A draw now seems likely, a result that could tip both the northern giants into the Second Division.And who was the last Lancastrian to carry his bat in a Roses match? Charlie Hallows, 72 years ago.. By the time it rained on Surrey’s parade yesterday they were right in the middle of a serious [...]
When censors were brutal and stupid they were less dangerous because they were unpopular. It was the charming ones that presented the acceptable face of something odious. To that extent, Mortimer’s praise continued, Mr Trevelyan was among the most dangerous censors Britain had ever had.”Because remember,” Mr Mortimer concluded, “that every book you read, [...]
Only a fraction of the material was ever decoded, but it was sufficient to unmask dozens of spies including the Rosenbergs and Klaus Fuchs, as well as the British “Cambridge spies”: Kim Philby, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean. Venona thus provided much of the raw material for the red-baiting excesses of McCarthyism.As MI6’s liaison [...]
The BG trio sat in with me there, too.In those simple words Hampton recalls the incident when Benny Goodman and his patron John Hammond first heard Hampton play. In the 1955 film The Benny Goodman Story, Hampton played the role of a manager-cum-waiter of a snack bar who, when asked by casual customers Hammond [...]
I wonder how the leader of the “no” campaign tried to inspire his supporters after Saddam got a 100 per cent “yes” vote in his election. I suppose he said: “Obviously we’re disappointed, but we fought a good campaign and I enjoyed every minute. I’ve made no decision about my own position yet, though [...]
Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure opened in London in 1954 and was a great success, and in 1955 it was an equal hit on Broadway.Davies then did some distinguished work for the cinema. For the comedy which satirised the singer Johnnie Ray As Long As They’re Happy (1955), he and Paddy Stone partnered the [...]
With so much at stake, most parents find it hard to shake off the notion that they know best. That still works for some families, but it is more likely to be met with outright rebellion from today’s younger generation, who vote with their feet by messing up entrance exams or digging in their [...]
Johnson Matthey, the platinum and chemicals group, has seen its shares tumble along with the market this year but over the past five years it has been a sterling performer, outperforming the rest of the market by a substantial margin.
It’s a complicated business with interests in precious metals, supplying platinum for jewellery and catalytic [...]
Logitech QuickCam Cordless £180The only thing that holds back the fun of a webcam is its cable. However long the wire is, it can’t match the 25m range that the radio connection between camera and base unit manages here. At last, you can watch the neighbours in the back garden from the comfort of [...]
EBAY, the Web-based auction site, has revealed that, with strong Christmas sales, it had tripled its fourth-quarter earnings and issued even more bullish forecasts for the first quarter of this year. EBAY, the Web-based auction site, continued to demonstrate that, with the right formula, it is possible to survive the internet carnage. The company [...]
