Adapted by Richard Bean from a 1743 original work by Goldoni, which play became a West End hit in 2011, and on Broadway in 2012, starring James Corden?

Tony Nominee James Corden Is Broadway's Comic One Man of the Moment | Playbill Tony Nominee James Corden Is Broadway's Comic One Man of the Moment By Marc Acito May 07, 2012 The belly laughs of the Broadway engagement of the London hit One Man, Two Guvnors leave British funnyman James Corden — a 2012 Best Actor Tony Award nominee — hungry for more. James Corden (Photo by Joseph Marzullo/WENN) * When actor James Corden begs the audience for a sandwich during the hit British farce One Man, Two Guvnors, it could be for real. "I've been on a diet," says Corden, who has slimmed down from just south of 300 pounds to just north of 200. "I basically realized that bread is evil and is trying to destroy me. It's like kryptonite to Superman." For nearly a year, Corden got plenty of exercise performing the raucously physical Guvnors in sold-out runs at London's National Theatre and then in the West End. And he's got the bruises to prove it. "If you're big like me, you can't throw yourself backward over a chair eight times a week and not expect to get hurt," Corden says. In a bravura performance that requires smashing his face with a trash can lid and getting his tongue caught in a mousetrap, Corden has managed to scratch an eyeball, tear the cartilage in his knee and choke on a peanut. But he sees getting hurt as "a little tax on the job. It's not gruesome — just little knocks and scrapes." Playwright Richard Bean adapted One Man, Two Guvnors from Carlo Goldoni's 1743 Venetian comedy The Servant of Two Masters, with the action updated to 1963 in the British seaside town of Brighton. Corden was recruited for the lead by National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner , who Corden calls "pretty much the cleverest man you're going to meet" — so clever that Corden signed on without even asking what the project was." James Corden and Oliver Chris in One Man, Two Guvnors. photo by Joan Marcus That gamble paid off in his career-making turn as the always famished and easily befuddled "One Man" working for "Two Guvnors" (Cockney slang for bosses). Those two employers keep the hapless hero constantly on the go. Imagine Costello with two Abbotts, throw in some flying fish heads, and you begin to get the idea. "The hardest thing is the pace of it," Corden says. "There's 40 minutes where I don't leave the stage — not even for a drink of water. And while it looks like chaos, it has to be done with absolute pinpoint precision. Really, it's as mentally exhausting as it is physically." Plus, he sings. Really sings, with the show's onstage band, which plays skiffle music, Britain's precursor to rock 'n' roll. But as a founding member of several high school boy bands, Corden was up to the task. Indeed, he made his West End debut at the age of 17 in the 1996 musical Martin Guerre and is best remembered for his immortal interpretation of the lyric "Roast the meats." "Yeah, that was a real springboard for me," he says. And then there's his xylophone solo. "I can't actually play the xylophone," Corden explains. "It's not like I have this amazing skill set. I can only play that one song." Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors. Photo by Joan Marcus But one skill Corden has in spades is improvisation. Among the play's numerous joys is the way Corden engages (some say tortures) audience members enlisted for unexpected stage debuts. "You never know who you're going to be interacting with," says Corden. "I never do the same show twice." Whatever show it is, the role of Francis Henshall marks Corden's return to Broadway, where he played one of The History Boys , a part he originated at the National Theatre and re-created in the film. After that, he became a celebrity to over 10 million viewers of the BBC comedy series "Gavin and Stacey," which he co-wrote and appeared in. Since then he has made countless television appearances, including an onscreen bubble bath with soccer legend David Beckham. ("He was unbelievably nice," Corden told Britain's Heat magazine. "I just wanted to lick him.") He also has over two million followers on Twitter, where he refers to himself as "Dance


At the 2012 London Olympics, Mexico won only one gold medal - at which sport?

Mexico Wins Olympic Gold in Men’s Soccer, Beating Brazil - The New York Times The New York Times Olympics |Mexico Has Its Moment in Upset Over Brazil Search Continue reading the main story Photo Mexico’s Oribe Peralta, center, celebrating with his teammate Hector Herrera. Peralta scored both goals. Credit Chang W. Lee/The New York Times LONDON — On one side of the field the Brazilian soccer prodigy Neymar fell in despair. On the other, the Mexican defender Diego Reyes dropped to the ground with glee. One was despondent that he could not be part of making history; the other was floored that he had. Mexico, a decided underdog, won the country’s first Olympic gold medal at the London Games — and first significant international soccer trophy of any kind — with a lively 2-1 victory over Brazil at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Oribe Peralta scored the first goal of the game just 28 seconds in, then added a second 15 minutes from full time to set off a wild and raucous celebration from the Mexican fans, who have craved global success for so long. The victory is likely to be hailed by many Mexicans as the greatest ever for the national team, and it will also serve as another reminder of the gap in quality between Mexico and the United States at the younger level: The United States failed to qualify for the men’s Olympic tournament while Mexico overcame an injury to its best player to stun one of soccer’s world powers in the gold medal match. Combined with several other recent accomplishments in major age-restricted international tournaments, the future appears exceptionally promising for Mexico, the Americans’ major rival. Continue reading the main story “We want the people in Mexico to believe in this young generation of players,” forward Giovani dos Santos said. “This gold medal goes to all of those in Mexico who always believed in us. For those who didn’t believe in us? Well, let them celebrate, too.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story For Brazil, there was only anguish and no small measure of shock. The Brazilian team was loaded with stars. Many of the players are already playing club soccer for top European teams like A.C. Milan, Manchester United, Inter Milan and Real Madrid. Others who still play in Brazil, like Neymar, are coveted by teams worldwide. By comparison, Mexico had only one player who does not play in the Mexican league, and that player — dos Santos, who plays for England’s Tottenham Hotspur — was hurt in the semifinal and did not play Saturday. It did not matter. Mexico, which has suffered difficult defeats in previous forays deep into international tournaments, was the better team throughout. This victory will not erase painful memories of matches like the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal loss to Germany on home soil, but it will certainly be celebrated, surpassing even the victory in the 1999 Confederations Cup, an eight-team tournament featuring the champions of each of FIFA’s geographic regions. “We just entered the history books of Mexican sport,” Marco Fabian said. “We have given our people an immense joy. This is unforgettable.” There is no reason to think there will not be more days like this for Mexico. Last week, Sunil Gulati, the president of the United States Soccer Federation, told reporters that he had taken note in recent years of Mexico’s dedication to player development. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy Gulati specifically mentioned some rules implemented in the Mexican leagues that required each team to allot a certain number of minutes per match to young players. Fruits of that commitment, Gulati said, could already be seen: In 2011, Mexico finished in third place at the Under-20 World Cup and won the title at the Under-17 World Cup. So it was not surprising to see Mexico thrive as well at the Olympics, which is essentially an under-23 tournament (save for three exceptions per team). For Brazil, the disappointment was obvious. Neymar lay on the field for sev


The album ‘1989’ which became the biggest selling album in the USA in 2014 and produced 5 top ten singles is by which Brit award-winning singer/songwriter?

Taylor Swift - Biography - IMDb Taylor Swift Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Trade Mark  (5) | Trivia  (59) | Personal Quotes  (20) Overview (4) 5' 10" (1.78 m) Mini Bio (1) Taylor Alison Swift is a multi-Grammy award-winning American singer/songwriter who, in 2010 at the age of 20, became the youngest artist in history to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 2011 Swift was named Billboard's Woman of the Year. She also has been named the American Music Awards Artist of the Year, as well as the Entertainer of the Year for both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, among many other accolades. As of this writing, she is also the top-selling digital artist in music history. Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Andrea (Finlay), a one-time marketing executive, and Scott Kingsley Swift, a financial adviser. Her ancestry includes German and English, as well as some Scottish, Irish, Welsh and 1/16th Italian. She was named after James Taylor , and her mother believed that if she had a gender neutral name it would help her forge a business career. Taylor spent most of her childhood on an 11-acre Christmas tree farm in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. When she was nine years old the family moved to Wyomissing, PA, where she attended West Reading Elementary Center and Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School. Taylor spent her summers at her parents' vacation home at the Jersey shore. Her first hobby was English horse riding. Her mother put her in a saddle when she was nine months old and Swift later competed in horse shows. At the age of nine she turned her attention to musical theatre and performed in Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions of "Grease", "Annie", "Bye Bye Birdie" and "The Sound of Music". She traveled regularly to New York City for vocal and acting lessons. However, after a few years of auditioning in New York and not getting anything, she became interested in country music. At age 11, after many attempts, Taylor won a local talent competition by singing a rendition of LeAnn Rimes ' "Big Deal", and was given the opportunity to appear as the opening act for Charlie Daniels at a Strausstown amphitheater. This interest in country music isolated Swift from her middle school peers. At age 12 she was shown by a computer repairman how to play three chords on a guitar, inspiring her to write her first song, "Lucky You". She had previously won a national poetry contest with a poem entitled "Monster in My Closet", but now began to focus on songwriting. She moved to Nashville at age 14, having secured an artist development deal with RCA Records. She left RCA Records when she was 15--the label wanted her to record the work of other songwriters and wait until she was 18 to release an album, but she felt ready to launch her career with her own material. At an industry showcase at Nashville's The Bluebird Café in 2005, Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta , a Dreamworks Records executive who was preparing to form his own independent record label, Big Machine Records. Taylor was one of the new label's first signings. Taylor released her debut album, "Taylor Swift", in October of 2006 and received generally positive reviews from music critics. The New York Times described it as "a small masterpiece of pop-minded country, both wide-eyed and cynical, held together by Ms. Swift's firm, pleading voice". Her single "Our Song" made her the youngest solo writer and singer of a #1 country song. The album sold 39,000 copies during its first week. In 2008 she released her second studio album, "Fearless". The lead single from the album, "Love Story", was released in September 2008 and became the second best-selling country single of all time, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Four more singles were released throughout 2008 and 2009: "White Horse", "You Belong with Me", "Fifteen" and "Fearless". "You Belong with Me" was the album's highest-charting single, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 2


K2 is the highest peak in which mountain range centred on the historic region of Kashmir? It is considered a sub-range of the Himalayas and one of the Greater Ranges of Asia.

The Mountain: October 2015 The Mountain A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges. Friday, 30 October 2015 Styles of mountaineering There are two main styles of mountaineering: Expedition style and Alpine style. A mountaineer who adopts Alpine style is referred to as an Alpine Mountaineer. Alpine Mountaineers are typically found climbing in medium-sized glaciated mountain areas such as the Alps or Rocky Mountains. Medium-sized generally refers to altitudes in the intermediate altitude (7,000' to 12,000') and first half of high altitude (12,000' to 18,000') ranges. However, alpine style ascents have been done throughout history on extreme altitude (18,000' to 29,000') peaks also, albeit in lower volume to expedition style ascents. Alpine style refers to a particular style of mountain climbing that involves a mixture of snow climbing, ice climbing, rock climbing, and glacier travel, where climbers generally single carry their loads between camps, in a single push for the summit. Light and fast is the mantra of the Alpine Mountaineer. The term alpine style contrasts with expedition style (as commonly undertaken in the Himalayan region or other large ranges of the world), which could be viewed as slow and heavy, where climbers may use porters, pack animals, glacier airplanes, cooks, multiple carries between camps, usage of fixed lines etc. A mountaineer who adopts this style of climbing is referred to as an Expedition Mountaineer. Expedition mountaineers still employ the skill sets of the alpine mountaineer, except they have to deal with expanded time scale, more severe weather exposure, and additional skills unique to expeditionary climbing. The prevalence of expedition style climbing in the Himalaya is largely a function of the nature of the mountains in the region. Because Himalayan base camps can take days or weeks to trek to, and Himalayan mountains can take weeks or perhaps even months to climb, a large number of personnel and amount of supplies may be helpful. This is why expedition style climbing is frequently used on large and isolated peaks in the Himalaya. In Europe and North America there is less of a need for expedition style climbing on most medium-sized mountains. These mountains can often be easily accessed by car or air, are at a lower altitude and can be climbed in a shorter time scale. Expedition style mountaineering can be found in the larger high altitude and extreme altitude North American ranges such as the Alaska Range and Saint Elias Mountains. These remote mountaineering destinations can require up to a 2-week trek by foot, just to make it to base camp. Most expeditions in these regions choose a glacier flight to basecamp. Route length in days from basecamp can vary in these regions, typically from 10 days to 1 month during the climbing season. Winter mountaineering on major peaks in these ranges can generally consume between 30 to 60 days depending on the route, and can generally only be tackled via expedition style mountaineering during this season. The differences between, and advantages and disadvantages of, the two kinds of climbing are as follows: Expedition style uses multiple trips between camps to carry supplies up to higher camps group sizes are often larger than alpine style climbs because more supplies are carried between camps fixed lines are often used to minimize the danger involved in continually moving between camps     Mountaineering in the Caucasus. Photo from 1989 by Estonian mountaineer Jaan Künnap. Locations Mountaineering in the Caucasus. Photo from 1989 by Estonian mountaineer Jaan Künnap. Mountaineering has become a popular sport throughout the world. In Europe the sport large


Which Cabinet member is the MP for Chingford and Woodford Green?

IAIN DUNCAN SMITH MP | Member of Parliament for Chingford and Woodford Green Contact About Iain Duncan Smith MP This website has been designed to give you an up to date picture of my work in Chingford and Woodford Green, and in Parliament.   On this site you will find local news and insights into my campaigning on local and national issues.   Thank you for visiting and please click on the HELP link if you are a constituent and wish to raise an issue with me.


Dicky Mint, Mick the Marmalizer and Nigel Ponsonby-Smallpiece were puppet characters associated on TV with which comedian?

Diddy Men | Open Access articles | Open Access journals | Conference Proceedings | Editors | Authors | Reviewers | scientific events This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2009) The Diddy Men are commonly believed to be a creation of the British comedian Ken Dodd . However, they have existed in local mythology for much longer and, along with the Treacle and Jam Butty Mines of Knotty Ash , had been referred to in the earlier act of another Liverpool comedian Arthur Askey . [1] When Ken Dodd began playing seaside resorts, he made famous his home area of Knotty Ash in Liverpool and popularised a miniature race of people who inhabited it. Diddy is northern slang for "little". The Diddy Men were originally an unseen joke but after a while began to appear on stage with Dodd, delighting children in the audience. They also appeared in Dodd's BBC television programmes in the 1960s, as string-operated puppets . The Diddy Men tend to wear slightly oversized adult clothes in flamboyant style including tall furry hats. Diddy Men are about 3 feet tall and said to work in the Jam Butty mines of Knotty Ash. A Diddy Men strip ran in the comic TV Comic . Contents 4 References Notable Diddy Men Notable Diddy Men include: Dicky Mint, Mick the Marmalizer, Stephen "Titch" Doyle, Little Evan, Hamish McDiddy, Nigel Ponsonby-Smallpiece, Nicky Nugget, Sid Short and Smarty Arty. Diminutive British disc jockey David Hamilton who appeared as a regular on Dodd's BBC shows of the era, acquired the nickname 'Diddy David' which has stayed with him to this day. The original Mick the Marmalizer was the ten-year-old daughter of Little Jimmy, who appeared at the Blackpool Tower Circus with Charlie Carroli and Paul. The Song of the Diddy Men The Diddy Men have a song, once released as a single, titled "The Song of the Diddy Men", sung in a high pitched, chipmunk style voice. It includes the chorus: "We are the Diddy Men, Doddy's little Diddy Men, We are the Diddy Men who come from Knotty Ash". Another song "Doddy's Diddy Party" featured the refrain - "tonight's the night the Diddy Men paint the town, we'll lose our blues, and let our Diddy hair down". Actors On stage the Diddy Men are normally played by children or adults with dwarfism . On TV and in some stage performances, Dodd uses a ventriloquist's puppet of the Dicky Mint character. These days the Diddy Men are rarely seen outside pantomime season. References


HDL and LDL, standing for high- and low-density lipoproteins, are popularly known as the good and bad forms of which organic molecules?

LDL LDL LDL •   State the chemical composition of the sterol that is present in high levels in most people who belong to the high-risk group. Cholesterol is a peculiar molecule. It is often called a lipid or a fat, which produced by the liver. It is a vital part of the structure and functioning of our cells. However, high levels of cholesterol in your blood may lead to the slow buildup of plaque in the arteries over time, a serious disease called atherosclerosis (Timberlake, 2008). •   Distinguish between the ‘good' and ‘bad' forms of this sterol. LDL Low-density lipoproteins contains a single apolipoprotein B-100 molecule (Apo B-100, a protein with 4536 amino acid residues) that circulates the fatty acids, keeping them soluble in the aqueous environment. It is referred as "bad" cholesterol because it can build up on the walls of your arteries. The fatty deposits of bad cholesterol, along with other substances, can attach to the arterial walls of blood vessels, narrowing them over time and blocking normal blood flow (Timberlake, 2008). HDL High-density lipoproteins are the smallest of the lipoproteins. They are the densest because they contain the highest proportion of protein. They contain the A class of apolipoproteins. The liver synthesizes these lipoproteins as complexes of apolipoproteins and phospholipid, which resemble cholesterol-free flattened spherical lipoprotein particles.  That is referred to as "good," cholesterol. They act as cholesterol scavengers, picking up excess cholesterol in your blood and taking it back to your liver where it's broken down (Timberlake, 2008). •   List the food groups that are the sources of the bad form. Foods high in LDL are: those which are high in saturated fat (cakes, pastry, meat (liver), dairy products) (Timberlake, 2008).  •   Explain the function of the good form of this sterol in the body. Sterols, also known as steroid alcohols, are a class of chemicals that play multiple important roles in the body. They have parts that can dissolve in fat like molecules and parts that can dissolve in water. The most widely known human sterol is cholesterol, which serves as a precursor to steroid hormones and fat-soluble vitamins (Timberlake, 2008). . Reference: Timberlake, C. K. (2008). Chemistry: An introduction to general, organic, and biological chemistry 11th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. read: Read 3943 times


Which country will host the UEFA Euro team championship tournament in 2016?

UEFA EURO 2016 match schedule unveiled - UEFA.org UEFA.org UEFA EURO 2016 match schedule unveiled 024 - Stade de France in Saint-Denis to host opening and final match Published: Friday 25 April 2014, 13.30CET Print UEFA has today announced the match schedule for the final tournament of the UEFA European Football Championship France 2016 at a press conference which followed a meeting of the UEFA EURO 2016 Steering Group in Paris. UEFA EURO 2016 will take place from 10 June to 10 July 2016 across ten venues in France, and will for the first time in the history of the competition feature 24 teams on their quest to becoming champions of Europe. The six group winners, the six group runners-up and the four best third-placed teams will qualify for the round of 16. Group winners and group runners-up will only be able to face each other again if they reach the final of UEFA EURO 2016. Each of the ten host cities will host a minimum of four matches: three group-matches and a knock-out match, with stadiums with bigger capacities staging matches from the quarter-finals onwards. The opening match and the final will be played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, the semi-finals at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille and Stade de Lyon, whereas the quarter-finals will be staged at Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille, Stade de Bordeaux, as well as in Marseille and Saint-Denis. All teams will play their group matches in three different locations, thus enabling local fans to see a variety of teams in their neighbourhood. Venues have also been paired for the very same reason, meaning that there will not be games on the same days in the cities of Saint-Denis and Paris; Lille and Lens; Lyon and Saint-Etienne; Marseille and Nice; as well as Bordeaux and Toulouse, respectively. Hosts France will play its group matches in Saint-Denis, Marseille and Lille. There will be three standard kick-off times: 15.00CET, 18.00CET and 21.00CET, with the last matches in each group to be played simultaneously. Speaking at the unveiling of the match schedule, UEFA President Michel Platini said: "I believe the calendar is great for fans since they will get the chance to see several teams and matches in or around their respective regions. Fans of a particular team are also now encouraged to travel around France to follow their team and discover the beauty the country has to offer. “As far as the teams are concerned, I think it is great they can rotate between venues. It means nobody will have a so called "home advantage" by playing several times in the same stadium. “We are already eagerly looking forward to this memorable Rendez-Vous in June of 2016. It promises to be a fantastic celebration of football in a colourful and festive environment." The full match schedule can be accessed here : Corporate hospitality sales will kick-off in June 2014, with ticket sales starting in spring 2015 via UEFA.com For further information UEFA Media & Public Relations:+41 848 04 27 27 Route de Genève 46


In which town in Cumbria is Jennings Brewery located ?

Jennings Brewery – Visit Cumbria Location :  Cockermouth   –  Grid Reference: NY 122308 The Castle Brewery, Cockermouth, CA13 9NE Tel: 0845 1297 185 – Fax: 0845 1297186 Jennings Brewery at the confluence of the rivers Cocker and Derwent in Cockermouth Jennings have been brewing traditional beers for 160 years, and still use the same traditional methods that were used by their founder as long ago as 1828, in the village of Lorton . In 1874 the brewery moved to a site at the foot of  Cockermouth Castle , at the confluence of the River Cocker and River Derwent, a site which was influenced by the availability of pure and plentiful water from the Castle well. The well has supplied the Castle with pure water since around the time of the Norman Conquest, and helps to give Jennings ales their distinctive flavour.   Jennings Brewery Jennings is Cumbria’s last remaining brewery, and has a policy of continuing to use the traditional, time-honoured brewing methods using only the finest, British-produced raw materials for which the Company has long been famous among knowledgeable beer drinkers.   The vast majority of Jennings’ ales are sold in cask-conditioned form – ‘Real Ale’, the main characteristic of which is that the brew is ‘still alive’, and continues a secondary fermentation after it is casked.     A one hour tour takes you round the Jennings Brewery, explaining such intriguing brewery expressions as Hop Back and Mash Tun. The tour is completed in the best way possible with the chance to sample some ale, the famous Jennings Bitter noted for its malty taste, Cocker Hoop, Cumberland Ale or the strong Sneck Lifter.   Pure water is drawn from a well within the brewery, giving the beer its distinctive taste. Barley is bought in which has been soaked, germinated (sprouted), then dried and/or kilned/roasted to arrest further growth. It is then screened and crushed rather than ground to flour, in order to keep the husks as whole as possible. Barley Hops In the ‘mash tun’ the crushed barley is added to heated, purified water and, through a carefully controlled time and temperature process, the malt enzymes break down the starch to sugar and the complex proteins of the malt to simpler nitrogen compounds. The ‘mash tun’ where the crushed barley is added to heated, purified water. The ‘mash’ is then transferred to the ‘copper’ or ‘brew kettle’ where the hops are added, and the liquid boiled for about two hours. The hop resins contribute flavour, aroma and bitterness to the brew. The ‘wort’ is seperated from the hops in the ‘hop-back’. After the beer has taken on the flavour of the hops, the wort then proceeds to the ‘hop-back’, where the liquid, now called ‘wort’ is separated from the hops. The wort is then cooled in a simple-looking apparatus called a ‘plate cooler’.   The wort is then moved to the fermenting vessels and yeast, the guarded central mystery of ancient brewer’s art, is added. It is the yeast, which is a living, single-cell fungi, that breaks down the sugar in the wort to carbon dioxide and alcohol. It also adds many beer-flavouring components. Some of the fermentation vessels. Inside a fermentation vessel. Elaborate precautions are taken to ensure that the yeast remains pure and unchanged. Through the use of pure yeast culture plants, a particular beer flavour can be maintained year after year. During fermentation, which lasts about seven to 10 days, the yeast may multiply six-fold and in fermenters a creamy, frothy head may be seen on top of the brew. When the fermentation is complete, the yeast is removed. Now, for the first time, the liquid is called beer.   The beer is stored cold and then filtered once or twice before it is ready for bottling or “racking” into barrels. Now time to test the beers. After the tour, there is the chance to sample some of the beers, and there is a shop selling various products from the brewery, and other items of Jennings merchandise. The brewery and the castle. Also the mouth of the River Cocker as it meets the River Derwent Aerial photo by Simon Ledingham. Related Links:


Who has won Best Leading Actress Oscars for her roles in ‘Million Dollar Baby’ and ‘Boys Don’t Cry’?

Role Recall: Hilary Swank on 'Boys Don't Cry,' 'Million Dollar Baby,' and More [Video] Role Recall: Hilary Swank on 'Boys Don't Cry,' 'Million Dollar Baby,' and More Kevin Polowy Yahoo Movies• November 20, 2014 In 2005, Hilary Swank became only the fourth actress ever — and first in more than a half-century — to win Academy Awards on her first two nominations (the first three were Luise Rainer, Helen Hayes, and Vivien Leigh). Not only that, but she won for two lead roles (Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby), and over a span of only five years. It was a dramatic accomplishment for the Nebraska native, who famously said while accepting her second Oscar, “I’m just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream.” Swank, 40, is once again in awards contention for the Tommy Lee Jones-directed period drama The Homesman, which, like Boys Don’t Cry, brings her back to her home state (at least in setting). She plays a pioneer who helps transport three troubled women across dangerous and desolate terrain from Nebraska to Iowa, with the help of Jones’s expectedly grizzled claim jumper. It’s been quite the journey for Swank so far, who made her movie debut in 1992 and has transitioned from teen breakout to indie darling to marquee movie star. She talks about her most famous roles in our latest edition of Role Recall, which you can watch above. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) After a few guest appearances on TV shows like Harry and the Hendersons and Growing Pains, Swank made her big-screen bow at 16 in this teen comedy best known for introducing the world to Joss Whedon and leading to his more popular TV spinoff. “I was completely nervous because I didn’t want to mess up,” she says of her supporting role as the bratty Kimberly. “All the sudden got this opportunity to live my dream. I was living the high life!” The Next Karate Kid (1994) Swank stepped into her first lead role — and had big shoes to fill, taking over for Ralph Macchio — in the fourth installment of the popular martial-arts franchise co-starring Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi. She says she took the role of brooding teen Julie Pierce very seriously — maybe even too seriously. “That character was so intense, and had those teenage troubles and angst. I remember feeling like if I ever let any of my happiness seep in, I would lose touch with my angst,” she explains. “So I would walk around Method. … I had this constant scowl on my face.” Not even Miyagi could get her to lighten up. Related: Role Recall: Nicole Kidman Talks ‘Batman Forever,’ ‘Moulin Rouge!,’ and More Boys Don’t Cry (1999) Swank’s early experience in method acting would pay dividends when she was cast in Kimberly Peirce’s devastating drama about Brandon Teena, a real-life transgendered man who was brutally raped and murdered in a Nebraska hate crime. “I walked around trying to pass as a boy for five weeks before filming that movie,” she says. “Seeing what worked and what didn’t work, and losing a bunch of body fat so that my face would be thinner. My neighbors thought that I was my cousin Billy from Iowa.” The role, which earned Swank an Academy Award for Best Actress, has had a lasting effect on her. “Knowing that it really happened to someone, to this day still makes me emotional,” says the actress, who regularly campaigns for LGBT rights. “And to know this is still happening. We’re still fighting for gay marriage. Fifteen years later it’s still important to talk about.” The Gift (2000) Swank’s first post-Oscar appearance came in this star-studded, Sam Raimi-directed thriller about a psychic (Cate Blanchett) whose powers are tapped into to find a missing woman (Katie Holmes). The actress says the cast, which also included Keanu Reeves and Greg Kinnear, bonded by attending local North Carolina cultural attractions like a monster truck rally. “You’re just in there, breathing fumes,” she says after offering up her best impression of a truck noise. “We were laughing so hard.” Insomnia (2002) The actress teamed up with director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight trilogy, Interstellar) and two of the biggest stars in th


Which Cabinet member is the MP for Runnymede and Weybridge?

Philip Hammond MP, Runnymede and Weybridge - TheyWorkForYou TheyWorkForYou The Chancellor of the Exchequer Runnymede and Weybridge Conservative Philip Hammond campaigned to remain in the European Union Let your MP know how you feel – Source: BBC Philip Hammond’s voting in Parliament Philip Hammond is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs. This is a selection of Philip Hammond’s votes. Generally voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes Almost always voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes Consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes Generally voted for reducing central government funding of local government Show votes We have lots more plain English analysis of Philip Hammond’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Philip Hammond’s full vote analysis page for more. Philip Hammond has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Sovereign Debt 17 Jan 2017 The only way to reduce debt sustainably is to return the public finances to balance. Our new fiscal rules commit us to doing that as soon as possible in the next Parliament. We have already reduced borrowing as a share of GDP by almost two thirds from the post-war peak that we inherited in 2010, and we are forecast to borrow less than 1% of GDP by the end of this Parliament. Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Sovereign Debt 17 Jan 2017 We are committed to reducing debt while at the same prioritising investment in high-value infrastructure that will enhance our productivity. Of course, the only way we can pay down debt is to generate a current surplus, which means more tax or less spending. The trajectory that I set out at the autumn statement is the right one for this country in the circumstances. I intend to stick to that... Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Sovereign Debt 17 Jan 2017 The way it works is that the pricing of new Government debt is determined by the auctions around new issuance, which, clearly, is brought at current exchange rates by foreign purchasers of debt. The hon. Lady makes a good and important point: currency volatility, rather than the actual level of the currency, does introduce an additional dimension for foreign purchasers of UK Government debt....


Name one of the two colours that appear on the national flag of Macedonia.

The Spanish Flag - Flag of Spain | donQuijote Read the Spanish version The Spanish flag has undergone various changes over its history. The red and yellow flag we know today, often referred to in Spanish as the rojigualda, was originally designed after the flag of the Spanish merchant and war marines during the reign of Carlos III (1785). The first flag to represent all of Spain was the Cross of Burgundy, which was used until 1793 and which continued to be used as an ensign of the Spanish Empire until 1898. During the period of Spain’s 2nd Republic (1931-39), the national flag bore the colors red, yellow, and purple, in three horizontal bands. Under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, the flag lost the color purple that had appeared on the Republican flag, and incorporated two important symbols: the eagle and the shield of the Catholic monarchy. In 1977, two years after Franco's death, the eagle was slightly modified, and in 1981 it would disappear completely, leaving the current red/yellow/red with crowned arms. The new Spanish flag has three horizontal bands of red (top), yellow (double width) and red, with the national coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band. The shield includes the royal seal, which is flanked by two crowned pillars (the Pillars of Hercules) bearing the inscription Plus Ultra. According to Spanish legislation, the height of the coat of arms should measure two fifths of the flag's width (i.e. hoist), and should appear in the middle of the yellow stripe. The flag's usual proportions are a length measuring three halves its width, in which case the distance from the hoist of the shield's vertical axis should be half the flag's width. In other instances (should the flag be either shorter in length or square) the coat of arms should appear in the center. The Spanish Flag


Thackeray took his novel’s title ‘ Vanity Fair’ from which author’s work The Pilgrim’s Progress’?

Prof. Zelma Catalan's Discussion of Irony in Vanity Fair Anon. "Woman in Her Psychological Relations." Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology, 4 (1851), 18-50. Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. Trans. W. D. Ross. Batoche Books: Kitchener, 1999. —. Rhetoric. Trans. W. Rhys Roberts. Mineola: Dover Publications, 2004. Bronte, Charlotte. The Life and Letters. Vol. II. London: The Shakespeare Head Bronte, 1932. Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress. London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1910/1954. James, Henry. The Art of the Novel. Ed. R. P. Blackmoor. New York: 1934. Plato. The Republic. In The Portable Plato. Trans. Benjamin Jowett. London: Penguin, 1977. Schlegel, Friedrich. Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms. Trans. Ernst Behler and Roman Strug. University Park: Pennsylvania State UP, 1968. Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria. New York: Putnam's, 1922. Tillotson, Jeffrey and Donald Hawes (Eds.). Thackeray: The Critical Heritage. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1968. Works by William Makepeace Thackeray. The Four Georges. The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1892. The History of Henry Esmond. Ed. John Sutherland and Michael Greenfield. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970. The History of Pendennis. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1986. The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. London: Thomas Nelson, 1903. "Travels in London." In Miscellaneous Contributions to Punch, 1843-1854. The Oxford Thackeray, vol. VIII. Ed. George Saintsbury. Henry Frowde: Oxford UP, 1908. Vanity Fair. Ed. John Sutherland. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998. The Letters and Private Correspondence of William Makepeace Thackeray. Ed. Gordon N. Ray. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard UP, 1946. Secondary Sources Cited in Chapter Two Armstrong, Nancy. Desire and Domestic Fiction: A Political History of the Novel. New York: Oxford UP, 1987. Auerbach, Nina. The Woman and the Demon: The Life of a Victorian Myth. London: Harvard UP, 1982. Bronwell, W. C. Victorian Prose Masters. New York: Charles Scribner, 1901. Carlisle, Janice. The Sense of an Audience: Dickens, Thackeray and George Eliot at Mid-Century. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1982. Craig, G. Armour. "On the Style of Vanity Fair." In Welsh, Alexander (ed.), Thackeray: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1968. Pp. 87-103. Daleski, H. M. "Strategies in Vanity Fair." In Bloom, Harold (ed. and intro.), Vanity Fair: A Collection of Critical Essays. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. Pp. 121-148. de Ryals, Claude. A World of Possibilities: Romantic Irony in Victorian Literature. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1990. Dyson, A. E. The Crazy Fabric: Essays in Irony. New York: MacMillan, 1966. Ermarth, Elizabeth Deeds. The English Novel in History, 1840-1895. London: Routledge, 1997. Flamm, Dudley. Thackeray's Critics: An Annotated Bibliography of British and American Critics, 1836-1901. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1966. Fraser, Russel A. "Sentimentality in Thackeray's The Newcomes." Nineteenth-Century Fiction, 4: 3 (1949), 187-196. Frye, Northrup. Anatomy of Criticism. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1957. Garrett, Peter K. The Victorian Multiplot Novel: Studies in Dialogical Form. New Haven: Yale UP, 1980. Greig, J. Y. T. Thackeray: A Reconsideration . Hamden, Conn: Shoe String Press, 1967. Hardy, Barbara. The Exposure of Luxury: Radical Themes in Thackeray. London: Peter Owen, 1972. Kent, Susan Kingsley. Sex and Suffrage in Britain, 1860-1914. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1987. Kettle, Arnold. An Introduction to the English Novel. 2nd ed., Vol. 1. London: Hutchinson University Library, 1967. Levine, George. The Realistic Imagination: English Fiction from Frankenstein to Lady Chatterley. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1981. Loofbourow, John. Thackeray and the Form of Fiction. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1964. Lubbock, Percy. The Craft of Fiction. New York: Viking Press, 1921, rpt. 1957. Lund, Michael. Lund, Michael. "Beyond the Text of Vanity Fair." Studies in the Novel , 11: 2 (1979), 147-161. McMaster, Juliet. Thackeray: The Major No


How many strings are there on a classical guitar?

How to Change Classical Guitar Strings: 10 Steps (with Pictures) Two Methods: Bridge End Neck End Community Q&A Do your strings buzz? Are your notes starting to sound a bit blunt? Can your guitar no longer hold its tune ? These can all be signs that your guitar's strings need a change. Many people who own classical guitars avoid string changes for a very long time because they don't want to mess up that pretty bow at the bridge end. Never fear, with a little effort you'll be playing your newly strung guitar in no time. Steps 1 Remove the old strings . There are a few ways to do this. Some people argue that the neck still needs tension and to only change one string at a time, while others say removing all of the strings is good to clean the neck––take your pick. Cut them. Grab a pair of scissors and snip all six strings (or just one). By cutting off the strings, you will still have to remove the small scrap parts such as the parts around the bridge. Unwind them until they fall off. Although this way is longer, it's much safer as you won't have pieces of guitar string flying everywhere and all over your room. It's best to use a string winder as this makes the process much faster. If you don't have one, just loosen the string (like you would to tune it down) until you can slide it out of the guitar. 2 Get your new strings. If you've picked up a set of acoustic guitar strings, that usually means steel strings. You want classical. Never string a classical guitar with steel strings. This will put way too much pressure on the neck, eventually causing it to bend and crack, not to mention they sound awful on a classical. Only use classical strings on your classical guitar. You can pick up some cheap ones at a local music shop or off the internet. Method 1 6th string. Put the string through the bridge. You want it going from the inside to outside. You will probably need 4-5 inches (10-12.5cm) of string through the bridge. Loop the string around once. You want it going under the other half of the string. Tuck it under the loop once. Hold the string down against the soundboard. This is important because if you do not hold the string down, it will be sticking up. This will make it loose and it will probably come undone. Tighten it up. Do this by pulling the string from both sides.You want it as tight as you can get it. Repeat with the 5th and 4th strings. The 6th, 5th and 4th strings are done in the exact same way, but the last three strings are done slightly different. It's mostly the same but you wind it around a few more times. 2 3rd string. Put the string through the bridge. You want it going from the inside to outside. You will probably need 4-5 inches (10-12.5cm) of string through the bridge. Loop the string around once. You want it going under the other half of the string. Tuck it under the loop three times. This makes the string tighter and more secure, which means it's less likely to come loose. Tighten it up. Do this by pulling the string from both sides. Repeat with the 2nd and 1st strings. Method


Whose book The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ won the Man Booker Prize of 2014?

Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker prize with ‘timeless depiction of war’ | Books | The Guardian Man Booker prize 2014 Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker prize with ‘timeless depiction of war’ Australian novelist picks up award for story of prisoners and captors on Burma railway in The Narrow Road to the Deep North Wednesday 15 October 2014 02.50 EDT First published on Tuesday 14 October 2014 16.48 EDT Close This article is 2 years old The first Man Booker prize to allow American nominees was on Tuesday night won by an Australian, with Richard Flanagan triumphing for a “magnificent novel of love and war” that tells the harrowing stories of prisoners and captors on the Burma railway. Flanagan won for The Narrow Road to the Deep North as he became the third Australian to win the prize, following on from Thomas Keneally and Peter Carey. He instinctively hugged the Duchess of Cornwall as he received the award at a black tie dinner in London. “In Australia the Man Booker prize is sometimes seen as something of a chicken raffle,” he joked. “I just didn’t expect to end up the chicken.” The novel is an incredibly personal book for Flanagan, whose father was a survivor of Japan’s campaign to build the railway. He died aged 98 on the day Flanagan emailed his final draft to his publisher. “I grew up, as did my five siblings, as children of the Death Railway,” Flanagan said. “We carried many incommunicable things and I realised at a certain point … that I would have to write this book.” Over 12 years he wrote five drafts that he deemed deficient and burned, but he was intent on finishing before his father died. He stressed that the novel was not his father’s story, although he had asked him lots of questions – “the nature of mud, the smell of rotting shin bone when a tropical ulcer has opened up, what sour rice tasted like for breakfast”. He added: “In the end my father never asked me what the story was, he trusted me to write a book that might be true.” Flanagan wins £50,000, money he said would be spent on “life”, as he was not wealthy and had even, 18 months ago, considered trying to get work in the mines of northern Australia because he had spent so long on one book. “This prize money means I can continue to be a writer,” said Flanagan, who also worked as one of the screenwriters on Baz Luhrmann’s film Australia. The philosopher AC Grayling, who chaired the judges, called his book “an absolutely superb novel, a really outstanding work of literature”. At its heart, the book tells the excoriating, horrific story of what it was like to be a prisoner of war forced to work on what has become known as the Death Railway between Thailand and Burma. But the novel is about much more than that, said Grayling. “It is not really a war novel, it is not about people shooting one another and bombs going off, it is much more about people, their experience and their relationships. What’s interesting about it is that it is very nuanced, as if everyone on the Burma railway, both sides of the story, were victims.” It is Flanagan’s sixth novel, and although he was many people’s tip to win, he was not the bookmakers’ favourite. William Hill made him the 6/1 outsider earlier on Tuesday. The favourites had been the three British novelists, Howard Jacobson, Ali Smith and Neel Mukherjee, while the two Americans – Joshua Ferris and Karen Joy Fowler – were not given too much of a chance by pundits. Grayling said the process of reading and then re-reading twice exposed “the genuine quality in a book”. He added: “The best and worst of judging books is when you come across one that kicks you so hard you can’t pick up the next one on the pile for a couple of days, it delays you but you know you’ve met something extraordinary. That’s what happened in the case of this book.” The book’s main narrative is set in the second world war but Grayling said it also had a strong contemporary resonance given conflicts around the world. “With cinema and reporting we are all the more aware of the kind of trauma that people experience when they have been engaged as soldiers or bys


Deacon Blue took their name from ‘Deacon Blues’, a song on the album ‘Aja’ by which American jazz/rock duo?

Deacon Blues - Steely Dan | Song Info | AllMusic Deacon Blues google+ Song Review               by Stewart Mason The centerpiece track from 1977's Aja, "Deacon Blues" belies the idea that Steely Dan started getting soft with this album. Although the tune is possibly the loveliest Donald Fagen and Walter Becker ever concocted, and the arrangement (based on electric piano and strings) is entirely typical of the extremely lush, almost clinical sound of the album, the lyric is one of the most cutting of the duo's career. Fagen has said that the narrator is a middle class suburban kid newly besotted by jazz and Beat culture, and indeed, listening carefully suggests just the sort of over-romantic naiveté and general cluelessness that one would expect from someone attracted to a lifestyle he does not yet understand. The great opening line of the chorus, "Learn to work the saxophone," suggests that he doesn't even have his verbs straight yet! And yet, even though there's certainly a level of mockery to the lyrics, Fagen's performance is so achingly sincere that one assumes that the middle-class kid in the song might be some combination of his and Becker's teenage selves. Surprisingly for such a lengthy and musically downbeat song, "Deacon Blues" was a big radio hit in 1977/78; the '80s British pop-folk band Deacon Blue took their name from it. Appears On


Which singer gave her first headline live performance in 35 years at the Hammersmith Apollo in August 2014?

Kate Bush plays her first live show in 35 years - Uncut Uncut 0shares 0shares Kate Bush last night (August 26) made her return to stage after a 35 year absence in a show that begun as a typical concert but evolved into a theatrical spectacular. This report contains spoilers. The three-hour show saw Bush recreate the second side of her classic 1985 album Hounds Of Love as a fully realised stage production, with theatrical sets, costumes, effects and lighting. The same treatment was then given to the second side of her 2005 album Aerial. Kate Bush last night (August 26) made her return to stage after a 35 year absence in a show that begun as a typical concert but evolved into a theatrical spectacular. This report contains spoilers. The three-hour show saw Bush recreate the second side of her classic 1985 album Hounds Of Love as a fully realised stage production, with theatrical sets, costumes, effects and lighting. The same treatment was then given to the second side of her 2005 album Aerial. The performance took place at London’s Hammersmith Apollo, where the capacity crowd brushed with a raft of TV crews and reporters on the way in, such was the circus around Bush’s long overdue return to live performance. Among the musicians and celebrities in the audience was David Gilmour, who discovered Bush in the late ’70s. The performance began at 7.45pm, when Bush’s arrival was heralded by a recording of the mantra known as The Gayatri: “O Thou Who givest sustenance to the universe/From Whom all things proceed/To Whom all things return/Unveil to us the face of the true Spiritual Sun/Hidden by a disc of golden Light/That we may know the Truth/And do our whole duty/As we journey to Thy sacred feet.” As a barefoot Bush led a procession of her five backing singers onto the stage, the entire house rise to its feet in applause. Such was the warmth felt for the 56-year-old, her first three numbers all ended in varying degrees of standing ovation. “You’re lovely,” said Bush after the first. “It’s so lovely to see you all, thank you so much.” At first, the stage set, lighting and performance were surprisingly traditional. Bush was backed by a seven-piece band, she wore an unassuming outfit comprising black trousers, black top and tassled black jacket, and she bobbed and swirled self-consciously through opening numbers “Lily“, “Hounds Of Love” and “Joanni”. After a gospel-flavoured “Top Of The City”, Bush stopped to acknowledge her thanks for lighting director Mark Henderson, who she said had been “right here with me since we pushed the button 18 months ago”. She also praised her son, Bertie, who appeared in her band: “Without him, there’s no way it would have happened,” she said. “He gave me the courage to get it started. It’s been a great adventure so far, and it’s really just begun.” “Running Up That Hill” followed, then “King Of The Mountain”. As the song reached a climax, Bush’s male percussionist strode out to stage front, whirling a corded object around his head as the sound of thunder echoed around the hall. At its end, pieces of paper leaves blasted out into the audience. On them, the words: “Wave after wave, each mightier than the last, Till last, a ninth one, gathering half the deep. And full of voices, slowly rose and plunged Roaring, and all the world was in a flame.” From this point, the performance of “Hounds Of Love” song cycle “The Ninth Wave” began, starting with a video of a man with a telescope reporting the sinking of a ship named Celtic Deep. “These people are depending on me,” he tells the operator. The ensuing performance saw Bush become a player in an ensemble cast featuring seamen in life jackets and dancers dressed as skeletal fish, the singer herself sometimes appearing simultaneously on stage and on the big screen, floating in a life preserver in dark waters. Stage trickery and set design was employed to great effect – waves were created with rippling fabric, and the setting of a ship was created with rib-like struts of wood. During “Under Ice”, Bush disappeared from view, only to be pulled from the stage floo


Trevor Eve and Sue Johnston worked for the Cold Case unit in which police procedural TV series that ran from 2000-2011?

waking the dead_tv series - 必应 Overview The programme follows the work of a special police team who investigate "cold cases", which usually concern murders that took place a number of years ago, and were never solved. The team, composed of head officer Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd (Trevor Eve), psychological profiler Dr Grace Foley (Sue Johnston), Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan (Wil Johnson), as well as a number of other supporting characters, use evidence which has recently come to light, as well as contemporary technology to examine former evidence. Initially, Boyd, Grace and Spence were accompanied by junior DC Mel Silver (Claire Goose), and stern forensic scientist Frankie Wharton (Holly Aird), however both left after the end of the fourth series. Felix Gibson (Esther Hall) and Stella Goodman (Felicite Du Jeu) replaced them in the fifth series, before Eve Lockhart (Tara Fitzgerald) replaced Felix from the sixth season onwards. Katarina Howard (Stacey Roca) replaced Stella in series eight, while Sarah Cavendish (Eva Birthistle) replaced Katarina in series nine. Although the plotlines generally centre around the case, other storylines have been incorporated across the years, including Boyd's anger management issues and being re-united with son, Grace suffering from cancer, Spencer being shot at the hands of one of his former colleagues, and Mel's death, which creates a chain of events lasting across two series. The show also addressed sensitive issues like fanaticism within different religions, international organized crime, child abuse within the Catholic Church, war crimes in Bosnia, forced child labour, torture, homophobia and racism. The BBC issued disclaimers twice on the show when they touched issues sensitive to the Labour government of the time (once about banking frauds within the City of London establishment, once about the involvement of the UK in the Iraq war). Some of the issues were dealt with through the conflicting views of Peter Boyd (a white middle-class liberal) and Spencer Jordan (a black working-class conservative). Trevor Eve stated that the ninth series would be his last, and as such, the series was wrapped up instead of being continued without Eve as the star. A total of forty-six stories aired across the nine series. As such, The Body Farm, a spin-off revolving around forensic scientist Eve Lockhart (Tara Fitzgerald), was commissioned by the BBC. However, after poor ratings and panned reviews by critics, it was wrapped up after just one series. Police Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd (Trevor Eve) [Series 1-9] – Boyd is the head of the unit. His involvement in the unit stemmed from the disappearance of his son in the 1990s. Though sometimes appearing detached, Boyd is especially close to his team, and particularly, Mel Silver, whose death haunts him after he is unable to come to terms with it. Boyd's son Luke (called Joe in series 1), a drug-dependent runaway who disappeared whilst living on the streets, was murdered during the seventh series, leading Boyd back to an old adversary whom he put away earlier in the series. As a detective superintendent, Boyd is often stern with suspects, and is unafraid to give them a beating. Boyd appeared in every episode. Detective Sergeant/Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan (Wil Johnson) [Series 1-9] – Spencer was one of the original officers assigned to the unit since it opened, and soon became Boyd's main sidekick, often joining him in "good-cop-bad-cop" routines in the interview room, and leading the other officers within the team. He was promoted to detective inspector at the start of the fourth series, having initially joined as a detective sergeant. Before joining the unit, Spencer worked for the Atomic Energy Constabulary. Spencer reveals his intention to transfer out of the unit in "End of the Night", but in "Endgame", liaises with the unit during his stint in CID, in order to help Boyd track down Linda Cummings. Detective Constable/Detective Sergeant Amelia "Mel" Silver (Claire Goose) [Series 1-4] – Mel was a feisty, young achiever who wo


Whose accession to the throne of England created the Union of the Scottish/English Crowns in 1603?

Did You Know? - Union of the Parliaments 1707 Did You Know? - Union of the Parliaments 1707 Treaty of Union courtesy of the Scottish Parliament Web Site. The reasons for the Union of the Parliaments (which was vastly unpopular with the ordinary Scottish people even though most of them at that time did not have the vote) were complex and varied. They can be summarised as follows: From the Union of the Crowns in 1603, England and Scotland had one monarch but two Parliaments. While this worked most of the time, there were occasions when the two institutions parted company - such as when England Executed King Charles I (to the distress of many in Scotland) and became a republic, while at the same time Scotland's governing body resolved to appoint King Charles II as their monarch. From the perspective of the leaders in London, such a situation had to be avoided in the future and the removal of the Scottish Parliament was seen as a way of achieving this. Following the abdication of King James VII and the accession of William and Mary, the Scottish Parliament were in agreement and declared a few months later that James VII had forfeited the Scottish throne. But there were many in Scotland who still supported the deposed monarch. There were even uprisings in Scotland in support of James and the Jacobite cause was still bubbling away at the turn of the century. There was still a large measure of religious intolerance in both England and Scotland and those in power were determined that there should never again be a Catholic monarch. But the deposed Stuart line (with their Catholic sympathies) really had a stronger claim on the throne and again there were more in Scotland who felt that this should count. When the English Parliament decided, without consultation with their Scottish counterparts, that the crown should go via the Electress of Hanover, the German granddaughter of King James VI and through her to her son (the future King George I), the Scots Parliament made plain their resentment. There were a number of poor harvests in Scotland in the 1690s and Scotland's economic position was then drastically worsened by the ill-fated Darien Scheme to create a Scottish colony in Panama. Scotland lost 25% of its liquid assets. The Act of Union undertook to pay 400,000 pounds in compensation to those who had incurred these losses. This was of course blatant bribery as the people who were to benefit from this compensation were amongst those who voted in favour of the Union. Scotland relied on 50% of its exports going to England. In an act of blackmail in 1705, the English Parliament closed their market to Scottish cattle, coal and linen and declared that all Scots would be treated a aliens. It showed the vulnerability of Scotland to a trade war. In addition, Scotland was excluded from England's colonial territories - indeed early moves towards a union of the parliaments stumbled in England as they were reluctant to allow open access. But the Act of Union in 1707 created the greatest free trade area in the world at that time. Act of Union 1707 A commission representing the two bodies met and thrashed out the details. The Scots lost the argument for a federal arrangement but did manage to secure the continuation of the Scottish legal system, education and church. These were important elements in allowing the country to continue to regard itself as a separate entity. The privileges of the Scottish royal burghs were also to be maintained. Debates in the Scottish Parliament were heated and lengthy while the crowds in the streets burnt copies of the treaty and threw stones at the Parliament windows. A mob held the city of Glasgow for a month. But on January 16, 1707, the Treaty of Union was passed by 110 votes to 67 (with more than a suspicion that some of the poorer Members of Parliament had been bribed - though this was nothing new for those days). The Treaty was passed in Westminster without opposition and the Scottish Parliament met for the last time on 25 March 1707. When the Act of Union was given the Royal Assent by the Earl of Seafiel


Tirich Mir is the highest peak in which mountain range of central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, which is considered a sub-range of the Himalayas and one of the Greater Ranges of Asia?

Himalayas - mountainsabove mountainsabove Himalayas Range The north face of  Mount Everest  as seen from the path to the base camp in  Tibet Autonomous Region , People's Republic of China . Countries 27°59′17″N 86°55′31″E The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains (   / ˌ h ɪ m ə ˈ l eɪ . ə /  or  / h ɪ ˈ m ɑː l ə j ə / ; [1] [2]   Sanskrit :  Devanagari :  हिमालय , literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a  mountain range  in  Asia , separating the  Indian subcontinent  from the  Tibetan Plateau . By extension, it is also the name of a massive mountain system that includes the  Karakoram , the  Hindu Kush , and other, lesser, ranges that extend out from the  Pamir Knot . Together, the Himalayan mountain system is the world's highest, and home to the world's highest peaks, the  Eight-thousanders , which include  Mount Everest  and  K2 . To comprehend the enormous scale of this mountain range, consider that  Aconcagua , in the  Andes , at 6,962 metres (22,841 ft) is the highest peak outside Asia, whereas the Himalayan system includes  over 100 mountains  exceeding 7,200 m (23,600 ft). [3] The general location of the Himalayas mountain range. NASA  Landsat-7  imagery of Himalayas The main Himalayan range runs west to east, from the Indus river valley to the Brahmaputra river valley, forming an arc 2,400 km (1,500 mi) long, which varies in width from 400 km (250 mi) in the western  Kashmir - Xinjiang  region to 150 km (93 mi) in the eastern  Tibet - Arunachal Pradesh  region. The range consists of three coextensive sub-ranges, with the northernmost, and highest, known as the Great or Inner Himalayas. Some of the world's major river systems arise in the Himalayas, and their combined  drainage basin  is home to some 3 billion people (almost half of Earth's population) in 18 countries. The Himalayas have profoundly shaped the cultures of  South Asia ; many Himalayan peaks are sacred in  Hinduism , Buddhism  and  Sikhism . Geologically, the origin of the Himalayas is the impact of the  Indian tectonic plate  traveling northward at 15 cm per year to impact the Eurasian continent, about 40-50 million years ago. The formation of the Himalayan arc resulted since the lighter rock of the seabeds of that time were easily uplifted into mountains. An often-cited fact used to illustrate this process is that the summit of Mount Everest is made of marine  limestone . [4] Everest , the highest peak of the Himalayas (left) and  Lhotse (right), no. 4 K2 , on the border of Pakistan  and China Nanda Devi , the highest peak within  India Ecology The flora and fauna of the Himalayas vary with climate, rainfall, altitude, and soils. The climate ranges from tropical at the base of the mountains to permanent ice and snow at the highest elevations. The amount of yearly rainfall increases from west to east along the front of the range. This diversity of climate, altitude, rainfall and soil conditions generates a variety of distinct plant and animal communities. In fact the extrema of high altitude (low atmospheric pressure) and very cold at the most elevated reaches allow  extremophile  organisms to survive. [5] Lowland forests On the  Indo-Gangetic plain  at the base of the mountains, an  alluvial plain  drained by the Indus and Ganges-Brahmaputra river systems, vegetation varies from west to east with rainfall. The  xeric Northwestern thorn scrub forests  occupy the plains of Pakistan and the  Indian Punjab . Further east lie the  Upper Gangetic plains moist deciduous forests  of  Uttarakhand  and  Uttar Pradesh  and  Lower Gangetic plains moist deciduous forests  of  Bihar  and  West Bengal . These are monsoon forests, with drought-deciduous trees that lose their leaves during the dry season. The moister  Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests  occupy the plains of  Assam . The Terai belt Above the alluvial plain lies the  Terai  strip, a seasonally marshy zone of sand and clay soils. The Terai has higher rainfall than the plains, and the downward-rushing rivers of the Himalaya slow down and spread out in


Which is the third most populous city in Wales after Cardiff and Swansea?

Singles in Wales | Parship.co.uk Singles Singles in Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It counts a total of 3 million inhabitants and possesses 750 miles of coastline and 45 Blue Flag beaches, making it a romantic destination for singles. Especially for those interested in culture, Wales offers a variety of sights, including UNESCO World Heritage Sites like The Castles and Town walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd or the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. Since the country is furthermore famous for its visual arts and literature, major cities like Cardiff and Newport offer culturally interested singles a variety of museums and art galleries. Wales is furthermore often referred to as "the land of song" and is known for its harpists, male choirs, and solo artists. Wales’ official capital Cardiff, counting a population of nearly 1.1 million, offers exciting attractions like Cardiff Castle, the National Museum and Gallery, as well as annual events including Sparks in the Park or the Cardiff Festival. Singles in Wales looking for a quieter place will find pure relaxation at one of the country’s National Parks, for instance at Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, covering approximately 240 square miles around the beautiful West Coast of Wales. Spending a day with your new match in this overwhelming surrounding will certainly be a great date . Singles interested in a beautiful countryside, vibrant cities and an exciting culture should definitely consider Wales as a perfect destination to fall in love . Singles in Cardiff Cardiff counts a population of nearly 1.1 million and is Wales’ official capital since 1955. The city offers various attractions to singles, reaching from the National Assembly and Millennium Centre to the city-centre sports stadium. Cardiff Castle is certainly one of the city’s major tourist attractions and is situated in the heart of the city centre. At this medieval castle, singles can explore Cardiff’s ancient history, before enjoying a romantic walk in the castle’s gardens. For a walk in the park or a romantic picnic, singles in Cardiff can also discover Cathays Park, a large rectangle of lawns and flowerbeds that forms the centerpiece for the impressive buildings of the civic centre. At the National Museum and Gallery, culturally interested singles can furthermore explore the story of Wales together or discuss the Cardiff Cartoons or the Davies collection of Impressionist paintings. The city’s annual events have become regular appearances in Cardiff's calendar, including “Sparks in the Park” or the Cardiff Festival. Various performing arts venues are located within the city—the largest and most prominent of these is certainly the Wales Millenium Centre, hosting performances of opera, ballet, dance, comedy and musicals, and is also home to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. In the evening, singles can enjoy a flirt in one of Cardiff’s various pubs, bars or restaurants in the city centre, most notably in the “café quarter”. Several multiplex cinemas for the latest blockbusters represent a perfect opportunity to take out your new match on an exciting date.   Singles in Newport Newport has a population of around 140,000 inhabitants, making it the third most populous city in Wales and is located about 12 miles east of Cardiff. Looking back on a far-reaching history, Newport offers singles a great opportunity to explore the Normans’ ancient history, who arrived from around 1088–1093 to build Newport Castle. The castle itself is a great place to get to know your new match while walking through the historic corridors. The Riverfront Arts Centre is the principal and newest theatre and arts centre in the City of Newport, located on the bank of the River Usk on the Bristol Packet Wharf in the city centre. At The Riverfront, culturally interested singles in Newport can enjoy the theatre, which is regularly presenting operas, comedy, dance, or music, or stroll through the small art gallery, featuring exhibitions of local artis


One of two English dancers, along with Margot Fonteyn, to be recognised as a ‘prima ballerina assoluta’, who founded the English National Ballet in 1951?

"Pointe" by Neringa Fo - issuu issuu pointe REPRESENTING BALLET ARTISTS Mikhail Baryshnikov Maya Plisetskaya Galina Ulanova Alicia Markova Rudolf Nureyev Margot Fonteyn Anna Pavlova Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993) in dressing room at the Coliseum Theatre, London. On his dressing table a row of ballet shoes and an array of make-up. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images, 20th June 1977. Russian prima ballerina Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), in her dressing room, date unknown. Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief (1925–2013) – a revolutionary American prima ballerina who broke barriers for Native American women. Photo: Sam Falk, 1954. English prima ballerina assoluta Margot Fonteyn (1919–1991) in tutu looking in the mirror of her dressing room. Photo: Brassaï (Gyula Halász), 1949. English prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Markova (1910–2004) applying makeup. Photo: Walker Evans, 1941. Anna Pavlova surrounded by her ballet shoes in her dressing room at the Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris, 1927. PAVLOVA ANNA RUSSIAN PRIMA BALLERINA, CHOREOGRAPHER (1881â€“1931) Anna Pavlova was a famous Russian prima ballerina and choreographer. The company she founded in 1911 was the first to tour ballet around the world. Anna Pavlova in Chopiniana, date unknown. Early Life Ballerina Anna Pavlova (Анна Павловна (Матвеевна) Павлова) was born Anna Matveyevna Pavlovna Pavlova on February 12, 1881—a cold and snowy winter’s day—in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her mother, Lyubov Feodorovna was a washerwoman. Her stepfather, Matvey Pavlov, was a reserve soldier. The identity of Anna Pavlova’s biological father is unknown, though some speculate that her mother had an affair with a banker named Lazar Poliakoff. As a child, Anna preferred to believe she was a product of an earlier marriage. She told people her mother had once been married to a man named Pavel, who died when Anna was just a toddler. Yet this Pavel remains something of a mystery to historians and biographers. From early on, Anna’s active imagination and love of fantasy drew her to the world of ballet. Looking back on her childhood, Anna Pavlova described her budding passion for ballet accordingly: “I always wanted to dance; from my youngest years...Thus I built castles in the air out of my hopes and dreams.” Although they were poor, Anna and her mother were able to see a performance of The Sleeping Beauty at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg when Anna was 8 years old. Captivated by what she saw, the wide-eyed little girl declared she was resolved to become a ballet dancer. Anna’s mother enthusiastically supported her pursuit. Within just two years, Anna was accepted at the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet School, after passing the entry exam with flying colors. The school was directed by famed ballet master Marius Petipa. At the Imperial Ballet School, Petipa and Anna’s teachers, Ekaterina Vazem and Pavel Gerdt, quickly recognized her extraordinary gift. A dedicated and ambitious student, Anna knew a successful ballet career would require a lot more than just talent. Her natural gift for dance, combined with her tireless work ethic, is here summarized in her own words: “No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent, work transforms talent into genius.” In 1899 Anna graduated the St. Petersburg Imperial Dance School at the age of 18—gracefully leaping from school to stage in her hard-earned transformation from ballet student to prima ballerina in the making. Ballet Career Because Anna graduated as a coryphée, she was able to skip right over dancing in a corps de ballet. In other words, she bypassed the usual initiation rite of dancing in large groups, and was permitted to dance in smaller groups right away. Fresh out of dance school, on September 19, 1899, the gifted young ballerina made her company debut, dancing in a group of three in La Fille Mal Gardée. The performance took place at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg—the same theater where, as a child, Anna Pavlova had first decided to become a dancer. Pavlova’s career soon blossomed. With every performance, she g


Which Scot has coached the British and Irish Lions on a record 4 tours, starting with victory in Australia in 1989?

The Lions Kings -- Warren Gatland's predecessors who coached the British & Irish Lions Jim Telfer barks out some orders in 1997.  PA Sport Telfer's working life took in a spells as a head teacher, a chemistry teacher, time as a Scotland international and also the 1966 and 1968 Lions tour but he will probably be best remembered for what is widely perceived to be the best ever speech in rugby. But while he was part of Ian McGeechan's coaching set-up for the 1997 tour of South Africa, he was head honcho in 1983. It did not quite go to plan for the Lions side as they replicated the 1966 group's misfortune and lost all four Tests against the All Blacks. They also fell to defeats in two of their warm-up matches with Auckland and Canterbury both beating the tourists. Come 1997 he primarily looked after the forwards and made that famous Everest speech in the run up to their first Test with the Boks. Telfer's time in rugby also included spells in charge of the Scotland national side when he led them to the Grand Slam in 1984. Sir Graham Henry (2001) The World Cup-winning coach took charge of the Lions back in 2001 and their tour to Australia failed to live up to the high standards set four years before in South Africa. Henry's tenure was fraught with rumours of tension between the Test side and the midweek team and Austin Healey and Matt Dawson's comments in the press did little to quell the rumours with the latter describing Henry as "uninspiring". On the field, the Lions won the first Test against the Wallabies 29-13 but lost the next two 35-14 and 29-23. Henry later reflected on the tour and admitted that he got his approach wrong. "My ego got in the way," Henry said. "My attitude on that tour was we win at all costs. Winning became too dominant rather than getting to know the players and getting the systems right. You learn from those things." Sir Clive Woodward (2005) Woodward led the Lions on their last tour of New Zealand in 2005 and it resulted in a 3-0 series defeat. He tried to modernise one of rugby's last bastions of tradition and it failed. While his side faced a remarkable New Zealand side -- with Dan Carter putting in one of the game's standout performances by any fly-half in the second Test -- it was a tour that never quite got going. They won all of their warm up matches -- bar the clash with the NZ Maoris -- but came up against a different beast when they faced the All Blacks. They lost the first Test 21-3, the second 48-18 and the third 38-19. The 44-strong party -- with 26 backroom staff -- were humiliated by the dominant All Blacks. Sir Ian McGeechan (1989, 1993, 1997, 2009) Ian McGeechan is flanked by backs coach Rob Howley (right) and forwards coach Gatland in 2009.  PA Sport The man named 'Geech' is the definitive Mr Lions. He played on the 1974 and 1977 Lions tours and was head honcho in the 1989, 1993, 1997 and 2009. He oversaw their 2-1 win over Australia in 1989 but this was followed up by a 2-1 reverse four years later in New Zealand. In 1997, the Lions prevailed 2-1 against the Boks but in 2005 he took charge of the midweek side and not the full Test side under Woodward. Come 2009 and McGeechan once again assumed the position of head coach and brought in the likes of Gatland, Shaun Edwards, Rob Howley and Graham Rowntree to work alongside him. They lost 2-1 to the Springboks but testament to McGeechan is that on every tour he has presided over, his side have picked up at least one Test win. McGeechan has always had an unwavering belief in the value of a Lions tour, amid the ever increasing reliance on sponsorship and commercial avenues in the modern game. When asked about what the Lions meant to him, McGeechan simply said: "The Lions are special and unique; you can't compare them to anything else you'll do as a player or coach."


Which building society, mutualised in 2000 and nationalised and part sold to Abbey National in 2008, used a bowler hats logo in its marketing?

Nationalisation of Northern Rock Nationalisation of Northern Rock People queuing at a branch of the Northern Rock bank in Brighton , England on 14 September 2007. In 2008 the Northern Rock bank was nationalised by the British Government , due to financial problems caused by the subprime mortgage crisis . In 2010 the bank was split into two parts ( assets and banking) to aid the eventual sale of the bank back to the private sector. On 14 September 2007, the Bank sought and received a liquidity support facility from the Bank of England , [1] as a result of its exposure in the credit markets, during the 2008 financial crisis . [2] [3] On 22 February 2008 the bank was taken into state ownership . The nationalisation followed two unsuccessful bids to take over the bank, neither being able to fully commit to repayment of savers’ and investors’ money. [4] [5] In 2012 Virgin Money completed their purchase of Northern Rock from UK Financial Investments (UKFI) for approximately £1 billion and by October of that year the high street bank operated under the Virgin Money brand. [6] [7] [8] Contents 2007 credit crisis Emergence People queuing outside a branch in Golders Green to withdraw their savings due to fallout from the subprime crisis. On 12 September 2007, Northern Rock asked the Bank of England, as lender of last resort in the United Kingdom, for a liquidity support facility due to problems in raising funds in the money market to replace maturing money market borrowings. [9] The problems arose from difficulties banks faced over the summer of 2007 in raising funds in the money market . The bank’s assets were always sufficient to cover its liabilities in the long run, but it had a liquidity problem because institutional lenders became nervous about lending to mortgage banks following the US sub-prime crisis. Bank of England figures suggest that Northern Rock borrowed £3 billion from the Bank of England in the first few days of this crisis. [10] Government intervention With shares in Northern Rock plummeting by nearly a third, the British Government moved to reassure investors with the bank, with account holders urged not to worry about the bank going bust. The Treasury select committee chairman John McFall MP said: “I don’t think customers of Northern Rock should be worried about their current accounts or mortgages .” [11] Northern Rock is not the only British bank to have called on the Bank of England for funds since the sub-prime crisis began [12] but is the only one to have had emergency financial support from the Tripartite Authority (The Bank of England, the FSA and HM Treasury ). [13] However, the bank was more vulnerable to a credit crunch as its ‘high risk’ [14] business model depended on funding from the wholesale credit markets, 75% of its funds coming from this source. [15] In his address to the Treasury Select Committee, Bank of England governor Mervyn King had stated emergency funds would be made available to any British bank that needed it, but at a penalty rate, to ensure that lenders who had made bad lending decisions would suffer relative to lenders who had made sensible lending decisions. [16] In December, the EU regulators approved Britain’s actions to provide aid to the Bank by concluding that it was in line with European emergency aid rules. [17] Run on the bank Outside a Northern Rock branch in Birmingham . On Friday 14 September 2007, the first day branches opened following the news, many customers queued outside branches to withdraw their savings (a run on the bank ). [18] This bank run was not the traditional form, where depositors withdraw money in a snowball effect, leading to a liquidity crisis ; instead, it occurred in the aftermath of the liquidity crisis. [19] It was estimated that £1 billion was withdrawn by customers that day, about 5% of the total bank deposits held by Northern Rock. [20] In one incident, police were called to the branch in Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , when two joint account holders barricaded the bank manager in her office after she refused to let them withdraw £1 million fro


What is the name of the Sky TV comedy sports panel game hosted by James Corden with Andrew Flintoff and Jamie Rednapp as team captains?

A League of Their Own (TV Series 2010– ) - IMDb IMDb 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 A League of Their Own  45min Sports-based comedy panel game hosted by Gavin and Stacey star James Corden and features Andrew Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp as team captains and John Bishop and Georgie Thompson were ... See full summary  » Stars: a list of 23 titles created 05 Feb 2012 a list of 30 titles created 10 Apr 2014 a list of 27 titles created 7 months ago a list of 28 titles created 2 months ago a list of 23 titles created 1 week ago Title: A League of Their Own (2010– ) 8.1/10 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. 1 win & 1 nomination. See more awards  » Photos Soccer AM (TV Series 1992) Comedy | Sport | Talk-Show A cult soccer show aired every Saturday morning during the English football season. Each week sees new celebrity guests and recurring sketches from the cast and crew. Stars: Helen Chamberlain, Christopher Heary, Tim Lovejoy Gillette Soccer Saturday (TV Series 2000) News | Sport Jeff Stelling and co keep up to date with Saturday's goals Stars: Jeff Stelling, Charlie Nicholas, Matt Le Tissier Highlights, interviews and analysis from expert pundits of Saturday's English Premier League football matches. Stars: Gary Lineker, John Motson, Guy Mowbray Sporting celebrities are quizzed on their own and others' sports. Stars: Sue Barker, Matt Dawson, Ally McCoist The highlights and analysis of the second day of football in the english top flight league Stars: Guy Mowbray, Colin Murray, Adrian Chiles The Chase I (TV Series 2009) Game-Show A Game Show where contestants must compete against 'The Chasers' in a variety of questions in order to win money. Stars: Bradley Walsh, Jenny Ryan, Mark Labbett Member of the public go head to head in a series if obstacle courses to win 10,000 Stars: Richard Hammond, Amanda Byram, Joanna Chappell The original British version of the quiz show that's become a worldwide hit. Host Chris Tarrant asks hopeful contestants a series of questions, each more difficult than the last. As the ... See full summary  » Stars: Chris Tarrant, Eamonn Holmes, Stephen Fry Interview talk show hosted by comedian Alan Carr Stars: Alan Carr, David Walliams, Mollie King You've Been Framed! (TV Series 1990) Comedy | Reality-TV Surreal comedy from the mind of Harry Hill, featuring his unique observations on the world's funniest accidents as captured on smartphones, video cameras, webcams & CCTV. If you've filmed a... See full summary  » Stars: Harry Hill, Jeremy Beadle, Lisa Riley British talk show host Jonathon Ross talks with guests from around the globe. Stars: Jonathan Ross, Olly Murs, Gary Barlow TV Burp (TV Series 2001) Comedy Harry Hill stars in this surreal comedy show, revolving around the previous week's shows on British television. Stars: Harry Hill, Steve Benham, Brian Belo Edit Storyline Sports-based comedy panel game hosted by Gavin and Stacey star James Corden and features Andrew Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp as team captains and John Bishop and Georgie Thompson were regular panelists for the first four series alongside two weekly guests. Jack Whitehall joined the cast as a regular panellist from the fifth series onwards. Written by Anonymous 11 March 2010 (UK) See more  » Company Credits Did You Know? Trivia The show made history when James Corden and the rest of the panel, created and named Mo Farah's Olympics celebration, the "Mo-Bot". Farah would go on to use the celebration upon winning gold and the celebration became a sensation. See more » Connections Consistent and surprising; It's a fun show with plenty of laughs. 7 March 2016 | by ATEreviews (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews I hadn't watched a single minute of this show until Season 10 and I have since watched all older episodes going back to Series 6.


Who was the father of Alexander the Great?

Alexander the Great - Ancient History Encyclopedia Alexander the Great by Joshua J. Mark published on 14 November 2013 Alexander III of Macedon , known as Alexander the Great (21 July 356 BCE – 10 or 11 June 323 BCE), was the son of King Philip II of Macedon . He became king upon his father’s death in 336 BCE and went on to conquer most of the known world of his day. He is known as 'the great' both for his military genius and his diplomatic skills in handling the various populaces of the regions he conquered. He is further recognized for spreading Greek culture, language, and thought from Greece throughout Asia Minor , Egypt , and Mesopotamia to India and thus initiating the era of the " Hellenistic World ". Alexander's Youth When Alexander was young, he was taught to fight and ride by Leonidas of Epirus , a relative of his mother Olympias , as well as to endure hardships such as forced marches. His father, Philip, was interested in cultivating a refined future king so hired Lysimachus of Acarnania to teach the boy reading, writing , and to play the lyre . This tutelage would instill in Alexander a life-long love of reading and music. At the age of 14 Alexander was introduced to the Greek philosopher Aristotle who Philip hired as a private tutor. He would study with Aristotle for the next three years, and the two remained in correspondence throughout Alexander's later campaigns. Remove Ads Advertisement Aristotle’s influence directly bore upon Alexander’s later dealings with the people he conquered, in that Alexander never forced the culture of Greece upon the inhabitants of the various regions but merely introduced it in the same way Aristotle used to teach his students. The influence of Leonidas may be seen in Alexander's lifelong resilience and physical stamina as well as in his skill with horses. Alexander tamed the `untamable ' Bucephalus when he was only 11 or 12 years old. While his tutor's influence certainly had a profound effect upon him, Alexander seemed destined for greatness from birth. He had, first of all, a father whose accomplishments laid a firm foundation for his later success. The historian Diodorus Siculus observes: During the twenty-four years of his reign as King of Macedonia, in which he started with the slenderest resources, Philip built his own kingdom up into the greatest power in Europe ...He projected the overthrow of the Persian Empire , landed forces in Asia and was in the act of liberating the Hellenic communities when he was interrupted by Fate - in spite of which, he bequeathed a military establishment of such size and quality that his son Alexander was enabled to overthrow the Persian Empire without requiring the assistance of allies. These achievements were not the work of Fortune but of his own force of character, for this king stands out above all others for his military acumen, personal courage and intellectual brilliance. While it is clear that his father had a great impact on him, Alexander himself chose to see his success as ordained by divine forces. He called himself the son of Zeus , and so claimed the status of a demi-god, linking his blood-line to his two favorite heroes of antiquity, Achilles and Herakles , and modeling his behavior after theirs. This belief in his divinity was instilled in him by Olympias who also told him that his was a virgin birth as she had been miraculously impregnated by Zeus himself. His birth was associated with great signs and wonders, such as a bright star gleaming over Macedonia that night and the destruction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus . Plutarch writes: Alexander was born the sixth of Hecatombaeon, which month the Macedonians call Lous, the same day that the temple of Diana at Ephesus was burnt; which Hegesias of Magnesia makes the occasion of a conceit, frigid enough to have stopped the conflagration. The temple, he says, took fire and was burnt while its mistress was absent, assisting at the birth of Alexander. And all the Eastern soothsayers who happened to be then at Ephesus, looking upon the ruin of this temple to be the forerunne


Which ventriloquist do you associate with Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey?

Keith Harris dead at 67: ventriloquist who gave the world Orville The Duck, dies of cancer | Metro News Caroline Westbrook for Metro.co.uk Tuesday 28 Apr 2015 11:09 am Keith Harris was best known for creating Orville The Duck (Picture: Rex Features) Ventriloquist Keith Harris, famous for creating the characters Orville The Duck and Cuddles The Monkey, has died aged 67. The entertainer, who passed away at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, had been battling cancer. The news was confirmed by his agent Robert C Kelly, who said in a statement that he died at 4.50am on Tuesday morning. ‘It is with great sadness I announce the death of my friend and client Keith Harris, whom I have known for well over 20 years and managed for the past 15 years,’ he said. Harris was initially diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2013 and underwent surgery to remove his spleen as well as undergoing stem-cell treatment. He returned to the stage in 2014 although became ill again earlier this year, later learning that the cancer had spread to his liver and was terminal. The entertainer’s showbiz career spanned over 50 years, although peaked in the 70s and 80s when he had his own Saturday night programme The Keith Harris Show on BBC One, which ran from 1982-1990. He also enjoyed chart success with Orville The Duck, reaching number four in the charts in January 1983 and selling over 400,000 copies. The pair even made it on to Top Of The Pops: Harris’ other comic creation, the orange monkey Cuddles – best known for his dislike of Orville and catchphrase ‘I hate that duck’ was also a regular fixture of the show. Both characters also featured in The Quack Chat Show, a children’s game show fronted by Harris which ran from 1990-1993. Harris’ other character Cuddles The Monkey was none too fond of Orville (Picture: Rex Features) Harris was also a regular fixture of the Royal Variety Performance, as well as giving private performances for Prince William and Prince Harry on their third birthdays, after being personally requested to do so by Princess Diana. Although Harris had been less of a regular fixture on TV in recent years he continued to work steadily, adopting a more ‘adult’ act to appeal to those who had watched him as children but were now grown up. He continued to turn up on TV from time to time, appearing as a guest in Big Brother in 2012 and winning the second series of Channel 5’s reality show The Farm – complete with a little help from Orville – ahead of the likes of Lionel Blair, rapper Flavor Flav and porn star Ron Jeremy. Harris and Orville were crowned winners of Channel 5 show The Farm in 2005 (Picture: Channel 5) However he turned down the chance to appear in an episode of Ricky Gervais’ comedy Extras, saying that he was unimpressed by the script which portrayed him as a ‘racist bigot’. ‘I read the script and thought, this isn’t clever writing, it’s pure filth. I turned it down. I’m not desperate,’ Harris said. He returned to performing last year following his cancer treatment, admitting his illness during a show in Great Yarmouth – and breaking down on stage as he did. Harris, who was married four times, is survived by his fourth wife Sarah, as well as two teenage children, Kitty and Shenton, and his daughter Skye from his first marriage.