In Japanese cooking, what kind of food is Nori?

About Japanese Food: Seaweed About Japanese Food Highly nutritious seaweed You can sample a variety of seaweed when you visit a Matsuri restaurant in soups, salads, and sometimes as hors d'oeuvres. Matsuri St James's Seaweed Due to the geographical nature of Japan, with 73% of its land being mountainous and 1% of its territory consisting of water, seaweed is a very important part of the Japanese diet. Together with being high in vitamins and minerals such as Vitamin C, Calcium and Iron, it is abundant and inexpensive. Furthermore, as a result of the nature of the sea surrounding the Japanese archipelago, there is a wide variety of seaweed available, as seaweed (other than nori ) flourishes in water where there are rapidly flowing currents. The continuous flow of water ensures that the water is clean and results in tasty seaweed full of vitamins and minerals. Did you know? There are seasons for seaweed. The majority of seaweed is ready to harvest in the spring but konbu is ready to harvest in the winter and only grows in cooler waters, such as around Hokkaido. In fact, the tastiest konbu comes from the coldest areas. Seaweed is good for balancing your diet as it is an alkaline food and the majority of other foods are acidic. Therefore, it can help to decrease problems which arise from a high level of acidity such as heartburn. The longest growing seaweed is Naga Konbu which is grown in Hidaka, a region in Hokkaido, and can grow in excess of 20 metres. The Range of Seaweeds and How They Are Eaten: Hijiki A black seaweed which is bought dried and needs to be reconstituted in plenty of water for about an hour and washed thoroughly before use. It develops a stronger flavour being cooked in oil and is served stir-fried and boiled with carrots, and either abura-age or chicken, and seasoned with soya sauce. Alternatively, it can be mixed with mashed up tofu and other ingredients such as carrot and shiitake mushrooms, and steamed in a pocket of abura-age. Kanten Also known as agar agar, this seaweed is tasteless and is not eaten in its own right. Instead, it is boiled and its extract is used as a gelling agent. Kanten is rich in fiber but has zero calories and is believed to help lower cholesterol and blood pressure. Konbu Sold in dry strips which have a white covering; this is the Umami (the essence of the flavour, “savoury”). This seaweed is reconstituted by being soaked, or heated in water (it should not be boiled). A strong tasting seaweed which is used to make dashi, the standard Japanese soup stock, together with bonito flakes. The two flavours of konbu and bonito complement one another to produce a much rounder flavour than they have individually. In the same way, there is a tradition of using konbu to wrap around fish in order to impart its flavour on the fish. This is called, “Kobujime”. The best tasting konbu is Rishiri Konbu named after the area it is grown in Hokkaido, Rishiri-tou. The second best is Hidaka Konbu from Hidaka, Hokkaido. The majority of konbu grows in Hokkaido at a length of between 60cm and 2m. Konbu is a difficult food to digest and must therefore be cooked for a long period of time in order for you to be able to eat it. Rather than being eaten in its own right, it is valued for its depth of flavour in soups and Japanese stews (nabe). The shavings of konbu, called “Tororu Konbu” are used to flavour tsuyu (a dipping sauce) or around rice balls (onigiri). They can sometimes be used to replace nori seaweed when making sushi. It is also eaten as tsukudani, a dish where the konbu is boiled for three hours in soya sauce, mirin and dashi. Furthermore, konbu can be cut up into small strips (after cooking) and pickled with vegetables. Mozuku A dark brown seaweed eaten with rice vinegar as a starter or palate refresher. Mozuku is harvested in the spring and 90% of the mozuku eaten in Japan is produced in the southernmost islands of Okinawa. Research is currently being undertaken into its anti-cancer properties. Nori Also known as “Laver” and used to make Welsh Laver Bread. This seaweed only grows in sheltered


Which book of the Bible recounts Paul's missionary travels?

People of the Bible: Paul A        Christian missionary who once persecuted        the church. Area of Paul's missionary travels Early      Life.  Paul was a missionary apostle mainly to Gentiles.      His journeys, sufferings, words and works are      described in the Acts      of the Apostles and in letters which he wrote to the churches at Rome, Corinth,      and other places. His Hebrew name was Saul,      but he is better known to us as Paul. He was      a Pharisee, strictly trained in the law and      Jewish traditions, and a Roman citizen. Paul's      trade was tent-making.  Paul approved of      the stoning of Stephen and Paul himself persecuted      the church.  Ministry.  His conversion occurred on the road to Damascus when a light from heaven flashed about him and      he heard a voice: "Saul, Saul, why do you      persecute me?" Paul was temporarily blinded,      but was healed by a Christian named Ananias.      Thereafter Paul was zealous to proclaim publicly Jesus as the Christ.      People were astonished because Paul had formerly      persecuted the church. The book of Acts recounts      his work on three extended missionary journeys      through Asia Minor and Greece. On these journeys      Paul helped establish Christian congregations      in many cities around the eastern and northern      Mediterranean. Arrest.  He was eventually arrested in Jerusalem on charges      of bringing Greeks into the Temple, then he      was imprisoned in Caesarea for two years.  After he appealed his case to the emperor he      was sent to Rome.  During the voyage he      was shipwrecked but found refuge on Malta.  In Rome he was placed under house arrest for      two years.  His death is not recorded in      the Bible although later traditions say that      he was martyred.


In hich constellation can the star Antares be found?

Scorpius? Here's your constellation | Constellations | EarthSky M6 and M7: Deep-sky gems in Tail of Scorpius The constellation Scorpius. See the bright reddish star at the ‘heart’ of this constellation? This star is very noticeable in the night sky. It’s called Antares. Here's a detailed view of the constellation Scorpius. Notice that very little of the constellation Scorpius goes north of the ecliptic, or sun's path across our sky. Scorpius is the southernmost constellation of the Zodiac. Click here for larger chart The constellation Scorpius. From the Northern Hemisphere, it is highest up in the evening on hot summer nights of July and August. Notice the two stars at the tip of the Scorpion's Tail. They are Shaula and Lesath, also known as The Stinger. How to locate the constellation Scorpius. For evening viewing, July and August are prime-time months for observing this wondrous constellation. In the Northern Hemisphere, we associate the ruby star Antares – or Ant-ares, the Rival of Mars – with the hot summer season. And I personally associate Antares with the blooming of wild cardinal flowers on my favorite hiking trail. As the summer season wanes, Antares’ fading into the southwestern dusk presages the cooler days of autumn. In early July, in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, Scorpius climbs to its highest point in the sky at about 10 p.m. local time (11 p.m. local Daylight Saving Time). Because the stars return to the same place in the sky about one-half earlier with each passing week, look for the celestial Scorpion in mid-July to soar highest up around 9 p.m. local time (10 p.m. local Daylight Time), and by late July around 8 p.m. local time (9 p.m. local Daylight Time). As seen from mid-northern latitudes, such as the central U.S., Scorpius never climbs high in the sky, but rather skitters along the horizon, so you need an unobstructed view southward to see this constellation in its entirety. From northern U.S. states and the most of Canada, the Scorpion’s Tail stays at least partially submerged below the horizon, but its most brilliant star Antares can be seen as far north as southern Alaska. The sun doesn’t spend much time in front of the constellation Scorpius each year. It’s there for about a week, between about November 22 and 29. Read more about the sun in Scorpius from Bob’s Spaces. Bob also created this illustration. Sun’s passage in front of Scorpius. Given Scorpius’ great prominence to the eye, it’s ironic that the sun spends less time in front of the Scorpion than any other constellation of the Zodiac. Each year, the sun shines in the constellation Scorpius for a week, from about November 22 through November 29. If these dates seem to be in conflict with what you read on the horoscope page, remember that astrologers are referring to the sign Scorpio, not the constellation Scorpius. Sun’s entry into each constellation of the Zodiac When the sun reaches a point on the ecliptic that’s 30o to 60o east of the September equinox point, then the sun is said to be in the sign Scorpio – irrespective of which constellation or constellations backdrop the sun at this period of time. The sun passes through the sign Scorpio (not the constellation Scorpius) from about October 23 to November 21, even though the sun is actually in front of the constellations Virgo and then Libra during this same stretch of time. The astrological signs remain fixed relative to the solstice and equinox points. But, in the sky, these seasonal markers slowly but surely shift westward relative to the constellations, or backdrop stars. Some five thousand years ago, for instance, the star Antares marked the Northern Hemisphere’s autumnal equinox point. In our day, Antares and the sun have their annual conjunction on or near December 1 – some three weeks before the December 21 solstice. Antares will mark the December solstice point some 1,500 years into the future. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) decreed the boundaries of the 88 official constellations in 1930, and the sun has been destined to spend only a wee


Walvis Bay is the chief port of which African country?

Namibia Namibia Namibia is officially known as the Republic of Namibia Namibia is over 820 000 square kilometers in size Namibia measures 1320 kilometers in length from north to south and 400 kilometers to 1000 kilometers in width excluding the Caprivi Strip from west to east The Caprivi Strip forms a long, narrow stretch of land reaching eastward to the Zambezi River The common border of Zimbabwe and Botswana is the shortest of the world's international frontiers, which is only 45 meters Walvis Bay was annexed to the British Crown in 1878 and in 1884 it became an integral part of the Cape Colony Namibia has a population of about 2.1 million people It is governed by a stable multiparty parliamentary democracy agriculture, herding, tourism and mining of precious stones and metals form the backbone of Namibia's economy Namibia is the second least densely populated country in the world, after Mongolia Introducing Namibia Namibia is a vast and mostly desolate territory that spreads over the southwesters regions of the southern African subcontinent. Bisected by the Tropic of Caprivorn, Namibia is bordered in the west by the 1 500 kilometer Atlantic coastline, in the north by the Kunene and Okavango rivers beyond which are the republics of Angola and Zambia, in the east by Botswana and in the southeast and south by the republic of South Africa. Included within Namibia's straight boundaries is the Caprivi Strip. The Caprivi Strip forms a long, narrow stretch of land reaching eastward to the Zambezi River from Namibia's northeaster region. Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana come together at the small town of Kazungula and the common border of Zimbabwe and Botswana is the shortest of the world's international frontiers, which is only 45 meters. Walvis Bay, which provides a well protected anchorage on a coast not noted for its natural harbours, was annexed to the British Crown in 1878 and in 1884 it became an integral part of the Cape Colony. After lengthy negotiations, Walvis Bay was finally returned to Namibia by South Africa in 1994. It formed a strategic and economically valuable enclave of 1 124 square meters in extent, lying roughly midway between the Gariep / Orange and Kunene rivers. Namibia is over 820 000 square kilometers in size, it measures 1320 kilometers in length from north to south and 400 kilometers to 1000 kilometers in width excluding the Caprivi Strip from west to east. Namibia is sparsely populated; the total of its culturally diverse peoples stands at just 1.5 million some 150000 of whom live in and around Namibia's capital Windhoek. Namibia, which is officially known as the Republic of Namibia, is located in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. Namibia shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana and Zimbabwe to the east, and South Africa to the south and east. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990 following the Namibian War of Independence.   The capital and largest city of Namibia is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations.   The arid regions of Namibia were inhabited since early times by Bushmen, Damara, and Namaqua, and since about the 14th century AD by immigrating Bantu who came with the Bantu expansion. This southern African country became a German Imperial protectorate in 1884 and remained a German colony until the end of World War I. In 1920, the League of Nations mandated the country to South Africa, which imposed their laws and from 1948, their apartheid policy. Namibia has a population of about 2.1 million people and is governed by a stable multiparty parliamentary democracy. Agriculture, herding, tourism and mining of precious stones and metals form the backbone of Namibia's economy. Namibia is the second least densely populated country in the world, after Mongolia. Approximately half the population live below the international poverty line, and the nation has suffered heavily from the effects of HIV/AIDS, w


Which position is currently held by Liam Donaldson?

Sir Liam Donaldson to head NI health service review group - BBC News BBC News Sir Liam Donaldson to head NI health service review group 8 April 2014 Close share panel Image caption Sir Liam Donaldson held the post of chief medical officer for England for 12 years The former chief medical officer of England is to head a group of experts to consider improvements to the way the health service is run in Northern Ireland. Sir Liam Donaldson will examine whether it supports a culture of openness, learning and making amends. His appointment follows months of allegations of inadequate care in the Belfast and Northern health trusts. It is hoped Sir Liam will report back by the end of the year. The announcement was made in the assembly on Tuesday by Health Minister Edwin Poots. He said he wanted to see "if a step-change improvement in the quality of governance arrangements across the HSC (health and social care) is needed". The expert group will focus on the effectiveness of arrangements within the HSC trusts, Health and Social Care Board and the Public Health Agency. The appointment was announced as the regulator, the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA), published its major report into the emergency department at the Royal Victoria Hospital. The review was ordered after a major incident was declared at the RVH's A&E department in January. At one stage during the incident 42 people were waiting on trolleys, and staff described the situation as "horrendous". Staffing issues An investigation is also under way into six deaths at the hospital's emergency department in which delays in treating the patients may have been a contributory factor in their deaths. Image caption Edwin Poots listed specific actions to be taken to address problems at the Northern and Belfast trusts The regulator has produced an in-depth review of the RVH emergency area highlighting significant staffing issues, including vacancies and trolley waits, all of which it concludes, is impacting on patient safety. A staff survey is also published with quotes from staff saying they were afraid to work in triage overnight and another saying they felt like running away because of the intense pressure. While the Belfast Health Trust has begun to implement the RQIA's 59 recommendations, it accepts further work is required. 'Diagnostic timescales' Mr Poots listed specific actions to be taken to address problems at the Northern and Belfast trusts. He said an improvement plan to be adopted by the Belfast Trust would improve the situation for accident and emergency patients at the Royal Victoria Hospital, but there could be no guarantee that the accepted "diagnostic timescales" would be met at all times. "This is due to the inability to fill medical posts," the minister said. The deaths of five babies are among 11 under investigation at the Northern Health Trust. Last month, Mr Poots told the assembly that he had been made aware of 20 cases in which the trust's response was said to be below standard. The patients were seen in the emergency, obstetrics, gynaecology or X ray departments. The trust is also completing a review of about 35,000 X rays taken at the Causeway Hospital, Coleraine, County Londonderry, between 2011 and 2012. Nine patients have been recalled. That review has now been extended across the entire health trust, involving 48,000 X rays. Sir Liam is currently the World Health Organisation's envoy for patient safety and chairman of the independent monitoring for the polio eradication programme. In the UK, he is currently chair of health policy at Imperial College, London, and chancellor of Newcastle University.


Which British group was formed in the late 1980's by ex-members of The Housemartins, Paul Heaton and David Hemingway?

Paul Heaton - Music on Google Play Paul Heaton About the artist Paul David Heaton is an English singer-songwriter. Heaton was a member of The Housemartins, who had success with the singles "Happy Hour" and the number-one "Caravan of Love" in 1986 before disbanding in 1988. He then formed The Beautiful South, whose debut single and album was released in 1989 to commercial success and continued with a series of hits throughout the 1990s, including the number-one single "A Little Time". They disbanded in 2007. He subsequently pursued a solo career, which produced three albums, and in 2014 he released What Have We Become?, a well-received collaboration with former Beautiful South vocalist Jacqui Abbott. In 2015 he released another album with her, Wisdom, Laughter and Lines. The British newspaper The Guardian has described Heaton as "one of our finest songwriters: his music reveals an exuberant ear for melody, his lyrics a keen eye and a brilliant wit". AllMusic said: "The warm, mellifluous voice of Paul Heaton often masks the jagged satirical content of his lyrics." 1 $9.49 Wisdom, Laughter and Lines is the second album by Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott. The album peaked at no. 4 in the UK Official Album Chart. Heaton and Abbott were both previously members of the pop ... 1 1 $11.49 Wisdom, Laughter and Lines is the second album by Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott. The album peaked at no. 4 in the UK Official Album Chart. Heaton and Abbott were both previously members of the pop ... 1 1 $5.99 The Cross Eyed Rambler is a 2008 album by Paul Heaton. It was his first album since the breakup of The Beautiful South in 2007 and his second solo album after 2001's Fat Chance. The album contains ... 1 Beautiful South 0 The Beautiful South was an English pop/rock group formed in 1988 by two former members of the Hull group the Housemartins—Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway—both of whom performed lead and backing voca... 0 Jacqui Abbott 0 Jacqueline "Jacqui" Abbott is a British singer who was the lead vocalist with the band The Beautiful South after 1994, following the departure of Briana Corrigan. With Abbott, the band released sev... 0 The Housemartins 0 The Housemartins were an English alternative rock band formed in Hull who were active in the 1980s. Many of the Housemartins' lyrics were a mixture of Marxist politics and Christianity, reflecting ... 0 Deacon Blue 0 Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop rock band formed in Glasgow during 1985. The line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougi... 0 Kirsty MacColl 0 Kirsty Anna MacColl was an English singer and songwriter. She recorded several pop hits between the early 1980s and the 1990s, including "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" a... 0 Hue And Cry 0 Hue and Cry first made their mark in the late eighties with the hugely successful albums ‘Seduced and Abandoned’ and ‘Remote’, spawning smash hit singles such as ‘Labour of Love’, ‘Violently’, and ... 0 The Lightning Seeds 0 The Lightning Seeds are an English alternative rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1989 by Ian Broudie, formerly of the band Big in Japan. Originally a studio-based solo project for Broudie... 0 Homespun 0 Homespun was an English pop/folk band formed in 2003 by Dave Rotheray, ex-songwriter and musician from the 15 million record selling band The Beautiful South. Homespun was originally a side project... 0 Cerys Matthews 0 Cerys Elizabeth Matthews, MBE is a Welsh singer, songwriter, author, and broadcaster. She was a founding member of Welsh rock band Catatonia and a leading figure in the "Cool Cymru" movement of the... 0 My Life Story 0 My Life Story are a British indie pop group who peaked in the mid to late 1990s, when they were regarded as part of the Britpop movement. Fronted by singer/songwriter Jake Shillingford, the group w... 0 The Proclaimers 0 The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid. They are best known for the songs "I'm Gonna Be", "Sunshine on Leith", "I'm On My Way


"In Gustav Holst's work ""The Planets Suite"" which planet is termed ""The Mystic""?"

Gustav Holst - The Planets: Suite for large orchestra (1916) - Music Sales Classical The Planets: Suite for large orchestra (1916) Work Notes 1) Mars, the Bringer of War 2) Venus, the Bringer of Peace 3) Mercury, the Winged Messenger 4) Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity 5) Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age 6) Uranus, the Magician7) Neptune, the Mystic Publisher I Holst / C Matthews (1979) Duration 2 Piano Arrangement / Organ Arrangement (3 movements only) Availability Gustav Holst The Planets: Suite for large orchestra (1916) Gustav Holst: The Planets The Planets, composed between 1914 and 1916, is a suite of seven movements. Holst's starting point for the music was the astrological character of each planet, though his interest in astrology went no deeper than its musical suggestiveness. His daughter wrote that once the underlying idea had been formulated 'he let the music have its way with him'. There was, therefore, no programme for the suite, and the composer himself pointed out that it has no connection with the deities of classical mythology. The many clues to the meaning of the music are the subjects of the individual movements. MARS, the bringer of war. Three musical ideas are used to create this martial piece: (1) a brutally rhythmic figure of five beats relentlessly hammered out, (2) a principal theme in triads moving by chromatic steps with no true harmonic purpose; (3) a second theme consisting of a tattoo in the tenor tuba answered by a flourish of trumpets. There is no glory, no heroism, no tragedy in this music. It is entirely inhuman. Not even death is in it, for Mars is as insensitive to death as to life. War is a senseless, mechanised horror is Holst's real subject here. VENUS, the bringer of peace. She is announced by four ascending notes in the solo horn and a sequence of converging chords in the flutes and oboes. Most of her music lies, symbolically, in the middle and upper registers of the instruments; and harps, celestes, and glockenspiel further characterise her heavenly nature. In addition there are beautiful melodies for her in the solo violin and oboe. Though this is music of surpassing serenity it is not simple in harmony, texture or orchestral sonority. One cannot help but observe how fitting it is that the state of peace be described in complex terms, in contrast to the complicity of the depiction of war. MERCURY, the winged messenger. This is the quickest and, in duration, the shortest movement of the suite. Aside from its speed, however, its particular quality comes from the opposition of two simultaneous keys and two simultaneous rhythms. The two keys, which are sounded in the very first bar, are B-flat and E (which, being separated from one another by the interval of the tritone, have no note in common). The two rhythms arise out of different groupings of six beats, the first being ONE-two-three-FOUR-five-six, the second being ONE-two-THREE-four-FIVE-six. This opposition of contrasting patterns is one of Holst's principal characteristics, and other examples of it can be found not only in The Planets but abundantly throughout his works. JUPITER, the bringer of jollity. The exuberance of this movement shows itself not only in its tempo and rhythm but also in the multiplicity of subjects. You can count four, five or six of them, depending on whether you divide the first two into their component parts - they do behave like independent themes. Jupiter might well be designated as 'the English movement' because it shows how profoundly Holst was influenced by the folk music of his country. Certainly this is rustic English, music for a fair; there are crowds of people in it and infinite good spirits. The grand tune that ends the parade of themes has become the setting for a patriotic hymn with the words 'I vow to thee my country'. SATURN, the bringer of old age. Unlike the previous movements, which are static in the sense that each depicts various aspects of a single trait, this one moves through a series of 'events' that bring the music to conclusions not envisioned at the beg


Millport, home to the smallest cathedral in the British Isles, is the main community on which island, in the Firth of Clyde?

Millport Millport Bromide © panoramio Millport (Scottish Gaelic: Port a' Mhuilinn) is the only town on the island of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of North Ayrshire. The town is four miles south from the Largs-based Caledonian MacBrayne ferry slipway. Tourism is an important aspect of the economy. Due to its small size, the island and its town are often linked in the minds of visitors and residents. Millport has the smallest extant cathedral in the British Isles. History The Garrison House in the centre of town, constructed in 1745, was formerly the barracks/Captain's mansion, then the home of the Earl of Glasgow, and is now in community ownership (see "Current Developments" below). During the development of the River Clyde as a main thoroughfare for goods, shipbuilding and smuggling, Millport was a strategic base for Customs and Excise. Several of the streets in Millport are named after crew members of the Revenue cutter Royal George. The Victorian era was a period of rapid growth, both in terms of population, governance, amenities and property. To the west and east of the old harbour, many fine Victorian and Edwardian villas were built, along with new tenements. These still form the backbone of the housing stock. The Cathedral of the Isles of the Scottish Episcopal Church, completed in 1851 and which seats only 100 people, is the smallest cathedral in Great Britain. There are also claims that it is the smallest cathedral in Europe. Current developments The Garrison House was badly damaged after an arson attack in 2001. Cumbrae Community Development Company, the local development trust, made a successful bid to the National Lottery and other funders to enable the building to be re-constructed for community benefit. After several years of work renovation of the property, including a partly glass roof, was completed in 2008 at a total cost of £5 million. It now houses the Museum of the Cumbraes, a library, council offices, a GP surgery and the Garrison Cafe. The Garrison Model Rail Club, located in cabins on the grounds at Garrison House, welcomes visits to its model railway layouts each week. Currently a large development of around 40 family sized homes is underway between the bowling green and Penmachrie Farm. It is notable that the houses are being built primarily by private individuals - with the land having been sold off in the form of single plots. Retail facilities For a town of its size, Millport is very well served by shops. Amongst the shops available are newsagents, grocers, craft and gift shops, clothes shops, electrical and hardware stores. There is a small fuel station in the town. There are three cycle hire shops, with several hundred bicycles between them. There are Indian and Chinese restaurants, two chip shops and several other restaurants making eating out easy to come by. Tourism Millport, along with Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, is famous with generations of daytrippers from Glasgow as one of the resorts visited going "doon the watter" (down the water), meaning taking a trip aboard a River Clyde paddle steamer. At one time it was common for visitors to stay for several weeks over the summer, however nowadays the primary tourist trade comes in the form of daytrippers. This is mostly due to the growth of package holidays to Spain and the Balearics in the 1960s. It is still possible to experience a traditional day out courtesy of which calls at Millport twice a week during the summer, once originating at Ayr and once at Glasgow. The town has hosted a Country and Western Festival in September for the past 11 years, and a fireworks display is held during September Weekend. Millport has the world's narrowest house, The Wedge which at its front, measures just 47 inches or 1.19 metres. The house is 22 feet long by 11 feet wide at its widest point. Millport Bay contains a number of free-to-use visitor moorings, and is a popular destination for sailors in the summer. There is a small boat yard at the western end of the town. Recreation Millport has an 18-hole golf course, with spectacula


Russell Harty was an English teacher and Richard Whiteley his pupil at which public school?

Family Announcements, Russell Harty - Funeral Directors and services - Family Announcements Announcements Originally printed on June 8, 1988 in the Family Announcements. Viewed by 2888 Visitors. Few television personalities were as ever-present on British television screens in the 1970s and ’80s as Russell Harty who died on 8 June, 1988, aged 53. During a broadcasting career cut tragically short, Mr Harty interviewed celebrities from all walks of public life and his relaxed and neighbourly style elicited some infamous responses. Pop diva Grace Jones slapped him for turning to another guest and Boy George famously confessed to preferring a nice cup of tea to sex. Mr Harty’sdistinctive delivery and flat, Northern vowels made him a target for impressionistswho often picked up onhis trademarkphrase – “you are, are you not?”.Frederic Russell Harty was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, on 5 September, 1934 – his family were hard-working and successful greengrocers. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Blackburn before going to Exeter College, Oxford, where he read English – one of his contemporaries at Oxford was playwright, Alan Bennett, who became a lifelong friend. After graduating he worked as an English and drama teacher at Giggleswick School in North Yorkshire where one of his pupils was Richard Whiteley who later became the hugely successful presenter of the quiz show Countdown. In 1967 he became a producer with the BBC Third programme making arts and books programmes. In 1969 he moved to London Weekend Television where he presented the Saturday night arts series Aquarius with some success – his bizarre interview with Salvador Dali is widely regarded as a television classic. In 1972 he was given his own series, Russell Harty Plus, on ITV during which he conducted in-depth celebrity interviews – he won a Pye award for the outstanding new personality of the year. The series continued until 1981 and Mr Harty moved to the BBC in 1983 where he hosted an early evening talk show which ran until 1985. He began making Russell Harty’s Grand Tour for the BBC in 1987 and at the same time was presenting Start the Week on BBC radio and writing a weekly column for The Sunday Times. Mr Harty never hid his homosexuality and had been in a stable and happy relationship with novelist Jamie O’Neill since 1982. His heavyworkload left him exhausted when hepatitis struck. Mr Harty was adored by the public and by his wide circle of loyal friends who cherished his outrageous and self-deprecatory humour. As his friend Alan Bates said: “One laughed more helplessly with him than anyone else I know.” Share your memories


Tavel and Hermitage wines are produced in which French wine growing area?

French wines and wine regions of France South-west Alsace Situated on the lower eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains, in the Rhine valley between Strasbourg and Mulhouse, the Alsace vineyard is rather different from any other French wine growing area. Like the region of Alsace itself, the wine culture here is steeped in a Germanic tradition, producing mostly dry or fruity white wines, the most popular being Riesling, Sylvaner and the very fruity Gewurztraminer. The rules of Appellation contrôlée - and more recently of Appellation Protégée (AOP) are not applied in the same way in Alsace as in the rest of France. In Alsace, wines are produced under a simple "Alsace" appellation, after which the next most important element to be indicated, and the most visible word on the label, is the grape variety or "cépage", Sylvaner, Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Edelzwicker, Pinot or a few others. Smaller areas do not have their own appellations, though with many Alsace wines, the name of the village or vineyard from which it comes will also be indicated. See also Vendanges tardives. Lorraine, also in north east France, produces mostly Vin de pays white wines, in the Meuse and the Moselle. Price list outside a top-class wine merchant in the Bordeaux region.  Note the price of a bottle of Petrus 1982.... at 6720 €. Not for ordinary mortals. Bordeaux  Wine, and wine growing region. With Burgundy and Champagne, the Bordeaux region of Aquitaine is one of the three most famous French wine-producing regions. Historically, its fame is at least in part due to the fact that of these three big grape-growing areas, the Bordeaux vineyard is the only one with immediate access to the sea, an advantage that has enabled it to be France's major wine exporting region for many centuries. In 1152, when queen Eleanor of Aquitaine married the English king Henry II, the Aquitaine region became economically integrated into the Anglo-Norman world, the Bordeaux region becoming the main supplier of wine for England. This historic wine exporting tradition helped Bordeaux to develop far stronger commercial links in the ensuing centuries, firmly establishing Bordeaux wines, often referred to generically in English as "clarets", on the international market. The Bordeaux vineyard is centered round the port city of Bordeaux , along the estuary of the Gironde, and the rivers Garonne and Dordogne. It is a large vineyard, and the geo-specific appellation "Bordeaux" covers an area stretching some 100 km both north-south and east-west.  While the appellation contrôlée covers wines of medium quality from all over this region, many if not most of the top quality clarets grown in the overall area benefit from more specific and distinctive area appellations, such as Médoc , Graves or Saint Emilion, and even more local appellations such as Pauillac, Graves and Saint-Estèphe. Unlike other French wine-growing areas, the Bordeaux area operates classifications of many of its top wines, notably those from the Médoc and Saint Emilion vineyards. The best estates in these areas have the right to sell wines designated as grand cru. Below the grand crus come other high quality wines designated as cru bourgeois. Tip: 2009 is said to be an exceptionally good vintage year. Médoc Among the Bordeaux vineyards, Médoc deserves a special mention. The Médoc, an area south of the Gironde estuary to the north west of Bordeaux, is the home of many of the most prestigious French wines.  Among the famous appellations produced in this area are Saint Estèphe, Margaux, Saint Julien and Pauillac. It was in 1855 that the wine producers of the Medoc region classified their 61 best wines according to a league table of "grands crus", ranking from "Premier Cru" to "Cinquième Cru". These grands crus are generally reputed to be the greatest of all French wines, and naturally their prices generally reflect this status. Obviously, if you buy an estate bottled wine from a chateau with grand cru status, (and of course they are all estate bottled), you can be pretty sure of getting a top quality wine. But take care! E


In which western town, in South Dakota, did Jack McCall shoot and kill Wild Bill Hickok in 1876?

Wild Bill Hickok is murdered - Aug 02, 1876 - HISTORY.com Wild Bill Hickok is murdered Share this: Wild Bill Hickok is murdered Author Wild Bill Hickok is murdered URL Publisher A+E Networks “Wild Bill” Hickok, one of the greatest gunfighters of the American West, is murdered in Deadwood, South Dakota. Born in Illinois in 1837, James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok first gained notoriety as a gunfighter in 1861 when he coolly shot three men who were trying to kill him. A highly sensationalized account of the gunfight appeared six years later in the popular periodical Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, sparking Hickok’s rise to national fame. Other articles and books followed, and though his prowess was often exaggerated, Hickok did earn his reputation with a string of impressive gunfights. After accidentally killing his deputy during an 1871 shootout in Abilene, Texas, Hickok never fought another gun battle. For the next several years he lived off his famous reputation, appearing as himself in Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show. Occasionally, he worked as guide for wealthy hunters. His renowned eyesight began to fail, and for a time he was reduced to wandering the West trying to make a living as a gambler. Several times he was arrested for vagrancy. In the spring of 1876, Hickok arrived in the Black Hills mining town of Deadwood, South Dakota. There he became a regular at the poker tables of the No. 10 Saloon, eking out a meager existence as a card player. On this day in 1876, Hickok was playing cards with his back to the saloon door. At 4:15 in the afternoon, a young gunslinger named Jack McCall walked into the saloon, approached Hickok from behind, and shot him in the back of the head. Hickok died immediately. McCall tried to shoot others in the crowd, but amazingly, all of the remaining cartridges in his pistol were duds. McCall was later tried, convicted, and hanged. Hickok was only 39 years old when he died. The most famous gunfighter in the history of the West died with his Smith & Wesson revolver in his holster, never having seen his murderer. According to legend, Hickok held a pair of black aces and black eights when he died, a combination that has since been known as the Dead Man’s Hand. Related Videos


As what is an anti-pruritic drug used to act against?

Anti-Itch Drugs | definition of Anti-Itch Drugs by Medical dictionary Anti-Itch Drugs | definition of Anti-Itch Drugs by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Anti-Itch+Drugs Anti-itch drugs are medicines taken by mouth or by injection to relieve itching . Purpose The medicine described here, hydroxyzine, is a type of antihistamine used to relieve itching caused by allergic reactions. An allergic reaction occurs when the body is unusually sensitive to some substance, such as pollen, dust, mold, or certain foods or medicine. The body reacts by releasing a chemical called histamine that causes itching and other symptoms, such as sneezing and watery eyes. Antihistamines reduce the symptoms by blocking the effects of histamine. Hydroxyzine is also prescribed for anxiety and to help people relax before or after having general anesthesia. Description Anti-itch drugs, also called antipruritic drugs, are available only with a physician's prescription and come in tablet and injectable forms. Some commonly used brands of the anti-itch drug hydroxyzine are Atarax and Vistaril. Recommended dosage When prescribed for itching, the usual dosage for adults is 25 mg, three to four times a day. For children over six years of age, the usual dosage 50-100 mg per day, divided into several small doses. The usual dosage for children under six years of age is 50 mg per day, divided into several small doses. The dosage may be different for different people. Check with the physician who prescribed the drug or the pharmacist who filled the prescription for the correct dosage, and take the medicine exactly as directed. Precautions This medicine should not be used for more than four months at a time because its effects can wear off. See a physician regularly while taking the medicine to determine whether it is still needed. Hydroxyzine may add to the effects of alcohol and other drugs that slow down the central nervous system, such as other antihistamines, cold medicine, allergy medicine, sleep aids, medicine for seizures, tranquilizers, some pain relievers, and muscle relaxants . Anyone taking hydroxyzine should not drink alcohol and should check with his or her physician before taking any of the above. Some people feel drowsy or less alert when using this medicine. Anyone who takes it should not drive, use machines, or do anything else that might be dangerous until they have found out how the drugs affect them. Anyone who has had unusual reactions to hydroxyzine in the past should let his or her physician know before taking the medicine again. The physician should also be told about any allergies to foods, dyes, preservatives, or other substances. Key terms Anesthesia — Treatment with medicine that causes a loss of feeling, especially pain. Local anesthesia numbs only part of the body; general anesthesia causes loss of consciousness. Antihistamine — Medicine that prevents or relieves allergy symptoms. A woman who is pregnant or who may become pregnant should check with her physician before taking this medicine. In studies of laboratory animals, hydroxyzine has caused birth defects when taken during pregnancy . Although the drug's effects on pregnant women have not been fully studied, physicians advise against taking it in early pregnancy. BREASTFEEDING. Women who are breastfeeding should also check with their physicians before using hydroxyzine. The medicine may pass into breast milk and may cause problems in nursing babies whose mothers take it. Side effects The most common side effect, drowsiness, usually goes away as the body adjusts to the drug. If it does not, reducing the dosage may be necessary. Other side effects, such as dry mouth , also may occur and do not need medical attention unless they continue. More serious side effects are not common, but may occur. If any of the following side effects occur, check with the physician who prescribed the medicine as soon as possible: Convulsions (seizures). Interactions Hydroxyzine may interact with other medicines. When this happens, the effects of one or both of the d


In 2009, who became only the second woman to train a Grand National winning horse?

Grand National: Pinstickers' guide to Aintree runners & riders - BBC Sport BBC Sport Grand National: Pinstickers' guide to Aintree runners & riders By Frank Keogh From the section Horse Racing Share this page Crabbie's Grand National 2016 Venue: Aintree Date: Saturday, 9 April, 17:15 BST BBC coverage: Commentary and updates on Radio 5 live; live text commentary, pinstickers' guide, sweepstake kit on BBC Sport website BBC Sport's Frank Keogh's verdict: "It's a big ask to follow Red Rum by winning back-to-back Grand Nationals, but Many Clouds fits the bill. Holywell is quirky but talented, while Goonyella should be staying on at the finish." 1 Many Clouds, 2 Holywell, 3 Saint Are, 4 Morning Assembly, 5 Goonyella (Racecard number, horse, trainer, jockey, recent form, age, weight carried ie 11st 10lb is top weight) 1 MANY CLOUDS Trainer: Oliver Sherwood Jockey: Leighton Aspell Form: 1-6221 Age: 9 Weight: 11-10 Last year's winner attempting to become the first back-to-back victor since the legendary Red Rum in the 1970s. Jockey, who also won on Pineau De Re in 2014, seeking to make history with third consecutive victory. Enjoyed clearer preparation this time and looked impressive on Kelso warm-up. Potentially improving, classy, and could prove a tough nut to crack. Rating: 9/10 Odds: 8-1 Trainer: Paul Nicholls Jockey: Noel Fehily Form: 1-22P1 Age: 10 Weight: 11-08 Main contender for champion trainer. Seven Grade One wins at top level, including two in mid-season showpiece King George VI Chase, though failed to make the frame in three Cheltenham Gold Cup runs. Two from two in another big race over other fences at Aintree and scored a 20-length success in latest run, at Ascot in February. Bags of talent, has to answer question of whether stamina is there for gruelling trip of nearly four and a half miles. Rating: 8/10 Odds: 12-1 Trainer: Mouse Morris IRE Jockey: Bryan Cooper Form: 8432P Age: 11 Weight: 11-04 Consistent performer at the top level for several years, including a win and two second places at the Cheltenham Festival. Enjoys good ground, though toiled when finishing a distant 16th last year. Veteran trainer, whose son Tiffer died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Argentina last year, one of the best around and scored emotional Irish Grand National success with Rogue Angel on Easter Monday. Rating: 7/10 Odds: 33-1 Trainer: Paul Nicholls Jockey: Sam Twiston-Davies Form: 783P-2 Age: 8 Weight: 11-03 Has never fallen despite making the odd blunder and was runner-up at Cheltenham on last outing in December. Trainer Paul Nicholls won the race, by the shortest distance of a nose, with Neptune Collonges in 2012. Victory this time could help him seal a 10th trainers' championship, in the face of opposition from Ireland's Willie Mullins, but Silviniaco Conti is rated the stable's leading contender. Rating: 6/10 Odds: 50-1 Trainer: David Pipe Jockey: Tom Scudamore Form: 535PP7 Age: 10 Weight: 11-02 Boasts some decent form including a narrow defeat by Silviniaco Conti in the Betfred Bowl at Aintree a year ago. Pipe family love the National - trainer won the race eight years ago with Comply Or Die and his father Martin famously triumphed 14 years earlier with Miinnehoma, owned by comic Freddie Starr. One of the more likely long shots to run well at a big price, and the choice of stable jockey. Rating: 6/10 Odds: 66-1 Trainer: Rebecca Curtis Jockey: Brian Hughes Form: P1P87 Age: 9 Weight: 11-01 Travelled well for a long way in last month's Cheltenham Gold Cup, then faded to finish seventh. Throws in the odd indifferent run, but beat some smart rivals when landing the 2014 RSA Chase at Cheltenham, before 18 months out injured. Welsh trainer looking to join Jenny Pitman, Venetia Williams and Sue Smith as the only women to saddle a Grand National winner. Rating: 7/10 Odds: 33-1 * O'Faolains Boy was found to be lame on Saturday morning and withdrawn from the race. 7 GILGAMBOA Trainer: Enda Bolger IRE Jockey: Robbie Power Form: 1-3455 Age: 8 Weight: 11-01 Part of the contingent for owner JP McManus, whose horses run in the green


"In TV's, ""Coronation Street"", which comic actor played the role of the amorous undertaker, Archie Shuttleworth?"

Coronation Street: Anne Kirkbride overcome with emotion as they film on-screen mother Blanche's funeral | Daily Mail Online Coronation Street: Anne Kirkbride overcome with emotion as they film on-screen mother Blanche's funeral Spoiler alert! comments After years of filming a majority of their scenes together, it's no surprise Anne Kirkbride grew a strong bond with her late Coronation Street co-star Maggie Jones. As Kirkbride filmed scenes of her on-screen mother Blanche Hunt's funeral in Manchester today, she unsurprisingly found it a bit close to home. The 55-year-old actress, who plays Deirdre Barlow, found she needed to take a break from filming as she was overcome with emotion. Overcome: Anne Kirkbride is comforted by a crew member and an actor as she takes a break from filming Blanche's funeral in Coronation Street Sadly missed: Actress Maggie Jones, who played Blanche Hunt Blanche's soap funeral comes nearly four months after the actress who had played her since 1974 died following a short illness. Jones died in a Manchester hospital on December 2 aged 75, but continued to remain on screen until December 11. She dropped out of filming in October after being admitted to hospital, with soap bosses hastily writing a storyline where Blanche flew to Portugal with a friend. In the soap, it is expected Deirdre will soon discover her mother had died in Portugal and the funeral will take place in scenes to be screened on ITV in May. At a memorial service for Jones last month, Kirkbride paid tribute to her on-screen mother: 'I am finding it difficult. I loved Maggie very much and losing her is like losing a parent. 'I loved working with her, she was a dear friend.' The upcoming funeral will see the return of Deirdre's daughter Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford), when she is temporarily released from prison to attend the service in handcuffs. Scrapping: Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) lashes out at Becky McDonald (Katherine Kelly) after seeing her with her daughter Amy Tracy, played by actress Kate Ford, is currently three years into a life sentence for the murder of lover Charlie Stubbs. However after spotting her daughter Amy (Amber Chadwick) being cuddled by her stepmother Becky McDonald (Katherine Kelly), Tracy lashes out - despite still being attached to a prison warden. RELATED ARTICLES Share Tracy lunges at Becky, who is held back by her husband Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson). Having being separated from the six-year-old for several years, Tracy is desperate to see her daughter. The Corrie cast have been filming Blanche's funeral on location in a Manchester church all week. Calm down: Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) holds back his wife after separating her from the mother of his daughter Yesterday, Blanche's son-in-law Ken Barlow (William Roache), step-grandson Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne), Roy Cropper (David Neilson) and Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden) were seen carrying a coffin out of the church. The dramatic scenes are paving the way for Tracy to return to the cobbles later this year. Scriptwriters will have a challenge on their hands bringing Tracy back to Corrie as the judge ruled she must serve a minimum of 15 years with no chance of parole. The funeral also brings back another former Corrie character, undertaker Archie Shuttleworth (Roy Hudd), and introduces the new character of Blanche's friend May, played by Absolutely Fabulous actress June Whitfield. Before the service, the residents of Weatherfield are given the final insult from witty Blanche in her will. Blanche is said to surprise The Kabin newsagent Norris by including him in the will, only to inform him she has cancelled her subscription to Crossword Monthly. She also insults Betty Williams (Betty Driver) by asking that none of 'Betty's terrible hotpots' are served at her funeral. She also warns Ken not to 'bury me on the cheap' when it comes to paying for her funeral. • Blanche's funeral episode will be screened on ITV1 in May.


"Which Dutch Renaissance artist painted ""The Hunters in the Snow"", in 1565?"

Hunters in the Snow (Winter) - Google Arts & Culture Hunters in the Snow (Winter) Pieter Bruegel the Elder1565 Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien In the late 16th century, the Antwerp banker Niclaes Jongelinck owned one of the most important painting collections in the Netherlands. He commissioned Bruegel to create a series of six seasonal paintings , the last of which is shown here. The series also included: Gloomy Day (Early Spring; KHM, GG 1837), Spring (now lost); Hay-Harvest (Early Summer; Nelahozeves Castle, Czech Republic, Lobkowitz Collection); The Harvesters (Late Summer; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art); Return of the Herd (Autumn; KHM, GG 1018). For the composition of this series, Bruegel, who today is regarded as the most progressive landscape painter of the 16th century, followed an older tradition that divided the year, beginning on 1 March, into six unequally long seasons. What all the compositions have in common is the so-called balcony motif, i.e., the depiction of a hill in the foreground from which an overall view of the landscape unfolds. On top of the hill a group of hunters accompanied by a pack of dogs is seen, making their way back to the village below. Their catch is poor: a single fox dangling from the spear the hunter on the left carries on his shoulder. To the hunter’s left, Bruegel added a motif that had been used forquire some time in book illumination for depicting the month of December: the preparations for singeing a pig over an open fire outside a building. The damaged sign hanging above them reveals the name of the inn: “dit is inden Hert”, meaning “To the Deer” – a well-aimed passing shot. Entertaining details, such as the people ice-skating on the frozen lakes, have contributed to the painting’s enormous popularity. However, it does not owe its significance in art history to its details but rather to the overall impression conveyed by the coloration and composition. With virtuosity and consistency Bruegel evokes the impression of cold: white, blue-green and brown are the dominant colours. The precise silhouette of the trees, the frozen mill-wheel at the lower right and the icy surface of the snow revealed by the hunters’ footprints blend together to convey the fundamental characteristics of winter. The scene is an invented, universally formulated landscape: the combination of a chain of Alpine mountains with Flemish architecture renders pointless any search for reality. © Cäcilia Bischoff, Masterpieces of the Picture Gallery. A Brief Guide to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 2010 Read more


Captain Dobbin and Amelia Sedley are characters from which 19th century novel?

Vanity Fair | novel by Thackeray | Britannica.com novel by Thackeray Moby Dick Vanity Fair, novel of early 19th-century English society by William Makepeace Thackeray , published serially in monthly installments from 1847 to 1848 and in book form in 1848. Thackeray’s previous writings had been published either unsigned or under pseudonyms; Vanity Fair was the first work he published under his own name. The novel takes its title from the place designated as the centre of human corruption in John Bunyan ’s 17th-century allegory Pilgrim’s Progress . The book is a densely populated multilayered panorama of manners and human frailties; subtitled A Novel Without a Hero, Vanity Fair metaphorically represents the human condition. Becky Sharp receives a proposal of marriage from Sir Pitt Crawley, illustration by William … Hulton Archive/Getty Images The novel deals mainly with the interwoven fortunes of two women, the wellborn, passive Amelia Sedley and the ambitious, essentially amoral Becky Sharp , the latter perhaps the most memorable character Thackeray created. The adventuress Becky is the novel’s central character and the person around whom all the actors revolve. Amelia marries George Osborne , but George, just before he is killed at the Battle of Waterloo , is ready to desert his young wife for Becky, who has fought her way up through society to marriage with Rawdon Crawley, a young officer from an aristocratic family. Crawley, disillusioned, finally leaves Becky, and in the end virtue apparently triumphs when Amelia marries her lifelong admirer, Captain William Dobbin, and Becky settles down to genteel living and charitable works. The rich movement and colour of this panorama of early 19th-century society make Vanity Fair Thackeray’s greatest achievement; the narrative skill, subtle characterization, and descriptive power make it one of the outstanding novels of its period. The novel inspired a number of film and television adaptations , including a Hindi version, Bahurupi Bazar (1932). Indian film director Mira Nair directed another version in 2004. Learn More in these related articles:


England's highest sea cliff, Great Hangman, is in which county?

Devon digital guide by Britain Magazine by The Chelsea Magazine Company - issuu issuu Countryside, coastline and cream teas DIGITAL GUIDE www.britain-magazine.com www.britain-magazine.com The 630-mile South West Coast Path gives stunning views of the North Devon coastline, parts of which are under the care of the National Trust: Great Hangman (England's highest sea cliff) and Little Hangman, near Combe Martin BRITAIN 3 PHOTO: NTPL, DAVID NOTON From combe to tor, beach to clifftop, Englandâ€™s second largest county is a tapestry of landscapes waiting to be explored, before sitting down to a good cream tea Devon Top left: Bayards Cove, the oldest surviving quay in Dartmouth. Centre: yachts moored in Salcombe Harbour. Top right: Brixham, a thriving fishing port on the English Riviera. Bottom right: The Taw Estuary across to Codden Hill, in the North Devon Biosphere Reserve on the south or the wide golden expanses of Woolacombe and Saunton in the north. For me, a Grockle (local name for tourist) who grew up with a beach hut at Southend-on-Sea, the other side of the country, it was enough to discover that icon of the English seaside also in abundance here. They stand in their brightly-painted glory at resorts such as Paignton, Budleigh Salterton and Woolacombe. The coast is not just about bucket and spades, though. There are sand dunes at Braunton Burrows, sheltered estuaries for yachties at Salcombe and Dartmouth, and dramatic clifftops where Exmoor meets the sea. It can all be explored from the South West Coast Path, a 630-milelong national trail that skirts both sides of Devon on its way from Somerset round to Dorset. As the path runs through Devon, it gives you some of the most stunning views Britain has to offer: from Great Hangman, England’s highest sea cliff and the Hartland Heritage Coast in the north, round to Start Point and Bolt Head down at Devon’s most southerly tip. No surprise, then, that both coasts include Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (in fact, Devon boasts five). Devon boasts five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a UNESCO biosphere, a UNESCO geopark, two national parks... and East Devon forms part of the World Heritage Site of the Jurassic Coast 4 BRITAIN www.britain-magazine.com The catchment area of the Rivers Taw and Torridge from Dartmoor National Park out to sea to the island of Lundy is a UNESCO biosphere, and the whole of Torbay is a UNESCO geopark. Devon’s curriculum vitae of worthy titles shows just how special and well worth exploring its landscapes are. And while we’re showing off, East Devon forms part of the World Heritage Site of the Jurassic Coast. Between these two glorious Devon coastlines there’s much to explore, not least two National Parks (Exmoor and Dartmoor) and the beautiful and varied riverscapes, such as the Exe and Otter in the east, the Teign (pronounced “Teen”) and Dart in the south, and the Tamar running along the border with Cornwall in the west. Devon’s few railway routes are also well-placed to let you enjoy its scenery. The Tarka Line, for example, follows the river valleys of the Yeo and Taw from the county town of Exeter for 39-miles up to Barnstaple in North Devon. From Eggesford to Barnstaple, the line forms part of the Tarka Trail, a 180-mile, figure-of-eight route tracing the journeys of Tarka the Otter in Henry Williamson’s novel. Try to get a window seat to enjoy the stretch of Brunel’s railway line from Exeter to Newton Abbot. Trains chug down the River Exe past Powderham Castle (home of the Earl of Devon) and the wading birds of the Dawlish Warren nature reserve, around the red coast with the seaside resorts of Dawlish and Teignmouth, then up the River Teign with views across to the chocolate-box www.britain-magazine.com PHOTOS: DAVID OAKES/WWW.BRITAINONVIEW.COM/COURTESY OF NORTH DEVON COAST AONB W hen he wasn’t being carried over the sea to Skye, song writer Sir Harold Boulton, was waxing lyrical about a certain county in the West Country. “When Adam and Eve were dispossessed, Of the garden hard by Heaven, They planted another one down in


"Which big band leader used, as his signature tune, ""One O'clock Jump""?"

One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie | Song Info | AllMusic One O'Clock Jump google+ Song Review               by Bruce Eder If there was a single number that big band musicians and fans alike considered virtually an anthem for the swing era, it was "One O'Clock Jump" by Count Basie & His Orchestra. The composition, usually done as an instrumental, embodied everything that was striking about the big jazz-based orchestras that called the tune in popular music in the second half of the 1930s: Basie's spare yet deceptively complex introduction on the piano, accompanied by guitar and drums, is a lead-in for the tenor sax (Herschel Evans), trombone (George Hunt), another tenor (Lester Young), and a trumpet (Buck Clayton), which brings in the whole reed section backed by the trombones and their loping punctuation, to a finish that was supposed to have everyone off their feet. Basie's name ended up on the copyright, but alto saxophonist Buster Smith and arranger Eddie Durham likely wrote it (under the title "Blue Balls"). Whatever the origins, "One O'Clock Jump" was recorded by the Basie band for Decca Records on July 7, 1937, and on hearing it later that summer, audiences simply took it as an invitation to dance; and, as this was the era in which dancing was what one did when listening to jazz, "One O'Clock Jump" spread like wildfire. It became Basie's signature tune, which is one reason why it shows up on dozens of radio transcriptions and live Basie recordings from across Basie's career, but seldom appears complete -- usually only the first 30 or 40 seconds of the song are played, to introduce the band, because that was all that was needed. Benny Goodman also gave "One O'Clock Jump" a huge boost by adding it to his repertory, most visibly at the legendary January 16, 1938, Carnegie Hall concert where it was considered a highlight of a performance that was etched in history the moment it was played (Basie himself was standing in the wings that night, and played in the jam session that followed later in the program); and it was no accident that the number was depicted as being a key part of the Goodman repertory when Hollywood filmed The Benny Goodman Story. No less a figure than Glenn Miller, who was at no loss for solid repertory late in 1939, also featured "One O'Clock Jump" in a version with words, at his October 6, 1939, Carnegie Hall performance, and it entered the repertory of Harry James and dozens of other jazz notables. In 1942, it was still fresh enough that Basie felt compelled to re-cut it in a slightly smoother, breezier version, giving more play to the band and less to his piano, with his then-current band in January of 1942 for the OKeh label, with Don Byas and Buddy Tate featured on tenor saxes; a film clip of this version of the Basie band performing "One O'Clock Jump" also exists, and appears virtually complete on the Toby Byron/Matthew Seig documentary Swingin' the Blues: Count Basie (BMG Video). It was in the Basie repertory longer than almost any other number, right into the 1960s and 1970s, transformed somewhat with each change in the Basie band; he re-cut it for every label he ever recorded for except RCA-Victor, and it remains one of the most familiar and enduring of all swing era compositions. Appears On


"Who is the male star of the 2009 film, ""The Invention of Lying""?"

“The Invention of Lying” tells it straight - Salon.com Friday, Oct 2, 2009 7:05 AM UTC “The Invention of Lying” tells it straight The not-so-awful truth is that Ricky Gervais is smart, funny and, yes, sexy Topics: Movies , Ricky Gervais , The Invention of Lying , The Office , Entertainment News Anna McDoogles (Jennifer Garner) and Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais) Ricky Gervais isn’t leading-man material, and he knows it. In “The Invention of Lying,” which he co-wrote and co-directed (with Matthew Robinson), he plays Mark Bellison, a polite, pudgy, low-level screenwriter who lives in an alternate world that, he explains, “has never evolved the ability to tell a lie.” That means when Mark shows up for a first date with a woman whom he’s long had a crush on, Anna McDoogles (Jennifer Garner), she gives him the once-over at the door and doesn’t bother to hide her disappointment. They exchange some chit-chat in which she pointedly avoids being evasive, and when it’s time for the two of them to head out, she announces brightly, “I don’t find you attractive. Shall we?” In “The Invention of Lying,” people say the harshest, or just the most direct, things in the politest way possible. When Mark and Anna arrive at the modest restaurant he’s chosen, she holds up the menu and mutters, as if her date were unable to hear, “Plastic.” The waiter who comes to their table (played by the fine comic actor Martin Starr) greets them with the words “I’m embarrassed I still work here,” uttered in the same mechanically cheerful voice he might use to say, “Hi, I’m Jared, and I’ll be your server this evening.” This is the world Mark is used to, and so while we see his spirit crumple a bit every time Anna reaffirms her lack of interest in him, Mark has no compunction about describing himself as a “loser.” He accepts his lowly place in society’s food chain. That changes when he suddenly realizes that, because he lives in a world where everyone expects to hear the truth, no one blinks when they’re confronted with a lie. And so he begins lying, not just to do things like get extra money out of his bank account, or reassert himself at his workplace after his dithery boss (Jeffrey Tambor) has fired him, but to generally smooth over minor everyday crises. Some bigger lies — more accurately, instances in which he’s forced to expound on things he knows absolutely nothing about — will get him into trouble later on. But while “The Invention of Lying” never comes out and asserts that lying is good, it does poke a thoughtful, pointy stick at the idea that little white lies are part of what makes society work — and part of what keeps the less-perfect among us (that is to say, everyone) from falling into a slough of despair over our shortcomings. And it’s Gervais’ guiding sensibility, combined with his assertive nonstar presence, that makes the picture work. “The Invention of Lying” isn’t a rehash of the Jim Carrey vehicle “Liar, Liar.” For one thing, Gervais isn’t the exhausting presence that Jim Carrey is (or was). And honesty isn’t presented as a pure and great virtue in “The Invention of Lying.” Gervais, the mastermind behind the original British series “The Office,” as well as HBO’s “Extras,” is more interested in subtext than he is in surface patterns, or, for that matter, in sanctimony. With “The Invention of Lying” Gervais explores a range of subjects that other filmmakers might consider nonsubjects. Those include the unspoken “truth” of advertising: When Mark flips on the TV, he sees a Coke ad featuring a bored-looking spokesperson who blandly urges his audience “to not stop buying Coke.” Later we see another ad emblazoned on the side of a bus that reads, in a brazen admission of defeat, “Pepsi: When they don’t have Coke.” Even the basics of workplace politics — obviously, a subject Gervais has thought about a lot — get some of their meta-layers peeled back: One of Mark’s snotty co-workers (played, superbly, by a slick Rob Lowe) offers a speech explaining in great detail why he never liked Mark: “I’ve always been threatened by you because there are things a


"How many contestants are there in Channel 4's TV game show, ""Deal or No Deal""?"

Deal or No Deal (UK) - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com Deal or No Deal (UK) Follow Weekdays 4:15 PM on Channel 4 Premiered Oct 31, 2005 In Season USER EDITOR EDIT 22 Contestants take it in turn (one per episode) to play for up to £250,000. Each of the contestants picks a box before the show starts. When the show begins, whoever is chosen to play opens random boxes that contain certain amounts of money ranging from a penny to the top prize of £250,000. Whatever amount is revealed is then taken off the game board. At regular intervals, the banker phones the contestant and offers to buy the box for a certain amount of money. The offers from the banker depend on how much money is left on the game board. The banker phones after the fifth box is opened and every third box thereafter. If the contestant does not deal at any time then he or she has to open the box that the banker was attempting to buy, and whatever is in the box is what the contestant takes home. Previously Aired Episode


In which city, then in Poland, but now in Belarus, did Germany and Russia sign a peace treaty in 1918?

Peace Talks Begin Between Russia and Germany | World History Project Nov 28 1917 Peace Talks Begin Between Russia and Germany The Bolshevik delegates went through the farce of opening "peace parleys" with the Germans on November 28, 1917, crossing over into the German lines under a flag of truce. The Germans consented to carry on negotiations for "peace," the day and hour of the meeting to be fixed by the Russians. The Russian Parliamentarians fixed upon the Brest-Litovsk headquarters of the German Commander as the place, and midnight of December 2, 1917, as the time for beginning negotiations. It was agreed that during the period of negotiations all warfare and enemy fraternization should cease. Secret Treaties Exposed While these negotiations were pending, late in November, Trotsky saw fit to publish certain state documents, discovered in the Russian archives, consisting largely of secret treaties entered into between the Czar and the other Allied nations in the early years of the War. In one treaty, Russia proposed to acquire Constantinople, the Dardanelles and certain territories in Asia Minor. England and France agreed on condition that Russia should guarantee the freedom of the port of Constantinople, the independence of certain Mussulman territories in Arabia, and English joint control with Russia over all Persia. Another series of documents related to the discussions between the Russians and their Allies in fixing the Western frontiers of Germany, and the insistence of Russia that the Polish question should be excluded from international discussion. Another document revealed the concessions offered to Greece if she would join the Allies. She was to receive all of Albania, south of Avlona, and other territory in Asia Minor at the expense of Turkey. The Bulgarians, too, by another agreement, were to receive Kavala as the price of their support of the Allies. The text of a treaty between Great Britain, France, Italy and Russia was published, whereby Italy was promised the restoration of her "lost provinces" in Austria as a reward for her active assistance of the Allies; Italy also agreeing to disregard all attempts on the part of Pope Benedict XV to bring about peace discussions. By the terms of other agreements, Italy was to acquire the Trentino, Trieste, Istria and Dalmatia. On the other hand, Italy agreed not to oppose the award to Montenegro, Serbia and Greece of parts of Albania. The agreement also recognized the principle of Italian control of the balance of naval power in the Mediterranean. Certain rights in Libya were also granted to Italy. Should England and France agree to increase their African colonial possessions, Italy would have the right to increase hers at the cost of Turkey. All these treaties were at once repudiated by the new Bolsheviks Government of Russia. Suspension of Hostilities On December 2, 1917, the Russian peace delegates again crossed the lines to Brest-Litovsk, where the first session of the conference was opened. Three days later, the German delegate, General Hoffman, consented to a suspension of hostilities for ten days, to enable the Russians to conclude negotiations for an armistice. On December 6, 1917, Trotsky notified the Allied Embassies in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) that the armistice would only be signed on condition that the Central Powers should agree not to transfer troops from the Eastern to the Western front, and that the Germans evacuate the islands around Moon Island. He urged the Allies to define their attitude toward the peace negotiations, or else declare the aims which they still hoped to attain by a continuance of the War. To this the Allied Powers made no reply. Kalidin Starts a Counter-Revolution The next day an attempt at counter-revolution was started by Generals Kaledin and Kornilov in the Don region, and the Bolsheviks took the necessary steps to quell the uprising. General Dutov arrested the revolutionary committee in Orenburg and attempted to cut off the supply of grain flowing from Siberia to the front. Romanians Agree to an Armistice The Romanians, a


Under the recent vehicle registration plate nomenclature, cars beginning with the letter C come from which area of the UK?

Number plate format | AA in 2050/51 Do your plates meet the rules? New rules about typefaces and 'GB' plates came into force with the introduction of the new plates. All new number plates must display the new mandatory font. Existing plates need not be changed provided the font used is substantially the same as the new one. Number plates must be replaced if they have been customised with stylised letters and figures, such as italics, or with number plate fixing bolts that alter the appearance of the letters or numbers. Failure to replace such number plates may result in keepers risking prosecution. National flags on number plates Under rules introduced in April 2009, drivers in England, Scotland and Wales can display the Union flag, Cross of St George, Saltire or Red Dragon of Wales. This amendment to the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 means that drivers in England, Scotland and Wales can display the Union flag, Cross of St George, Cross of St Andrew (also known as the Saltire) or Red Dragon of Wales as well as one of the following identifiers: GREAT BRITAIN, Great Britain, GB, UNITED KINGDOM, United Kingdom, UK, CYMRU, Cymru, CYM, Cym, ENGLAND, England, ENG, Eng, SCOTLAND, Scotland, SCO, Sco, WALES or Wales. No other symbols or flags can be displayed on number plates. You can still choose to display the blue European Flag with "GB" within the circle of stars on your number plates. This allows you to travel within Europe without the need to display the conventional oval sticker to identify the member state in which the vehicle is registered. If your number plates display a national flag and identifier then you will still have to display the conventional oval 'GB' sticker when travelling in Europe. For more information on the rules visit the official DVLA website . Earlier number plate formats The old 'prefix' system with a leading single letter to show the year of first registration began on 1 August 1983 with the introduction of the 'A' prefix and ended with 'Y', which ran from 1 March 2001 until 31 August 2001. Before 1983, letters were used as a suffix. The table below shows both systems. Old suffix letters


In a railway carriage near which city in Northern France did the allies and the Germans sign the Armistice which ended WWI?

Armistice Day in France Home   Calendar   Holidays   France   Armistice Day Armistice Day in France Armistice Day (Armistice de la Première Guerre mondiale) in France remembers those who died or were injured in World War I and other wars. It is generally a solemn occasion. An unidentified solider was buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe (pictured above) in 1920. An unidentified solider was buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe (pictured above) in 1920. ©iStockphoto.com/FRANCO DI MEO What Do People Do? Special church services are held to remember those who died in World War I and subsequent wars. Military parades to war memorials and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris are also organized. Public figures, including France's president, lay wreaths and flowers at war memorials. Many people wear black or dark clothes. Armistice Day generally has a solemn mood. Public Life Armistice Day is a public holiday in France so post offices, banks, stores and many businesses are closed. Restaurants and cafes outside tourist areas may also be closed. However, bakeries and some stores in Paris, as well as at airports and railway stations and along major highways, are open. Public transport service schedules vary depending on where one lives and intends to travel. Roads may be closed for parades. This is particularly likely in the center of towns, cities and near war memorials. Background Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Bosnian-Serb nationalist on June 28, 1914. This sparked the activation of a series of alliances. Major European powers were at war within weeks. Many European countries had global empires so the hostilities spread throughout the world and became known as World War I. More than 15 million people died as a result of the World War I hostilities. Marshal Ferdinand Foch (Allies) and Matthias Erzberger (Germany) met in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest, near the town of Compiègne in the Picardy region of France, in November 1918. The representatives signed an armistice treaty in the early hours of November 11, 1918, to end the World War I hostilities on the Western Front. World War I officially ended at 11 minutes past the 11th hour on November 11, 1918, because of the treaty. A law was approved on October 24, 1922, to make November 11 a public holiday in France. Symbols The French national flag, or tricolor, plays an important role in Armistice Day observances. It is one-and-a-half times as wide as it is tall and consists of three equal vertical bands colored blue, white and red. It is often displayed at half mast or on flag poles held diagonally by military service men and women. The body of an unidentified solider from the citadel of Verdun was buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on November 11, 1920. This soldier serves as a symbol of all those who died in World War I. An eternal flame was lit on this tomb three years later and still burns today.


"Which actor played the title role in the 2009 film, ""Bruno""?"

Brüno (2009) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Flamboyant and gay Austrian Brüno looks for new fame in America. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Visit IMDb Picks Related News a list of 30 titles created 04 Aug 2011 a list of 47 titles created 05 Dec 2011 a list of 24 titles created 13 Mar 2012 a list of 38 titles created 06 Sep 2014 a list of 26 titles created 26 Jun 2015 Search for " Brüno " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 2 wins & 4 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson . Director: Larry Charles The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. Director: Larry Charles Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the... See full summary  » Director: Mark Mylod A new assignment forces a top spy to team up with his football hooligan brother. Director: Louis Leterrier An ignorant, wannabe-Jamaican British b-boy; an anti-Semitic, misogynistic but friendly Kazakhstani television reporter; and a homosexual Austrian fashonista--all played by Sacha Baron ... See full summary  » Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Buzz Aldrin, Arthur Danto Edit Storyline Brüno is a gay Austrian fashion guru. He has his own fashion based television show, Funkyzeit, the most popular German-language show of its kind outside of Germany. After he disgraces himself in front of his Funkyzeit fan base, he is ruined in German speaking Europe. He decides that in his quest for worldwide fame, he will move to Los Angeles and reinvent himself. Accompanying him to the US is Lutz, his former assistant's assistant. Lutz is the only person left in his circle that still believes in Brüno's greatness. Brüno goes through one reinvention of himself after another, ultimately straying to areas far removed from his own self. Perhaps when Brüno finds an activity that he truly does love, he will also find that über-fame he so desperately desires. Written by Huggo Rated R for pervasive strong and crude sexual content, graphic nudity and language | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 10 July 2009 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt See more  » Filming Locations: £5,000,229        (UK) (10 July 2009) Gross: Elton John : As himself in "The Dove of Peace" sequence. See more » Goofs The movie's premise is that this is all real footage made by Brüno's news crew. Who, then, is filming the scenes where Brüno is alone and homeless on the streets? See more » Quotes Brüno : Ich was going to become famous by solving a world problem! But which one? Clooney's got Darfur, Sting's got the Amazon, and Bono's got AIDS! Luckily, there was still one shithole left to fix: the Middle Earth. See more » Crazy Credits The U in the Universal logo is spelled with an umlaut (Ü) like the movie's title. See more » Connections For those asking how the shock effect of 'Borat' could be topped... 10 July 2009 | by nosiesnetnieuws (Maastricht, Netherlands) – See all my reviews Brüno is a gay Austrian fashion reporter impersonated by the man that notoriously starred as Borat in... Borat. (For those that have seen Borat: you probably know what to expect. If you did not like Borat for the painfully explicit content, stay away from Brüno. If you almost died of laughter during a c


"""Somebody Stole My Gal"", was the theme tune of which band leader?"

Billy Cotton | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography               by Eugene Chadbourne Billy Cotton , whose theme song was "Somebody Stole My Gal," was one of the most famous British dance band leaders. As both a drummer and vocalist, he had the talents to either stand in front of a band or back it up. Cotton 's group was known not only for its dance numbers but for its well-mounted comedy skits as well. He began his career as a drummer in the Royal Fusiliers at a mere 15 years old, and by 18, he'd received a commission in the Royal Flying Corps. As might be expected, military music was only a part of the picture and by night he would be behind the drums in various camp combos. After the war his syncopation was at first limited to the activities of a bus conductor and he also worked at jobs such as a butcher's roundsman and a millwright's assistant. Meanwhile a few gigs trickled in such as a spot with Gilbert Coombes & His Fifth Avenue Orchestra in Kilburn. In the early '20s he was hardly riding high in the music business; typical pay for a trio job of that period was a bit less than 10 bucks. Eventually, Cotton set his sights on starting his own band, including his cousin Laurie Johnson , whose talents included promotion as well as the violin. By 1925, Billy Cotton & His London Savannah Band was landing extended stints at venues such as the Southport Palais, with fine players Sid Lipton and Joe Ferrie in the band on violin and trombone, respectively. During the two-year life of this job, Cotton evolved from simply presenting dance music to mounting more of a visual stage act. As Cotton 's group moved from job to job, he began a series of recordings for the Metropole, Regal Zonaphone, Piccadilly, and Decca labels. The group was mostly known for its stage shows, however. As the public's taste for vaudeville diminished, Cotton made a smooth transition to new mediums. The Billy Cotton Band Show became popular over both radio and television in the '50s and '60s, and is credited with introducing the obnoxious expression "Wakey, wakey!," a sure-fire method of creating violence if whispered in the wrong sleepyhead's ear. The bandleader's hobbies outside of music sometimes got him even more attention. He was a racer and was reported as having driven an infamous car calle the Blue Bird at more than 120 miles per hour. Cotton was also an airplane pilot.


Leith Hill is the highest point in which county in Southern England?

The highest point in Southern England offering spectacular views. - Leith Hill, Dorking Traveller Reviews - TripAdvisor “The highest point in Southern England offering spectacular views.” Reviewed 25 April 2016 Leith Hill is a great place for a family visit. Not only is it the highest point in South East England, it offers spectacular, near 360 views. The tower at the top will take you even higher and it is great fun looking at the planes coming into and out of Gatwick on one side, turning around and watching the planes from Heathrow on the other. Perfect for dogs, children and picnics. The walk to the top is not difficult and well worth it. On a clear day you can see as far north as Wembley and the Wembley arch and the south coast on the other side. Visited May 2015 “Great views and walks” Reviewed 25 April 2016 You really should visit this National Trust site to enjoy great views over the Surrey and Sussex countryside. There are two or three parking sites. One gives you a steady walk up to the top, another is up some steep steps. The third, by the cricket pitch is a steep drive up and will test most cars and may damage the underside. Once on top take time to enjoy the view from the tower (paid entry) and have a snack at the 'café' in the tower. Note that it is all outdoors, there is no inside seating or toilets. Visited April 2016 Reviewed 22 April 2016 via mobile After having lunch at the Burford bridge hotel, Emlyn restaurant we set off for walk. (Need to drive there from the hotel). It was pleasant walk and the aim was to see the bluebells and go to the tower to see the view. We were able to do both. I used to go with my parents when I was about 8 or 9 I guess, that was about 40 years ago!! The tower has had work done on it since then with a small history of the tower in the room in it, which was full of rubble 40 years ago. We had to drive to a different car park to find the bluebells, but we found them ok, and that also brought back memories of my childhood. We enjoyed our afternoon.


The characters, General Woundwart and Hazel , appear in which 20th century literary work?

The 100 favourite fictional characters... as chosen by 100 literary luminaries | The Independent Features The 100 favourite fictional characters... as chosen by 100 literary luminaries To celebrate World Book Day, we asked the leading lights of British letters to name the characters who give them the greatest reading pleasure. Is your favourite among them? Interviews by Julia Stuart Thursday 3 March 2005 00:00 BST Click to follow William Brown Chosen by Barbara Trapido (The Travelling Horn Player) William is a child rebel in stifling suburbia. His instincts are against social climbing, pseudo-intellectualism and the humdrum. He has a flair for befriending eccentric outcasts, while cutting a swathe through village fêtes. Flashman Chosen by Terry Pratchett (the Discworld series) Harry Flashman, that fictional reprobate - wenching and dodging his way through the major military engagements of the 19th century - is funnier, more honest and certainly less harmful than many of the real brave fools whose paths he double-crosses. You just can't help liking the amiable cad. Pip Chosen by Tim Lott (White City Blue) Philip Pirrip (Pip), of Great Expectations, gripped me at the earliest age. Like him, I had hopes of escaping the loving, but limited, quotidian world that surrounded me. And, like Pip, I learnt to be ashamed of those good people that I loved and then bitterly ashamed of that shame. Joe Gargery Chosen by Maeve Binchy (Nights of Rain and Stars) Joe Gargery in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations is so decent and so real that you always think you know him. Eager and ambitious for the poisonous Pip, Joe is humble and self-effacing. He makes me cry. Miss Havisham Chosen by John Burnside (The Good Neighbour) There's nothing more attractive in a character than unshakeable obsession. I love Great Expectations' Miss Havisham because she won't remove that wedding dress, even as she recognises the random nature of her revenge. I was inconsolable when she vanishes into the flames. Tintin Chosen by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials) I like Tintin's blandness, his blankness, his lack of depth; he is an empty page on which adventures can be drawn. He is clearly a friendly and honourable chap; his dog is loyal, his friends dependably amusing, his way of life both comfortable and interesting. Elizabeth Bennett Chosen by Donna Leon (Blood from a Stone). My favourite is Elizabeth Bennett, from Pride and Prejudice. Just put Lizzie next to Fanny Price ( Mansfield Park): Fanny will drone on about virtue; Lizzie will tell a joke. Fanny will praise the long sermons of her cousin, Edmund; Lizzie will make a provocative remark to Mr Darcy. Fanny will disapprove; Lizzie will laugh out loud. Rupert Campbell-Black Chosen by Tilly Bagshawe (Adored) I spent most of my teens wishing Rupert (from Jilly Cooper's Riders) would stride into my parents' kitchen in dirty hunting boots and whisk me away. He's sexy, but with a little-boy vulnerability that makes you forgive him anything. Anna Howe Chosen by Matt Thorne (Cherry) Even though Anna Howe (Clarissa's confidante in Samuel Richardson's great novel) doesn't always give the best advice, she takes an extraordinary interest in her friend's romantic life. I would love to have a friend who wrote such interesting letters. Josef K Chosen by James Hawes (Speak for England) In The Trial, Kafka's master-trap is to make us accept that Josef K's point of view is objective, narrative fact. In fact, Josef K is no timeless Everyman but a specific satirical character: a thoroughly modern salaryman with a goal-oriented, easy-to-clean mental world who is obsessed with office power-plays and visits a prostitute once a week. Julien Sorel Chosen by the anonymous author of Belle de Jour Julien Sorel in Stendhal's The Red and the Black is clever, dashing, successful and completely amoral. But he's also a romantic. This proves to be his downfall, and anyone who believes the rubbish about which respective planets men and women are from has only to read his final thoughts to be disabused of that notion. Sherlock Holmes Chosen


"Which French neoclassical artist painted ""The Death of Marat"" in 1793?"

Jacques-Louis David: French Neoclassical History Painter   Academic Training David was born to a wealthy Parisian family     in 1748. When he was seven, his father was shot dead in a pistol duel,     so he was brought up by his uncle, Jacques Buron. He showed a desire to     paint at an early age, and his mother eventually sent him to her cousin,     the artist Francois Boucher (1703-70)     to study fine art painting . Painting     was an important means of communication for David, particularly after     he developed a stutter when his face was slashed during a sword fight.     However Boucher did not get on with the boy, so in 1766 he sent him instead     to Joseph Marie Vien (1716-1809), one of the leading French Neoclassical     artists . In 1771, J-L David's entry for the Prix de Rome, The     Combat of Minerva and Mars (Louvre), was awarded only the second prize;     it was not until 1774, after a number of setbacks that almost drove him     to suicide, that he finally won the first prize for his painting Eristratus     Discovering the Cause of Antiochus' Illness (Ecole Nationale Superiere     des Beaux-Arts, Paris). This allowed him to take up a 5-year study period     in Rome under Vien, who had just been appointed Director of the French     Academy there.   Studies in Rome The five years in Rome were decisive in     the evolution of J-L David's art. Having left Paris determined not to     be carried away by the remains of classical antiquity, he found himself     overwhelmed, when he reached Rome, by the grandeur of its civilisation.     He also became caught up in the great Neoclassical movement and was introduced     to the new theories propagated by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-79) and the archeologist Winckelmann. Abandoning painting for the     time being in favour of drawing , David set     out to study the monuments of ancient Rome as well as the works of the Old Masters , and one can follow the evolution     of his aesthetics in his sketchbooks     (Louvre; Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts; National Museum, Stockholm). Few paintings from this period are known:     the most important, St. Roch Interceding with the Virgin for the Plague-Stricken (1780, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Marseille), painted on his return from a     visit to Naples, marks a break with the teaching of Boucher, and even     with that of Vien. The realism of the figure in the foreground, together     with the expression of the faces, shows that David had been studying The     Plague-Stricken of Jaffa (Louvre) by Antoine-Jean     Gros (1771-1835). The most ambitious of these paintings is the recently     discovered Funeral of Patroclus (1778, National Gallery, Dublin),     illustrating a passage from the Iliad, a canvas still full of echoes of     the Baroque, but built upon quieter rhythms. Neoclassical     Painting In 1780 David returned to Paris where he     quickly became known for his anti-Rococo neoclassical     painting . He subordinated his use of colour to drawing, and this economy of style was very much in keeping with the     preferred style of the French     Academy , and the severity of the time (he was pro-republican and anti-royalist).     The themes of his work expressed self-sacrifice, devotion to duty and     austerity. In any event, the maturity and experience he had gained during     his years in Rome are evident in his 1781 Salon exhibit, Belisarius     Recognized by the Soldier (Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lille), and in Andromache     Mourning Hector (1783, Pushkin Museum of Fine Art), entered for the     Academy Salon two years later. His reputation was now growing, and he     opened a studio that soon attracted pupils, among them Anne-Louis Girodet     (1767-1824) and Germain Drouais (1763-88). In 1784, in response to a commission, he     decided to paint the subject of The Oa


"In the TV series ""The Vicar of Dibley"" who played the role of the verger, Alice Tinker?"

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