold to Mooncrest Records. Free from his contract with Vertigo, Matthews and his new band recorded the loosely conceptual In Search of Amelia Earhart in 1972 for Elektra Records, before disbanding when the label refused to release the follow-up. Matthews then relocated to California, recording two more albums for Elektra, the Michael Nesmith-produced Valley Hi (November 1973) and Some Days You Eat the Bear and Some Days the Bear Eats You (July 1974). While both received their fair share of critical praise, neither did all that well commercially, and he was dropped from the label. Following a brief stint with Columbia, which yielded what may be his two weakest records (Go for Broke [1975] and Hit and Run [1976]), he reunited with Sandy Roberton, who had produced both Journeys from Gospel Oak and In Search of Amelia Earhart, for his next venture, 1978's Stealin' Home. Produced by Roberton on his own Rockburgh label, Stealin' Home surprisingly spawned Matthews' biggest U.S. hit, the Terence Boylan penned "Shake It" (number 13). Subsequent LPs failed to match the success of Stealin' Home and when Rockburgh went bankrupt, he was once again without a label. From the mid-'70s on into the '80s, Matthews dabbled in a number of different styles, from jazz-inflected pop to new wave, with varied results. Living in Seattle (he moved there in the late '70s), led to the formation of yet another band, Hi-Fi, who released two records to relative public indifference before splitting up. Once again solo, Matthews returned with the techno-pop Shook (1984), which was released only in Germany following PolyGram's decision to not market the album in Britain or


Which comic book hero made his debut in issue 27 of Detective in 1939?

1939 Batman Detective Comics No. 27 sells for record $1 million at auction 1939 Batman Detective Comics No. 27 sells for record $1 million at auction The comic sold on Thursday. (Associated Press) Friday, February 26, 2010 Well, that record didn't last long. Just three days after a Superman book became the first comic to sell for $1 million, a Batman comic book sold Thursday at auction for about $75,000 more. Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas reports that a rare copy of Detective Comics No. 27 from 1939 -- in which "The Batman" made his debut -- sold for a record-setting $1,075,500. The consignor and the buyer -- who purchased the comic online via a "click bid" -- chose to shield their identities (how apropos). And holy deja vu, Batman: Like the Superman comic that sold Monday in New York, the Caped Crusader comic is graded to be in "8.0" condition on the industry's 10-point scale. "It really has an amazing appearance," says Lon Allen, sales director for Heritage's comic books division. "The bright yellows with Batman swooping in -- you can really tell it was stored properly from the beginning." There are only between 100 and 200 copies of Detective Comics No. 27 in existence, Allen says, and perhaps none in such "very fine" condition. In 1939, the comic sold for 10 cents; the consignor bought the book in the '60s for $100. Before Monday, the record for a comic book sale was $317,000 (in 2009, for another copy of the 1938 Superman-debut issue). "I think this is ushering in a whole new ballgame" in sale prices, Allen says. "This is going to give a boost to the . . . highest-grade of all comics." © 2010 The Washington Post Company


The Russian Port of Vladivostok stands on which sea?

WPS - Port of Vladivostok review Port of Vladivostok Review and History The Port of Vladivostok is Russia's most southeastern seaport and the administrative center of the Primorsky territory near the country's borders with China and North Korea. Lying on the shores of the Golden Horn Bay (Zolotoy Rog) off the Sea of Japan, the Port of Vladivostok is almost 470 nautical miles north-northwest of Japan's Port of Sakai and about 510 nautical miles north-northeast of the Port of Busan in Korea. The Port of Vladivostok is an important cultural and educational center for the Russian Far East, and students are a major group within the city's population. In 2005, over 586 thousand people lived in the Port of Vladivostok. The economy of the Port of Vladivostok is largely based on maritime-oriented activities that include shipping, fishing, and the Russian Navy. Commercial fishing contributes most of the Port of Vladivostok's commercial output. The Port of Vladivostok is also home to the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet. The Port of Vladivostok imports food products, clothing and footwear, medicines, automobiles, household items, and ships. Its main exports include fish, timber, metals, and ships. Port History The land supporting the Port of Vladivostok has belonged to many powers that included the ancient Korean Balhae Kingdom , Manchu Dynasty ancestors (the Jurchen ), the Mongols , and China. Russia took control of the area in 1858 under the Treaty of Aigun with China. Founded as a military outpost by Russia in 1960, the Port of Vladivostok's geographic location made it an important strategic base for Russia's Navy. In 1872, the Port of Vladivostok began to grow when the country's main naval base was located there. The arrival of the Chinese Eastern Railway in 1903 connected the Port of Vladivostok to Manchuria and gave the port a better connection to the rest of the Russian Empire and enhanced its importance as a major center in eastern Russia. The Port of Vladivostok was important as a military port that received supplies from the United States during World War I. When the Russian Revolution of 1917 began, the Port of Vladivostok was occupied by foreign forces, primarily the Japanese, who stayed there until the early 1920s. After they left the city, the Port of Vladivostok became important to the new Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) government. The Port of Vladivostok continued to be the home of Russia's Pacific Fleet after the USSR took control. It grew considerably after World War II as a military base, and the Port of Vladivostok was closed to foreign shipping between the late 1950s and the end of the Soviet era in the early 1990s. During the Soviet period, the city's industries were diversified. Large ship repair yards were constructed, workshops supporting the railways were added, and a plant making mining equipment was built. After the "fall of Communism" in Russia, the Port of Vladivostok emerged as a commercial port with links to other eastern Russian ports as well as countries of the Far East. It began to import consumer goods from Japan, China, and other nations. Today, the Port of Vladivostok is the eastern last stop on Russia's Northern Sea Route that stretches from on the country's northeastern shores near Finland. It is the principal base for supplies for Russia's Arctic ports to the east of Cape Chelyuskin. Much of the fish caught or processed in the Russian Far East is sent to the Port of Vladivostok for distribution to the rest of the country. The Port of Vladivostok exports petroleum, grain, and coal. Today, the Port of Vladivostok contains light industries that make instruments and radios, veneers and furniture, chinaware, and pharmaceuticals. Food industries are important to the local economy, making fish, meat, and flour. A small building industry also arose in the Port of Vladivostok making prefabricated building panels. After the Soviet era ended, the Port of Vladivostok's industries began to decline. Only the food processing industry continued to thrive, and mechanical engineering first remained bu


Which sport uses the terms serve, dig and spike?

FIVB - Volleyball Volleyball Here is your source to learn more on the   different positions and rules of volleyball. Service A serve begins   each rally. A player must hit the ball with his or her hand over the   net to land inside the lines of the court. Players may serve   underarm or overarm (hardly anyone at elite level would offer an   underarm serve). A popular serve is the "jump" or "spike" serve: the   player jumps and serves the ball while airborne. Each player gets only one chance to serve. The serve can touch the   net and continue into the opponent's court. Before this rule was   introduced, a net touch on service ended the rally and the point was   awarded to the receiving team.   When the serving team loses a rally, it loses the right to serve.   The receiving team then rotates one position on the court.     Dig  The "dig" is a forearm pass that is used to control the ball and pass it to   the setter at the net. It is usually the first contact by the team   and an effective shot to use in defence, such as when receiving a   spike. The "libero" handles much of the team's serve reception and   is pivotal in backcourt defence.      Set The "set" is an   overhead pass used to change the direction of the dig and put the   ball in a good position for the spiker. It is usually the team's second contact. Setting is the tactical   centre of Volleyball. A setter must be good enough to keep the big   blockers from dominating the net. The setter must feed his or her   best hitters while also looking for opponent's blocking weaknesses   (such as a short player on the front line or a slow centre blocker).     Spike The "spike" is   when the ball is hit or smashed across the net. It is the most   powerful shot in volleyball – and the most effective way to win a   rally.     Block This is the   first line of defence in Volleyball. The objective of the "block" is   to stop the spiked ball from crossing the net or to channel the   spike to defenders. The three front-court players share blocking.   Teams usually opt for a "read and react" block (whereby they try to   react to the ball leaving the setter's hands) or for a "commit" block (whereby they decide before the point whether to jump on the   quick middle balls). The key to good blocking is penetration – the   best blockers reach well over the net and into the opponent's court   rather than reaching straight up, when the block can be easily   penetrated by quality hitters.     The Ball After testing   many colours, the FIVB introduced a ball with yellow, blue and white   panels at the World Championships in Japan in 1998. It replaced the   traditional all-white ball.     The Rally   Point System In 1998 the FIVB   also tried some different scoring systems. At its World Congress in   October 1998, the FIVB ratified the "rally point system." Every   rally would now earn a point. The first four sets are played to 25,   but the winning team must be ahead by at least two points. The fifth   set is played to 15 – and again the winner must have a two-point   margin. The system was designed to make the scoring system easier to   follow and games faster and more exciting.     The   Libero The FIVB   introduced a new specialised defensive player, the "libero", in   1996. The libero can perform only as a backcourt player and may not   play an attacking shot (when the ball is hit back across the net),   serve or block. If the libero makes an overhead set of the ball in   front of the 3-metre attack line, the ball may not be spiked over by   the team. If the libero makes the same action behind the front zone,   the ball may be freely attacked. The libero must wear a jersey with   a different colour or design than those of other team members.


Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the Suez Crisis?

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Suez Crisis: Key players Special Reports Printable version Suez Crisis: Key players The Suez Crisis began on 26 July 1956 when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal. The move was in response to a decision by the United States and Britain to withdraw finance for the Aswan High Dam - a massive project to bring water to the Nile valley and electricity to develop Egypt's industry - because of Egypt's political and military ties to the Soviet Union. GAMAL ABDEL NASSER, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Gamal Abdel Nasser, a military man, was elected president of Egypt in 1956 after serving as Egypt's prime minister for two years. Nasser became a hero throughout the Arab world Previously, he had been the leader of the Free Officers Organisation - a group of soldiers who seized power in Egypt by toppling the British-backed monarchy and turning the country into a republic. It soon became clear that Colonel Nasser had broader goals than simple control in Egypt. He strove to put himself on top of the Arab nationalist movement that was gaining pace throughout the Arab world. During his first years in office, he played Western and Soviet powers off against each other to gain concessions for his country. In October 1955, Nasser signed a major arms deal with Czechoslovakia that threatened Israel's military superiority. Soviet strategy changes Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had also agreed to provide Nasser with more arms, marking a shift in Soviet policy. Stalin had never been interested in providing nationalists who were not Communists with arms. In his memoirs, Khrushchev says that at first, Nasser came across as a bourgeois Latin-American style dictator. The Czech arms deal angered the West and by way of punishment, Britain and the US withdrew an offer of financial aid to finance the building of the Aswan High Dam. The Egyptian president retaliated by taking control of the Suez Canal zone - the crucial shipping lane linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea - away from the British and French companies which owned it. Apart from finding an alternative way to fund the dam project, Nasser was keen to assert Egyptian independence. At the same time, as part of his ongoing struggle with Israel, Egyptian forces had blocked the Straits of Tiran, the narrow waterway that is Israel's only outlet to the Red Sea. The Suez move was popular both at home and throughout the Arab world. An electrifying speaker, Nasser was already admired by Arab nationalists. He had fought in the 1948 war with Israel and had demanded that the British leave bases and troops stationed in the Canal Zone. The Suez Crisis helped elevate him to hero status in the Arab world. Although Nasser was not banning freedom of passage through the canal - except for Israeli ships or foreign ships bound for Israel - he knew his move would provoke a strong reaction from the West. He was undeterred. Today, when many Arabs feel humiliated by Israel and the American superpower, there is a certain nostalgia for Nasserism. But to his critics, Nasser led the Arabs down a cul-de-sac by aligning Egypt with the Soviet Union. After the Suez crisis, the Soviets eagerly rushed in to provide the aid for the Aswan Dam that Egypt needed. Relying on Soviet aid, he built up a monolithic state-run economy - which his successors have ever since been struggling to demolish. ANTHONY EDEN, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Between the two world wars, Anthony Eden was the golden boy of British politics. He was charming, suave and handsome. Eden developed a personal animosity towards Nasser, comparing him with Mussolini and Hitler He first entered Parliament in 1923. He became Foreign Secretary in 1935 but resigned three years later in protest at what he saw as Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement. He returned to the cabinet under Churchill's war leadership. When the Conservatives were elected in 1951, he became Churchill's foreign secretary again. He succeeded Churchill in 1955 and was a popular prime minister at first. A year later, he made what


Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The day Britain was 15 minutes from triggering Armageddon | Daily Mail Online The day Britain was 15 minutes from triggering Armageddon comments The Cold War was at its icy height. Mini-skirts and Beatlemania were still a year away, but on London's streets the autumn of 1962 was marked by thousands of militant Ban the Bomb supporters marching behind the bristling banners of the newly formed Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Yet unbeknown to them, as darkness fell over the capital on Friday, October 26, the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, was waiting for a call from the American President which could have led to Armageddon. When the hotline call eventually came, the ten-minute conversation between the two men was cordial. Vulcan bomber: Ready to wreak havoc on Moscow with a nuclear attack From the tone of the two leaders' voices, there was little to suggest that the world was on the brink of a nuclear catastrophe. 'I will talk to you again before we do anything of a drastic nature,' promised the 45-year-old John F. Kennedy courteously, before bidding goodnight. 'Well, thank you,' responded Macmillan over the crackly line in the rich, plummy tones of an English aristocrat. 'I will be here, so you can get me at any time today, tomorrow or Sunday.' Almost 46 years ago, a nerve-wracking stand-off was under way between the world's two superpowers, America and Russia. The U.S. had discovered that Soviet nuclear missile bases were being built in Cuba, run by the Communist Fidel Castro, just 100 miles from the U.S. coastline of Florida. The crisis was a major confrontation of the Cold War, and the closest the capitalist West and the Communist East have ever come to a nuclear war. In a bar in Old Havana, the Cuban capital, 12 days before the transatlantic call to Macmillan, an American secret agent had overheard a local air force pilot gossiping that the island was about to get nuclear weapons sent to them by Russia. A few hours later, as dawn broke on Sunday, October 14, an American spy plane was sent to check out the story. The pilot took 928 pictures, covering a swathe of 75 miles, as he passed over the northern beaches of Cuba. To Washington's alarm, it was true. President Kennedy was informed on Monday morning that sites had been prepared in Cuba and that 40 missiles with nuclear warheads were being readied in the Soviet Union to be sent to silos there. For the next 13 days, the world held its breath. Soviet ships carrying the missiles were soon heading towards a blockade mounted around Cuba by U.S. warships. Kennedy was considering bombing the Cuban missile sites and invading the island. In the end - and only after Macmillan had advised his younger American counterpart to proceed with caution - both sides retreated from the horror they might have unleashed. The Soviet ships turned back, avoiding a high seas battle. The Russians ordered the missile sites to be dismantled in exchange for an American promise that the Soviets' tiny island ally would not be invaded. Until now, however, there has been little to suggest that Britain played a significant role in the stand-off between the White House and the Kremlin, other than as a power-depleted U.S. ally watching from the sidelines. But this week, a BBC Radio Four programme Document revealed that Britain stood at the brink of war. And, according to well-placed Soviets, London would have been the first place to face a nuclear attack by Russia and her premier Nikita Khrushchev because Britain was closer to Moscow than Washington. Prepared: British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan ordered Vulcan pilots to get ready The story which emerged this week  -  and is confirmed in documents and transcripts seen by the Mail  -  shows that while CND protesters massed in London for the first time, our capital city was lined up in the Kremlin's sights, and we were ready to respond. In President Kennedy's first public speech on the crisis, just four days before the weekend call to Macmillan, he gave a key warning, which today takes on an eerie significance. He declared with defiance: 'It shall be


What was the name of Mr Pickwick's servant?

[ Victorian Web Home —> Authors —> Charles Dickens —> Works —> Pickwick Papers ] "Dixon You forget to whom you are speaking." She stood upright and firm on her feet now, confronting the waiting-maid, and fixing her with her steady, discerning eye. "I am Mr. Hale's daughter. Go You have made a strange mistake, and one that I am sure your own good feeling will make you sorry for when you think about it." (Gaskell, 83) Margaret's assertion of her dominance as a mistress over a servant, rather than causing a feeling of bitterness in Dixon, brings Dixon to say to herself, "'Miss Margaret has a touch of the old gentleman about her, as well as poor Master Frederick; I wonder where they get it from?' and she, who would have resented such words from anyone less haughty and determined in manner, was subdued enough to say, in a half-humble, half-injured tone: 'Mayn't I unfasten your gown, miss, and do your hair?'" (Gaskell, 83) Margaret's assertion of class roles reminds Dixon of her pride in being a servant. This pride that she feels is similar to the pride Sam Weller feels in being Pickwick's servant. Sam is occasionally reprimanded by Pickwick as well.  At one point in the novel, Pickwick angrily tells Sam "if you say another word, or offer the slightest interference with this person, I discharge you that instant" (Dickens, 652). Yet despite Pickwick's reprimands, Sam still considers Pickwick a "reg'lar thorough-bred angel" (Dickens, 734). This theme of servant pride in a commanding master/ mistress runs throughout both North and South and The Pickwick Papers. Because Dickens and Gaskell are both authors who work to challenge social hierarchies in their writing, their portrayals of servant pride are a bit surprising. The feelings that both Dixon and Sam Weller have are left over from the feudal period when it was perfectly acceptable, and even honorable, to want to serve a master or mistress and to serve him or her well. Although Margaret frequently shows frustration with Dixon, she also realizes the vital stability that Dixon offers. When Margaret discovers that her mother is sick, and that Dixon has known but kept it to herself, Margaret apologizes to Dixon, expressing her humbleness for all the time "I've been cross with you, not knowing what a terrible secret you had to bear" (Gaskell, 178). Margaret then "hung about Dixon for a minute or so, as if afraid and irresolute; then suddenly kissing her, she went quickly out of the room" (Gaskell, 179). Dixon is a different level of working class from someone like Bessie or Nicholas Higgins because of the feudal tradition from which she comes. Near the end of the novel, Dixon returns to London from Milton, bringing "endless pieces of Milton gossip." But, as the narrator points out, "her memory had an aristocratic bias, and was very treacherous whenever she tried to recall any circumstances connected with those below her in life" (Gaskell, 491). While the frivolity of London life is deplorable in the Shaws, Margaret's aristocratic relatives, somehow this same "aristocratic bias" in Dixon is acceptable. Her presence, while sometimes irritatingly proud, is always reassuring for the Hales. Sam Weller is similarly reassuring for Pickwick. Sam is worldly-wise in a way that Pickwick is not. Pickwick's aristocratic status makes him naive. The relationship between servant and master here is idealized into a loving relationship. They are alternately father-figures to each other- Sam directing Pickwick in the ways of the world, Pickwick directing Sam in societal conventions and principles. The distinction between an aristocratic servant class and a lower servant class that is made in North and South is made in The Pickwick Papers as well. Sam Weller approaches life from a lower class servant position, yet somehow he makes a place for himself amidst the aristocratic servant class. On a visit to Bath, Sam gets invited to a "soiree" for servants of a certain stature in life. When the greengrocer arrives to serve the food at this gathering, the following interaction take


At which Olympics, city or year, did Eddie the Eagle take part?

Reappraising Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards: a dedicated athlete who made the best of his talent | Sport | The Guardian Share on Messenger Close Sport, especially in this internet age, divides opinion. As soon as anything even slightly contentious happens, you can feel the controversy coming. It makes you wonder how the modern world would have coped with some of the sporting events of yesteryear. Take Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards. For some, he was a hero who sacrificed a lot to live the dream: an athlete who competed with a smile on his face, and deservedly reaped the rewards of his unexpected fame while he could. For others, Edwards was a laughing stock who belittled both the sport of ski jumping and the 1988 Winter Olympics, and represented everything that was bad in a nation that seemed to adore sporting losers. Either way, the story behind Edwards' rise to stardom is still fascinating all these years later; and love him or hate him, you cannot deny Edwards his place in Winter Olympics history. Edwards' progression from a downhill skier to a ski jumper was born out of necessity. Trying and narrowly failing to qualify for the 1984 Olympics as a downhill skier, Edwards soon began to run out of money, and in 1986 he had a decision to make: "I didn't have much money, so thought I'd better find something cheaper to do. I went along to the ski jumps [in Lake Placid, where he had been training] and thought: that looks alright." After a couple of hours on the 15m jumps, Edwards moved on to the 40m version and promptly fell on landing. It wouldn't be his last accident. Five months later, Edwards had stepped up to the 70m jump and was now on a mission to get to Calgary in 1988. Inevitably, things did not run smoothly. Without financial backing, and with no ski jumps in Britain, Edwards borrowed his mum's car and drove around Europe to qualify for the Olympics. In 1986 he jumped a British record distance of 68m in Kandersteg, Switzerland, to bring his Olympic dream that much closer. Edwards' European tour was not a bundle of laughs. Penniless, he had to take up a variety of part-time jobs, including babysitting, cutting grass, working in hotels and cooking. At one point he ended up staying in a Finnish mental health hospital paying £1 a night for the privilege – it was there that he would discover that he had made the Olympic team – and such was his shortage of money that on another occasion he broke his jaw, but could not afford the medical bills, so tied it up himself with a pillowcase and simply carried on. No one said it was going to be easy. On top of the monetary concerns, Edwards had worries about his sporting life. Wearing six pairs of socks to make his second-hand boots fit, and a helmet tied on with a piece of string as it was too big for him – on one landing his helmet fell off, before the Italy team kindly provided him with a better fit – Edwards also had the problem of far-sightedness, which meant he had to wear glasses while jumping. "Sometimes I take off, and I can't see where I'm going," admitted a rather blasé Edwards, who didn't seem at all concerned that his glasses misted up in mid-air and restricted his vision. Sheer madness. By Boxing Day 1986, Edwards was taking part in European Cup events – his debut was at St Moritz – and he represented Great Britain at the 1987 World Championships in Obertsdorf, Germany. Unsurprisingly, he finished last. His popularity among crowds at World Cup events was growing, but he had no idea about the reception he would receive in Calgary in February 1988. Arriving in the early hours of the morning, Edwards' accident-prone nature extended to the carousel of Calgary airport, his luggage bursting out of his case and spilling pants and socks everywhere. Undeterred, he jumped on the carousel and chased after his clothing – hardly the ideal start to his Olympic experience. And then came the first signs of what was to follow; waiting outside was a Canadian TV crew and a fan club with a banner that declared: "Welcome to Calgary, Eddie The Eagle". That nickname had been mentioned for the first


"From which musical does the song ""How to Handle a Woman"" come from?"

CAMELOT (The Musical): "How to Handle a Woman" - YouTube CAMELOT (The Musical): "How to Handle a Woman" Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jun 17, 2009 Confounded by his wife's stubbornness, Arthur (Tom Hensen) tries to recall Merlin's advice on "How to Handle a Woman"... (Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Music by Frederick Loewe) Category


The boundary between Suffolk and Cambridgeshire runs through which racecourse?

Cambridgeshire Search billions of records on Ancestry.com CAMBRIDGESHIRE This extract is from "Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk 1929". The highlighted links lead to other Web pages external to this. Each link   is unique. CAMBRIDGE   is one of the eastern counties, and is inland, though its borders reach within   a few miles of the sea and the great inlet called the Wash, and include the   ports of Wisbech and Ely : it shelves gradually   down from the upper sources of the Ouse, in chalk country, to the lowlands   of the rivers, and contains within its bounds the Isle of Ely and much other   marsh ground. The upper part of the shire lies between the Ouse and Cam, the   two heads of the Ouse : the lower part lies between the Ouse and the Nene,   and is watered by their channels : these streams run into the Wash. Cambridgeshire runs very nearly north and south, between 52 deg. 1 min. and 52 deg. 45 min.   north latitude, and 0 deg. 31 min. east and 0 deg. 16 min. west longitude   from Greenwich, Cambridge being nearly the same longitude as London. In shape   the county is oblong, the southern part being wider than the northern : the   greatest length is about 51 miles north to south, and he greatest breadth   32 miles, but at Ely the breadth is not more than about 15 miles. On the north   it is bounded by Lincolnshire; on the east by the Wisbech canal, the rivers   Welney, Croft, Ouse and Lark, and the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk; on   the south by Essex, Herts and Bedfordshire; on the west by Huntingdonshire   and the Catwater stream. The parish   of Redmore was by an Order or the County Council transferred from Norfolk   to this county and its name altered to Redmere, and by an Order of September,   1895, the portion of the parish of Welney formerly in this county was transferred   to Norfolk. By Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No.   14) Act, 1895, the parishes of Great Chishall, Little Chisall and Heydon were   transferred from Essex to Cambridge. In the same year part of Papworth St.   Agnes was transferred from Hunts, part of Royston added to Herts, and part   of Wood Ditton to Cambridgeshire. By these   alterations the whole county now comprises 553,241 acres and may be arranged   under two great divisions - the Isle of Ely in the Marsh Lands, with 238,073   acres, and Cambridgeshire proper, with 315,168 acres. The population of the   whole county in 1871 was 186,906; in 1881, 185,594; and in 1891, 185,822. The population   of the administrative county of Cambridgeshire was in 1901, 120,264; in 1911,   128,322, and in 1921, 129,602, viz.: males, 61,978; females, 67,624. The population   of the administrative county of the Isle of Ely was in 1901, 64,495; in 1911,   69,752, and in 1921, 73,817, viz.: males, 36,478; females, 37,339. thus, the   total population of the whole county was in 1921, 203,419. Cambridgeshire   first belonged to Iberians , and afterwards   to a British tribe called the Iceni , and being   overrun by the Romans was   by them included in the province of Flavia C�sariensis. The Romans had a town   or settlement at Cambridge. On the retreat of the Romans it was held by the   Welsh, but when they were driven out it was settled by the same English Waring   and Frisian clans   as Norfolk and Suffolk, being most probably known as Westfolk. When the present   kingdom of England was formed the land took the name Grantbridgeshire; in   870 it was wasted by the Danes, who destroyed Cambridge and the minsters of   Ely, Soham and Thorney. In 875 the invaders again occupied the country, and   obtained afterwards a permanent settlement amongst the East English; but in   921 an army of these settlers surrendered at Cambridge to King   Edward I , surnamed the Elder. In 1010 a fresh swarm of Danes, under King   Swain, again burned Cambridge. On the accession of William the Norman to the   English kingdom, almost


Which American comic book hero was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first appeared in Marvel Comics in 1962?

Spider Man Stan Lee Autographed Photo Framed - Marvel Comics Spider Man Stan Lee Autographed Photo Framed - Marvel Comics Mediums:


Nikita Khrushchev - Cold War - HISTORY.com Nikita Khrushchev A+E Networks Introduction Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) led the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, serving as premier from 1958 to 1964. Though he largely pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West, he instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis by placing nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida. At home, he initiated a process of “de-Stalinization” that made Soviet society less repressive. Yet Khrushchev could be authoritarian in his own right, crushing a revolt in Hungary and approving the construction of the Berlin Wall. Known for his colorful speeches, he once took off and brandished his shoe at the United Nations. Google Nikita Khrushchev: The Early Years Khrushchev was born on April 15, 1894, in Kalinovka, a small Russian village near the Ukrainian border. At age 14 he moved with his family to the Ukrainian mining town of Yuzovka, where he apprenticed as a metalworker and performed other odd jobs. Despite his religious upbringing, Khrushchev joined the communist Bolsheviks in 1918, more than a year after they had seized power in the Russian Revolution . During the subsequent Russian Civil War, Khrushchev’s first wife, with whom he had two children, died of typhus. He later remarried and had four more children. Did You Know? During the “kitchen debate” of 1959, so named because it took place in a model kitchen set up for a trade exhibition in Moscow, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon, “Let’s compete. Who can produce the most goods for the people, that system is better and it will win.” In 1929 Khrushchev moved to Moscow, where he steadily rose through the Communist Party ranks. Eventually he entered the inner circle of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin , who by that time had consolidated control over the country and instituted a bloody purge of perceived enemies. Millions of people were killed or imprisoned in Gulag labor camps, and millions more died in famines brought on by the forced collectivization of agriculture. Khrushchev Takes Over for Stalin During World War II , Khrushchev mobilized troops to fight Nazi Germany in the Ukraine and at Stalingrad. After the war, he helped to rebuild the devastated countryside while simultaneously stifling Ukrainian nationalist dissent. By the time Stalin died in March 1953, Khrushchev had positioned himself as a possible successor. Six months later, he became head of the Communist Party and one of the most powerful people in the USSR. At first, Khrushchev and other high-ranking officials ruled through a form of collective leadership. But in 1955 he organized the ouster of Premier Georgi Malenkov and replaced him with an ally, Nikolai Bulganin. Khrushchev foiled a Malenkov-led coup attempt in June 1957 and took over the premiership the following March. Khrushchev Begins the De-Stalinization Process Once a loyal Stalinist, Khrushchev gave a long speech in February 1956 that criticized Stalin for arresting and deporting opponents, for elevating himself above the party and for incompetent wartime leadership, among other things. This withering, albeit incomplete, indictment of Stalin was supposed to remain secret. By that June, however, the U.S. State Department had published the complete text. Starting in 1957, Khrushchev made some minor attempts to rehabilitate Stalin’s image. But he switched course once again in 1961, when the city of Stalingrad was renamed and Stalin’s remains were removed from Lenin’s mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square . Emboldened by Khrushchev’s so-called “secret speech,” protestors took to the streets in the Soviet satellites of Poland and Hungary. The Polish revolt was resolved fairly peacefully, but the Hungarian revolt was violently suppressed with troops and tanks. In all, at least 2,500 Hungarians were killed in late 1956, and about 13,000 were wounded. Many more fled to the West, and others were arrested or deported. On the domestic front, Khrushchev worked—not always successfully—to increase agricultural production and raise living standards.


Who had a number 2 hit in the 60's with Speedy Gonzales?

Speedy Gonzales by Pat Boone Songfacts Speedy Gonzales by Pat Boone Songfacts Songfacts This novelty song was originally recorded by an American singer named David Dante, whose real name was David Hess (he also recorded as David Hill). Dante wrote the song with the songwriters Buddy Kaye and Ethel Lee. Pat Boone heard the song on a trip to the Philippines, where he was performing. Upon returning to America, he recorded the song and it became an unlikely hit: backed by "The Locket," it peaked at #6 in US and made #2 UK. The song's original singer, David Hess, later appeared in a number of horror movies, including The Last House on the Left and Swamp Thing. Speedy Gonzales is a cartoon character - the fastest mouse in Mexico - who first appeared in 1953. The Boone record includes the voice of Speedy, Mel Blanc (1908-89), whose voice appears in the cartoon also, and who was renowned for voicing comic animation characters. In the song as in the cartoon, Speedy is an unusual mouse, whose vices include drinking with "a floozy named Flo." When Elton John brought out " Crocodile Rock ," the similarity of his "La, la, las" to those in this song prompted a lawsuit, but there are only so many ways "La, la, la" can be sung, and the action came to nothing. Boone would later cite Elton's appropriation as an example of a rock artist copying him - Boone took a lot of flak for recording songs by R&B acts, and was shunned by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame even though he was one of the most successful artists of the early rock era. >> Suggestion credit: Alexander Baron - London, England, for above 2 In the liner notes to the 1995 60-track CD box set Pat Boone: His Greatest Hits and Finest Performances, which marked the first time the original recordings of all his significant hits were collected in a single box set (what usually is reissued as his pre-1960 material are actually post-1960 stereo re-records), Boone said: "I heard the song myself in the Philippines in a little nightspot. I got a copy of the record, took it home and played it for [Dot Records owner] Randy Wood, who said, 'Oh no. That was already out on RCA and it was a bomb.' I said, 'Randy, that's a hit song.' I wheedled and pleaded for a year, but he wouldn't ever let me do it. Finally, we were going to record something else and we only had two songs. I said, 'Randy, we need a third song. Let me do "Speedy Gonzales".' He finally agreed and sent me to his house to get the record I'd given him. Randy had hundreds of 45s all over his house and I asked his housekeeper to help me look for it. We spent a couple of hours looking, but I could not find it. As I was leaving, the housekeeper said, 'Mr. Wood gave me some records and they're in the back of my closet. Do you want to look at those?' There it was, the very last 45 on the bottom of the stack. The next night we recorded it." (Thanks to Gary Theroux, who wrote these liner notes.) The singer of the "La la La" parts was Jackie Ward. The following year, under the name of Robin Ward, she had a #14 US hit with "Wonderful Summer." The spoken intro doesn't appear on the original version. On Boone's recording, he opens by setting the scene: It was a moonlit night in old Mexico I walked alone between some old adobe haciendas Suddenly, I heard the plaintive cry of a young Mexican girl You better come home, Speedy Gonzales The lyric is loaded with Mexican stereotypes, as Speedy is portrayed as a dimwitted, destitute drunk who loves enchiladas and chili peppers. Boone didn't see it as derogatory. "They might think it was a little denigrating but anyone who knew anything about me knew I wouldn't be looking down my nose at anybody," he told Goldmine. "Certainly this was a colorful, funny record about a fictional person called Speedy Gonzales." This song was a departure for Boone, who had been doing mostly ballads and standards in the previous few years. It was the last of his 17 US Top 10 hits.


What was the name of the actor who played Jack Sugden in Emmerdale and who died in July 2008?

Emmerdale actor who played Jack Sugden dies aged 63 | Daily Mail Online Emmerdale actor who played Jack Sugden dies aged 63 Emmerdale's Clive Hornby died aged 63 Clive Hornby - who played farmer Jack Sugden in the soap Emmerdale - has died aged 63.  Hornby was the longest-serving cast member in Emmerdale's history, a fixture in the programme for 28 years. His last scenes were broadcast in February. Hornby had been determined to beat a mystery illness and return to work but died on Thursday. Before his death, he requested that details relating to his health were not published. His character was known for his flat cap and wax jacket. In the ITV1 soap, originally known as Emmerdale Farm, Hornby still wore the cap he was given when he joined in 1980. He was initially offered a three-month contract as farmer Jack Sugden. The character was seen returning to the village after previously being played by Andrew Burt. Devoted family man and farmer Sugden married three times and had five children. Emmerdale series producer Anita Turner said: "This is a devastating loss and we are all deeply saddened. 'Clive will be greatly missed by everyone who has worked with him on Emmerdale during the past 28 years. 'He was a hugely popular and well-respected member of cast and a terrific actor. 'Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.' Jack was the son of Jacob and Annie Sugden, whose family owned Emmerdale Farm since early in the show. Television veteran: Clive, who played Jack Sugden, with costar Alyson Spiro in 2000 Jack Sugden's first wife Pat was killed in a car crash in 1986 - the first of many tragedies for the character. In real life, Hornby went on to marry Helen Weir, who played Pat. They divorced eight years ago and have a son, Tom. His character went on to have brief affairs with married women before tying the knot with mobile librarian Sarah Connolly (Madeleine Howard) in 1994. His second wife died in a barn fire, and Sugden was arrested  for her murder before being released when the real culprit was discovered. Sugden later married pub landlady Diane (Elizabeth Estensen), who was nearly killed in a house collapse in 2006. Familiar face: Clive, filming the show in 1979, was the longest-serving cast member in Emmerdale's history


The European Football Championships in 2012 will be hosted again by two countries - name either.

Basel Football | BaselFootball.com   European Football Championship The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by the UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football Championship in 1968. The tournament is considered the second-most important competition among national teams, based on European and worldwide fame, after the FIFA World Cup. Specific championships are often referred to in the form "Euro 2008" or whichever year is appropriate. There is a UEFA Women's Championship inaugurated in 1984 and from 1997 held every four years, as well as a Men's Under-21 equivalent of the UEFA European Championship tournament, taking place every two years. History In 1956, the groundwork for a European national team competition was laid. Two years later, in 1958, the first European Nations Cup began. The original format of the competition saw the early rounds played in home and away matches between the countries on a knockout basis. This continued until the semi-finals, where the remainder of the competition was played in the host country, chosen from the four semi-finalists. The French Football Federation’s Henri Delaunay came up with the idea of a European championship in 1927. Given the immense efforts that Delaunay had put into setting up a European national teams competition, UEFA deemed it appropriate that the inaugural competition be hosted by France. The trophy presented to the competition winner still bears his name. The first final was held in Paris and saw the Soviet Union defeat Yugoslavia, after extra time, and be first to have their name engraved onto the trophy. The 1964 competition was the first European Nations Cup to be affected by politics as it saw Greece refusing to play Albania as they were technically (though not officially) at war. The finals were hosted by Spain, and they saw the hosts beat the Soviet Union 2-1 in Madrid. The European Nations Cup changed its name to the UEFA European Football Championship for 1968 and also a new format was introduced. Eight groups of seeded teams played each other twice and the top side of each group proceeded to two-legged quarter finals. The semi-finals and final were played in the host country of Italy who won the competition after a 2-0 replay of the final, having drawn 1-1 in the first against Yugoslavia. In the 1972 tournament, the same structure was retained, with Belgium being the host of the finals. West Germany won the competition, beating the Soviet Union 3-0 in the final. The 1976 final round was hosted by Yugoslavia. In the final, Czechoslovakia squandered a two-goal lead before penalties were needed. When Uli Hoeness missed, it allowed Antonín Panenka to chip into the space vacated by Sepp Maier's anticipatory dive for a Czechoslovakian victory. In 1980 UEFA introduced a new format, which saw eight teams go to the finals instead of four, and then play each other in two groups of four teams; the winner of each group then proceeded to the final. West Germany faced Belgium in the final, which they won 2-1 after two goals from Horst Hrubesch. However the newer format was not retained in 1984, and a different format was used, again employing group stages, but this time in place of only the quarter-finals. The top two teams from each of the two groups progressed to the semi-finals. The competition was held in France for the second time. The hosts won 2-0 in Paris against Spain with goals from Michel Platini and Bruno Bellone. The 1988 competition was held in West Germany, while the format from the 1984 competition was retained. Marco Van Basten led the Netherlands, scoring what was later voted the best goal ever in the competition. The 1992 competition was held in Sweden during a time of European political change, a united Germany was represented and as a result of the break up of the Soviet Union, a Commonwealth of Independent States


From whom did Castro seize power in 1959?

Castro sworn in - Feb 16, 1959 - HISTORY.com Castro sworn in Publisher A+E Networks On February 16, 1959, Fidel Castro is sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after leading a guerrilla campaign that forced right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista into exile. Castro, who became commander in chief of Cuba’s armed forces after Batista was ousted on January 1, replaced the more moderate Miro Cardona as head of the country’s new provisional government. Castro was born in the Oriente province in eastern Cuba, the son of a Spanish immigrant who had made a fortune building rail systems to transport sugar cane. He became involved in revolutionary politics while a student and in 1947 took part in an abortive attempt by Dominican exiles and Cubans to overthrow Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo . In the next year, he took part in urban riots in Bogota, Colombia. The most outstanding feature of his politics during the period was his anti-American beliefs; he was not yet an overt Marxist. In 1951, he ran for a seat in the Cuban House of Representatives as a member of the reformist Ortodoxo Party, but General Batista seized power in a bloodless coup d’etat before the election could be held. Various groups formed to oppose Batista’s dictatorship, and on July 26, 1953, Castro led some 160 rebels in an attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba–Cuba’s second largest military base. Castro hoped to seize weapons and announce his revolution from the base radio station, but the barracks were heavily defended, and more than half his men were captured or killed. Castro was himself arrested and put on trial for conspiring to overthrow the Cuban government. During his trial, he argued that he and his rebels were fighting to restore democracy to Cuba, but he was nonetheless found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Two years later, Batista felt confident enough in his power that he granted a general amnesty for all political prisoners, including Castro. Castro then went with his brother Raul to Mexico , and they organized the revolutionary 26th of July Movement, enlisting recruits and joining up with Ernesto “Che” Guevara, an idealist Marxist from Argentina. On December 2, 1956, Castro and 81 armed men landed on the Cuban coast. All of them were killed or captured except for Castro, Raul, Che, and nine others, who retreated into the Sierra Maestra mountain range to wage a guerrilla war against the Batista government. They were joined by revolutionary volunteers from all over Cuba and won a series of victories over Batista’s demoralized army. Castro was supported by the peasantry, to whom he promised land reform, while Batista received aid from the United States, which bombed suspected revolutionary positions. By mid-1958, a number of other Cuban groups were also opposing Batista, and the United States ended military aid to his regime. In December, the 26th of July forces under Che Guevara attacked the city of Santa Clara, and Batista’s forces crumbled. Batista fled for the Dominican Republic on January 1, 1959. Castro, who had fewer than 1,000 men left at the time, took control of the Cuban government’s 30,000-man army. The other rebel leaders lacked the popular support the young and charismatic Castro enjoyed, and on February 16 he was sworn in as prime minister. The United States initially recognized the new Cuban dictator but withdrew its support after Castro launched a program of agrarian reform, nationalized U.S. assets on the island, and declared a Marxist government. Many of Cuba’s wealthier citizens fled to the United States, where they joined the CIA in its efforts to overthrow Castro’s regime. In April 1961, with training and support by the CIA, the Cuban exiles launched an ill-fated and unsuccessful invasion of Cuba known as the “Bay of Pigs.” The Soviet Union reacted to the attack by escalating its support to Castro’s communist government and in 1962 placed offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba. The discovery of the missiles by U.S. intelligence led to the tense “ Cuban Missile Crisis ,” which ended after the Soviets agreed to


"Whose motto is ""Service Above Self ""?"

The history of Rotary's mottoes | Rotary International The history of Rotary's mottoes Manage display Rotary’s official mottoes, Service Above Self and One Profits Most Who Serves Best, trace back to the early days of the organization. In 1911, He Profits Most Who Serves Best was approved as the Rotary motto at the second convention of the National Association of Rotary Clubs of America, in Portland, Oregon. It was adapted from a speech made by Rotarian Arthur Frederick Sheldon to the first convention, held in Chicago the previous year. Sheldon declared that "only the science of right conduct toward others pays. Business is the science of human services. He profits most who serves his fellows best."  The Portland convention also inspired the motto Service Above Self. During a convention outing on the Columbia River, Ben Collins, president of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, talked with Seattle Rotarian J.E. Pinkham about the proper way to organize a Rotary club, offering the principle his club had adopted: Service, Not Self. Pinkham invited Paul P. Harris, who also was on the boat trip, to join their conversation. Harris asked Collins to address the convention, and the phrase Service, Not Self was met with great enthusiasm. At the 1950 RI Convention in Detroit, slightly modified versions of the two slogans were formally approved as the official mottoes of Rotary: He Profits Most Who Serves Best and Service Above Self. The 1989  Council on Legislation  established Service Above Self as the principal motto of Rotary, because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service. He Profits Most Who Serves Best was modified by the 2004 Council to They Profit Most Who Serve Best and by the 2010 Council to its current wording, One Profits Most Who Serves Best.


Who created the Detective Dangerous Davies as played on television by Peter Davison?

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What was the name of the BBC Correspondent who died in July 2008 aged 85?

Veteran BBC foreign correspondent Charles Wheeler, 85, dies | Media | The Guardian Veteran BBC foreign correspondent Charles Wheeler, 85, dies Charles Wheeler: covered stories including the assassination of Martin Luther King and Watergate. Photograph: BBC Friday 4 July 2008 06.54 EDT First published on Friday 4 July 2008 06.54 EDT Share on Messenger Close Sir Charles Wheeler, one of the BBC's longest standing foreign correspondents and the father-in-law of London mayor Boris Johnson, has died at the age of 85, the corporation announced today. The veteran journalist, who was suffering from lung cancer, was based in the US for a decade from 1965, covering stories including the assassination of Martin Luther King, Watergate and the shooting of presidential candidate Robert Kennedy. He was based in Washington DC as the BBC's chief US correspondent between 1969 and 1973. He later went on to become Europe correspondent. Wheeler was also a popular host of Panorama and Newsnight as well as a producer. The journalist, who was born in Germany in 1923 and educated at Cranbrook in Kent, began his media career at the Daily Sketch newspaper and joined the BBC after the second world war. In the 1950s, he worked as a correspondent in Germany and South Asia. Wheeler, who was born a year after the BBC was founded, spent five years in the Royal Marines during the second world war before joining the BBC in 1947, spending 11 years as a writer and reporter for the BBC World Service. He made his name during his four-year posting to Delhi, where he covered the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet, and while in India he met his wife Dip Singh, whom he married in 1962. In 2000, he criticised the BBC for dumbing down and condemned news journalism for becoming too stylised and having a "cult of personality". The BBC director general, Mark Thompson, described Wheeler as "a legend" and "utterly irreplaceable". "To audiences and to his colleagues alike, Charles Wheeler was simply a legend," he said. "His integrity, his authority and his humanity graced the BBC's airwaves over many decades. He is utterly irreplaceable but like everyone else, I am privileged to have worked with him." Mark Byford, the deputy BBC director general and head of BBC journalism, added: "Charles was, in my view, the greatest broadcast journalist of his generation. "Courageous, insightful and always curious, he had the truly outstanding gift for vivid, beautiful writing matched by a quite extraordinary skill for using pictures and sound to convey the power of his own eyewitness reportage. "As a journalist you saw him as the pinnacle of our profession. His death is a huge loss but his legacy will last forever." Mark Damazer, the controller of BBC Radio 4 where Wheeler was working on a programme about the Dalai Lama almost until he died, said the veteran journalist "embodied all that is best in the BBC's journalism". "He had a brilliant eye and an unequalled ability to convey what he saw and what he knew," he said. "His work for Radio 4 over the last decade demonstrated his astonishing range - dealing with central and eastern Europe - but also, and superbly, with the legacy at home of world war two. "Everything he did was shot through with his compassion and wisdom. He was magnificent." Wheeler, who was knighted in 2006 for services to journalism, and Singh had two daughters, barrister Marina who is married to Johnson, and Shirin, who followed him into the BBC. The BBC confirmed he died at his home this morning from lung cancer. · To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediatheguardian.com or phone 020 7239 9857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332. · If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".


Who seized power from King Idris in a military coup in 1969?

Col. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya | South African History Online South African History Online Home » Col. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya Col. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya Gaddafi and Mandela. Monday, 1 September 1969 On 1 September 1969, Muammar Gaddafi seized power in Libya after a coup d'etat. Gaddafi, the leader of the Free Unionist Officers movement, overthrew the monarchical rule of King Idris, who had ruled Libya since its independence in December 1951. After his deposition the king went into exile in Egypt. In 1970, leaders of the  Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)  visited Libya to negotiate the use of Libyan territory for military training purposes for its armed wing, the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA). In 1974 Libya permitted not just the PAC but also other South African political organizations fighting Apartheid to use Libyan territory for military training. What further encouraged Libyan support for the PAC was its alliance to Qibla, a South African Muslim guerrilla movement. Other than the PAC and Qibla, other anti-Apartheid organizations that received Libyan support were the  Black People's Convention (BPC)  and the  South African Students Organization (SASO) . Later, the ANC also began using Libya as a military training base for some of its cadres in Libya. In 1997, after the fall of Apartheid,  Nelson Mandela , accompanied by  Graça Machel  and the Minister of Foreign Affairs  Alfred Nzo , defied the international isolation of Libya and visited Muammar Gaddafi. The delegation flew from the Tunisian resort island of Djerba to the Libyan border town of Ras Adjir and then completed the 160 km journey to the Libyan capital of Tripoli by road due to an air embargo imposed on Libya by the United Nations. In 1999, Mandela successfully mediated in a long standing dispute between Gaddafi and the West, which saw Libya hand over suspects of the Lockerbie bombing for trial in the Netherlands. References:


Sheriff John T Chance appears in which classic Western?

Remembering Dean Martin as a Western Star - Cowboys and Indians Magazine Cowboys and Indians Magazine Remembering Dean Martin as a Western Star by Joe Leydon Photography: National General Pictures The late, great crooner rode tall alongside the likes of John Wayne and James Stewart. Dean Martin — whose birthday we celebrate June 7 — may not be anyone’s first choice as an iconic cowboy hero. But the late, great multitalented entertainer proved to be a dependable player in several westerns throughout his long career. Here are seven of his best. Rio Bravo (1959) Martin earned his spurs as the hard-drinking deputy of John Wayne’s Sheriff John T. Chance in Howard Hawks’ much-imitated, rarely equaled classic western. It’s a tense, straight-shooting drama, but Hawks allows time for some musical comedy relief as Martin’s character sings a couple of tunes with Sheriff Chance’s other two allies: a crotchety and crippled old coot (Walter Brennan), and a naïve young gunslinger with a decidedly non-cowboyish coiffure (Ricky Nelson). Sergeants 3 (1962) A loose remake of George Stevens’ Gunga Din (1939), with the basic plot transported from British India to the American West. Martin, Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford star as brawling U.S. Cavalry sergeants assigned to an Indian Territory outpost in 1870, and Sammy Davis Jr. appears as a trumpet-playing former slave who dreams of becoming a trooper. The action sequences are every bit as exciting as you’d expect in a movie by the same director — John Sturges — who gave us The Magnificent Seven (1960). 4 for Texas (1963) Veteran filmmaker Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen) directed this free-wheeling western comedy, set in Galveston, Texas, about two rival couples — Martin and Anita Ekberg, Frank Sinatra and Ursula Andress — who must join forces to save their gambling boat from a corrupt banker (Victor Buono) and a murderous outlaw (Charles Bronson). Believe it or not, The Three Stooges also figure into the action. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) Martin is reunited with Rio Bravo co-star John Wayne in Henry Hathaway’s enduringly popular and surprisingly influential western about brothers who reunite for the funeral of their saintly mother — and uncover new clues in the mystery of their father’s violent death. Wayne (as John Elder) and Martin (Tom Elder) are joined by Michael Anderson Jr. (Bud Elder) and Earl Holliman (Matt Elder) as the avenging siblings. Decades later, filmmaker John Singleton freely admitted to using this movie as a template for his own Four Brothers (2005). Rough Night in Jericho (1967) And now for something completely different: Martin is effectively cast against type as the villain of the piece, Alex Flood, a lawman gone bad while taking over the Wild West town of Jericho. George Peppard plays the unlikely hero, a lawman-turned-gambler who risks everything to take on Flood after he falls for the beautiful owner-operator (Jean Simmons) of a stagecoach line. Five Card Stud (1968) As much a murder mystery as a traditional western, director Henry Hathaway’s offbeat drama has Martin cast as Van Morgan, an honest cowpoke who tries, and fails, to stop fellow poker players from lynching a card shark they catch cheating. Months later, Morgan returns to the scene of the crime after hearing that members of the lynch party are being murdered, one by one. Among the likely suspects: Nick Evers (Roddy McDowell), one of the lynch-party instigators, and Rev. Jonathan Rudd (Robert Mitchum), a hell-fire-and-brimstone preacher. Bandolero! (1968) Martin teams with James Stewart in director Andrew V. Laglen’s action-packed shoot-‘em-up. After Mace Bishop (Stewart) saves his brother Dee (Martin) from the gallows, the brothers and their gang high-tail it out of town with a hostage: Maria (Raquel Welch), the beautiful widow of a wealthy rancher Dee shot during a robbery. Truth to tell, Maria never thought much of her husband, so it’s not long before she’s sweet on Dee. Trouble is, they’re pursued by a relentless sheriff (George Kennedy) who’s a-hankering to claim Maria for his own. MOST POPULAR


Walter Hunt Invented the Safety Pin and a Sewing Machine Inventors Expert By Mary Bellis The modern safety pin was the invention of Walter Hunt. For those of you who don't know what a safety pin is; it is an object commonly used to fasten clothing (i.e. cloth diapers) together. The very first pins used for clothing date back to the Mycenaeans during the 14th century BCE and were called fibulae. Walter Hunt (1796 – 1859) Born in upstate New York, Walter Hunt earned a degree in masonry. He worked as a farmer in the mill town of Lowville, NY, and designed more efficient machinery for the local mills. He received his first patent in 1826, after moving to New York City to work as a mechanic. Walter Hunt's other inventions included: a forerunner of the Winchester repeating rifle, a successful flax spinner, knife sharpener, streetcar bell, hard-coal-burning stove, artificial stone, road sweeping machinery, velocipedes, ice ploughs and mail making machinery. He is also well known for inventing a commercially unsuccessful sewing machine . continue reading below our video 5 Ways to Improve Your Credit Score Walter Hunt - Safety Pin The safety pin was invented while Walter Hunt was twisting a piece of wire, trying to think of something that would help him pay off a fifteen dollar debt. He later sold his patent rights to the safety pin for four hundred dollars to the man that he owed the money to. On April 10, 1849, Walter Hunt was granted US patent #6,281 for his safety pin. Hunt's pin was made from one piece of wire, which was coiled into a spring at one end and a separate clasp and point at the other end, allowing the point of the wire to be forced by the spring into the clasp. It was the first pin to have a clasp and spring action and Hunt claimed that it was designed to keep fingers safe from injury - hence the name. Walter Hunt - Sewing Machine In 1834, Walter Hunt built America's first sewing machine , which was also the first eye pointed needle sewing machine. He later lost interest in patenting his sewing machine, because he believed the invention would cause unemployment. Competing Sewing Machines The eye pointed needle sewing machine was later re-invented by Elias Howe of Spencer, Massachusetts and patented by Howe in 1846. In both Walter Hunt's and Elias Howe's sewing machine a curved eye pointed needle that passed the thread through the fabric in an arc motion; on the other side of the fabric a loop was created; and a second thread carried by a shuttle running back and forth on a track passed through the loop creating a lockstitch. Elias Howe's design was copied by Isaac Singer and others, leading to extensive patent litigation. A court battle in the 1850s showed conclusively Howe was not the originator of the eye pointed needle and gave credit to Walter Hunt. The court case was started by Elias Howe against Isaac Merritt Singer, the then largest manufacturer of sewing machines. Singer disputed Howe's patent rights, by claiming that the invention was already some 20 years old and that Elias Howe should not have been able to claim royalties for it. However, since Walter Hunt had abandoned his sewing machine and not patented it, Elias Howe's patent was upheld by the courts in 1854. Isaac Singer's machine was somewhat different its needle moved up and down, rather than sideways, and it was powered by a treadle rather than a hand crank. However, it used the same lockstitch process and a similar needle. Elias Howe died in 1867, the year his patent expired.


The Venus de Milo is a statue of which Greek goddess?

Venus de Milo, Venus of Milos, Aphrodite of Milos Fame Venus de Milo - Venus of Milos - Aphrodite of Milos - Αφροδίτη της Μήλου The famous statue by Alexandros of Antioch - The epitome of graceful female beauty. The official website for Venus de Milo , or Venus of Milos , the famous statue of Goddess Aphrodite discovered in Milos in 1820. Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Milos (Greek: Ἀφροδίτη τῆς Μήλου, Aphroditē tēs Mēlou), better known as the Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. Created sometime between 130 and 100 BC, it is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty (Venus to the Romans). It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) high. The arms and original plinth were lost following its discovery. From an inscription that was on its plinth, it is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch; earlier, it was mistakenly attributed to the master sculptor Praxiteles. It is currently on permanent display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. © 2014 Andreas Belivanakis Contact


Which Swiss town is at the foot of the Matterhorn?

Zermatt - Switzerland Tourism Zermatt 360° Pano (2) Zermatt lies at the foot of the Matterhorn. The town's touristic development is closely linked to what is most probably the world's most famous mountain. The vacation destination is a car-free zone, has preserved its original character and offers nearly unlimited possibilities as far as excursions are concerned. Share contents 5 Stars The location of Zermatt at the foot of the Matterhorn and in the middle of an enormous hiking and ski region makes it one of the world's most attractive vacation villages. The ski region encompasses 54 mountain railways and lifts as well as 360 kilometers of pistes. The region called "Matterhorn glacier paradise" is Europe's largest and highest lying summer skiing region. Numerous national ski teams train here in the summer. The region is legendary amongst mountaineers: the Haute Route, a challenging international route that takes several days to complete, leads from Mont Blanc to Zermatt. Over 400 kilometers of hiking trails lead through and out of the Matter Valley, including the mule traders' trails, which date back to the 13th century (a part of these paths is paved). Family Summer Walking, cycling, climbing and high-Alpine tours are popular activities in summer and autumn. Every year, the four-thousand-metre summits attract many Alpinists. 400 km of walking trails also guide guests who are not overly adept at climbing through the mountainscape around Zermatt. The cog railway operates between Zermatt and the 3089-metre-high Gornergrat. The summit offers up spectacular views of the Matterhorn, the glaciers and the Monte-Rosa massif. At 3883 metres in altitude, Europe’s highest vantage point able to be reached by cableway also offers a fascinating panoramic vista of the Matterhorn (4478 metres) and summits of the Swiss, Italian and French Alps. The glacier palace can be admired 15 metres beneath the ice surface. Six ski lifts as well as a cableway provide access to the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise, the highest summer ski region of the Alps on the Theodul glacier. Winter In winter, the snow-assured ski region offers 360 km of pistes in three varied ski areas: the Sunnegga-Rothorn, Gornergrat-Stockhorn, Schwarzsee and Matterhorn glacier paradise. Snowboarders and freestylers are able to hone their skills in the Snowpark Zermatt in which Olympic hopefuls also train. A crossover to the Italian ski region of Breuil-Cervinia and Valtournenche is possible from the Matterhorn glacier paradise / Theodulpass. Those in search of something different can try their hand at paragliding or off-piste heli-skiing accompanied by an experienced mountain guide. Family Child-care is offered throughout the year in the Zermatt – Matterhorn family resort. And everywhere you see the fun loving «Wolli» mascot, children come first! Lamb Wolli accompanies you on the climate theme path, kids under 9 ski for free in the whole region - and whoever wants to ice-skate at the rink, investigate a cheese dairy or hang around in the climbing hall can! Crystal-clear mountain lakes to swim in further entice, adventurous nature days and exciting visits to the Forest Fun Park. Highlights Gornergrat – a cog railway wends its way up the mountain to an altitude of 3089 metres; a magnificent panorama. Matterhorn Museum – houses the items of equipment used during the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 which ended tragically. Matterhorn glacier paradise – the highest place in Europe (3883 m) able to be reached by a cableway, with a viewing platform and the highest glacier palace in the world. Gorner gorge – a footpath across narrow bridges and steps as well as a fixed rope route guide visitors through the deeply scarped gorge. Village of Findeln – original Valais settlement with a small chapel; it has Switzerland’s highest rye crop fields at an altitude of 2100 metres. Top Events Horu Trophy Zermatt – the Horu Trophy is one of Europe’s largest Open Air Curling-Tournaments (January). Matterhorn Ultraks Skialp – ski tour races in breathtaking mountain scenery (March/April every two y


MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, CA): Top Tips Before You Go - TripAdvisor “No. No. No. No. You Could Get Hurt. No. No. No.” Reviewed July 17, 2016 It is really sad that MacArthur Park is such a dump, but it is. Stay away. It has a lake which has been cleaned. There are little boats that you can rent for the small lake. You can bring lunch and picnic under a tree. It all sounds so lovely. While you are there you can also get meth, coke,... More  Helpful?


Lord Lucan and John Stonehouse disappeared in the same year, which?

Lord Lucan: the theories - Telegraph How about that? Lord Lucan: the theories Richard John Bingham, the seventh Earl of Lucan, disappeared in the early  hours of November 8 1974 following the murder of Sandra Rivett, his  children's nanny. What happened to him next is one of Britain's biggest  crime mysteries. Lord Lucan at a West End club in London back in 1973 Photo: REX Follow Suicide Lucan's blood-soaked car was found three days after the murder at Newhaven, East Sussex. Many friends believed he had "fallen on his sword" after the murder of his children's nanny, Some say he scuttled his boat in the English channel. His wife, Lady Lucan, believes he stepped off a ferry and into the sea. "He knew a lot about boats, he would have jumped off close to the propellers that would cut up his body so he could never be found," she said this weekend. 09 Sep 2003 Since 1974 Lucan has been "spotted" in Australia, Ireland, South African, Mozambique and the Netherlands. There have been persistent claims that Lucan escaped to Africa with the help of his wealthy friends Sir James Goldsmith and the casino owner, John Aspinall. His personal assistant told the BBC last week that shortly after Lucan's disappearance in 1974 she arranged for his children to fly out and see him in on second passports Gabon, west Africa. “Instructions were to make arrangements for John Bingham, also known as Lord Lucan to see his children and to do that I had to book his two eldest children on flights to Africa,” she said. But Lady Lucan said: "He was not the sort of Englishman to cope abroad. He likes England, he couldn't speak foreign languages and he preferred English food. It's so obvious he's dead." John Stonehouse On Christmas Eve, 1974, Australian police arrested a man in Melbourne whom they believed was Lord Lucan. But it turned out to be John Stonehouse - the former government minister and Labour MP who had faked his own death two years earlier by leaving a pile of clothes on a Miami beach before marrying his secretary. He had left behind him a string of failed fraudulent businesses. Jungly Barry In 2003 a former Scotland Yard detective, Ducan MacLaughlin, claimed an aging bearded hippy by the name of Jungly Barry was Lucan. Barry, who died in 1996 in Goa, India, was said to speak with a refined accent and excelled at Lucan's pasttime of backgammon. But other travellers said Barry Halpin had a broad Lancashire accent.


Who played Stephen Ward in the film Scandal?

The Christine Keeler Story (1963) - IMDb IMDb 4 January 2017 6:03 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The Christine Keeler Story ( 1963 ) The Keeler Affair (original title) 1h 30min A teenage prostitute in England gets involved with high-level politicians and becomes enmeshed in a sex-and-spy scandal. Director: Robert Spafford (as Robert B. Spafford) Writers: Robert Spafford (as Robert B. Spafford), Matt White Stars: a list of 82 titles created 20 May 2012 a list of 585 titles created 18 Jul 2012 a list of 57 titles created 01 Apr 2013 a list of 366 titles created 27 Dec 2014 a list of 247 titles created 29 Dec 2014 Title: The Christine Keeler Story (1963) 6.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Storyline A teenage prostitute in England gets involved with high-level politicians and becomes enmeshed in a sex-and-spy scandal. The Scandal of the Century! Genres: 13 December 1963 (Denmark) See more  » Also Known As: Scandal in the Cabinet See more  » Company Credits Did You Know? Trivia In a pre-credits sequence, the real Christine Keeler introduces her story. before being replaced by actress Yvonne Buckingham . See more » Frequently Asked Questions The Profumo Affair (Scandal - 1989) 6 October 2007 | by usstropicana (Canada) – See all my reviews Christine Keeler (born February 22, 1942) is a former English model and showgirl. Her involvement with a British government minister discredited the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan in 1963, in what is known as the Profumo Affair. In July of 1961, Ward introduced her to John Profumo, the British Secretary of State for War, at a pool party at Cliveden, the Buckinghamshire mansion owned by Lord Astor. Profumo entered into an affair with Keeler, not realizing that she was also sleeping with Yevgeny Ivanov, a naval attaché at the embassy of the Soviet Union. Born in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, she was raised by her mother and stepfather in two converted railway carriages in the Berkshire village of Wraysbury. At age 15, she found work as a model at a dress shop in London's Soho quarter. At 17, she gave birth to a son after an affair with 'Jim', an African-American sergeant from Laleham Air Force base. She discovered she was pregnant only after he had returned to the United States, and she tried to abort the baby herself with a knitting needle, but failed. The child was born prematurely on April 17, 1959, and survived just six days. That summer, Keeler left Wraysbury, staying briefly in Slough with a friend before heading for London. She initially worked as a waitress at a restaurant on Baker Street and there met Maureen O'Connor, a girl who worked at Murray's Cabaret Club in Soho. She introduced Keeler to the owner, Percy Murray, who hired her almost immediately as a topless showgirl. While at Murray's she met Dr. Stephen Ward. Soon the two were living together with the outward appearance of being a couple, but, according to her, it was a platonic "brother and sister"-type relationship. (read full article at source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Keeler) Ward was played by John Hurt in "Scandal" (1989). www.imdb.com/title/tt0098260/ He also appears in Anthony Frewin's 1997 novel London Blues. 4 of 11 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes


The Apennines Mountains Map and Details - World Atlas The Apennines Mountains Map and Details print this map The source of almost all rivers in Italy including the Arno, Tiber, and Volturno, the Apennines Mountains (Ital. Appennino) 830 miles (1,350km) in length, form the backbone of the country, and run the entire length of the Italian Peninsula, ending on the island of Sicily. The highest point is Mt. Corno at 9,560 ft. (2,914 meters). They are no longer as heavily forested as in the past, as most of the slopes had been harvested over the centuries. Modern conservation and reforestation methods have really helped, and much of the new-growth is now protected by law. These beautiful and rugged mountains are famed for their numerous railroad tunnels and highway passes, quaint villages, and by the storybook Appian Way.


How Many Players are there in a Baseball team? How Many Players are there in a Baseball team? Home World Bulent Yozgat 05 August 2013 434 Views In the world there are lots of sports and in order to be relaxed and in order to entertain people are doing these sports every day and on the other hand when we look from the general point we see that people are organizing tournaments all over the world in order to entertain and show their abilities in those kind of sports. On this point baseball is one of the most popular kind of sport in the whole world. People are playing baseball and they like it too much extend. There are lots of different tournaments of baseball along the whole world. Now let’s look at the close view to the sport of baseball. What is the Baseball and the history of the sport of baseball. When we look at the basic of the sport of baseball, we can see that the origins of the baseball are based upon the United States of America. It is very popular type of sport and in the countries of Far East like Japan and Korea people are playing it too much extend. In the sport of baseball it is played generally in 10 periods, and in each period in each teams there are not only offensive players but also there are defensive players. And there are other people who are shooting the ball and there is some other who is catching the ball. When we look at the history of the baseball we can see that in the year of 1938 in the city of New York in the United States of America and in the state of Cooperstown the baseball is founded but on the other hand there are some other speculations about the bases of baseball like it is first played in 18th Century.   Especially in the civil war of United States of America the American soldiers play this game and after some time they start to play the baseball professionally and after the soldiers the whole people who are living in the United States of America start to play this king of sport. And then this is much more professional game in the United States of America. In the year of 1871 in the United States of America, “National Professional Baseball Players Center” is founded. Thanks to the center the popularity of the baseball increases too much extend and then that sport is much more popular after this year. When we look at today, almost all of the tournaments in The United States of America is continued by the American League. When we look at the rules of the sport we see that there are 18 people in total and 9 players of these are on the one team and another 9 players are from the another team.  There is a ball and there is a stick in that sport and by using those materials the players are trying to get the point from each other. Most probably in the future baseball will be much more popular.


Kyudo is a Japanese form of which field sport?

Photo #12 – Japanese Kyudo Archery, Kyoto Budo Center Photo #12 – Japanese Kyudo Archery, Kyoto Budo Center July 27th, 2010 | Author: admin This photo corresponds with Episode 3 of the Savage Japan Podcast. Episode 3 can be heard here at SavageJapan.com or here at SavageSnowPodcast.com . – My two house mates are both さんだん (san dan) 3rd degree kyudo practitioners. They invited me to visit them at their Kyudo Dojo located within the confines of the Kyoto Budo Center. (I have learned that these 2 words are blended and a kyudo dojo is called a kyudojo in Japanese.) The centerpiece building at the Kyoto Budo Center is Butokuden, and it looks like it could be used as a set for a historical samurai drama. It was quite mysterious and pleasantly spooky arriving by myself at night as I visited the Budo Center for the first time. Butokuden’s pairs of large wooden doors were open all around and the dramatic sounds of kendo projected out across the Budo Center grounds as you can hear in episode 3 of the Savage Japan podcast. Loud stomping from the students reverberates on Butokuden’s wooden floors and manic cries emanate from within this building that looks at first more like a temple than a dojo. I later found out that Butokuden is the oldest standing martial arts training hall in all of Japan. I will definitely be back to photograph Butokuden (not seen in this photo). Kendo is a bamboo sword recreational activity that many Japanese kids begin practicing in school as a form of physical education. Kendo in its present day sport form is a fairly new invention, a martial art derivative introduced into Japan’s public school system in 1952 and now practiced around the world. Deeper into the Budo Center’s gated property, I found the kyudojo. I’ve long been intrigued by Japanese kyudo archery, so I feel very fortunate to have access to learning more about it during this visit to Japan. I have trained for several years in full contact, combat oriented martial art styles. After being immersed in “real” and practical martial arts training for so long (after years of doing the sport stuff earlier), I don’t have much interest in non-combat, sport styles anymore, which 99.9% of all martial arts in the world today are (including Japan). However, kyudo’s calm and meditative discipline is very appealing to me. Kyudo does have some optional elements of sport competition, but kyudo archery stands out as something completely unique and appealing in its own right. When watching kyudo, it seems to have more in common with meditation than martial arts. There will definitely be more to come on the topic of kyudo here on this site as well as on the Savage Snow and Savage Japan Podcast. Photo Details: This photo was one of the first I snapped inside the kyudojo at the Kyoto Budo Center, and I think it turned out to be the best of the shots from this night for presenting the main activity in this exquisite Japanese archery facility.


Which is the only London Borough to include land on both sides of the River Thames?

Richmond-upon-Thames - Credo Reference Embedding articles is subject to our Terms of use . [{"style":"mla","pubnonperiodical":{"title":"Topic Pages","city":"Boston","publisher":"Credo Reference Publisher Contributors","year":2017,"state":"MA"},"pubtype":{"main":"pubnonperiodical","suffix":"pubdatabase"},"pubdatabase":{"year":"2017","month":"January","day":"18","yearaccessed":"2017","monthaccessed":"January","dayaccessed":"18","service":"Credo Reference","db":"Credo Reference","searchtext":"http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/richmond_upon_thames"},"source":"chapter","chapter":{"title":"Richmond-upon-Thames","type":"essay"}}] Topic Page: Richmond-upon-Thames Summary Article: Richmond-upon-Thames from The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide Outer borough of southwest Greater London, the only London borough with land on both sides of the River Thames, including the districts of Kew, Teddington, Twickenham, and Hampton; population (2001) 172,300. Industries in the borough include brewing, printing, and electrical engineering. Features of the borough include the Royal Botanic gardens at Kew; the Maids of Honour Row, Richmond (1724), a terrace of four houses for maids of honour attending the Princess of Wales; the gatehouse of the former Richmond Palace; and Richmond Theatre (1899). There are early 18th-century houses around Richmond Green. Richmond Park, 1,000 hectares/2,470 acres with 11 gates, is the largest urban park in Britain, enclosed by Charles I for hunting, with ancient oaks, deer, and contains White Lodge, the home of the Royal Ballet School. Other noteworthy buildings include Garrick's Villa, Hampton, acquired by David Garrick in 1754 and altered by Robert Adam; Old Court House, Hampton, the last home of Christopher Wren; Faraday House, Hampton, the home of Michael Faraday; Ham House, Petersham (1610), with a 17th-century garden; and Hampton Court Palace, begun by Thomas Wolsey in 1514. Bushy Park (acquired by Wolsey in 1514) contains Bushy House, built in 1665 and remodelled c. 1720, which houses the National Physical Laboratory. The highest tidal point of the River Thames can be found at Teddington. Twickenham Rugby football ground, headquarters of the Rugby Football Union, is found in the borough. Barnes Common; 18th- and 19th-century Barnes terrace, facing River Thames; Kneller Hall, Twickenham, home of the Royal Military School of Music, are also features of the area. Famous people Virginia and Leonard Woolf set up the Hogarth Press here. Thomas Traherne and R D Blackmore lived in Teddington; Henry Fielding in Barnes. Places of historical interest Richmond is a royal borough and Edward I built a palace here in the 13th century. It was rebuilt and enlarged by Henry VII, who held a tournament in Richmond in 1492. An archway, Wardrobe Court, and the Gatehouse are the only remains of the palace of Sheen, in which Edward III and Elizabeth I both died. Near these remains, forming one side of Richmond Green, is Maids of Honour Row, built to house the ladies of the court during George I's reign. Richmond Hill, on which Joshua Reynolds once lived, commands a famous view of the meadows, uplands, woods, and of the islands of the winding Thames, on whose bank the town stands. Reynolds and Joseph Turner are among the many artists to have painted this view. Richmond Park was enclosed as a hunting and pleasure ground by Charles I, and still shelters herds of wild deer. Edmund Kean, who leased Richmond Theatre (first established in 1719), is buried in the parish churchyard, as is the author of ‘The Seasons’, James Thomson. Ham House, built in 1610 by Sir Thomas Vavasour, stands on the banks of the Thames in the nearby village of Petersham. The house was greatly extended in the 18th century by the Countess of Dysart and her husband, the Duke of Lauderdale. It is now open to the public, under the Victoria and Albert Museum, and has fine furniture and works by the Dutch painter Peter Lely. The church of St Mary the Virgin at Mortlake, which was founded in 1348, rebuilt in 1543, and often e