In the title of a BBC2 TV programme, how are Antonio Carluccio and Genaro Contaldo known?

two greedy italians - weds 4th may, 8pm on bbc2 - Jamie Oliver | News | In News Story by Peter Berry The friendship between Jamie’s mentor, Gennaro Contaldo and the charismatic Antonio Carluccio has had its ups and downs over the years but the two great Italian chefs are now closer that they’ve ever been after a wonderful journey around their native Italy for “Two Greedy Italians” (starts tonight at 8pm on BBC2). The four-part series is a real treat as Gennaro and Antonio tour their homeland to discover how Italian culture and food have changed since they left. In programme one, “The Family”, they are on a mission to discover if food and family are still inextricably linked. The duo visit Emilia Romagna – the region of Parmigiano cheese and Parma ham and have a typical Sunday lunch with friends near Modena – the home of balsamic vinegar. In this traditional family la mammas do all the cooking and they show the two chefs their recipe for fresh tortellini pasta. Their next stop is Bologna to sample the cheeses and hams and to find out if the role of women remains the same. They meet a group of career women who don’t cook at home and they also discover that cooking schools for tourists are being inundated with Italians. In the countryside near Rimini they visit a different kind of family home – a refuge helping those with serious drug problems. As part of their rehabilitation, the residents produce food which is sold around the world. There’s also mouth-watering food, of course, as these two masters of Italian cuisine cook Mamma Contaldo’s Ricotta Dumplings, Warm Chocolate and Amaretto Pudding and Cooked Family Stew with Polenta. A book to accompany the series is also available. About the author: Peter Berry is Jamie's publicist


The Treaty of Windsor of 1386 resulted in the longest British alliance, with which country?

World War II: Under the Treaty of Windsor (1386), the UK and Portugal have the world's oldest military alliance. Why did the British government not invoke the treaty? - Quora Quora Written Jun 3, 2015 Because if the British fully invoked the treaty it would have most likely have caused Spain to enter the war on the side of the Axis powers.  At the time of WW2 Spain was controlled by a man named Francisco Franco, who tried to model his government after the Fascist states of Germany and Italy. In 1940 Hitler approached Franco about joining the Axis powers but Franco decided to remain neutral. But he did offer aide to the Axis powers.   Before the war in 1939, the Portuguese had singed a non-aggression pact with Spain called the Iberian Pact, which committed both the countries to aide each other in the event that either was attacked. This was designed to maintain neutrality on the Iberian peninsula (the peninsula on which both Spain and Portugal reside) in the event of a large scale European war. If the Portuguese had joined the Allies Spain would have responded by joining the Axis. So a neutral Portugal would be more helpful to Britain than and active one since with the help of the Iberian Pact they could keep Spain out of the war.   To this end it was beneficial to the Allies to keep the Portuguese out of the war, but Portugal did provide financial assistance and bases for allied forces throughout the war. Written May 30, 2015 Because Britain had already scrapped the Treaty of Windsor in 1898, when it occupied Portuguese settlements in Africa (Melinde and Mombaça, now in Kenya, and also Ghana, Gambia and the region between Angola and Mozambique, which Portugal dreamed to occupy and have a land bridge from East Africa to West Africa. The 1898 ultimatum essentially shoved in the face of the Portuguese that "alliance" and "friendship" meant nothing to Britain. So, in spite of any other thing, many of the Portuguese were already fed up with the UK and would gladly see the Brits go the way of the dodo.


Which children's writer created the characters The Saucepan Man, Dame Washalot and Moonface?

The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton Review by Terry Gustafson Brief Summary by Robert Houghton: Cousin Dick comes to stay with Jo, Bessie and Fanny and together they share many more wonderful adventures up the Faraway Tree. With Moonface, Saucepan Man and Silky the pixie, they explore the amazing lands to be found at the top of the tree ï¿½ the Land of Spells, the Land of Toys, and the tempting Land of Goodies, but then one day Moonface, Silky and Saucepan Man disappear mysteriously. Where have they gone, and why are people from the Land of Tempers living in the tree instead? Full Review (This may contain spoilers): Terry Gustafson's Review Deep in the country live three children who are named Jo, Bessie and Fanny. They are extremely fortunate because they live near an enchanted wood in which there is a gigantic tree. This tree grows so high that it reaches special clouds that contain magical lands which visit every now and again and rest on the top-most branches. The children often enter the wood to climb this Faraway Tree right up to where the Fairy-Tale places are and one place they visited was Rocking Land and it was rather unpleasant because whilst you are there the ground tips up and sideways and you keep falling over. They have also been to Nursery Rhyme Land, the Land of Enchantments, and the Land of Treats and they have made friends with several fairy people who actually live in little dwellings carved out of the tree itself. There's a round-faced man called Moon-Face not to mention another gentleman who is a little hard-of-hearing and who sells saucepans which he wears all round his body and you can hear him coming a mile away. This is the second Faraway Tree book. Jo, Bessie and Fanny have a cousin staying with them and his name is Dick. When he is told about the Faraway Tree he's naturally skeptical but they manage to convince him they're on the level and then he can't wait to see it. Next day they are off to the Enchanted Wood and Dick hears the leaves on the trees making a soft sound in the breeze — "Wisha, Wisha, Wisha!" as he is led to the spot where the Magic Faraway Tree is located. He experiences much the same as the children did when they first climbed up and he gets the same treatment as Bessie from the first book did when she peeped in at one of the windows set in the tree-trunk. It belongs to the house of the Angry Pixie and his method of evening the odds when passers-by look in on him is to empty a kettle of water over the nosy-parkers. Jo and Co. are old hands so they are all right but Dick becomes rather soaked! Further up they meet the little elf known as Silky and Dick thinks she is the loveliest creature he has ever seen. She joins them and they climb up to call on Moon-Face. Due to his lack of knowledge regarding the Faraway Tree, Dick has some more wetness added to his clothing because there happens to be a washer-woman further up who uses a considerable amount of water in her trade although the book doesn't tell us how it is piped up to her place of residence. Dame Washalot is her name and she gets rid of the spent water by simply emptying it down the tree so Dick learns another valuable lesson. Shortly he is introduced to Moon-Face who tends to be looked upon as the leader. He has a slide in the floor of his little home and it goes right down to the bottom of the tree and it is just one of the attractions which supply the children with so many good times. The tree also grows different types of fruit on its branches so there is plenty of sustenance for the tired climber who needs to keep on going up and up and up to reach the current land at the top. Now the scene is set for the children to do what the Faraway Tree books are all about — visiting one land after another and experiencing adventures. A ladder at the top of the tree leads to a hole in the cloud where each land rests so they just climb it and Hey Presto! Jo has a rather trying time in one place they visit because it's the Land of Topsy-Turvy and when he is rather aggressive with a policeman he's immediately turned upside down


What is the name of the mountain above Rio de Janeiro where the statue of Christ the Redeemer stands?

About Christ the Redeemer in Rio Brazil - Facts, History, Tickets Price Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil PDF A larger-than-life statue of Jesus Christ perched on the Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro is inspiring, to say the least. The largest Art Deco statue of Jesus with his arms outstretched gives viewers an impression that the savior of men is keeping a watchful eye over the people of Rio. This 38-m high symbol of peace offers spectacular views of downtown Rio, the bay, Sugarloaf Mountain, Copacabana beach , and Ipanema beach . History Christ the Redeemer The idea of placing a Christian monument on Mount Corcovado (which means Hunchback) first surfaced in the middle of the 1850s to honor Princess Isabel, the daughter of Emperor Pedro II. The very idea of building the statue was shunned in 1889 when Brazil became a republic and the church and state were separated. But the Catholic Circle of Rio de Janeiro recommended building the monument in 1920. Donations from general public were collected to fund the construction of the site. It took nine years to build Christ the Redeemer (1922 to 1931) tourist attraction, which was thrown open to public on October 12, 1931. Things to do In and Around the Christ the Redeemer Statue Besides hiking, one can enjoy Hang Gliding over the wonderful city of Rio. The Tijuca National Forest is the place where you can get bookings done for Hang Gliding. Enjoy the cog train ride through the Tijuca Rainforest to reach the vantage point in the Corcovado Mountain and enjoy breathtaking views of the statue. Nearby Attractions Corcovado Mountain – It’s a granite mountain peak in central Rio with the statue of Christ the Redeemer on top. The mountain is situated within the national park called the Tijuca Forest. A 20-minute ride by Corcovado Rack Railway will get you to the top of the mountain. Guanabara Bay – This oceanic bay in the Southeastern part of Brazil offers a spectacular sight when viewed from a high altitude as it has around 130 small islands that look like dots in the bay. Copacabana Beach – It’s an outstanding confluence of land and sea. Indulge in activities on this long curving beach and watch the football skills being displayed by favela (slum) kids. The beach is sufficiently illuminated at night. Ipanema Beach – The beach, with a long stretch of sand, displays diverse subcultures. It’s a favorite hangout for artists and intellectuals alike. Where is Christ the Redeemer Statue? The Christ the Redeemer statue stands atop Mount Corcovado in Tijuca Forest in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. How to Reach Christ the Redeemer? By Air – The Santos Dumont Airport is just 12 km away from the statue and a half-an-hour drive is all what it takes to get there. The Galeao-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro is just over 26 km away from the Corcovado Mountain. A drive will take close to an hour. The Jacarepagua-Roberto Marinho Airport is another option. It’s less than 30 km from here. A little longer than an hour’s drive gets you there. By Train – Specially customized train routes are in place to help travelers reach the destination. The Corcovado train station in Cosme Velho and the Riotur kiosque near the Copacabana beach are the hubs from where the trains leave for this heritage destination. By Road – Mount Carcovado is well connected to every part of the city by road. There are specific bus routes operational to take the tourists to this historic site. Accommodations The Mercure Rio De Janeiro Botafogo Hotel and Apa Hotel are preferred budget accommodations. The mid-range hotels located in the vicinity include Hotel Atlantico Copacabana, Hotel Astoria Copacabana, and Mirador Rio Copacabana Hotel. The Rio 180° Boutique Hotel and Mar Palace Copacabana Hotel are meant for high-end travelers. Restaurants Mr. Lam, Rio Scenarium, Confeitaria Colombo, Garota de Ipanema, Sushi Leblon, Bibi Sucos, and Parcao Ipanema, are some of the most famous and popular food joints in Rio de Janeiro. Best Time to Visit in Christ the Redeemer Though the weather in Rio de Jan


What is the name of the railway line that is being built through London to link Reading, Berkshire with Shenfield in Essex?

Crossrail Stations - Crossrail Crossrail Crossrail is constructing ten new world-class stations for the 21st century More... Paddington station A modern take on a Victorian icon More... Farringdon station Search Crossrail works Near You Search current Crossrail construction works and track the progress of our tunnelling machines. More... A world-class new railway for London and the south east Crossrail Limited is building a new railway for London and the South East, running from Reading and Heathrow in the west, through 42km of new tunnels under London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. The project is building 10 new stations and upgrading 30 more, while integrating new and existing infrastructure. The £14.8 billion Crossrail project is currently Europe’s largest infrastructure project. Construction began in 2009 at Canary Wharf, and is now almost 75% complete. It is being delivered on time and within funding. The new railway, which will be known as the Elizabeth line when services begin in 2018, will be fully integrated with London’s existing transport network and will be operated by Transport for London. New state-of-the-art trains will carry an estimated 200 million passengers per year. The new service will speed up journey times, increase central London’s rail capacity by 10% and bring an extra 1.5 million people to within 45 minutes of central London. The new stations, public space and associated developments will add to the fabric of the landscape, act as a catalyst for regeneration and influence the way people experience the city and its suburbs. The Elizabeth line will make travelling in the capital easier and quicker and will reduce crowding on London's transport network, operating with main line size trains carrying more than 1,500 passengers in each train during peak periods. The new trains will be 200 metres - that's almost twice as long as a London Underground train - creating a more comfortable passenger experience. Use our interactive  N ear You map  to explore the route and find information about each of the new stations under construction. 40 stations better connected, 10 new stations 10 n ew Crossrail stations being built at Paddington, Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon, Liverpool Street, Whitechapel, Canary Wharf, Custom House, Woolwich and Abbey Wood 30 existing Network Rail stations in outer London, Berkshire and Essex being upgraded and connected to 26 miles of new tunnels under London Lifts at every Elizabeth line station to ensure step-free access. New trains, better journeys A train every two and a half minutes at peak time through central London State-of-the-art trains  will be 200 metres long, accommodating up to 1,500 passengers Around 200 million passengers will travel on Crossrail each year Economic benefits £42bn benefit to the UK economy Better links between the capital’s major commercial and business districts - Heathrow, the West End, the City and Canary Wharf 55,000 full time jobs and 75,000 business opportunities during the construction of the new railway. Upgrading the surface rail network  Network Rail is responsible for the design, development and delivery of the parts of the route that are on the existing network. Three quarters of the route runs above ground on the existing rail network through outer London, Berkshire and Essex. Major improvements are being delivered to stations across the existing rail network, including: New, bright, spacious ticket halls at a number of stations New lifts and footbridges where required to ensure step free access at every station Platform extensions to accommodate the 200m long Crossrail trains New signage, help points, customer information screens and CCTV. For further information about the Network Rail programme of works visit our  western section  and  eastern section  pages.


Edward of Woodstock who, as Prince of Wales, died before his father and so was never King of England, is better known by which name?

BBC - History - Edward, the Black Prince z Edward, Prince of Wales, known as the Black Prince    © Although Edward never became king - he died before his father, Edward III - he is remembered as a great medieval military hero, with notable victories against the French in the Hundred Years War. Edward was born on 15 June 1330 at Woodstock in Oxfordshire, the eldest son of Edward III. He was created prince of Wales in 1343. He showed military brilliance at an early age, playing a key role in the defeat of the French army at the Battle of Crecy when he was only 16. In 1355, he was appointed his father's lieutenant in Gascony and the following year led another significant victory against the French at Poitiers, taking the French king prisoner. In 1362, Edward married Joan of Kent and was created prince of Aquitaine and Gascony by his father. Edward and his wife went to live in his new French domains. In 1367, Edward led an expedition to Spain, to restore the deposed King Pedro of Castile, and proved himself again with victory at the Battle of Najera in northern Castile. Edward returned to Aquitaine, where he made himself unpopular with the nobility by levying taxes to pay for his Spanish expedition. They rose in revolt against him and in 1370 Edward besieged the city of Limoges. When it fell, 3,000 of its inhabitants were massacred. A year later, Edward returned to England. Edward died aged 45 on 8 June 1376, probably from an illness contracted in Spain, and was buried in great splendour in Canterbury Cathedral. His young son, Richard, succeeded Edward III a year later. During his lifetime he was known as Edward of Woodstock. The title of Black Prince developed after his death and may refer to black armour that he wore.


Which English novelist had an early career as a policeman in Burma?

George Orwell Essay - Critical Essays - eNotes.com George Orwell Essay - Critical Essays link Link Excepting Animal Farm, most critics view George Orwell’s fictions as aesthetically flawed creations, the work of a political thinker whose artistry was subordinate to his intensely didactic, partisan passions. This reaction to Orwell’s novels was generally promoted posthumously, since his fiction in the 1930’s was often ignored by the larger reading public and panned by those reviewers who did pick up one of his books. The early academic critics—up to the late 1960’s—were often Orwell’s personal friends or acquaintances, who tended to see his early novels as conventionally realistic and strongly autobiographical. Even his masterpieces, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, were viewed as formally undistinguished, however powerful their message. It was not until the second generation of critics began looking at Orwell’s fiction that a more balanced assessment was possible. Burmese Days Orwell’s first published novel, Burmese Days, concerns the life of John Flory, an English policeman in Burma during the early 1920’s. The plot is fairly straightforward. After a lengthy introduction to Flory’s personality and daily life, Orwell dramatizes him as a man blemished with a physical stigma, a birthmark, and puzzled by moral dilemma—how to deal with the increasingly rebellious natives, to whom he is secretly sympathetic but against whom he must wield the club of imperialistic authority. In the middle of this dilemma, Elizabeth arrives, a young English woman who is fresh faced but decidedly a traditional “burra memsahib.” Flory attempts to win both her heart and mind—much to the dismay of his Burmese mistress, Ma Hla May—and succeeds in doing neither, even though he manages to half succeed in proposing marriage during an earthquake. With a mind too closed to anything not properly British, and a heart only to be won by someone very English, Elizabeth forgets Flory’s attentions with the arrival of Verrall, an English military policeman, who will in turn reject her after his billet is completed. A humble Flory waits for Elizabeth, and after Verrall has left takes her to church services, confident that he has outlasted his rival. Unfortunately, Flory is humiliated by Ma Hla May, is repulsed yet again by Elizabeth, and, in a mood of despair, commits suicide, killing both his dog and himself. In such a world, Flory is emphatically not meant to be a sympathetic character, but rather a victim of the very political order he has sworn to uphold. In effect, Orwell has laid a trap for the unwary reader. Too close an identification with Flory, too intense a desire to have him succeed in marrying Elizabeth—an unholy alliance of imperialistic Englishwoman and revolutionary, thinking pariah—will prevent the reader from recognizing the irreconcilable contradictions inherent in the British presence in Burma. Coming Up for Air Orwell’s fourth published novel, Coming Up for Air, was written in Marrakesh, Morocco, shortly after the author had recovered from yet another bout with tubercular lesions of the lungs. Although the novel sold moderately well for the time (a first printing of two thousand copies and a second printing of one thousand), many critics were vaguely condescending toward the hero, George Bowling, a middle-class insurance salesman who longs for the golden country of the past while simultaneously dreading the horrors of a second world war, then only months away. Many of the themes more fully developed in Nineteen Eighty-Four find their initial expression in Orwell’s last conventional novel, set before the outbreak of the devastation that the next six years would bring. Coming Up for Air is set in London during the late 1930’s; Orwell employs a first-personnarrative to describe the life of George Bowling, a middle-aged, middle-class salesman, whose first set of false teeth marks a major milestone in his life. Musing in front of a mirror while he prepares for work one morning, George’s mind wanders back to the past, the golden England of thi


Who wrote the novels 'The Fog', 'The Dark' and 'The Rats'?

Horror writer James Herbert, author of The Rats, has died aged 69 - Telegraph Book news Horror writer James Herbert, author of The Rats, has died aged 69 James Herbert, bestselling author of The Rats and The Fog, died this morning  at his home in Sussex. James Herbert  Photo: PA Follow His publisher Pan Macmillan has announced that writer James Herbert died at his home in Sussex early this morning. The author, who was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2010, had his 23rd novel – Ash – published last week. Herbert began writing his debut novel, The Rats, at the age of 28. It was published in 1974 and the first paperback edition sold out in three weeks. In The Rats, London is overcome by giant black rodents who attack, kill and eat people including a dog and a young baby. His second novel, The Fog (1975), was about a chemical weapon being accidentally released. Herbert became firmly established as one of the country's leading horror writers and his works had been published in more than 34 languages. He has sold more than 54 million copies of his books worldwide. Related Articles 'Mary would run the NHS beautifully’ 21 Mar 2013 Jeremy Trevathan, James Herbert’s editor for ten years, said: “It’s a true testament to Jim Herbert's writing and his enduring creativity that his books continued to be huge bestsellers right up until his death. He has the rare distinction that his novels were considered classics of the genre within his lifetime. His death marks the passing of one of the giants of popular fiction in the 20th century.” Four of his novels, The Rats, The Survivor, Fluke and Haunted, were made into films, and his 2006 novel The Secret of Crickley Hall was made into a TV miniseries on BBC One last year. In the same week that he was awarded an OBE, Herbert was made Grand Master of Horror by the World of Horror Convention. He is survived by his wife, Eileen and their three daughters.


Which famous musical features the song 'There is Nothing Like a Dame'?

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What was the nationality of the playwright August Strindberg?

August Strindberg on ArtStack - art online listen ) ; 22 January 1849 – 14 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. [2] [3] [4] A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography, history, cultural analysis, and politics. [5] A bold experimenter and iconoclast throughout, he explored a wide range of dramatic methods and purposes, from naturalistic tragedy , monodrama , and history plays, to his anticipations of expressionist and surrealist dramatic techniques. [6] [7] From his earliest work, Strindberg developed innovative forms of dramatic action, language, and visual composition. He is considered the "father" of modern Swedish literature and his The Red Room (1879) has frequently been described as the first modern Swedish novel. [8] [9] In Sweden Strindberg is known as an essayist, painter, poet, and especially as a novelist and playwright, but in other countries he is known mostly as a playwright. The Royal Theatre rejected his first major play, Master Olof , in 1872; it was not until 1881, at the age of 32, that its première at the New Theatre gave him his theatrical breakthrough. [2] [10] In his plays The Father (1887), Miss Julie (1888), and Creditors (1889), he created naturalistic dramas that – building on the established accomplishments of Henrik Ibsen 's prose problem plays while rejecting their use of the structure of the well-made play – responded to the call-to-arms of Émile Zola 's manifesto "Naturalism in the Theatre" (1881) and the example set by André Antoine 's newly established Théâtre Libre (opened 1887). [11] In Miss Julie, characterisation replaces plot as the predominant dramatic element (in contrast to melodrama and the well-made play) and the determining role of heredity and the environment on the "vacillating, disintegrated" characters is emphasized. [12] Strindberg modelled his short-lived Scandinavian Experimental Theatre (1889) in Copenhagen on Antoine's theatre and he explored the theory of Naturalism in his essays "On Psychic Murder" (1887), "On Modern Drama and the Modern Theatre" (1889), and a preface to Miss Julie, the last of which is probably the best-known statement of the principles of the theatrical movement. [13] During the 1890s he spent significant time abroad engaged in scientific experiments and studies of the occult. [14] A series of psychotic attacks between 1894 and 1896 (referred to as his "Inferno crisis") led to his hospitalisation and return to Sweden. [14] Under the influence of the ideas of Emanuel Swedenborg , he resolved after his recovery to become "the Zola of the Occult". [15] In 1898 he returned to playwriting with To Damascus , which, like The Great Highway (1909), is a dream-play of spiritual pilgrimage. [16] His A Dream Play (1902) – with its radical attempt to dramatise the workings of the unconscious by means of an abolition of conventional dramatic time and space and the splitting, doubling, merging, and multiplication of its characters – was an important precursor to both expressionism and surrealism. [17] He also returned to writing historical drama, the genre with which he had begun his playwriting career. [18] He helped to run the Intimate Theatre from 1907, a small-scale theatre, modelled on Max Reinhardt 's Kammerspielhaus, that staged his chamber plays (such as The Ghost Sonata ). [19] Contents Youth[ edit ] The school in Klara, Stockholm , whose harsh discipline haunted Strindberg in his adult life Strindberg was born on 22 January 1849 in Stockholm, Sweden, the third surviving son of Carl Oscar Strindberg ( a shipping agent ) and Eleonora Ulrika Norling (a serving-maid). [20] In his autobiographical novel The Son of a Servant , Strindberg describes a childhood affected by "emotional insecurity, poverty, religious fanaticism and neglect.". [21] When he was seven, Strindberg moved to Norrtullsgatan on the northern, almost-rural periphery of the city. [22] A year later


Who was Prime Minister of the UK at the end of World War 2?

Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II? | Reference.com Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II? A: Quick Answer At the outbreak of World War II, which was sparked by the 1939 German invasion of Poland, Neville Chamberlain was the prime minister of the United Kingdom; he was succeeded by Winston Churchill in 1940, who remained prime minister until July 1945. Clement Attlee replaced Churchill as prime minister in July 1945 and, although the war was technically still ongoing at that point, Attlee is not considered to be a wartime prime minister. The United Kingdom had suspended elections during the war, and elections were not held again until Germany had surrendered. Full Answer At the end of Churchill's tenure as prime minister, Germany had surrendered, in May 1945, but Japan had not. Japan did not surrender until September 1945, and the United States took the majority of the responsibility for ensuring Japanese surrender. Churchill served as prime minister during the signing of the major treaties and the convening of major international conferences, although he was technically not prime minister at the very end of the war. With Europe relatively stable in the aftermath of the German and Italian surrender, the U.K. began to return to normal political life, which included the election of a new prime minister. Although Churchill was defeated by Attlee in 1945, he became prime minister again in 1951 and served until 1955.


What name is given to the covered entrance to a churchyard, intended to give shelter to the coffin and mourners before entering the church?

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Who plays the part of Mrs Brown in the TV comedy Mrs Brown's Boys?

Mrs. Brown's Boys (TV Series 2011– ) - 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 comedy centered on a loud-mouthed Irish matriarch whose favorite pastime is meddling in the lives of her six children. Stars: When all of her kids in turn declare that she is overweight Agnes reluctantly decides to go on a diet but she finds it hard to sustain and begins to cheat. Suffering from heartburn she innocently ... 8.7 During a party to celebrate the baptism of Dermot and Maria's triplets, an unwitting Agnes and Winnie are put under the spell of the hypnotist booked to provide the entertainment. Mark has some ... 8.6 Agnes prepares for her unorthodox nativity play, provisionally entitled Men Are Bastards. She finds parts for all the family and their friends though the animals provided by Dermot are not exactly ... 8.5 a list of 44 titles created 23 Jul 2012 a list of 41 titles created 09 Feb 2013 a list of 45 titles created 30 Apr 2013 a list of 33 titles created 15 Oct 2014 a list of 34 titles created 26 Dec 2014 Title: Mrs. Brown's Boys (2011– ) 7.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 9 wins & 14 nominations. See more awards  » Photos A company tries to shut down Mrs Brown's fruit and veg stall. They can feck off. Director: Ben Kellett The misadventures of Agnus Brown in Dublin with her family of misfits Stars: Brendan O'Carroll, Rory Cowan, Jennifer Gibney The unexpected death of her husband sends a woman and her seven children, ages 2-14, into emotional turmoil and financial crisis in 1967 Dublin. She is forced to borrow money from a ... See full summary  » Director: Anjelica Huston Socially inept Miranda always gets into awkward situations; working in her joke shop with best friend Stevie, being hounded by her pushy mother, and especially when she's around her crush Gary. Stars: Miranda Hart, Patricia Hodge, Tom Ellis A part-improvised comedy about a couple bringing up their three young children. Stars: Hugh Dennis, Claire Skinner, Tyger Drew-Honey A boisterous female minister comes to serve in an eccentricly conservative small town's church. Stars: Dawn French, James Fleet, Trevor Peacock Edit Storyline A comedy centered on a loud-mouthed Irish matriarch whose favorite pastime is meddling in the lives of her six children. 1 January 2011 (Ireland) See more  » Also Known As: Mrs. Browni poisid See more  » Company Credits Did You Know? Trivia Fiona Gibney who plays Winnie's daughter Sharon is the real life sister of Jennifer Gibney who plays Cathy. See more » Connections Crude, tasteless and achingly funny 23 March 2011 | by Lomax343 (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews This comedy has come in under the radar and has grown in popularity through word of mouth. It's basic ingredients are as old as the hills: a man in drag, bad language, farcical misunderstandings, recycled jokes and, if all else fails, slapstick. It owes a lot to I Didn't Know You Cared and Bread - and ought to be no more than a pale re-hash of a tired formula. It's as sophisticated as Bottom, as erudite as Play Your Cards Right, and as tasteful as a Frankie Boyle monologue. And yet: it's carried off with such panache that none of the above matters. Every episode has had at least one moment that has made me laugh out loud - often to the extent that I was actually in pain. It shamelessly breaks the fourth wall as well - even to the extent of not bothering with re-takes when something goes wrong. If, for example, a camera is caught in shot, the cast will break out of character for a moment, share a laugh with the audience, then get back to the script. What they broadcast is what actually happened. I get a feeling that some of these "mishaps" may be staged, but that doesn't matter. The show has a strangely incestuous cast, too. It is written by and stars Brendan O'Caroll. Other


Which US city is known as the Big Orange?

City nicknames The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists of "Ten Best". — H. Allen Smith     City nicknames The following is my list of City Nicknames, started around 1993. I had collected suggestions from the rec.games.trivia newsgroup, and had heard someone on KGO (San Francisco's AM news-talk radio station) use the phrase "... 10,000 residents of The City, of complications from ...". So I appropriated that phrase "The City of Complications", as an exceptionally apt nickname for San Francisco, and went on to collect a few other names. When I had enough of them, I posted the list to that newsgroup. So far, I have only been able to re-locate the quiz version of my list, so I haven't actually merged all of the answers back into the list yet. This past year or two (2001-2002), I added a few from the "Isaac Asimov" quiz column in the newspaper, a Sunset Magazine article (which lists California as the "World Capital of Agricultural World Capitals"), and other sources. I also found two other lists on the web (URLs below). I now keep this merged version in both http://got.net/~landauer/lists/CityOf.html and the stories link in my Radio Weblog, http://radio.weblogs.com/0100945/stories/2002/07/24/cityNicknames.html . The one at http://got.net/~landauer/CityOf_was.html is older. Other web locations that have some similar lists include: http://www.pe.net/~rksnow/mottos.htm is (today) the top Google result for City nicknames , with good reason. "COMMUNITY MOTTOS & NICKNAMES" looks like they've been actively collecting these for a lot longer than I have. The Trivia asylum http://www.triviaasylum.com/lists/cities.html http://www.netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=Siliconia Most recent additions (8 February 2003): Albany, OR; Alpine, TX; Beaver, OK; Bemidji, MN; Brainerd, MN; Bristol, TN; Burlington, Iowa; Cody, WY; Douglas, WY; Frannie, WY; Gallup, NM; Granby, CO; Isleton, CA; Laramie, WY; Lowell, WY; Meeteetse, WY; New York (as "Never Sleeps"); Noxubee County, Alabama; Philadelphia, PA; Rockport, MA; Santa Rosa, NM; Sonora, CA; Sturgis, Michigan; Taxco, Mexico; Tijuana, Mexico; Westwood, CA. My List of City Nicknames: City Nickname Aberdeen, Scotland The Granite City Akron, OH Rubber City Albany, Georgia Good Life City Albany, ORHome of the Timber Carnival Alexandria, Egypt Pearl of the Mediterranean Allentown, Pennsylvania Cement City Alpine, TXGateway to the Big Bend Annapolis, Maryland Crabtown Atlanta, GA The Athens of the South Atlanta, GA The City Too Busy to Hate Atlanta, GA Dogwood City Atlanta, GA Gate City of the South Auckland, NZ City of Sails Baltimore, Maryland Charm City Baltimore, Maryland Monument City Banaras, India Luminous City Bandon, OR Storm Capital of the World Bangkok, Thailand Venice of the East Beaver, OKCow Chip Throwing Capital of the World Bemidji, MNHome of Paul Bunyan & Babe, the Blue Ox  (see Brainerd and Westwood) Beograd The White City Bickleton, WA Bluebird Capital of the World Birmingham, AL Pittsburgh of the South Boston, MA The Athens of America Boston, MA Beantown Boston, MA The City of Kind Hearts Boston, MA The Cradle of Liberty Boston, MA The Hub of the Universe Boston, MA Puritan City Brainerd, MNHome of Paul Bunyan & Babe, the Blue Ox — The legend on the Brainerd city limits     sign shows up in the film "Fargo".     (See Bemidji and Westwood) Bristol, TNFood City Brandon, Manitoba The Wheat City Bucharest, Romania The Little Paris Budapest, Hungary The Pearl of the Danube Buffalo, New York Bison City Buffalo, New York Flour City Buffalo, NY The City of Good Neighbors Buffalo, NY The Nickel City Buffalo, NY The Queen City (of the Great Lakes) Burlington, IowaLoader/Backhoe Capital of the World Butte, Montana Copper City Byran, Ohio The Fountain City Calgary, Alberta, Canada The Stampede City Calgary, Alberta, Canada The Heart of The New West      (that's the New Convention and Visitors Bureau slogan) Calgary, Alberta, Canada Canada's oil capital      (Because of high concentration of oil company head offices,      as in Houston) C


On which musical instrument would you find pedals, a resonator and a pillar?

harp | musical instrument | Britannica.com musical instrument pluriarc Harp, stringed instrument in which the resonator, or belly , is perpendicular, or nearly so, to the plane of the strings. Each string produces one note, the gradation of string length from short to long corresponding to that from high to low pitch. The resonator is usually of wood or skin. In arched, or bow-shaped, harps the neck extends from and forms a curve with the body. In angular harps, body and neck form an angle. In frame harps (mostly confined to Europe), body and neck are set at an angle and are connected by a column, pillar, or forepillar, that braces against the tension of the strings. Harps lacking a forepillar are strung at relatively low tension, which results in a lower pitch than frame harps. The modern double-action pedal harp combines the basic structure and sound of ancient harps with a complex mechanism in order to obtain a full chromatic range. Egyptian statuette with angular harp, painted wood, Late Period (1085–525 bce); in the … Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum, London; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd. Harps were widely used in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East , although rare in Greece and Rome; depictions survive from Egypt and Mesopotamia from about 3000 bce. Many were played in vertical position and plucked with the fingers of both hands, but Mesopotamia also had horizontal harps. Placed on the player’s lap, strings toward him, they were plucked with a plectrum. Horizontal harps are pictured in India as late as 800 ce but apparently died out in the Middle East about 600 ce. At this same time arched harps fell out of use in the Middle East but survive today in Africa, Myanmar (Burma), and a few isolated areas. Angular harps survived until the 19th century in Iran. Replica of a harp from biblical times. © Richard Nowitz/Corbis harp - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) The modern harp is a stringed instrument, or chordophone, played by soloists and used in symphony orchestras. It has a range of more than six octaves and uses strings made of gut, nylon, or metal. Throughout the harp’s long history, the basic elements of its construction have remained the same: a series of strings in increasing lengths stretched across the instrument’s triangular framework. When plucked by the musician, each string produces a note. The shortest string on a harp creates the instrument’s highest note; the longest string creates the lowest note. The modern harp has a soundboard, or resonator, that forms an acute angle with the frontal pillar at the base of the instrument. (Harps with a frontal pillar are known as frame harps.) The top ends of the frontal pillar and the soundboard support a curved neck, and it is between the neck and the soundboard that the strings are stretched. (See also orchestra; stringed instruments.) Article History


Which 2007 treaty amended the Maastricht Treaty and Treaty of Rome?

Treaties Library » International & Area Studies Library » Portal to The European Union at Illinois » EU Institutions » Treaties Treaties Official Treaties are the foundations of the European Union and the primary source of EU law. Europa's European Treaties page provides an overview of the major treaties and includes links to explanatory texts for certain treaties (see lower-right corner of page). The Founding Treaties (Quotations taken from Europa's How the European Union Works ) Treaty Establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) Also known as "Treaty of Paris" Signed: April 18, 1951, Paris Came into force: July 23, 1952 Expired: July 23, 2002 Created the three "European Communities"--"the system of joint decision-making on coal, steel, nuclear power and other major sectors of the member states' economies." Established free trade area for many important economic and military resources. Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Also known as "Treaty of Rome" Formerly known as the  Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) Signed: March 25, 1957, Rome Came into force: January 1, 1958 Amended by the Treaty of Lisbon as of December 1, 2009 Created a common market aimed at facilitating the movement of goods, services, capital, and labor. Abolished all internal tariffs. Established a common agricultural policy (CAP) and a common external trade policy. Treaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Also signed in Rome--same dates as above Euratom was established to facilitate and encourage cooperation in atomic energy development and use. Treaty on European Union (EU) Also known as "The Maastricht Treaty" Signed: February 7, 1992, Maastricht Came into force: November 1, 1993 Amended by the Treaty of Lisbon as of December 1, 2009 Established the European Union. Granted EU citizenship to every citizen of EU member states. Introduced central banking system and unified currency, the euro. "Introduced new forms of co-operation between the member state governments--for example on defence and in the area of 'justice and home affairs.' By adding this inter-governmental co-operation to the existing 'Community' system, the Maastricht Treaty created a new structure with three "pillars" which is political as well as economic. This is the European Union." Maastricht also renamed the EEC (created in the Treaty of Rome) to simply the EC--European Community--since the community's role had expanded beyond just economic concerns. Treaty of Lisbon Signed: December 13, 2007 came into force: December 1, 2009 The Treaty of Lisbon amends the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European Community. It increased the legislative and budgetary powers of the European Parliament, and created the function of President of the European Council.  The voting rules in the Council were also amended, calculating a double majority according to member states and according to EU population as a whole. The Treaty of Lisbon is also notable for containing the first explicit recognition of the right of a member state to leave the Union. Other Treaties (Quotations taken from Europa's How the European Union Works ) Single European Act (SEA) Signed: February 1986 Came into force: July 1, 1987 Expanded scope of EEC. "Amended the EEC treaty and paved the way for completing the Single Market." Treaty of Amsterdam Signed: October 2, 1997 Came into force: May 1, 1999 "Amended the EU and EC treaties, giving numbers (instead of letters) to the EU Treaty articles" Treaty of Nice Signed: February 26, 2001 Came into force: February 1, 2003 "Further amends the other treaties, streamlining the EU's institutional system so it can continue to work effectively after a new wave of member states joins in 2004" Treaties of Accession Various dates The founding treaties are amended whenever new member states join the European Union. The most recent such amendment was in 2005, when Romania and Bulgaria were admitted to the EU. A complete list of the accession treaties is here . The Treaties area of EUR-Lex contains the


The 15-a-side sport Camogie is the female equivalent of which sport?

The Camogie Association : About Camogie The Camogie Association X About Camogie Founded in 1904, Camogie, an independent voluntary organisation, is the most popular female team sport in Ireland while making a significant contribution to the Irish culture, as part of the family of Gaelic games.  Within the Gaelic Games family, Camogie is a natural extension of the men's hurling community. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), as the governing body for men's Gaelic Games and as the community base of Gaelic Games, is of huge importance to Camogie, from club to national level. Its ongoing support, through the generous provision of facilities, finance and other resources, is key to the well being of Camogie.   Many Camogie players also enjoy other Gaelic sports and The Camogie Association regularly liaises with their respective associations.   Providing young women with the opportunity to play Camogie and other Gaelic sports is an integral part of encouraging them to stay with sport though their teenage years and later into life.    Our Vision: To provide an inclusive, enjoyable and lifelong involvement in Camogie, as Ireland's leading female sort, and as a vibrant part of the Gaelic games family, at home and internationally.    Our Mission: To expand opportunities to participate in and enjoy Camogie through building a professinal, dynamic and inclusive Association.


The flag of which country has twelve colours, more than any other national flag?

Flags of Every Country Follow us... Flags of Every Country Tweet This map shows Flags of every country in the world. Flag description produced from actual flags or the best information available at the time the entry was written. The flags of independent states are used by their dependencies unless there is an officially recognized local flag. Some disputed and other areas do not have flags. Note: Flag description from CIA Factbook and Flag image from Wikipedia. Last updated: Abkhazia Afghanistan three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), red, and green, with the national emblem in white centered on the red band and slightly overlapping the other two bands; the center of the emblem features a mosque with pulpit and flags on either side, below the mosque are numerals for the solar year 1298 (1919 in the Gregorian calendar, the year of Afghan independence from the UK); this central image is circled by a border consisting of sheaves of wheat on the left and right, in the upper-center is an Arabic inscription of the Shahada (Muslim creed) below which are rays of the rising sun over the Takbir (Arabic expression meaning "God is great"), and at bottom center is a scroll bearing the name Afghanistan; black signifies the past, red is for the blood shed for independence, and green can represent either hope for the future, agricultural prosperity, or Islam note: Afghanistan had more changes to its national flag in the 20th century than any other country; the colors black, red, and green appeared on most of them Akrotiri the flag of the UK is used Albania red with a black two-headed eagle in the center; the design is claimed to be that of 15th-century hero George Castriota SKANDERBERG, who led a successful uprising against the Turks that resulted in a short-lived independence for some Albanian regions (1443-1478); an unsubstantiated explanation for the eagle symbol is the tradition that Albanians see themselves as descendants of the eagle; they refer to themselves as "Shkypetars," which translates as "sons of the eagle" Algeria two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white; a red, five-pointed star within a red crescent centered over the two-color boundary; the colors represent Islam (green), purity and peace (white), and liberty (red); the crescent and star are also Islamic symbols, but the crescent is more closed than those of other Muslim countries because the Algerians believe the long crescent horns bring happiness American Samoa blue, with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the fly side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a war club known as a "Fa'alaufa'i" (upper; left talon), and a coconut fiber fly whisk known as a "Fue" (lower; right talon); the combination of symbols broadly mimics that seen on the US Great Seal and reflects the relationship between the United States and American Samoa Andorra three vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red, with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; the latter band is slightly wider than the other two so that the ratio of band widths is 8:9:8; the coat of arms features a quartered shield with the emblems of (starting in the upper left and proceeding clockwise): Urgell, Foix, Bearn, and Catalonia; the motto reads VIRTUS UNITA FORTIOR (Strength United is Stronger); the flag combines the blue and red French colors with the red and yellow of Spain to show Franco-Spanish protection note: similar to the flags of Chad and Romania, which do not have a national coat of arms in the center, and the flag of Moldova, which does bear a national emblem Angola two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle); red represents liberty, black the African continent, the symbols characterize workers and peasants Anguilla blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the


At 14.17 miles long, which is the longest circuit ever used for a Formula 1 motor race?

History of Formula 1 - Great Racing Circuits Great Racing Circuits Unique & Limited Gallery Many of the greatest racing circuits exist only in dim memory brought back to life in the flickering images of old newsreels, Victims to a stronger emphasis an both driver and spectator safety, economic or even political upheaval. The ever increasing speeds of modern race cars have made many of these classic tracks obsolete even though la Sarthe, Monza and Monaco live on some of their character has been emasculated with the addition of artificial chicanes. New circuits in emerging commercial markets have been built with little thought to local interest with World TV being the final arbitrator. Holding a major race such as a Formula One Grand Prix has become a way for nations to promote their countries prowess even in the face of their own automotive industry's limited accomplishments.As antidote we bring you the great circuits of Grand Prix Racing.     The name of the trace is      actually the initials of the proper name; Automobil Verkehrs und Ubungs Strasse which      translates roughly to Automobile Traffic and Practice Street. In 1907 the Kaiserlicher Automobilclub (KAC) association devised a fee-financed circuit, as both a motor-sport venue and a testing track for the motor industry. However, a lack of finances and official authorizations delayed the start of construction until spring 1913. Work was halted during WWI and was not completed until 1921. The      track was composed of two two-lane roads each 9.78 km (6.08 miles) separated by an 8 meter      (26 ft) grass median strip. At the south end was a chicane while at the north end was a      wide-radius loop later rebuilt with a 43 degree banking. In comparison the banking at      Daytona International Speedway never exceeds 31 degrees! With a vertical concrete      retaining wall at the top of the banking this was definitely a corner that would separate      the men from the boys. The circuit was open to the public at a charge of ten Marks but it's doubtful if the actual banking was accessible. On 11 July 1926 the track played host to the first international German Grand Prix for sports cars. The race was won by a then unknown Mercedes-Benz car salesman by the name of Rudolf Caracciola. Because of the track's close proximity to Berlin, crowds in access of 300,000 would attend the major races of which none were greater than the AVUS-Rennen where both major German teams of the 30s would compete. The 1935 AVUS-Rennen saw the debut by Auto Union new boy Bernd Rosemeyer, the first automobile race for the young German of any type. No race was held in 1936 as the banking on the North Curve was increased to 43 degrees. Herman Lang's winning 1937 race average in a Mercedes Gran Prix car was not bested at       Indianapolis until 1967 by A.J. Foyt! Length: 19.29 km (11.98 miles) Fastest Lap: B. Rosemeyer (1937) -  4 min. 4.2 sec. 284.31 km/h (176.7 mph) Bremgarten was built as a motorcycle racing track in 1931 in a large park within the Bremgartenwald (Bremgarten forest) in the north-west of Bern. The circuit itself had no true straight, instead being a collection of high-speed corners. It hosted its first automobile race in 1934, which claimed the life of driver Hugh Hamilton. Because of the Swiss       ban on motor racing after the tragedy at Le Mans in1955 the Swiss Grand Prix is no longer being held but in the 30's it was considered one       of the premier tracks in the world, a real drivers circuit. Situated in a forest and       located North - West of Bern it was scene of many great battles and was the brainchild of a       certain Monsieur Huber. A special signaling area had to be built on the inside of the track due to       the distance of the actual pits.From the outset, Bremgarten's tree-lined roads, often poor light conditions and changes in road surface made for what was acknowledged to be a very dangerous circuit, especially in the wet. It was inevitable that during that era the race was d


In the Bible to where was the Good Samaritan traveling?

Luke 10:25-37 NIV - The Parable of the Good Samaritan - On - Bible Gateway Luke 10:25-37New International Version (NIV) The Parable of the Good Samaritan 25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[ a ]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[ b ]” 28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” 29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[ c ] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’ 36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” 37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” Footnotes:


Which seeds are used to make tahini paste?

How To Make Tahini — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn | The Kitchn Open Slideshow Tahini, or sesame seed paste, is a staple of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cooking. It's perhaps most notable for its essential role in making hummus , although its uses go far beyond that iconic dip. But tahini can get pricey at the grocery store, and it's sometimes bitter or rancid after its long wait on the shelf. The good news is you can make this pantry staple at home for a fraction of the cost — and chances are it will taste better, too! You only need two ingredients: sesame seeds and oil. (Image credit: Emily Han ) The Sesame Seeds You can make homemade tahini from any sesame seeds : unhulled or natural, hulled, raw, sprouted, or toasted. Each variety lends a different flavor, color, and texture to the tahini. Commercial tahini is typically made from white hulled sesame seeds, or seeds where the hull has been removed. This gives the tahini a lighter color and smoother texture. Tahini made from unhulled or natural sesame seeds is not quite as smooth, but it has a richer (albeit sometimes more bitter) flavor and potentially more nutrients. Using raw, sprouted, or toasted sesame seeds is up to personal preference. Toasting the sesame seeds enhances the nutty flavor and can also reduce bitterness. Tahini can even be made from black sesame seeds, creating an Asian-style black sesame paste . → Shopping Tip: Look for sesame seeds in bulk bins or at Asian and Middle Eastern markets for the best deals. (Image credit: Emily Han ) The Oil Like other nut and seed butters, tahini can be made without any added oils. However, it takes longer to grind and the result is not as creamy as it is when using oil. Start with a couple of tablespoons of oil and increase as desired for a thinner consistency. For the best flavor use a mild olive oil, a neutral oil such as grapeseed oil, and/or a small amount of sesame oil. The Method Many tahini recipes call for grinding the sesame seeds and oil together all at once. I have found that grinding the seeds before adding the oil produces a smoother result. Tahini made with 2 tablespoons of oil (left) and 1/4 cup of oil (right)


The 1919 Prohibition Act was named after which politician?

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In 1797 Horatio Nelson lost his right arm during a battle for which island?

When Nelson lost his arm (and returned to work half an hour later) | The Independent This Britain When Nelson lost his arm (and returned to work half an hour later) Journals revealing the accounts of surgeons who treated Horatio Nelson have shone a light on the horrors of naval warfare 200 years ago Wednesday 28 October 2009 00:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Online The true horror of life on board British fighting vessels in the 18th and 19th centuries has been depicted in a fascinating collection of 1,200 naval journals not seen for 200 years. They include details of the medical treatment given to Horatio Nelson. Researchers at the National Archives in Kew have gathered personal accounts written by surgeons at sea, including the medical log from the Battle of Trafalgar. The journals also reveal some of the first scientific investigations into diseases like scurvy, the scourge of the sailor at the time. The Independent has been given exclusive sight of the records before cataloguing is completed next year. Among the most historically significant are a handful of journals showing how surgeons nursed back to health the Royal Navy's most revered and successful admiral after he lost an arm fighting in the Canary Islands. In July 1797 Nelson led a doomed assault on the Spanish island of Tenerife in which he was hit in the right arm by a musket ball shortly after stepping ashore. Bleeding heavily, he was taken back to HMS Theseus, where the injured limb was amputated. On 25 July the ship's surgeon, James Farquhar, wrote in his journal: "Compound fracture of the right arm by a musket ball passing thro a little above the elbow; an artery divided; the arm was immediately amputated." It is claimed that within 30 minutes, Nelson was again issuing orders to his men. On 1 August Farquhar noted: "Admiral Nelson; amputated arm; continued getting well very fast. Stump looked well; no bad symptoms whatever occurred... The sore reduced to the size of a shilling in perfect good health, one of the ligatures not come away." A year later Nelson was to win a famous victory against the French at the Battle of the Nile. But he was shot in the head by a French navy sniper. The surgeon's log of HMS Vanguard describes the treatment administered: "Wound on the forehead over the right eye, the cranium is bare for more than an inch, the wound three inches long. Discharged 1 September. The wound was perfectly healed on the first September but as the integuments were much enlarged, I applied (every night) a compress wet with a discutient embrocation for nearly a month which was of great service." Yet in 1805 Horatio Nelson's dying moments at the Battle of Trafalgar were omitted from the naval journal of the Victory. Experts at the National Archives in Kew believe the omission was deliberate as Sir William Beatty, the surgeon who tended Nelson's mortal wounds, wanted to save the details for his own book, Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson, published in 1807. Many of the surgeons serving with the Royal Navy used their journals to record much more than a daily inventory of the illnesses and wounds of the ship's company. There are also illuminating watercolours of the flora and fauna and indigenous people that the surgeons encountered on the long voyages. Some of them include pictures of anthropomorphic monkeys and other creatures, recreated in fine detail. Bruno Pappalardo, principal records specialist in maritime matters at the Archives, said: “The cataloguing of these journals, funded by the Wellcome Trust, will open up these previously neglected sources to a much wider audience helping us to understand past medical history and which could inform the future." Some of the journals demonstrate how the Navy was struggling to combat the effects of scurvy. The surgeons fought hard to find new ways to alleviate the terrible effects of this disease. Some of the graphic drawings and annotations show the range of debilitating symptoms sailors suffered, including black, pustular skin. There is also a surgeon's account of one of the first combi


Which 1924 Sigmund Romberg operetta features the Drinking Song?

Songwriters Hall of Fame - Sigmund Romberg Biography Hal Leonard Biography Sigmund Romberg was born on July 29,1887 in Nagykanizsa, Hungary. He showed musical ability at an early age, but his parents wanted him to go into something more sensible. They sent him to Vienna to study engineering, but he immersed himself in the world of Viennese music. In 1909, he moved to the United States and settled in New York. His first job was in a pencil factory for seven dollars a week. He soon found work as a pianist in cafes, and formed his own European salon and light music orchestra in 1912. Some of his early compositions attracted the attention of Broadway producers J. J. and Lee Shubert, who employed him as their house composer. His first work for them was The Whirl of the World, written with lyricist Harold Atteridge, in 1914. Other shows Romberg wrote with Atteridge were The Midnight Girl (1914), The Passing Show (1914), Dancing Around (1914), and Maid in America (1915). By 1917, Romberg had composed 275 numbers for seventeen musicals and revues. His first great success came in 1917 with Maytime, book and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young. The operetta was an adaptation of the Viennese operetta Wie einst im Mai. Another adaptation of a Viennese operetta, Das Dreimaederlhaus, book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly, was the major success Blossom Time in 1921. It was a fictionalized version of Franz Schubert's youth for which Romberg re-arranged several pieces of Schubert's music. He followed that with one of his greatest successes, The Student Prince, in 1924. With book and lyrics by Donnelly, it was an adaptation of a German play, Old Heidelberg. It included the traditional "Gaudeamus Igitur," " The Drinking Song" and "Serenade." In 1926, Romberg teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach for The Desert Song, and with Hammerstein for New Moon in 1928, which featured the standard "Lover Come Back to Me." Rosalie, co-written with George Gershwin, and with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and P.G. Wodehouse, was another hit show in 1928. Romberg continued to compose music for operettas after 1930, however none met with favor, for the vogue for operettas or Broadway had been eclipsed by musical comedy. Throughout the 1930s, he wrote the scores for several movies, including two with Hammerstein, Viennese Nights (1930) and The Night is Young (1934), which featured the song "When I Grow Too Old to Dream." In the 1940s he toured America with his own orchestra, and regularly appeared on radio. His final Broadway show, written with Victor Herbert and Dorothy Fields, was Up in Central Park in 1945. Romberg died in New York on November 9, 1951. At the time of his death, he was working with lyricist Leo Robin on a musical The Girl in Pink Tights, which was produced posthumously on Broadway in 1954. Also in 1954, Jose Ferrer portrayed Romberg in the movie Deep in My Heart. "SONG OF LOVE"


What was the first name of the silent film comedian Fatty'Arbuckle?

Fatty Arbuckle Biography (Comedian/Filmmaker) Died: 28 June 1933 (heart attack) Birthplace: Smith Center, Kansas Best known as: The rotund silent film comedian Name at birth: Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle Fatty Arbuckle was one of the first great silent film comedians. He's especially remembered for his work with Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops. In 1921, at the peak of his fame, Arbuckle was accused of involvement in the death of actress Virginia Rappe after a raucous party. Arbuckle was acquitted of manslaughter, but the incident ruined his career. He later directed films under the pseudonym William B. Goodrich. Copyright © 1998-2017  by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. Advertisement Advertisement


The WH Auden poem commonly known as 'Stop All The Clocks', is more properly known by what title?

Analysis of 'Stop All The Clocks' by W. H. Auden - GCSE English - Marked by Teachers.com Analysis of 'Stop All The Clocks' by W. H. Auden Extracts from this document... Introduction Daniel Lawson 9BXAPP 4 ? Poetry AnalysisTuesday 17th April 2012 ?Stop all the clocks?, also known as ?Funeral Blues?, is a poem by the Anglo-American poet, Wystan Hugh Auden, more commonly known as W.H. Auden. Although the poem may seem as though it was written as a result of a personal loss of the poet, he actually originally wrote it for a play he co-wrote with Christopher Isherwood, ?The Ascent of F6?. It was to be a satiric, parody for a politician?s eulogy, however is now more commonly known as a result of it being accurate to relate to people who truly grieve. The version of the poem used in the play was a 5-stanza version, although the current version is only 4 stanzas long. It is famous for being used in the film, ?Four Weddings and a Funeral?. Even though W.H. Auden did not write the poem as a result of a loss he had experienced himself, he did have a loved one who was a man, as he was homosexual, although he was also married to a woman during his lifetime. Loss is an extremely popular topic for stories, poems, movies and many other forms of entertainment. Sometimes, loss can be an extremely boring topic, especially due to its frequent usage, however W. H. Auden represents loss in an extremely passionate way through empathy in this poem. ...read more. Middle The ?moaning? could also be linked with the events occurring at the funeral service; the sadness and lamenting of the mourners. The aeroplanes mentioned on line 5, on the next line are, ?Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead?. The verb ?scribbling? may have been used intentionally to differ from normally writing it to ?scribbling? on the sky, possibly because the people are so distraught they cannot control themselves enough to write neatly. When written in the sky, it is available for everyone to see the distressing news. Capitalisation of the words ?He Is Dead? could be significant in indicating that the person was of similar authority to a deity. More symbolism for the elaborate funeral procession include ??crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves/Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves?. These are not generally apparent at a funeral; however in this instance, incorporating them into the funeral procession emphasises the poet?s requirement for public mourning. The traffic policemen would not normally be invited to the funeral, or even take any notice of the passing, but this reinforces how tragic his death is to the world. These couple of lines also illustrate the rhyme scheme used throughout the poem, which is AABB. This rhyme scheme creates a steady beat, a rhythm which sets the poem?s pace quite slow, appropriate for the depressing and melancholy mood that the poet wants the reader to experience. ...read more. Conclusion The final line of the poem really sums up the poet?s feelings in the stage of depression. ?For nothing now can ever come to any good.? The death of the man has caused such extreme devastation for the poet that he can no longer see any good in the world and has resorted to extreme pessimism. This emphasise the melancholy tone present throughout the entire poem, along with the finality of live and purpose, similar to the death of his lover. The main ratiocination of this poem of this poem is that it uses various techniques to establish a connection between pet and reader so the reader can easily empathise with the poet in his time of grieving. Not only does the reader feel the pain that the poet is going through from his vivid imagery, but he can respect him for the difficult period of life he is going through. In my opinion, loss affects everyone differently and everybody has experiences of loss, no matter how small of big the loss was, or how much devastation it caused. I think this poem is very successful in conveying how an extremely big loss can affect a person, especially informing people who haven?t experienced loss on su


Who was the first American to go into space twice?

Alan Shepard: First American in Space Alan Shepard: First American in Space By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor | May 5, 2014 10:00am ET MORE Alan Shepard became the first American in space when the Freedom 7 spacecraft blasted off from Florida on May 5, 1961. Ten years later, Shepard would leave Earth's atmosphere again to become the fifth man to walk on the moon — and the first one to play golf there. Born Nov. 18, 1923, to Renza Emerson and Alan Shepard, Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr . grew up in rural New Hampshire. After graduating from high school, he attended the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating the day after D-Day. An ensign, Shepard spent the last year of World War II on a destroyer in the Pacific. NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961 aboard his Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7. Credit: NASA. Over the next 15 years, Shepard served in the Navy in various capacities. He received a civilian pilot's license while in naval flight training, and spent several tours on aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean. He attended the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School in 1950, and then went on to participate in a number of developmental tests for various crafts, as well as trials of the first angled carrier deck. He then became an instructor in the Test Pilot School. He logged more than 8,000 hours of flight time over the course of his career. [ Photos: Freedom 7, America's 1st Human Spaceflight ] Shepard attended the Naval War College in Rhode Island. Following his 1957 graduation, he was assigned as an aircraft readiness officer on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet. Upon his return home at the close of World War II, Shepard married Louise Brewer, whom he had met while attending the Naval Academy. The couple had two daughters. The right stuff In 1959, 110 test pilots were invited to volunteer for the space flight program headed by the new National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Although Shepard was on the list, a snafu kept him from receiving his invitation. Regardless, he was selected as one of the first seven astronauts for the organization. Known as the Mercury 7, the group included John Glenn , Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Donald "Deke" Slayton, Malcolm "Scott" Carpenter, Walter "Wally" Schirra, and Gordon Cooper. From this prestigious group of highly trained fliers, Shepard was selected to man the first space flight , with Glenn acting as his backup. Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is rescued by a U.S. Marine helicopter at the end of his sub-orbital Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight May 5, 1961. Credit: NASA The stakes were raised in the space race on April 15, 1961, when the Soviet Union launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into space and he became the first person to orbit the Earth. Gagarin beat the Americans by less than a month. Shepard's launch was initially scheduled for May 2, but was rescheduled twice because of weather conditions. On May 5, Freedom 7 lifted off, carrying Shepard to an altitude of 116 miles for a 15-minute flight. Because of the placement of the porthole windows, the first American in space was unable to catch a glimpse of the stars, and he was strapped in too tight to experience weightlessness. Also, a filter left on the periscope window rendered the Earth below in black and white. Although the Soviets had reached the historic milestone first, Shepard's suborbital flight made a significant worldwide impact because its launch, travel and splashdown were watched on live television by millions of people. By contrast, the details of Gagarin's landing were kept confidential for more than a decade. For his daring achievement, President John F. Kennedy awarded Shepard the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. [ Infographic: America's First Spaceship: Project Mercury ] Shepard worked on the ground for subsequent flights in the Mercury program and was slated to pilot the Mercury 10 mission. However, after successfully putting an astronaut in orbit for a full day with Mercury 9, NASA decided to close the first manned space program and move on with Gemini, the next step


The Red River forms the boundary between Texas and which other US State?

BOUNDARIES | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) Site BOUNDARIES BOUNDARIES. In the middle of the twentieth century the boundaries of Texas were 2,845.3 miles long, counting the great arc of the Gulf Coast line and only the larger river bends. If the smaller meanderings of the rivers and the tidewater coast line were followed, the boundary was 4,137 miles long and enclosed 263,644 square miles of land and 3,695 square miles of water surface. The location of Texas boundaries has been the subject of international and interstate conflict resulting in treaties, litigation, and commissions from 1736 to the present. Controversy over details continues, as the tidelands controversy and the Chamizal disputeqqv illustrate. In 1995 the state legislature authorized a Red River Boundary Commission to fix the boundary between Oklahoma and Texas, where the still-shifting Red River has frequently changed course and muddied the issue for two centuries. The eastern boundary was the first to become the subject of controversy and the first to be marked definitely. Both Spain and France claimed the area of present Texas, and by 1716 Spanish presidios at Los Adaes and French trading posts at Natchitoches were separated by only a few miles. In 1736 the commanders at the two outposts agreed on the Arroyo Hondo, a Red River tributary between the Sabine River and Natchitoches, as the boundary between Louisiana and New Spain. After Louisiana was ceded to Spain in 1762, the Arroyo Hondo continued to be regarded as the boundary between the province of Louisiana, a subdivision of the captaincy-general of Cuba, and the province of Texas, a subdivision of the commandancy-general of the Provincias Internas . When the United States purchased Louisiana in 1803, the boundary of the purchase was not defined, but early in 1804 President Thomas Jefferson decided that the territory extended to the Rio Grande . To refute this claim Spain began to investigate her historic claim to the Texas area; Father Melchor de Talamantes and later José Antonio Pichardoqqv made detailed studies of the limits of Louisiana and Texas. While they made academic investigations of the historic boundaries, Spanish forces, in 1806, moved east of the Sabine River to repel an anticipated invasion by Aaron Burr . In order to avert a clash, James Wilkinson and Simón de Herrera,qqv the United States and Spanish military commanders, entered into an agreement that established the Neutral Ground , the area between the Arroyo Hondo and the Sabine River, as a buffer. The makeshift arrangement lasted until 1819, when the Adams-Onís Treaty between Spain and the United States defined the eastern boundary of Texas as beginning at the mouth of the Sabine River, continuing along the west bank of the river to its intersection with the thirty-second parallel, and running due north from that intersection to the Red River. Spain delayed ratification of the Adams-Onís Treaty until 1821. By that time Mexico had declared her independence of Spain and refused to recognize the treaty boundary line. In 1828, after repeated efforts by the United States, the Mexican administration agreed to a survey of the 1819 line, but the Mexican congress refused to confirm the survey treaty until 1832, and then the line remained unsurveyed. Meanwhile, between 1819 and 1836 the Neches River was occasionally advanced as the eastern boundary of Texas. In 1840–41 a survey was made of that portion of the line between the Republic of Texas and the United States from the Gulf of Mexico to the Red River by a joint commission representing the two countries. On July 5, 1848, the United States Congress passed an act giving its consent to the state of Texas to move its eastern boundary from the west bank of the Sabine River (including Sabine Pass and Sabine Lakeqqv to the middle of that stream, and on November 24, 1849, the Texas legislature enacted a law to that effect. The boundary was unchallenged from that time until November 27, 1941, when Louisiana gover


Who created the children's book character the Gruffalo?

The Gruffalo - Gruffalo books Join the gang and you will receive: A special downloadable activity pack in your welcome email A regular newsletter with exclusive discounts, fun, games and activities News and events about Julia Donaldson and her illustrators such as Axel Scheffler, Lydia Monks and Nick Sharratt. 10% off your first visit to Gruffalo Shop I can confirm that I am over 16 years of age The Gruffalo newsletter is designed and written for parents, guardians and teachers. By signing up to our newsletter you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions of this site, including our Privacy Policy which sets out how we store and make use of your personal information.


Apple pips contain which toxic substance?

Are Apple Seeds Poisonous? Are Apple Seeds Poisonous? Are Apple Seeds Poisonous? Cyanide in Apple Seeds Apple seeds contain amygdalin, which decomposes into toxic benzaldehyde and prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide. However, humans are able to detoxify small amounts of these chemicals.  Image Source/Getty Images Updated October 24, 2016. Question: Do Apple Seeds Contain Poison? Apples, along with cherries, peaches and almonds, are members of the rose family. The seeds of apples and these other fruits contain natural chemicals that are toxic to some animals. Are they poisonous to humans? Here's a look at the toxicity of apple seeds. Toxicity of Apple Seeds Apple seeds do contain a small amount of cyanide , which is a lethal poison, but you are protected from the toxin by the hard seed coating. If you eat whole apple seeds, they pass through your digestive system relatively untouched. If you chew the seeds thoroughly, you will be exposed to the chemicals inside the seeds, but the dose of toxins in an apple is small enough that your body can easily detoxify it. How Many Apple Seeds Does It Take to Kill You? Cyanide is deadly at a dose of about 1 milligram per kilogram of body weight. On average, an apple seed contains 0.49 mg of cyanogenic compounds. The number of seeds per apple varies, but an apple with 8 seeds therefore contains about 3.92 milligrams of cyanide. continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge A person weighing 70 kilograms would needs to eat 143 seeds to reach the lethal dose, or about 18 whole apples.  Reference: Juniper BE, Mabberley DJ (2006). The Story of the Apple. Timber Press. p. 20. ISBN 0881927848.


Which US state was the first to give women the vote?

National Constitution Center - Centuries of Citizenship - Map: States grant women the right to vote You are viewing the low-bandwidth version of the Constitutional Timeline. View the broadband version . 1907-1930:     We are a diverse nation, confronting our differences January 1, 1919 Map: States grant women the right to vote While seeking to amend the U.S. Constitution, the women’s suffrage movement also waged a state-by-state campaign. The territory of Wyoming was the first to give women the vote in 1869. Other western states and territories followed. States granting women the right to vote prior to the 19th Amendment: Wyoming   1890


How many acres are there in one square mile?

Square Miles to Acres - How many acres in a sq. mile ? Square Miles To Acres Conversion How many acres in a square mile? Square miles to acres area units conversion factor is 640. To find out how many acres in square miles, multiply by the factor or instead, use the converter below. 1 Square Mile = 640 Acres Square mile and acre are imperial and US customary area units and commonly used for land measurements. In many countries, acre (43560 sq feet) is mostly replaced by hectare (10,000 sq meters) which is a metric area unit. Acre is not officially in use anymore in UK since 2010, but still commonly used in united states. The abbreviations are "mi2", "sq mi" and for acre, "ac". For acre to sq mile conversion, please go to acre to sq mile For other units of area conversion, please go to Area Conversion Converter


How many symphonies did the composer Sir Edward Elgar complete?

Elgar: Complete EMI Recordings / Sir Adrian Boult - Warner Classics: 5099990359224 | Buy from ArkivMusic Elgar: Complete EMI Recordings / Sir Adrian Boult Boult,Adrian SEE, HEAR & LEARN MORE! Notes & Editorial Reviews Works on This Recording Customer Reviews Notes and Editorial Reviews This magnificent collection is the first set to unite all of Boult's EMI recordings of a composer he admired and helped share with the world throughout his long career. We can thereby hear four different versions of the Enigma Variations, recorded between 1936 and 1970, and hear the changing nuances of expression over the years that came with gained experience.. Many selections from this collection are available on CD for the first time ever in this box set. This particular set is part of EMI's series of releases marking 30 years since the conductorï¿½s passing. R E V I E W: Itï¿½s interesting that Adrian Boult did not show much initial fondness for Elgar, and when the composer was alive and recording his own music Read more in the 1920s and early 30s, it didnï¿½t matter. Boultï¿½s championship of British music extended more pertinently to other composers: Holst and Vaughan Williams especially. It was only later that he warmed to Elgar, and even then somewhat selectively. For example, Boult thought (correctly in my view) that The Apostles and The Kingdom were much finer works that The Dream of Gerontius, which he waited to record until he could find a great tenor (Nicolai Gedda) willing to take the title role. By then, he knew how to get through the dull bits and dwell on the better parts, but of course he couldnï¿½t do anything about the appalling text. As a bonus, Boultï¿½s illustrated talk on The Apostles and The Kingdom is included. Also, like many conductors, he was not equally successful in the two symphonies. Boult was partial to the Second, and although you get two versions of each and all of them are good, it is the Second Symphony (both of them) that really sticks in the memory. Interestingly, Boult only left us one EMI recording of Cockaigne, but he was very fond of In the South and Falstaff, and both appear twice. The Cello Concerto is very handsomely served by both Pablo Casals and Paul Tortelier, while the Violin Concerto receives two very different performances, one with the iconic (and not better than his early self) Yehudi Menuhin, the other significantly more expansive and more interesting, featuring Ida Haendel. Among the four versions of the Enigma Variations, the first one, from 1936 (first sound clip) is significantly quicker, by about four minutes, then all of the others. By 1953 (second sound clip) Boult had arrived at his mature view of the work, but itï¿½s difficult not to believe that the limitations of 78rpm record sides may have had something to do with the quicker previous tempos. Boultï¿½s last recording, from 1970 (third clip) is actually his quickest since 1936, but it is still closer to 1953 (his slowest), albeit significantly more flowing in terms of articulation. Regarding the shorter pieces, I have to mention Boultï¿½s second recording of Elgarï¿½s arrangement of Bachï¿½s Fantasia and Fugue in C minor. This is quite possibly the most insane of all the romantic Bach transcriptionsï¿½it leaves Stokowski and Schoenberg in the shade, and this is its wildest performance. Boult clearly relishes the moment near the end where the music seems to morph into the ï¿½March of the Mogul Emperorsï¿½ from the Crown of India Suite (fourth sound clip). The sonics obviously vary widely from the 1930s through the late 70s (the rating reflects the modern stereo stuff only, for simplicityï¿½s sake), but all have been carefully mastered for this box. The booklet calls this ï¿½Sir Edward Elgar: The Complete EMI Recordings,ï¿½ which thank God it is notï¿½only Boultï¿½s (plus Ledgerï¿½s account of the Coronation Ode). It is not even all of Boultï¿½s Elgarï¿½he made quite a few recordings for other labels as well. Nineteen CDs is a lot by any standard, but thatï¿½s what collectorsï¿½ editions are for. Get it while you can, if you


In which Sherlock Holmes story do the 'Baker Street Irregulars' first appear?

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (TV Movie 2007) - 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 Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars ( 2007 ) 57min A gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and help to foil an audacious robbery while rescuing members of their own gang. Director: From $5.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 18 titles created 21 Nov 2011 a list of 21 titles created 30 May 2012 a list of 36 titles created 19 Oct 2013 a list of 166 titles created 27 Jan 2014 a list of 31 titles created 12 Sep 2014 Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (TV Movie 2007) 6.8/10 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. Edit Storyline The rag-tag group of street kids known as the Irregulars first appeared in the Sherlock Holmes novel A Study in Scarlet in 1887. This time, the Irregulars find themselves having to solve the mysterious disappearance of two of their own gang, while Holmes himself is accused of murder and put under house arrest. Only by the combination of all their skills can they hope to free Holmes and the kidnap victims, solve the murders and prevent an audacious heist. Written by rdf 25 March 2007 (UK) See more  » Also Known As: Sherlock Holmes és a Baker Street-i vagányok See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Quotes Dr. Watson : This afternoon, a librarian showed me something quite remarkable. A machine that cross references cross references. A sort of engine for searching. Sherlock Holmes : I like the sound of this. (The Penumbra) – See all my reviews I never could see Jonathan Pryce as Holmes myself but he was the only good thing about this otherwise sterile family drama that seems like it was made for CITV or CBEEBIES. There's absolutely no bloody atmosphere to it. Holmes' trusty Baker Street kids lose their leader when he apparently drowns in the Thames and the victim's sister begins to turn against Holmes claiming that he doesn't really care for them. But he still needs them to carry on working for him since he's in the middle of a difficult case. It's not the best of plots and the acting from the majority of the cast would make the 'actors' in Hollyoaks cringe. The stupid slow motion and editing techniques do not fit the context and the music is completely anachronistic, if terribly dull. The production design was pretty though, it has to be said. For Sherlock Holmes fans and very young kids only. 12 of 17 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes