Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Books of The Times Limelight Lives, Burned by Booze From left, John Springer Collection/Corbis; Alan Pappe/Corbis; Pictorial Press Ltd./Alamay; Getty Images From left, Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole and Oliver Reed. The boisterous drinking habits of the four actors are chronicled in the book “Hellraisers,” by Robert Sellers. By JANET MASLIN, New York Times Published:...
This Is This (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dear chorus of MacArthur Park, I was disturbed to learn via numerous artists (Donna Summer, Richard Harris, Glen Campbell, Liza Minelli, Frank Sinatra, etc) that a cake had been left in the rain. I understand that it took you a long time to prepare and we’re all busy people, but I resent the insinuation. Whoever this “someone” [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
A rowdy collection of riotous tales about four of the British Isles’ most stylish drunken actors: Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole and Oliver Reed.
"Let's Not Talk About Movies" (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
" Juggernaut " ( Richard Lester , 1974) With the letting loose of the whirlwind that is " 2012 " this week, I thought I'd pay homage to a neglected, but sterling example of the "Disaster Movie"—the modestly budgeted, very smart " Juggernaut ." Made in the shock-wave of such star-culling epics as " Airport ," " The Poseidon Adventure ,"...
Booker Gliding Club (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The day started with a 10kt south westerly with 2/8 octas at 11.00. It steadily improved and by 13.00 we had 4/8, 3000ft and 3kts – superb. The middle of the afternoon saw the wind freshen just enough to make it interesting – 15 gusting 20 straight down the run, a bit bumpy but not rough. The airfield which was a little damp dried out but we still took care not to spin the gliders on the...
MuggleNet.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Warner Brothers has released a TON of direct download links for all of the Ultimate Edition clips released over the past couple of weeks. Pick your format and enjoy! Chamber of Secrets: - "Changed" - Windows Media Player | Quicktime - "Character Evolved" - Windows Media Player | Quicktime - "Making Movie" - Windows Media Player | Quicktime - "Reaction" - Windows...
'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?' (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Adapting crime fiction into successful television is a task that demands a great deal of skill. This is all the more so when you are talking about humorous crime fiction. Humour on the page doesn’t always translate effectively on to the screen – and humorous television can also become dated very quickly. With this in mind, I started watching my new box set of Murder Most English with a...
Woot! - One Day, One Deal (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
As everyone has learned from spending two months playing “Beatles: Rock Band” non-stop, there was no group quite like the Fab Four. As they moved like a Jedi lightsaber through the Sith tummy that was the music industry, things that people had always taken for granted were changed forever. Records were shattered, budgets were increased, the hits kept coming and no one ever missed a bonus!...
I ♥ MUSIQUE (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
A friend managed to get tickets to see Jimmy Webb at Union Chapel last night, which by the way is one of the most beautiful venues in London (it's an old church in Islington). The whole thing came as a bit of a surprise to me and I didn't really know much about Jimmy Webb, other than my mate being very keen to see him and convinced I'd like him. Well, Mr Webb's well worth investigating further. He's...
Eine Kleine Nichtmusik (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
To the Queens Hall to see the composer of By The Time I Get To Phoenix , Wichita Lin e man, Galveston and Macarthur Park (not to mention Up Up and Away ). Support was from Martin Carr, best described as "Mostly Harmless". Webb himself sat at his piano in front of a seven-piece band, four of whom were his sons. For a recovered alcoholic who was a worldwide success when I was barely a teenager,...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH ***
Philip Spires commonplace book (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Becoming a ghost usually involves major change in one’s life. It doesn’t happen every day. For me the call came in May 2009. A name I recognised appeared in the subject line of an email from a friend. I thought it might be a joke. The more momentous the event, it seems, the more one is tempted to see it lightly, to discount it as unlikely. It’s a form of self-preservation, I suppose....
<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
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Monica Fairview (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Just an update on two more suggestions for actors to play Darcy and Elizabeth: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison when they're older and Audrey Hepburn with Richard Harris when they were younger *** Well, all good things must come to an end (sniff). I've very much enjoyed our month-long exploration of Pride and Prejudice, and was delighted that we had so many diverse opinions. I got to know some of...
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Wes Jackson, founder of the Land Institute, at his farm in Salina, Kan. Richard Harris From NPR: We tend to think Earth can provide us with an endless bounty of food. But farming practices in most parts of the world can't work forever. Soil is constantly washing away, and what's left is gradually losing the nutrients it needs to sustain our crops. In the prairies of Kansas lives Wes Jackson, a man...
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