Who is the only British Prime Minister to have taken office on the assassination of his predecessor?

Murder in Parliament, 200 Years Ago - History in the Headlines Murder in Parliament, 200 Years Ago May 11, 2012 By Christopher Klein Spencer Perceval, whose murder remains the only assassination of a British prime minister in history. Share this: Murder in Parliament, 200 Years Ago Author Murder in Parliament, 200 Years Ago URL Google On May 11, 1812, British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was shot dead in the House of Commons lobby. Not all of Britain grieved, however. Two hundred years later, his murder remains the only assassination of a British prime minister in history. John Bellingham quietly entered the House of Commons lobby around 5 p.m. on May 11, 1812. As members of Parliament conversed in small clusters, the tall, thin man calmly sat down on the bench next to the fireplace. Beneath Bellingham’s placid veneer, however, roiled a sea of bitterness. The Liverpool businessman had been arrested in Russia on charges of insurance fraud in 1804, and he spent more than five years festering in rat-infested jails, surviving at times on just bread and water. The British ambassador and the foreign office ignored Bellingham’s repeated pleas to intercede on his behalf. Russian authorities eventually dropped the charges, likely trumped up, and Bellingham returned to his family in England bankrupt and broken. He lobbied the British government for financial compensation for his suffering and the loss of his business, but when his letters went unanswered, Bellingham traveled to London in January 1812 to personally press his case. For weeks the merchant was a regular presence inside the Houses of Parliament, but his direct appeals to government officials fell on deaf ears. Now, as Bellingham sat in the House of Commons, venom coursed through his veins. He was so consumed by the belief that the British government had denied him justice that he focused his rage on the man in charge of that government. Around 5:15 p.m. Bellingham saw the target of his wrath, Tory Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, cross the threshold into the lobby. Without saying a word, he strode purposefully toward the diminutive prime minister, pulled one of the two dueling pistols he concealed in a specially tailored pocket beneath his overcoat and pumped a shot directly into the chest of the leader of the world’s most powerful country. The large lead ball fired from the gun instantly pierced the prime minister’s heart. Perceval put his hand to his chest and, according to eyewitness accounts, gasped “I am murdered!” or “Murder, Murder!” before falling to the ground. The politician’s blood flowed through the hallowed halls of Parliament as he was carried to a nearby room. Perceval, his white waistcoat scarlet and his crimson cheeks pale, was propped up in a sitting position on a table. Minutes later, a surgeon arrived and put his fingers on Perceval’s wrist. Nothing. The prime minister was dead. Illustration of the assassination of Spencer Perceval by John Bellingham. (Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Bellingham, meanwhile, did not attempt to flee after firing the fatal shot. Instead, he simply returned to his seat beside the fireplace with the smoking gun literally still in his right hand. He offered no resistance as he was taken into custody and placed in a prison cell inside Parliament. The assassin believed that Britons would applaud his strike in the name of justice, and the reception he received while being escorted out of Parliament in handcuffs hours after the assassination was a shocking affirmation. The large crowd that had swelled outside Parliament cheered lustily upon seeing Bellingham, and the mob even tried to abet the shooter’s escape by throwing open the doors of the hackney coach that was to transfer him to Newgate Prison. Sir Samuel Romilly, a member of Parliament, recounted in his memoir that “the most savage expressions of joy and exultation were heard, accompanied with regret that others, and particularly the attorney-general, had not shared the same fate.” In Wolverhampton, the news of the prime minister’s murder was greeted with celebr


The West Highland Highway runs from Milngavie, just outside Glasgow, to which town in the Highlands?

West Highland Way - 8 Days & 7 Nights | Macs Adventure West Highland Way - 8 Days & 7 Nights Quick Facts Duration: 8 Days & 7 Nights Availability: March - October Highlights Walking on the banks of Loch Lomond through the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park A visit to the world famous Drovers Inn at Inverarnan for a well deserved pint or even a wee dram Walking through a wonderful wilderness landscape across Rannoch Moor Meeting other walkers from all over the world Staying in the remote Kings House Hotel overlooking the famous mountain Buachaille Etive Mor Getting to Fort William with a real sense of achievement having passed through some of Scotland’s finest scenery The 8 day itinerary is our most popular and recommended for most parties. Discover the spectacular landscape of Scotland’s western highlands on the West Highland Way. Towering mountains, tranquil lochs and rushing rivers combine to reward you with a unique and ever changing landscape as you journey 98 miles from Milngavie (Glasgow) to Fort William. Best described as Scotland’s finest long distance walk the West Highland Way runs 96 miles (154 km) from Milngavie, just outside Glasgow, to Fort William. Opened in 1980 as the first official long distance footpath in Scotland the West Highland Way remains the best and most popular long distance walk in Scotland. After leaving Milngavie, the West Highland Way immediately has that wonderful countryside feeling as you pass through Mugdock Country Park and Dumgoyne Distillery, on route to the small village of Drymen. The route continues to Loch Lomond via Conic Hill, which gives a splendid panorama of Loch Lomond and the Highland Boundary Fault. Next you wander through the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park to Crianlarich and then Tyndrum. Bridge of Orchy, Inveroran and Loch Tulla punctuate the trail on the way to the Kingshouse Hotel which lies on the remote Rannoch Moor. This really is Scottish Highland Scenery at its best. Your walk continues onto Kinlochleven via the “Devil’s Staircase”, before finally reaching Ben Nevis and Fort William, Scotland’s Outdoor Capital situated at the head of Loch Linnhe. Every self guided West Highland Way holiday we offer features hand-picked overnight accommodation in high quality B&B’s, country inns, and guesthouses. Each is unique and offers the highest levels of welcome, atmosphere and outstanding local cuisine. We also include daily door to door baggage transfers, a guidebook, a detailed map and pre-departure information pack as well as emergency support, should you need it. Macs Adventure has been operating self guided walking holidays on the West Highland Way since 2003. Based locally, just a few miles from the start of the West Highland Way, our team has walked the West Highland Way more than ten times. So we literally know every step of the way. Each year over 1000 people trust us to organise their West Highland Way walk and 99% would recommend us to a friend. But don’t just take our word for it, you can read over 300 authentic and unbiased West Highland Way customer reviews below. As the largest operator on the West Highland Way we can secure you the best value and quality accommodation, baggage transfer and services, regardless of whether you are walking solo or as a group of 20. We are passionate about delivering outstanding West Highland Way holidays where every last detail is taken care of and every trip we book is unique and tailor-made to your requirements. So give us a shout today to start planning your West Highland Way adventure.


Ralph M. Steinman won the 2011 Nobel Prize, despite having died before the prize was announced. In which Nobel field did he win?

Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2011 – live blog | Science | theguardian.com Nobel prizes Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2011 – live blog Officials at the Nobel assembly face a dilemma after a recipient of the prize for medicine, Ralph Steinman, dies just days before the announcement. The prizes are not meant to be given posthumously theguardian.com , Tuesday 4 October 2011 12.32 BST Nobel laureate Ralph Steinman, who died on Friday three days before the announcement of the award. Photograph: Rockefeller University/EPA . 10.04am: The time for predictions is over. Soon after 10.30am BST today, the Nobel committee will announce who has won the prize in physiology or medicine. For the winner, or winners, there will be congratulations, admiration and kudos. Not to mention the prize money of 10 million Swedish kronor (£934,000). We will follow the announcement live and bring you comment and analysis from scientists in the field. Today's award is followed by the physics prize on Tuesday morning and the chemistry prize on Wednesday. The two non-science prizes, for peace and economics, are revealed on Friday and Monday respectively. The date for the literature prize has not yet been announced. Last year, the Physiology or Medicine prize went to Robert Edwards, the British scientist who pioneered in-vitro fertilisation , a procedure that has helped in the conception and birth of an estimated four million people since the first test-tube baby, Louise Brown in 1978. In 2009, three scientists, Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak shared the prize for work that showed how chromosomes are protected by shoelace-like lengths of DNA called telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. As ever, the pundits have made their predictions for this year. The citation company, Thomson Reuters, names 18 scientists who might be honoured today . They include researchers whose work has focused on the immune system, treatments for chronic myeloid leukaemia and tissue engineering. Other predictions for the prize recognise work on leptin, a hormone involved in body weight, and the development of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells for regenerative medicine. Now it is time to hear what the committee has to say. We will stream the who ceremony here as soon as it begins. We expect the live video stream of the announcements to be up and running in five or ten minutes. Glitches are a something of a tradition for the Nobel prizes. The awards almost never happened because Alfred Nobel wrote his last will and testament without any help and introduced a number of flaws and legal problems that left it open to contest. Part of the problem was that Nobel, who lived in Sweden, Russia, France and, finally, Italy, never claimed citizenship after leaving Sweden at the age of nine. The omission meant it was never clear which country's laws should apply to the will. Nobel amassed assets in many countries and left the majority of his wealth to establish the prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. Economics was added later. The prizes were for "those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind." 10.18am: One prediction for the prize today is Shinya Yamanaka, who showed that it was possible to reprogramme adult cells into an embryonic stem cell-like form, and use these to regenerate other tissues. But stem cells are still in their infancy so it may be too early for the Nobel committee to recognise the work as a major breakthrough. Remember, Robert Edwards, who pioneered IVF, received the award only last year. 10.22am: While we are waiting for the Nobel Foundation to sort out difficulties with live webstreaming...some brief background. Alfred Nobel was born in October 1833 in Stockholm, but his family moved to St Petersburg when he was nine. His father ran an engineering firm that supplied the Tsar's armies with equipment. Alfred was sent abroad to study chemical engineering. He spent time in Sweden, Germany, France and the US. Alfred returned to Sweden with his father when the engineering


An omelette with smoked haddock and cheese was perfected at the Savoy Hotel, and named after which novelist?

The Classic: The Savoy’s omelette Arnold Bennett with smoked haddock | The Sunday Times The Classic: The Savoy’s omelette Arnold Bennett with smoked haddock Recipe by The Savoy. Words by Sophie Haydock Published: 22 February 2015 Print All photographs Manuel Vazquez. Food stylist: Rob Morris at HERSagency.co.uk. Prop stylist: Alex Ortiz This fluffy omelette, with smoked haddock, hollandaise sauce and cheese, was invented at the Savoy in the 1920s and named after the writer and critic Arnold Bennett. The chefs perfected it to his taste while he was staying at the hotel, writing a novel. It will “always be a signature dish at the Savoy Grill, not only for its history, but because it’s damned tasty”, says Andy Cook, who has been head chef at the Savoy Grill since its refurbishment in 2010. Serves: 1 1 fillet of smoked haddock (finnan, if possible) — undyed, skin and bones removed 550ml milk Sprig of fresh thyme, leaves picked 2 cloves of garlic, crushed For the hollandaise sauce 100g egg yolks (from 4 or 5 eggs, depending on their size) 20ml white wine vinegar


In Ronald Searle's cartoons, which school was attended by Nigel Molesworth?

RONALD SEARLE - original artwork for sale | Chris Beetles RONALD SEARLE CBE HRWS (1920-2011) Ronald Searle Ronald William Fordham Searle, CBE (1920-2011) Equally inspired by a wide range of experience and a great knowledge of the history of caricature, Ronald Searle honed an incisive  read more... Ronald Searle Ronald William Fordham Searle, CBE (1920-2011) Equally inspired by a wide range of experience and a great knowledge of the history of caricature, Ronald Searle honed an incisive graphic skill to develop an unparalleled graphic oeuvre, an oeuvre that has immortalised him as one of the most popular and influential cartoonist-illustrators of all time. The son of a railwayman, Ronald Searle was born in Cambridge on 3 March 1920, and was educated in the city at the Boys’ Central School. He started work as a solicitors’ clerk, then joined the hire purchase department of the Co-operative Society, studying in the evenings and later full-time at Cambridge Technical College and School of Art (1935-39). Searle contributed cartoons regularly to the Cambridge Daily News from the age of fifteen. Enlisting in the Royal Engineers at the outbreak of the Second World War, he spent some time in Kircudbright, where he encountered evacuees from St Trinnean’s, a progressive girls’ school situated in Edinburgh. This resulted in his first cartoon for Lilliput, published in October 1941, and later developed into the anarchic St Trinian’s, known through a series of books and their cinematic spin offs. With the later schoolboy character, Nigel Molesworth of St Custard’s (devised with Geoffrey Willans in 1953), this is one of his most famous creations. In October 1941, the Royal Engineers set sail for Singapore, arriving in December. A month later, Japanese forces captured the island and the Allies were forced to surrender. Searle became a prisoner-of-war and was incarcerated at Changi Camp, Singapore. It was here that Searle first saw a copy of the Lilliput cartoon, in 1942. Remarkably, he survived the horrific experiences of both imprisonment and slave labour and managed to produce a visual record of life in the prison camp. On his return to England in 1945, Searle exhibited the surviving pictures at the Cambridge School of Art and, in the following year, published the collection Forty Drawings. Exhibition and volume together established his reputation as one of Britain’s most powerful draughtsmen, and led to several opportunities to record the atmosphere of post-war Europe. His familiarly audacious style was equally developed through his early contributions to Punch and crystallised in his comic collection, The Female Approach (1949), which was highly praised by Max Beerbohm. Throughout the 1950s, he produced a large variety of illustrations which together seemed to present a guide to life in Britain. In Punch alone, ‘Heroes of Our Time’, such as T S Eliot, rubbed shoulders with teddy boys and other inhabitants of ‘The Big City’. Such was Searle’s success that his rejection of family and country in a move to Paris in 1961 came as a great surprise. However, it offered a fresh start, resulting in several solo shows, including major exhibitions at the prestigious institutions of the Berlin- Dahlem Museum and the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; indeed he was the first non-French living artist to exhibit at the Bibliothèque Nationale. He also reached an even wider audience with animated sequences that he produced for Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965) and Monte Carlo or Bust (1969). Even his move to a remote village in Haute-Provence, in 1975, did not diminish Searle’s ability to work with energy, and publish widely. Projects have included designs for commemorative medals for the French Mint (1977-80), advertisements for American Express, Lloyds Bank and other companies, and many covers and cartoons for the New Yorker. Notable books have included Ronald Searle’s Big Fat Cat Book (1982), The Illustrated Winespeak (1983) and Slightly Foxed – But Still Desirable (1989). Searle received a CBE in the Queen’s Honours for New Year 2


Who was elected President of Ireland in November 2011?

Irish presidential election: Michael D Higgins elected - BBC News BBC News Irish presidential election: Michael D Higgins elected 29 October 2011 Read more about sharing. Close share panel The Labour Party's Michael D Higgins has been officially confirmed as the ninth Irish president after one of the most remarkable comebacks in the state's history. The poet and campaigner received 701,101 first-preference votes - almost 40% of the total. His victory over one-time favourite Sean Gallagher was evident within an hour of the ballot boxes being opened. A welcome home ceremony will be held in his native Galway on Sunday. It will take place at an open air event in Eyre Square at around 16:30 GMT. Mr Higgins was elected on the fourth count with 1,007,104 votes. Mr Gallagher received 628,114 votes. Mr Higgins hosted a reception at the Mansion House in Dublin on Saturday night for members of his campaign team and paid tribute to them for the huge effort they had made during the election. In his acceptance speech, Mr Higgins said he wanted to be a president for all the people. He said Irish people had to work together to tackle their shared problems. "We must now work to our strengths at home and abroad, not only cooperatively and collectively but sustainably for the benefit of all of our present generations and those to come," he said. "The necessary transformation of which I speak and of which my presidency will be a part is built on turning creative possibilities into living realities for all our people." He also announced that from "this moment" he would cease to be a member and president of the Irish Labour party. 'Transformation' "The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very clear mandate on a very clear set of ideas to me, as the ninth president," he said. Speaking on Friday night, Mr Higgins said his seven-year term would be marked by inclusion, ideas and transformation. "I'm very, very happy. It is something I prepared for, something I thought about for a long while," he said. "I am very glad as well that it is a presidency built on a campaign that emphasised ideas. I hope it will be a presidency that will enable everybody to be part of and proud of." Mr Higgins will be inaugurated on Armistice Day, 11 November, the day after current president Mary McAleese leaves office. At the end of the third count on Saturday, Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness and Gay Mitchell of Fine Gael, were both excluded. Mr McGuinness had 265,196 votes and Mr Mitchell was on 136,309. The quota Mr Higgins had to reach was 885,882 votes. Mr Gallagher received 504,964 first-preference votes, while Mr McGuinness, Sinn Fein, came in third with 243,030 votes. Independents Dana Rosemary Scallon and Mary Davis were eliminated on the first count. Dana Rosemary Scallon received 51,220 votes and Mary Davis 48,657 votes. Analysis On the second count independent David Norris was excluded. He received 113,321 votes which were then redistributed. Defeat Mr Higgins seized an unprecedented swing in support earlier this week after his biggest rival, independent candidate Mr Gallagher, was publicly derailed by Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness on live television. Mr Gallagher, the opinion poll topper with a 15-point margin as recently as Sunday, saw his support vanish to 28% in a stunning defeat blamed on his links to Fianna Fail, the party most associated with Ireland's economic demise. Mr Higgins was an Irish MP for almost 25 years until he retired from the Dail earlier this year. He was Ireland's minister for arts, culture and the Gaeltacht during the 1990s. The president, who serves as a ceremonial head of state, is elected for a seven-year term and can be re-elected only once. Mr Gallagher, a former member and fund-raiser for the Fianna Fail party, called the veteran politician to congratulate him on his success. In a statement, Mr Gallagher said: "He will have my full support as president and I sincerely thank him for a positive campaign. Congratulations "His slogan state


Pedology | Define Pedology at Dictionary.com Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for pedology Expand n. "scientific study of the soil," 1924, from Greek pedon "ground, earth," from PIE root *ped- (see foot (n.)) + -logy . Related: Pedological. Earlier it was a word for "the study of children" (1894), from pedo- . Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper


"Who wrote the novels ""Enigma"" and ""The Ghost?"

Robert Harris - IMDb IMDb Writer | Producer | Actor Robert Harris is a former television news reporter, journalist and columnist who wrote his first suspense novel "Fatherland" in 1992. He has followed up that novel with several others, among them "Enigma" (1995) and "Archangel" (1998). Harris is a graduate of Cambridge University and lives in Berkshire with his wife and four children. See full bio » Born: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. Share this page: Related News a list of 5188 people created 11 months ago a list of 127 people created 9 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Robert Harris's work have you seen? User Polls 2 wins & 10 nominations. See more awards  » Known For  2010 The Ghost Writer (novel "The Ghost") / (screenplay)  2005 Archangel (TV Movie) (novel)  1994 Fatherland (TV Movie) (novel)  1991 Selling Hitler (TV Mini-Series) (book - 5 episodes)  1991 Selling Hitler (TV Mini-Series) Newsnight interviewer - Episode #1.5 (1991) ... Newsnight interviewer Hide   2015 The Last Days Of ... (TV Series documentary) Himself  2014 The Crime Thriller Club (TV Series documentary) Himself - Crime Author  2012 The Hour (TV Series) Himself  1995-2012 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Himself - Guest  2011 Faulks on Fiction (TV Series documentary) Himself  2010 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Himself  2010 Días de cine (TV Series) Himself  2008-2009 The Early Show (TV Series) Himself / Himself - Guest / Himself - Guest (2008)  2007 Blair: The Inside Story (TV Series documentary) Himself - Author and Political Columnist  2005 The 100 Greatest War Films (TV Movie documentary) Himself  2003 Breakfast with Frost (TV Series) Himself  2000 The Review Show (TV Series) Himself - Panelist  1989-1991 This Week (TV Series) Himself / Himself - Reporter  1990 The Media Show (TV Series) Himself  1985-1988 Panorama (TV Series documentary) Himself - Reporter Novel: Pompeii (2003) See more » Publicity Listings: Did You Know? Personal Quote: My basic advice when writing is to get three things happening every two pages. Keep things moving. Think about the book from beginning to end and see the key moments. I recognize my strength and my weakness as a writer. My strength, if I might say so without being immodest, is that by and large, once people start reading they can't stop because they are drawn in. The weakness of course is you ... See more » Trivia: Attended King Edward VII College, Melton Mowbray, where a hall is named after him. See more » Star Sign:


Lester B. Pearson Airport serves which Commonwealth city?

Toronto Airport Information - Information about YYZ Airport Near Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto Airport Information Toronto Pearson International Airport: 6301 Silver Dart Dr, Mississauga, ON L5P 1B2, Canada Search Airport Hotels Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport Overview Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport is usually referred to by the shorter name Toronto Pearson International Airport. The airport is located over 20 miles to the Northwest of the Toronto, Ontario city center. The airport is named for Lester Pearson who served as Prime Minister of Canada for many years. With a passenger load in excess of 33 million people, Toronto Pearson is the busiest airport in the nation of Canada. The airport is also quite large in land size, and it is Canada’s largest airport in area as well. This airport is the major hub of airport activity in Canada. History of the Toronto Pearson Airport The airport’s history dates back to 1937 when several tracts of land were purchased for the purpose of airport construction. The airport was officially opened in 1938 with an old farmhouse serving as the airport’s first terminal building. At this time, the airport was known as Malton Airport. Later in 1938, a second terminal was built, and two runways were constructed. The first passenger flights landed at the airport in the summer of 1938. During the World War II period, the airport was used as a base for military pilot training. Pilots trained at this airport came from all across the nations of the British Commonwealth. After the war, the airport continued to expand with the addition of another terminal facility. The runways were also expanded at this time. In 1960, the name of the airport was changed to Toronto International Airport. The current Terminal 1 building was built in the 1960s, and Terminal 2 was built in 1972. The 1980s and 90s brought more changes to the airport. In 1984, the airport took its current name. Terminal 3 was opened in 1991. Terminals Currently, Toronto Pearson operates two functioning terminals designated Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. There are five operating runways. The longest runway is 11,120 feet in length while the shortest is 9,000 feet in length. There is a lot to do at Toronto Pearson while waiting for a flight. Art is a major attraction at the airport. The airport conducted a major art competition in 2000 for works to put on permanent display. Eight works were eventually chosen, and travelers can see these works displayed in Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. Throughout Terminal 1, passengers will find several exhibits detailing the art and history of Canada. These displays change throughout the year. Some past exhibits included Canadian sports and photography. Besides art, Terminal 1 has a dinosaur exhibit. The major attraction of this exhibit is a complete Allosaurus skeleton that is on display. There is an interesting exhibit located in Terminal 3 called Toronto on Film. This exhibit tells the story of how the city of Toronto was featured in various movies. For travelers who want to stay connected to the Internet, Toronto Pearson has free Wi-Fi Internet access. This service is available in both terminals. There are two interfaith chapels for prayer and reflection. There is a chapel in each terminal, and Catholic and Protestant services are held in each chapel each day of the week. Transportation Passengers who need to travel between Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 may use the LINK Train. These trains also connect passengers to the parking lots. Trains run so that passengers wait no longer than seven minutes for a train. Valet parking is available curbside. Express Park is for parking under three hours. Daily Park and the Value Park Garage offer short and long-term parking. Airlines Serving Toronto Airport Overview Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson International Airport is an important transportation hub for Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, and WestJet Airlines. These airlines are famous for offering more than 750 daily flights to popular destinations located in Austrasia, the Caribbean, E


Which actress has played Lady Dedlock and Miss Havisham in BBC adaptations of Dickens' novels?

Great Expectations: Miss Havisham given 'youthful' air - BBC News BBC News Great Expectations: Miss Havisham given 'youthful' air By Michael Osborn Arts and Entertainment reporter, BBC News 24 December 2011 Close share panel Image caption Gillian Anderson portrays Miss Havisham as both tragic and consumed by the need for revenge Tortured, ghostly, eternal bride-to-be Miss Havisham is returning in a fresh screen adaptation of Charles Dickens' literary classic Great Expectations. The wealthy heiress, who was jilted on her wedding day and lived as a recluse for decades afterwards, haunts her tumbledown mansion clad in a dusty matrimonial gown. Miss Havisham - with her white matted hair and wedding feast table preserved in cobwebs - has been played by older actresses in previous major incarnations. Joan Hickson played her at the age of 75 in 1981, while Anne Bancroft was cast in a 1998 modern reworking of Dickens's story at the age of 67. But for the new take on Great Expectations she is portrayed by Gillian Anderson, who at 43 is the youngest screen star to play the woman who casts a huge shadow over the life of Pip, hero of the tale. "Dickens doesn't qualify Miss Havisham's age specifically. If you add up the numbers at the time, it makes sense she would have been about 37," explains Anderson. HAVISHAMS ON FILM Helena Bonham Carter - 2012 (bottom right) The US-born star has no concerns that she is too young for the role. "This is me, at this age, this actress being hired for a particular reason and honouring that. I'm not going to say: 'I'm not doing this because you should have hired an older actress.'" Her unnerving interpretation of the tragic yet cruel Havisham is ghostly, ashen-faced and becomes craggier as the story progresses - but did not rely on any ageing prosthetics. Anderson's transformation took less than two hours when Havisham was shown at her most decayed. "I had an idea for a grey which I didn't think existed," says Anderson of her contribution to the character's look. "There was a specific grey I felt her hair should be, which they were able to find. It's kind of opaque and translucent but at the same time holds light. It's not white, it's not too grey, it's just this middle non-colour." Anderson's Havisham floats disconcertingly around her mothballed home, where the clocks are stopped at the moment when she was jilted and her wedding cake is being feasted on by mice. Her lips are desiccated and she claws her skin at moments of stress, while dark circles frame her eyes. 'Heartbroken mess' The actress, known for her long-running role in The X-Files, maintains that she did not go back to previous portrayals of Miss Havisham for guidance. "My fear is always I've been taking on something else that already exists. So I deliberately haven't gone through other versions or even old line drawings. "I'm fascinated by the previous incarnations but will try not to compare. My intention is to be as close to my first impression of her," Anderson explains, adding that she will end her moratorium after seeing her own performance. The actress has not seen images of a Miss Havisham to follow her own, played by Helena Bonham Carter in a film version of Great Expectations to be released next year. Media captionStars of the BBC's new adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations on the story's continuing relevance When told that Bonham Carter is festooned by cobwebs and will be something of a Hannibal Lecteresque monster , Anderson says: "I'm not a purist - there's room for all of it!" She adds: "I'm sure there'll be positives and negatives about both adaptations from all perspectives." While Miss Havisham's physical appearance seems at the heart of on-screen portrayals, her character and story are important. She declares that "love is death" and seems hell bent on revenge - but is a figure to be pitied, says Anderson. "Her personal pain is played out and at times she is an absolutely heartbroken mess," says the actress. In equal measure she brands Miss Havisham "psychotically manipulative", a woman who has the power to d


Which garden plant or shrub belongs to the genus Lonicera?

Honeysuckle - Lonicera Honeysuckle - Lonicera The name Lonicera, commemorates Adam Lonitzer, 16th century German naturalist, the author of a well known herbal book.The genus Lonicera belongs to Caprifoliaceae family. There are known around 180 species growing in the wild on a northern hemisphere. Lonicera periclymenum 'Serotina' - photo Sz. Marczyński Szczepan Marczyński The plants from the genus fall basically into two subgenera. The majority of them are arching shrubs classified in subgenus Lonicera. The other subgenus Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) comprises vigorous vines whose stems twine spirally round a support. I would like to dedicate this article to the latter group.There are around 20 species and several dozens cultivars of honeysuckles in cultivation, of which you can find around 20 taxons cultivated in Poland. Their leaves are arranged in opposite pairs along the stems. In many species, the upper pair of leaves is joined together in a characteristic shape of a saucer. The foliage is most often green or green-blue, but can also be of a different colour e.g. green with yellow veins in Lonicera japonica 'Aureoreticulata' or red-purple in autumn and winter in Lonicera japonica 'Purpurea'. The flowers are the indisputable attraction of honeysuckles - long tubular corollas can be white, yellow, crimson or violet and usually have two lips that curl outwards. What's more, they are fragrant in many species and cultivars. Lonicera starts blooming in the 2nd - 4th year after planting. The flowers are borne in the clusters of three, either in the leaf axils, arranged in pairs, or at the tops of the stems. Depending on the species or the cultivar they appear between the end of May and October. Some Loinceras also bear ornamental fruits - they are multi-seed berries with glossy skin that vary in colour from bright orange through crimson to violet. They ripen from July to October and can attract birds into your garden as they provide food for birds. Lonicera heckrottii 'Goldflame' - photo Sz. Marczyński Lonicera caprifolium 'Inga' - photo Sz. Marczyński Lonicera x brownii 'Golden Trumpet' - photo Sz. Marczyński   Lonicera henryi - photo Sz. Marczyński Lonicera acuminata - photo Sz. Marczyński Lonicera japonica 'Purpurea' - photo Sz. Marczyński   Requirements. Honeysuckles tolerate the majority of soils with the exception of very poor and drying soil, although they perform best and bloom more profusely in neutral or slightly alkaline, permeable, fertile clayish soil that is rich in hummus and moist but not boggy. They look most impressive when growing in full sun, but as some species and cultivars are more subject to aphids attack in such position, partially shaded spot, sheltered from hot southern sun and strong winds is a universal position for honeysuckles. Lonicera x brownii 'Fuchsioides' - photo Sz. Marczyński Lonicera japonica 'Halliana' - photo Sz. Marczyński Lonicera periclymenum 'Graham Thomas' - photo Sz. Marczyński   Lonicera japonica 'Aureoreticulata' - photo Sz. Marczyński Lonicera x brownii 'Golden Trumpet' - photo Sz. Marczyński Lonicera 'Blanche Sandman' - photo Sz. Marczyński Lonicera periclymenum 'Serotina' - photo Sz. Marczyński Application.Honeysuckles are some of the most valuable garden climbers and can be planted in any garden, but they look particularly imposing in a large, naturalist garden where they are free to grow in an unrestrained manner. They achieve a height of 3 - 6 m, with 0.5 to 2 m of annual growth. They are perfect for climbing up wall constructions, arches, gates, trellises, pergolas, arbours or old tree trunks that are equipped with wires or a wire mesh that will allow them to climb. Grown next to a fence, they will provide an attractive screen against wind, dust and inquisitive eyes of a passerby, replacing well a hedge plant. Evergreen Lonicera acuminata is particularly suitable for this purpose. Some honeysuckles (e.g. Lonicera japonica 'Halliana' and 'Hall's Prolific') can be used as a ground cover plant for covering large areas, also in public greenery. Fragrant Loniceras (e.g. Lonice


In the CYMK colour model for printing, for what does the C stand?

CMYK - What does CMYK stand for? The Free Dictionary CMYK - What does CMYK stand for? The Free Dictionary http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/CMYK Also found in: Dictionary , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Acronym Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Key/blacK (4-color ink model used for printing) CMYK Cookie Mob Yardie Krew (UK) Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Write what you mean clearly and correctly. References in periodicals archive ? The newly-added Mutoh Eco Ultra CMYK inks with overlay will provide a life expectancy similar to that already available in the Graphics industry. Black separation strategies in colour reproduction As the target is measured, a look-up table is formed relating the CMYK dot percentages used to create each swatch to the color (LAB) that is printed. Color management: refinements to color management in the digital age have made many tools available to the narrow web converted to achieve perfection in proofs and on press The combination of CMYK sensor and high-resolution camera offers a higher degree of recognition safety because of redundancy.


Sarah Lund is the central character in which Danish detective series, shown on BBC Four?

Bring me long-running dramas like The Killing, says BBC One chief - Telegraph BBC Bring me long-running dramas like The Killing, says BBC One chief BBC One is set to commission longer-running drama series, in the mould of  American shows such as The Wire and Mad Men, after its new controller Danny  Cohen said that they are “something to aspire to”. The Killing: Sofie Grabol stars as Sarah Lund in the Danish drama. Photo: BBC By Neil Midgley , Assistant Editor (Media) 12:01AM BST 03 May 2011 Follow Traditionally, the BBC’s only long-running dramas have been soaps such as EastEnders and Holby City, and family shows early on Saturday evenings, such as Doctor Who and Merlin. The corporation’s flagship dramas at 9pm, such as Spooks and New Tricks, are commissioned for a maximum of eight or 10 episodes - compared to the standard annual run of 22 or 24 episodes for American dramas such as CSI, House or 24. Speaking to a Broadcasting Press Guild event, Mr Cohen said that “it would be very nice” for BBC One to have a series like The Killing, the sophisticated Danish detective thriller that was a cult success when it was shown on BBC Four earlier this year, and which ran for 20 episodes. The Killing attracted audiences of over 500,000 viewers every Saturday night, despite being made in Danish and shown with subtitles. Critics praised its long episode run for allowing authentic storytelling and character development, especially of its central character, the enigmatic police detective Sarah Lund. “Yes, if you could do it, it would be something to aspire to,” said Mr Cohen. “We’re not brilliantly set up as an industry in the UK to do it in the way the American industry is with more of a team writing model. So there’s some quite big structural changes that we’d have to make to deliver that, and I think we should, but you can’t force creatives into it very easily.” Related Articles The Killing, Channel 4, preview 07 Jul 2011 Mr Cohen said that “we’re encouraging people to try and think like that”, and cited the long-running BBC One sitcom My Family as an example of a show that was created in that way. His comments mark a shift from the BBC’s previous position, which has been to commission the best ideas in comedy and drama from individual writers rather than setting up the kind of “writers’ rooms” that are common on American shows such as Friends or 30 Rock. In a speech last September, the BBC’s head of drama commissioning, Ben Stephenson, said: “I’m not afraid of saying we shouldn’t compete with America when it comes to 24-part series – our business models are completely different. What I do believe is that the BBC should embrace everything that is uniquely British. We should be the single greatest home of authored drama that entertains and stimulates. Single writers crafting great work whether that is 10-part series, singles plays or serials.” Mr Stephenson defended the decision to only commission three 90-minute episodes of Sherlock, which was the BBC’s biggest new drama hit last year. In America, said Mr Stephenson, the programme’s lead writer Steven Moffat “would not be able to write Sherlock how he wants to. He would be biffed off and replaced with a showrunner who could give create a financially acceptable model of 24 episodes.” Mr Stephenson added: “We are not going to commission 24-part series or classic drama because critics tell us to – but we may well if a creative has a bold idea.” Adam Crozier, the chief executive of ITV, has also said that he wants his company to create long-running, returnable dramas that can then be sold around the world.


Which charity has been supported by the comedy called The Secret Policeman's Balls?

AIDS & HIV Duran Duran To Donate Eagles Of Death Metal Cover Royalties To Charity
Duran Duran have announced that they will donate royalties from Eagles Of Death Metal’s cover of Save A Prayer to charity.

The song is currently the focus of a campaign aimed at getting the Eagles Of Death Metal to number 1 on the charts, following the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday. The band were performing when 87 people were killed by gunmen at the Le Bataclan theatre.

“We are honoured that the Eagles of Death Metal covered “Save A Prayer,” and included it on their most recent album. In fact, it was a thrill playing the song together recently on TFI Friday in London," Duran Duran blogged on their website. "We bumped into the band on Friday afternoon of last week, when we were all on our way to Paris on the Eurostar. We were opening Al Gore’s Climate Change concert broadcast there, and they were playing at the Bataclan.

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 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:25:00 +0000 urn:uuid:http://www.looktothestars.org/news/14565 Giving Stars Sign Radios For Music Therapy Charity
To celebrate their 40th birthday, music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins is offering you the chance to snap up a unique, celebrity signed Ruark R1 MK3 digital radios in a new online auction.

Each radio bears the Nordoff Robbins logos and were signed by one of the following music celebrities at the iconic O2 Silver Clef Awards on Friday 3rd July:

• Mark Ronson

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 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 12:30:00 +0000 urn:uuid:http://www.looktothestars.org/news/13977 Miscellaneous Nordoff Robbins Celebrates 40th Anniversary At O2 Silver Clef Awards
The star-studded O2 Silver Clef Awards took place in London over the weekend to celebrate music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins' 40th Anniversary and honour some of the biggest artists making an unforgettable contribution to music today.

More than 1,100 guests, including the award winners and stars of music, film, fashion and sport attended the O2 Silver Clef Lunch at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane to celebrate the 40-year milestone in Nordoff Robbins’ charitable history.

For a second year the dazzling event host Gaby Roslin entertained an incredible array of stars including award winners Rita Ora, Duran Duran, Iron Maiden, Il Divo, Kasabian, James Bay, Jake Bugg, Mark Ronson, Primal Scream, Gladys Knight and guests Sir <a href="https://www.looktothestars.org/


Which space shuttle, it touched down in July 2011, brought NASA's shuttle programme to an end?

July 21, 2011 : NASA’s final space shuttle mission comes to an end Introduction On this day in 2011, NASA’s space shuttle program completes its final, and 135th, mission, when the shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the program’s 30-year history, its five orbiters—Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour—carried more than 350 people into space and flew more than 500 million miles, and shuttle crews conducted important research, serviced the Hubble Space Telescope and helped in the construction of the International Space Station, among other activities. NASA retired the shuttles to focus on a deep-space exploration program that could one day send astronauts to asteroids and Mars. In January 1972, two-and-a-half years after America put the first man on the moon in July 1969, President Richard Nixon publicly announced that NASA would develop a space transportation system featuring a space vehicle capable of shuttling “repeatedly from Earth to orbit and back.” Nine years later, on April 12, 1981, at Kennedy Space Center, the first shuttle, Columbia, lifted off on its inaugural mission. Over the course of the next 54 hours, the two astronauts aboard NASA’s first reusable spacecraft successfully tested all its systems and orbited the Earth 37 times before landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. In 1983, a second shuttle, Challenger, was put into service. It flew nine missions before breaking apart shortly after the launch of its 10th mission, on January 28, 1986. All seven crew members were killed, including high school teacher Christa McAuliffe, who had won a national contest to be the first U.S. civilian to fly aboard the space shuttle. In the aftermath of the disaster, the shuttle program was grounded until 1988. The program’s third shuttle, Discovery, made its first flight in 1984. Atlantis entered the fleet in 1985, and was followed by Endeavour in 1992. The shuttle program experienced its second major disaster on February 1, 2003, when just minutes before Columbia was scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center and conclude its 28th mission, it broke apart while re-entering the atmosphere over Texas. All seven astronauts on board perished. Afterward, the shuttle fleet was grounded until July 2005, when Discovery was launched on the program’s 114th mission. By the time Discovery completed its 39th and final mission (the most of any shuttle) in March 2011, it had flown 148 million miles, made 5,830 orbits of Earth and spent 365 days in space. Endeavour completed its 25th and final mission in June 2011. That mission was commanded by Capt. Mark Kelly, husband of former U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. On July 8, 2011, Atlantis was launched on its 33rd mission. With four crew members aboard, Atlantis flew thousands of pounds of supplies and extra parts to the International Space Station; it was the 37th shuttle flight to make the trip. Thirteen days later, on July 21, Atlantis touched down at Kennedy Space Center at 5:57 a.m., after a journey of more than 5 million miles, during which it orbited the Earth 200 times. Upon landing, the flight’s commander, Capt. Christopher J. Ferguson, said, “Mission complete, Houston. After serving the world for over 30 years, the space shuttle has earned its place in history, and it’s come to a final stop.” During its 26 years in service, Atlantis flew almost 126 million miles, circled Earth 4,848 times and spent 307 days in space. The estimated price tag for the entire space shuttle program, from development to retirement, was $209 billion. After completing their final missions, the orbiters were sent to museums around the country: Discovery went to the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, Endeavour to California Science Center in Los Angeles and Atlantis to Kennedy Space Center. A space shuttle prototype, the Enterprise, is now housed at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York. Article Details: July 21, 2011 : NASA’s final space shuttle mission comes to an end Author July 21, 2011 : NASA’s f


Which Australian-brn brothers played cricket for Surrey and England in the 1990's?

Cricket: Brothers born in Australia but bred for England | The Independent Sport Cricket: Brothers born in Australia but bred for England Despite their Australian background, Adam and Ben Hollioake have benefited from an English cricketing education. David Llewellyn reports Monday 26 May 1997 23:02 BST Click to follow The Independent Online The roots are Australian. So is the attitude, accent and approach. But after a week in which the Hollioake brothers have helped tranform English morale in the build-up to the Ashes series, traditionalists can take comfort in one aspect of Adam and Ben's background. They are typically English when it comes to their cricket education. The Hollioake parents, John and Daria, are Australian and both sons were born in Melbourne. But both Adam and Ben have lived here for more than a decade. They were schooled in this country, and - somewhat ironically given the current concern about the development of young talent here - their cricketing skills were brought on in England nurseries. For this reason they regard themselves as English, with Adam becoming especially fierce when his allegiance is challenged. "I learned all my cricket over here," he has said. "Why should you want to give another country credit for what England has done for me?" He took particular pride in leading England A on a triumphant tour of Australia last winter. He had already made his England debut in one-day internationals by then, against Pakistan last summer, and his selection this time around raised few eyebrows. Ben's, however, did. Even Mike Edwards, Surrey's director of cricket development, who has been as close as anyone to the Hollioakes during their formative years, admitted yesterday: "I've been a little surprised at the progress Ben has made." But, after Adam's two half centuries and Ben bravura 63 in 48 balls in the one-day internationals, Edwards is in no doubt about where the pair are headed. "Adams is a Test class batsman," he said. "And Ben has the potential to become a Test all-rounder." John Abrahams, who as coach to the England Under-19 side watched Ben shine on the tour to Pakistan last winter, also predicts a glittering future for the 19-year-old. "He has the potential to be a genuine all- rounder at Test level," the former Lancashire captain said yesterday. "He can be someone who can hold down a place as a bowler or as a batsman and he is not a bad fielder either. He has a lot of self-belief and confidence but that doesn't mean his arrogant about his abilities - he just backs himself. He is mature both physically and mentally. "He wants to play and he wants to better himself. On a couple of occasions in Pakistan he got a couple of niggling injuries and other people would have said they were not fit enough to play." Edwards' knowledge of the brothers allows him to see the contrasts as well as the similarities. "In attitude they are different," he said. "There is an air of menace to Adam when he is out in the middle. He is more intense. Ben is more laid back." Adam - not surprisingly perhaps for someone with an A-levels in philosophy - appears to be the greater thinker about the game. Ben is still in a carefree spirit. But they both possess a sense of humour. The message on Adam's mobile phone answer service give the impression that he is speaking: "Hello," a pause, "hello," as if he can't quite hear the caller, then a snigger and the instruction to leave a message since he is not actually available. Edwards recalled that Adam first came to Surrey's notice when he was 12 and a pupil at St George's School, Weybridge. "He was a fast bowler then. But a back injury in his late teens, something which Ben also suffered but a littler earlier in his case, meant Adam could not bowl as fast after it was operated on. He turned to batting." Ben's bowling has not suffered in the same way even though he underwent corrective surgery for a stress fracture. These days Adam insists that he is a one-day all-rounder, but just a batsman in the first-class game. (As Surrey's 25-year-old captain, he is able to play himself as


"Jim Kerr is lead singer of which band, who had 1985 hit with ""Don't You (Forget About Me)""?"

Simple Minds | New Music And Songs | Simple Minds About Simple Minds Best known in the U.S. for their 1985 number one hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from the film The Breakfast Club, Scotland's Simple Minds evolved from a post-punk art rock band influenced by Roxy Music into a grand, epic-sounding pop band along the lines of U2. The band grew out of a Glasgow punk group called Johnny and the Self-Abusers, which featured guitarist Charlie Burchill and lead singer Jim Kerr. The inaugural 1978 lineup of Simple Minds featured a rhythm section of Tony Donald on bass and Brian McGee on drums, plus keyboardist Mick McNeil; Donald was soon replaced by Derek Forbes. Their early albums leaped from one style to another, with Life in a Day consisting mostly of dense, arty pop songs; critical acclaim followed the darker, more experimental art rock of Reel to Real Cacophony and the Euro-disco of Empires and Dance. The group began a transition to a more accessible pop style with the albums Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call, originally issued together and subsequently split up. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) became their first chart album in the U.S., and the tour-shy McGee quit owing to the group's burgeoning popularity, eventually being replaced by Mel Gaynor. Following the Steve Lillywhite-produced Sparkle in the Rain, Jim Kerr married Pretenders lead singer Chrissie Hynde (the two groups had toured together). After Bryan Ferry rejected the opportunity to sing "Don't You (Forget About Me)," Simple Minds almost did so as well; Kerr was dissatisfied with the song's lyrics, which he regarded as formulaic. His change of heart gave Simple Minds their only American chart-topper, and the song later became an international hit as well; however, Kerr's feelings about the song remained ambivalent, and it did not appear on the follow-up album, Once Upon a Time. The album went gold and reached the U.S. Top Ten in spite of criticism for its bombastic, over the top approach. A live album and the uncompromisingly political Street Fighting Years squandered Simple Minds' commercial momentum, however. By the time the group returned to more personal themes and its straightforward, anthemic rock on 1991's Real Life, personnel changes and audience loss left the group's future viability in doubt. They weren't totally deterred, however. Kerr and Burchill trudged on, releasing Good News from the Next World in 1995, while the single "She's a River" received moderate airplay. A short tour of North America soon followed, but Simple Minds' direction also quickly faded. They needed a break to clarify their own personal stance in music. Derek Forbes returned for 1998's Néapolis, but that, too, wasn't strong enough to sustain Simple Minds' newfound creativity. Their famed pop songs had diluted a bit; however, the new millennium proved poignant. Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill signed to Eagle Records in early 2001 and constructed their first covers album, Neon Lights, later that fall, paying tribute to Patti Smith, Neil Young, David Bowie, and others. In summer 2002, Kerr and Burchill issued Cry, Simple Minds' first batch of new material since 1995's Good News from the Next World. Our Secrets Are the Same, an album that was intended for release in 2000, saw official release in 2003. An extensive reissue program and live recordings followed. Black & White, a new studio album, appeared in 2005, and the charting Graffiti Soul in 2009 (which saw the return of original drummer Mel Gaynor to the fold). Simple Minds accepted a spot at London's iTunes Festival that year and issued a digital EP of their performance. After a global tour, Simple Minds returned with Big Music in 2014, an album that included two songs co-written with Chvrches' Iain Cook. A stripped-down set called Acoustic arrived in late 2016, featuring acoustic reworkings of many of the band's hits. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi


According to Greek myth, which king was condemned by Zeus to be tied to an ever-spinning flaming wheel in Hades?

Hades - Ancient History Encyclopedia Hades by Mark Cartwright published on 19 July 2012 Hades was both the name of the ancient Greek god of the underworld ( Roman name: Pluto) and the name of the shadowy place below the earth which was considered the final destination for the souls of the dead. Perhaps the most feared of the gods, he is described by both Homer and Hesiod as ‘pitiless’, ‘loathsome’, and ‘monstrous’ Hades. Hades The God Following the overthrow of first the Titans and then the Giants by the Olympian gods, Hades drew lots with his brothers Zeus and Poseidon to decide which part of the world each would rule. Zeus received the sky, Poseidon the seas, and Hades the underworld. Perhaps a less prominent protagonist in the tales of mythology than the other Olympian gods, Hades, nevertheless, must have been held in superstitious awe by many ordinary Greeks. Indeed, even to speak his name was avoided; instead epithets were used such as Eubuleus (giving good advice). There are also accounts of sacrificial practices made in honour of Hades, carried out at night and where the blood of victims was left to seep down into the earth to reach the underworld god. Remove Ads Advertisement Hades was the only god not to reside on Mount Olympus, dwelling instead in a dark palace beneath the earth. The god also had a helmet made by Hephaistos which rendered the wearer invisible, and it was this helmet that was used by Athena when she fought Ares in Homer’s account of the Trojan War in the Iliad and by Perseus in his quest for the head of Medusa . Hades was the only Greek god not to reside on Mount Olympus, dwelling instead in a dark palace beneath the earth. In mythology, Hades fell in love with Persephone , daughter of Zeus and Demeter , and abducted her to live with him. When Hermes discovered this, he demanded Persephone be returned to Demeter and it was decided that if she had not eaten any food from Hades, she could return to the upper world. However, Hades tricked the girl into eating a pomegranate seed and therefore she could only return to the living for half of the year. This myth was symbolic perhaps of the cycle of life and death, planting and harvest. The celebration of Persephone’s return to the upper world was probably a part of the famous Eleusian Mysteries performed at the sanctuary of Demeter at Eleusis . In Archaic and Classical Greek art, Hades is most often represented as a more mature man, bearded and holding a sceptre, a two-pronged spear, a libation vase, or a cornucopia - symbolic of the mineral and vegetable wealth which comes from the ground. On occasion he is seated on an ebony throne or rides a chariot pulled by black horses, often with Persephone at his side. Advertisement Hades The Underworld The god Hermes was believed to lead souls to the river Styx in the underworld, at which point the aged boatman Charon ferried them to the gates of Hades where Kerberos - the ferocious three-headed dog (or fifty-headed according to Hesiod) with serpents coming out of its body - stood guard to keep souls in rather than to keep others out. It was for payment to Charon that bereaved family members put a coin in the mouth of the deceased (for Greeks the traditional coin was the low-value obol). The unburied or those without the means to pay the boatman were condemned to wander the Earth as ghosts. This belief hints at the ambiguous nature of Hades. It was not necessarily a place of torment and suffering but in most cases, simply the final resting place of the soul. On arrival at the gates of Hades, the final destination of the souls was determined by an assessment of their actions whilst they were alive. Traditionally, the three judges of souls were Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Aiakos, themselves noted for their honourable lives. Souls judged to have led especially good lives were first taken to drink the waters of the River Lethe which made them forget all bad things, and then they were taken to the idyllic Elysian Fields. Those souls judged to have led bad lives were put in the hands of the Furies and taken to Tartarus


Cambodia is bordered by Thailand, Vietnam, and which other country?

Cambodia:   Maps, History, Geography, Government, Culture, Facts, Guide & Travel/Holidays/Cities Opposition Fares Well in Election Geography Situated on the Indochinese peninsula, Cambodia   is bordered by Thailand and Laos on the north and Vietnam on the east and   south. The Gulf of Thailand is off the western coast. The size of   Missouri, the country consists chiefly of a large alluvial plain ringed by   mountains with the Mekong River to the east. The plain is centered around   Lake Tonle Sap, which is a natural storage basin of the Mekong. Government Multiparty liberal democracy under a   constitutional monarchy. History The area that is present-day   Cambodia came under Khmer rule about 600, when the region was at the   center of a vast empire that stretched over most of Southeast Asia. Under   the Khmers, who were Hindus, a magnificent temple complex was constructed   at Angkor. Buddhism was introduced in the 12th century during the rule of   Jayavaram VII. However, the kingdom, then known as Kambuja, fell into   decline after Jayavaram's reign and was nearly annihilated by Thai and   Vietnamese invaders. Kambuja's power steadily diminished until 1863, when   France colonized the region, joining Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam into a   single protectorate known as French Indochina. The French quickly usurped all but ceremonial   powers from the monarch, Norodom. When he died in 1904, the French passed   over his sons and handed the throne to his brother, Sisowath. Sisowath and   his son ruled until 1941, when Norodom Sihanouk was elevated to power.   Sihanouk's coronation, along with the Japanese occupation during the war,   worked to reinforce a sentiment among Cambodians that the region should be   free from outside control. After World War II, Cambodians sought   independence, but France was reluctant to part with its colony. Cambodia   was granted independence within the French Union in 1949. But the   French-Indochinese War provided an opportunity for Sihanouk to gain full   military control of the country. He abdicated in 1955 in favor of his   parents, remaining head of the government, and when his father died in   1960, Sihanouk became chief of state without returning to the throne. In   1963, he sought a guarantee of Cambodia's neutrality from all parties in   the Vietnam War. However, North Vietnamese and Vietcong troops   had begun using eastern Cambodia as a safe haven from which to launch   attacks into South Vietnam, making it increasingly difficult to stay out   of the war. An indigenous Communist guerrilla movement known as the Khmer   Rouge also began to put pressure on the government in Phnom Penh. On March   18, 1970, while Sihanouk was abroad, anti-Vietnamese riots broke out and   Sihanouk was overthrown by Gen. Lon Nol. The Vietnam peace agreement of   1973 stipulated withdrawal of foreign forces from Cambodia, but fighting   continued between Hanoi-backed insurgents and U.S.-supplied government   troops.


"Which of Beethoven's symphonies is known as 'The Choral""?"

Ludwig van Beethoven: Composer's life & music | Classic FM Classic FM's Fast and Friendly Guide to Beethoven 01:56 Beethoven Biography Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer and pianist, who is arguably the defining figure in the history of Western music.  Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in December 1770, but no-one is completely sure on which date. He was baptized on the 17th. The earliest recorded piece that Beethoven composed is a set of nine piano variations, composed in 1782. Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792, where he met influential composers like Haydn and began to compose in earnest. By 1796, he had begun to suffer from tinnitus and was losing his hearing. Beethoven composed his Piano Sonata No. 14 ('Moonlight') in 1802. The Third Symphony, known as the 'Eroica', was completed in 1804. It went on to redefine the symphony as a genre. The opening motif to the Fifth Symphony from 1808 is one of the most famous musical excerpts in history. The 'middle period' of Beethoven's career also saw him compose piano works like the Waldstein and Apassionata sonatas, as well as his only opera, Fidelio, which went through countless rewrites and revisions. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the 'Choral' from 1824, is another work of his that has remained infinitely popular. It was the first time that a composer had used choral voices in a major symphony. Ill health and increasing deafness caused a drop in productivity at the end of Beethoven's life, but he still managed to produce important works like his 'Late Quartets' in 1825, which were wildly inventive for the time. Beethoven died in Vienna on the 26th March 1827 after a long illness that has variously been attributed to alcohol, hepatitis, cirrhosis and pneumonia. Did you know? Beethoven composed only one opera, Fidelio, which took years to get right. He re-wrote one aria no fewer than 18 times and came up with four different overtures before deciding upon the one he liked. Beethoven: the man


Which former party leader is MP for Chingford and Woodford Green?

UK Polling Report Geography: Greater London. Part of Waltham Forest council and part of Redbridge council. Main population centres: Chingford, Woodford Green. Profile: A north-east London seat straddling the boundary between Waltham Forest and Redbridge. This is white, owner-occupied Tory suburbia on the edge of Epping Forest and alongside the Chingford reservoirs in the Lee Valley. The majority of the seat is made up of Chingford; Woodford is split between Leyton and Wanstead, Ilford North and this seat, with the part west of the Central Line coming under Chingford and Woodford Green. Politics: A safe Conservative seat represented by former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, but perhaps more associated with his predecessor for the Chingford portion of the seat, Norman Tebbit. Current MP IAIN DUNCAN SMITH (Conservative) Born 1954, Edinburgh. Educated at HMS Conway and Sandhurst. Former Army officer. Contested Bradford West 1987. First elected as MP for Chingford in 1992. Shadow social security secretary 1997-1999, shadow defence secretary 1999-2001. Leader of the Conservative party 2001-2003. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since 2010. As a new MP Iain Duncan Smith immediately marked himself out as a right-winger and Eurosceptic by joining the Parliamentary rebellion against the Maastricht treaty. This would be one of the things that undermined his own position as leader a decade later. He became party leader in 2003, the first to be elected by the party membership. His leadership was short and troubled. He never had the full support of the Parliamentary party, his public speaking skills were derided and he was te victim of plotting within central office. Eventually he was ousted by a no-confidence vote of the Parliamentary party. On the backbenches he founded the Centre for Social Justice think tank, and returned as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions upon the Conservative partys return to office. Past Results


Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, was the mother of two 15th c. Kings of England. Name either

Cecily Neville, Duchess of York: Mother of Kings Duchess of York Updated July 05, 2016. Cecily Neville Basic Facts Known for: figure in the Wars of the Roses in medieval England, mother of King Edward IV and King Richard III, grandmother of  Elizabeth of York  who married Henry VII Occupation: Duchess, household and estate administrator Dates: Dates:  May 3 , 1415 - May 31 , 1495 Also known as: Cecylle, the Rose of Raby Family Connections Cecily Neville was the great-granddaughter of one king, Edward III of England (and his wife Philippa of Hainault); the wife of a would-be king, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York; and the mother of two kings: Edward IV and Richard III and, through Elizabeth of York, great-grandmother of Henry VIII. Her maternal grandparents were John of Gaunt and  Katherine Swynford .  See below for a list of her children and other family members. Wife of the Protector -- and Claimant to the Crown of England Cecily Neville's husband was Richard, Duke of York, the heir to King Henry VI and protector of the young king in his minority and later during a bout of insanity. continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance Richard was the descendant of two other sons of Edward III: Lionel of Antwerp and Edmund of Langley. Cecily was first betrothed to Richard when she was nine years old, and they married in 1429 when she was fourteen. Their first child, Anne, was born in 1439. A son who died shortly after birth was followed by the future Edward IV; much later, there were charges that Edward was illegitimate , including accusations by another Richard Neville, the Duke of Warwick, who was also Cecily Neville's nephew, and by Edward's younger brother, George, Duke of Clarence. Although Edward's birth date and Cecily's husband's absence were timed in a way that raised suspicion, there was no record from the time of Edward's birth either of the birth being premature nor of her husband questioning paternity. Cecily and Richard had five more surviving children after Edward. When Henry VI's wife, Margaret of Anjou , gave birth to a son, this son supplanted Richard as the heir to the throne. When Henry recovered his sanity, the Duke of York fought to regain power, with Cecily Neville's nephew, the Duke of Warwick, one of his strongest allies. Winning at St. Albans in 1455, losing in 1456 (by now to Margaret of Anjou leading the Lancastrian forces), Richard fled to Ireland in 1459 and was declared an outlaw. Cecily with her sons Richard and George were put in the care of Cecily's sister, Anne, the Duchess of Buckingham.. Victorious again in 1460, Warwick and his cousin, Edward, Earl of March, the future Edward IV, won at Northampton, taking Henry VI prisoner. Richard, Duke of York, returned to claim the crown for himself. Margaret and Richard compromised, naming Richard protector and heir apparent to the throne. But Margaret continued to fight for the right of succession for her son, winning the battle of Wakefield. In this battle, Richard, Duke of York, was killed. His severed head was crowned with a paper crown. Edmund, the second son of Richard and Cecily, was also caught and killed in that battle. Edward IV In 1461, Cecily and Richard's son, Edward, Earl of March, became King Edward IV. Cecily won the rights to her lands, and continued to support religious houses and the college at Fotheringhay. Cecily was working with her nephew Warwick to find a wife for Edward IV, suitable for his status as the king. They were negotiating with the French king when Edward revealed that he had secretly married the commoner and widow, Elizabeth Woodville , in 1464. Both Cecily Neville and her brother reacted with anger. In 1469, Cecily's nephew, Warwick, and her son, George, changed sides and supported Henry VI after their initial support of Edward. Warwick married his elder daughter, Isabel, to Cecily's son George, Duke of Clarence, and he married his other daughter, Anne Neville , to Henry VI's son, Edward, Prince of Wales (1470). There is some evidence that Cecily herself helped promote the rumor that began


In measurement, which Greek letter is applied to the prefix micro-, equal to 10-6?

Units: Metric Prefixes Using the Dictionary Metric Prefixes To help the SI units apply to a wide range of phenomena, the 19th General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1991 extended the list of metric prefixes so that it reaches from yotta- at 1024 (one septillion) to yocto- at 10-24 (one septillionth). Here are the metric prefixes, with their numerical equivalents stated in the American system for naming large numbers : yotta- (Y-)   Notes: I am often asked about prefixes for other multiples, such as 104, 105, 10-4, and 10-5. The prefix myria- (my-) was formerly used for 104, but it is now considered obsolete and it is not accepted in the SI. To the best of my knowledge, no prefixes were ever accepted generally for 105, 10-4, or 10-5. There is a widespread misconception that prefixes for positive powers of ten are all capitalized, leading to the use of K- for kilo- and D- for deca-. Although this does seem like a useful idea, it is not correct. **The SI Brochure spelling of this prefix is deca-, but the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recommends deka-. National variations in spelling of the prefixes are allowed by the SI . In Italian, for example, hecto- is spelled etto- and kilo- is spelled chilo-. The symbols, however, are the same in all languages, so dam (not dkm) is the symbol for the dekameter and km is the symbol for the Italian chilometro. The prefixes hecto-, deka-, deci-, and centi- are widely used in everyday life but are generally avoided in scientific work. Contrary to the belief of some scientists, however, the SI does allow use of these prefixes. The last letter of a prefix is often omitted if the first letter of the unit name is a vowel, causing the combination to be hard to pronounce otherwise. Thus 100 ares is a hectare and 1 million ohms is a megohm. However, the last letter of the prefix is not omitted if pronunciation is not a problem, as in the case of the milliampere. The letter "l" is sometimes added to prefixes before the erg, so 1 million ergs is a megalerg (sounds odd, but better than "megerg"). Binary prefixes In computing, a custom arose of using the metric prefixes to specify powers of 2. For example, a kilobit is usually 210 = 1024 bits instead of 1000 bits. This practice leads to considerable confusion. In an effort to eliminate this confusion, in 1998 the International Electrotechnical Commission approved new prefixes for the powers of 2. These prefixes are as follows: kibi- Ei- 260 = 1 152 921 504 606 846 976 The Commission's ruling is that the metric prefixes should be used in computing just as they are used in other fields. Thus, 5 gigabytes (GB) should mean exactly 5 000 000 000 bytes, and 5 gibibytes (GiB) should mean exactly 5 368 709 120 bytes. The fate of this innovation is uncertain. So far, very few people are using the IEC binary prefixes. Searches for them on the Internet turn up, for the most part, complaints by people who don't want to use them. Return to the Dictionary Contents page . You are welcome to email the author (rowlett@email.unc.edu) with comments and suggestions. All material in this folder is copyright © 2005 by Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Permission is granted for personal use and for use by individual teachers in conducting their own classes. All other rights reserved. You are welcome to make links to this page, but please do not copy the contents of any page in this folder to another site. The material at this site will be updated from time to time. April 16, 2005


"Who presents ""I've Never Seen Star Wars"" on BBC Radio 4?"

I've Never Seen Star Wars - Radio 4 Chat Show - British Comedy Guide I've Never Seen Star Wars I've Never Seen Star Wars Like this show BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra chat show. 36 episodes (6 series), 2008 - 2015. Stars Marcus Brigstocke . I've Never Seen Star Wars Like this show Trivia I've Never Seen Star Wars Radio series in which Marcus Brigstocke cajoles guests into doing some very everyday things for the first time × Bill Dare I've Never Seen Star Wars is a Radio 4 entertainment series in which Marcus Brigstocke asks his guests to embrace ordinary activities and experiences that they've perhaps always meant to try but haven't had the time, the courage or possibly the inclination. The challenges that the guests have so far included drinking absinthe ( Phill Jupitus ); buying a pornographic magazine from a shop (Tim Brook-Taylor); constructing some flat-pack furniture ( Mark Steel ) and swimming ( Paul Daniels ). In the third series Jon Culshaw had his first salad and listened to Woman's Hour; Sanjeev Baskar read PG Wodehouse and played Subbuteo; Jenny Eclair listened to Charlie Parker and had a bikini wax; Kate Adie watched The Sopranos and tried bingo; John Lloyd did his first stand-up gig and watched The Wire; and Ardal O'Hanlon took herbal remedies and tried out Twitter. The guests for Series 4 included Alan Davies , Kathy Burke , Giles Coren and Frank Skinner . In the series for 2013 , poet Benjamin Zephaniah had never seen a Bond movie or had a cup of builder's tea - so he discusses his first Bond experience over tea and scones. Meera Syal has never been to a football match. Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie had never seen the Olympics Opening Ceremony, despite featuring in it, and she had her first experience of Downton Abbey. Plus Dave Gorman tries going to a strip club and reads his first Dickens. Perhaps most astonishing of all, actor and comedian Les Dennis swallows his first ever piece of cheese.


What is the flavouring of the liqueur Kahlua?

Original - Kahlúa Ops! Something went wrong! Kahlúa Original Originating in Mexico, Kahlúa has become the number one selling coffee liqueur in the world. Since 1936 Kahlua stands for a rich heritage, full of diversity and color; something truly unique. Kahlua Original is the hero ingredient in many cult cocktails and drinks, to name a few: White Russian, Espresso Martini, Mind Eraser. It will turn the average evening into a fun and different social highlight.  TASTING NOTES Its deep brown color is attractive and deep. Kahlúa Original offers enticing scents of bittersweet coffee bean and roasted chest-nut and multilayered flavors of black coffee and sweet butter. KAHLÚA® Liqueur. 20% alc./vol. (21.5% alc./vol., available only in Ohio). © 2010 Imported by The Kahlúa Company, Purchase NY View Nutritional Information


The South Downs Way runs from Winchester to which Sussex town?

South Downs Way Cycling | Southeast.bike Cost To Ride: FOC (Parking costs vary). Overview The South Downs Way stretches for 90 miles between Eastbourne, East Sussex and Winchester, Hampshire, encountering picturesque villages and stunning scenery. The route crosses the South Down National Park and encounters famous south coast landmarks of Birling Gap and The Seven Sisters. The South Downs Way is mainly off-road, and shared by horse riders, walkers and mountain bikers. There are two eastern start points both on the outskirts of Eastbourne. The coastal route from Eastbourne to Alfriston is for walkers only and is 17.5 kilometres. The inland route is the bridleway section and runs from Eastbourne to Alfriston via Jevington. This section is 12 kilometres long. Riding With a trail that's shared by so many interest groups, it's not hard to imagine that the South Downs Way lacks the technical demands found on bike specific routes. The trail is often long and straight - do one hill and you've done them all. The other school of thought is where else can you ride 90 miles nearly all off-road in the South East? And that's exactly what bumps the score up so significantly on this trial. It comes with stunning views too - one side of rolling fields, the other, the English Channel. With a total of nearly 12,000 feet of climbing, 3x Snowdon from sea level, no doubts are left as to why its such a popular route for charity events! The other challenge comes in the form of its exposure to the elements. You are riding a very different trail on a peaceful sunny day and a stormy autumn one. Remember to pack protective clothing! The average completion time of the South Downs Way is 3 days. Getting there Winchester Head for Chesil Street multi-storey car park, Barfield Close, SO23 0HU (Link) . From the garage you want to head up Barfield Close, turn left onto Chesil St, follow Chesil St until you reach the cross road. Here, turn left and follow until road forks. Take right fork (Petersfield Rd) until you reach Fivefields Road. where this road ends, the South Downs Way starts. Phew! Eastbourne Parking on seafront (pay & display). Follow signposts for station, then follow A259 towards East Dean. Official start point is at Eastbourne Downs Golf Club - E Dean Rd, Eastbourne BN20 8ES At peak times (for example Summer weekends or bank holidays) it might be worth parking at Polegate station which is just off the A27 and A22 to the north of the town. Here there is a large car park with frequent trains to Eastbourne.


Which former party leader is MP for North East Fife?

Former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell to step down as MP | Politics | The Guardian Sir Menzies Campbell Former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell to step down as MP Campbell, who first became an MP in 1987, announces he will not contest North East Fife seat in 2015 election Sir Menzies Campbell will step down as MP for North East Fife at the next general election. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Wednesday 9 October 2013 11.52 EDT First published on Wednesday 9 October 2013 11.52 EDT Close This article is 3 years old Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell will step down as an MP at the next election after almost three decades in the House of Commons. Campbell, known as Ming, will not contest North East Fife in 2015, setting up a battle for his party to defend a 9,000-strong majority in the seat against the Conservatives and Labour. The former barrister and athlete entered the house in 1987 and later became leader of the Lib Dems from 2006 to 2007, after Charles Kennedy and before Nick Clegg. Announcing his retirement in 2015, the 72-year-old said: "It's been an enormous privilege to have been an MP for 26 years and to represent such a wonderful constituency as North East Fife. "My wife and I have made many friends and have been supported by constituents of all political persuasions and none. "It is always a regret to begin the process of retiring from the House of Commons but I believe now is the time to start. I have written to Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats , and to Harry Wills, chairman of the North East Fife constituency party." In his letter to Clegg, the Lib Dem leader and deputy prime minister, Campbell said he had "reached the conclusion that now would be the right time to step down and to allow someone else to have the opportunity to serve the people of North East Fife". He added: "Between now and 2015 I will maintain my efforts to be as effective a representative of my constituents and their interests as I can and to the best of my ability support yourself, our party and its interests." Campbell competed in the 1964 Olympic games, holding the UK 100m record at one point. He later became a barrister and won a seat in parliament as a Liberal MP on his fifth attempt in 1987. He served as his party's foreign affairs spokesman before succeeding Kennedy as leader, but he stepped down after less than two years in the job in the midst of poor poll ratings. After serving in six parliaments as an MP, he will be a likely candidate to be offered a Lib Dem peerage in the House of Lords.


Which London borough was granted Royal Borough status marking the Queen's Silver Jubilee?

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee in United Kingdom Home   Calendar   Holidays   United Kingdom   The Queen's Diamond Jubilee The Queen's Diamond Jubilee in United Kingdom Tuesday, June 5, 2012, was a bank holiday to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee in the United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth II surrounded by members of her family on a Buckingham Palace balcony in June 2015. Queen Elizabeth II surrounded by members of her family on a Buckingham Palace balcony in June 2015. ©iStockphoto.com/cheekylorns What Do People Do? Moreover, the late May bank holiday was moved to Monday, June 4, 2012, giving people across the UK a four-day long weekend. Many people had a day off work or school to celebrate the bank holiday on June 5, 2012. The celebrations of the Queen’s 60-year reign included: A Diamond Jubilee Medal was commissioned. A UK-wide competition for towns to bid for city status. Royal Borough status was granted to Greenwich, which has a long-standing association with the Windsor family. Buckingham Palace organized many events centered on the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, while the UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) coordinated government-led activities in celebrating this special occasion. Public Life Government offices, schools, post offices and most businesses are closed on UK bank holidays. Background Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) and 15 other Commonwealth realms. She is the daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Born in 1926 in London, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was named after her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra, and her paternal grandmother, Queen Mary. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria (1819–1901). Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837, is the only other British monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee, in 1897. Wartime Wedding Elizabeth married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten–now Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh–at Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947. The event was simple, as Britain was still recovering from World War II. The Queen came to the throne on February 6, 1952, and her coronation took place on June 2, 1953. She celebrated her Silver Jubilee in 1977 (25 years on the throne) and her Golden Jubilee in 2002 (50 years on the throne). In 2002, she visited 70 cities and towns in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland over 38 days from May to August. People all over the world held street parties, garden parties, and other events to celebrate the Golden Jubilee. The Queen and Prince Philip have four children, with Prince Charles–now the Prince of Wales–as heir apparent to the throne. Symbols British flags, stamps, and coins all represent the Crown in different ways. The most notable symbols of the monarchy in the UK are the Crown Jewels and Regalia, the Honours of Scotland (the Scottish Crown Jewels) and the Principality of Wales. Other symbols include the Great Seal and the monarch’s personal emblems such as the Royal Standard and Coats of Arms. Buildings such as Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse are also seen to represent the monarchy in the UK. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Observances The Queen's Diamond Jubilee was only observed in the year 2012. Weekday


Who has played Jack Worthing and Lord Henry Wotton in films by Oscar Wilde?

Amazon.co.uk:Customer Reviews: The Oscar Wilde BBC Collection : The Importance Of Being Earnest / The Picture Of Dorian Gray / An Ideal Husband / Lady Windermere's Fan (3 Disc Box Set) [DVD] [1969] Format: DVD The first thing to say is that if you are interested in Oscar Wilde's life and work then this collection - spread over three DVDs - represents excellent value for money. What you get are BBC television productions of The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband and Lady Windermere's Fan. You also get a BBC TV adaptation (by John Osborne) of Wilde's novel, The Picture of Dorian Grey. As if this were not enough (for a measly eight quid) they have also thrown in that episode of the BBC documentary series "Reputations" (from 2005) which dealt with Wilde's life, triumphs and savage downfall. This last includes the only recording of what is believed to be Wilde's voice (from 1900) as well as telling interviews with both his own descendants and those of Lord Alfred Douglas' family, which demonstrate what a profound effect the scandal of the Wilde/Douglas relationship has had upon the subsequent generations of both. This well made and thorough documentary should not be underestimated as a valuable and integral part of the package. So what's the bad news? The bad news is that the video to DVD transfer of the plays has been handled with what appears to be precious little in the way of either care or attention. This means that the picture quality is mediocre (at best) and poor where it most needs to be sharp - on The Importance of Being Earnest. I have seen BBC productions, on DVD, of both this vintage and earlier which have had a much better picture quality than you get in this package. And so it loses a star for that. The productions themselves (from the 1970s and 80s) are in the straightforward, old-school BBC style. Completely studio-bound, with sets, they (almost) look and feel like filmed plays. And that, one suspects, is the intention. There is some sleight of hand involved in this which the technically minded will understand. Television productions of this sort are not, in any strict sense of the term, "filmed plays". But what the BBC gives you is, I think, a happy compromise between the theatrical experience (and let us not forget that the plays were written for the theatre) and the televisual. Of the productions themselves (and in spite of the poor picture quality, which infuriated me) I have a soft spot for The Importance of Being Earnest. I saw this version when the BBC first broadcast it in 1986, and it made quite an impression upon me. I enjoyed its pace, its humour and its cleverness. I think it is generally well cast (especially Paul McGann as Jack Worthing and Joan Plowright as Lady Bracknell), well played and well directed. Because the picture quality is good (by the standards of this collection) and because it is likewise well played and directed, I think that An Ideal Husband probably comes out best overall. It's got a very good cast which includes Jeremy Brett, Keith Michell, Margaret Leighton, Dinah Sheridan and Susan Hampshire. You cannot really argue with that. Plus the play, too, is one of Wilde's best. The Picture of Dorian Grey, I am sad to say, doesn't really work. I think the fact that it was a novel, and not a play, tells against it - by which I mean that, unlike the plays, it was never written to be performed. It may also be that, here, it has received a somewhat unsympathetic adaptation by John Osborne and somewhat unimaginative direction. Wilde's wit seems laboured, the piece too wordy for the wisdom it delivers and Peter Firth (as Dorian Grey) never quite seems to either get inside the role or find the right level at which to pitch it. Two good actors, Jeremy Brett (again) and Sir John Gielgud are somewhat wasted in what comes across as being a rather wooden victorian melodrama. The philosophical and artistic ideas which the piece contains are alluded to but never fully explored nor brought to any kind of fruition. Best stick with the book, then. Lady Windermere's Fan - like the curate's


Malawi is bordered by Zambia, Mozambique, and which other country?

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