tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58258392011-12-14T18:52:48.825-08:00Hugh's Review of Reviewsexpresses my opinions of books, music, life . . . . . whateverHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comBlogger1121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-67972743545219136962007-05-03T06:01:00.000-07:002007-05-03T06:01:18.188-07:00Salon NewsNorthern exposure | Salon News: "American soldiers are fleeing the Iraq war for Canada -- and U.S. officials may be on their trail. North of the border is no longer the safe haven it was during the Vietnam era."Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1170785779826990762007-02-06T10:16:00.000-08:002007-02-06T10:16:19.840-08:00Private Education: 5 Feb 2007: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com)Private Education: 5 Feb 2007: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com): "Andrew Rosindell (Romford, Conservative) | Hansard sourceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary school students in England are being educated outside the state education system.Photo of Jim Knight Jim Knight (Minister of State (Schools and 14-19 Learners), Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1166183323051915282006-12-15T03:48:00.000-08:002006-12-15T04:03:56.726-08:00The Musical Times in 1962 and 1963JSTOR: The Musical Times: Vol. 104, No. 1448 (Oct., 1963), p. 727: "WoodwindHugh WatkinsThe Musical Times, Vol. 104, No. 1448 (Oct., 1963), p. 727doi:10.2307/949237"I stopped writing reviews because of a conflict of interest with my career as a performer and conductor. I had started with the Record Review in May 1960.I was a serving soldier in the Royal Engineers Staff Band. and under British Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1135954418754599232005-12-30T06:53:00.000-08:002005-12-30T06:53:38.803-08:00Payback time at SothebyI Photo Central News and Archives: "Meanwhile a different federal judge approved a $70 million settlement of a shareholder class-action lawsuit against Sotheby's related to the same scheme.The settlement of the suit on behalf of auction buyers and sellers, which the auction houses agreed to pay last fall, includes $412 million in cash and the balance in certificates that can be used to receive Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1135953375450575142005-12-30T06:36:00.000-08:002005-12-30T06:41:33.526-08:00National Novel Writing Month - 2005National Novel Writing Month - FAQs: " Roxann Grissom, I understand that you, your mother, and two sisters are all writing different versions of the same novel this year. Where did this idea come from?A: My mother, two sisters and I are participating in NaNoWriMo for the first time this year. We've written two previous books, both memoirs: Myopic Memories: Girls Who Wear Glasses and Are We There Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1120123136295632562005-06-30T02:18:00.000-07:002005-07-02T16:01:07.140-07:00Bedst på NettetBedst på NettetIn danish, reviews of danish websitesHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1119411709566283812005-06-21T20:00:00.000-07:002005-06-21T20:41:49.613-07:00Führerstands-MitfahrtenWhen ever I am in Denmark if I am late to bed - or up at first light when the birds sing - I watch ARD TV for my favourite railway programme Führerstandsmitfahrten.Die schönstenBahnstrecken Deutschlands (documentaire)eg02:50Fliege - Die Talkshow - I hardly understand a word but it is so soothing03:50Die schönsten Bahnstrecken Deutschlands Führerstands-MitfahrtenPlauen - Gera - no commentary just Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1114092233254848512005-04-21T07:03:00.000-07:002005-04-21T07:03:53.253-07:00Misc.writing Wrevels hosted by gekkoGrafx.comMisc.writing Wrevels hosted by gekkoGrafx.comHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1114091527135215552005-04-21T06:52:00.000-07:002005-04-21T06:55:54.866-07:00kulørte krigsromaner or nazisploitation and Sven Hazel AKA Sven HasselBizarre Magazine: "SVEN HASSELWORDS: DAVID SUTTONThe king of naziploitation crushes weaker authors once againFor some years now the books of Sven Hassel - once traded feverishly in every playground across the UK - have been out of print everywhere except Finland. For kids of the 1970s, these luridly titled paperbacks (Legion Of The Damned, Blitzfreeze, SS General), with their even more lurid Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1113482943610351422005-04-14T05:49:00.000-07:002005-04-21T06:56:55.613-07:00BBC - Shropshire - Panoramic image - Ironbridge Gorge - Jackfield - View from the Jackfield Memorial Foot BridgeBBC - Shropshire - Panoramic image - Ironbridge Gorge - Jackfield - View from the Jackfield Memorial Foot BridgeThis bridge commemorates men from Jackfield who died in the first World War. It was originally opened in 1922 in place of the old Tuckies ferry. In those days it enabled workers from the Coalport China works to cross the river. After extensive renovation, the bridge was reopened in 2000Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1111773837229509532005-03-25T09:29:00.000-08:002005-03-25T23:27:20.713-08:00Good Friday 25 March 2005I woke up at about 3 00 pm feeling refreshed with chunks of Dvorak's Slavonic Dances in my mind - so I put off turning on the TV and after reading the Radio Times magazine settled for a day (night to you people who have hever been a night taxi driver ) of radio listening yesterday evening had ended with good night drinkies - forbidden under my diet regime but I had neededHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1109527195210626092005-02-27T09:07:00.000-08:002005-02-27T09:59:55.213-08:00I really enjoyed the film Nói albínói made in Iceland in 2003.It was shown on BBC Four TV FreeviewIt takes place in a tiny village during the endless artic winter and brought many happy memories back of my two and a half winters teaching on the Faroe Islands. The people and their problems are typical of northern Scandinavia and some of the interiors are in authentic bad taste. My guess is thatHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1108166859574552112005-02-11T15:54:00.000-08:002005-02-11T16:07:39.576-08:00I picked up the wrong zapper and instead of TV got this :-BBC - Radio 3 - Mixing It - 11 February 2005:"Zu vs. Okapi: Beta(Franco Battiato) (3.15)Franco Battiato is something of a legend in his home country of Italy, but not so well known elsewhere. A composer, keyboard player and flamboyant performer, he has been likened to Peter Gabriel. This track comes from a tribute compilation put out on Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1106977966243708502005-01-28T21:52:00.000-08:002005-01-28T21:52:46.243-08:00Alagna Aida, Copenhagen 2005
Roberto Alagna - Voce di tenoreHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1106977577098051502005-01-28T21:46:00.000-08:002005-01-28T21:46:17.096-08:00Copenhagen opens new opera The first public performance of the opera is Verdi’s opera Aïda starting 26 January 2005.
and I was there Det Kongelige Teateralong with the Queen of Denmark and a full house
Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1106621372592328442005-01-24T18:49:00.000-08:002005-01-24T18:49:32.593-08:00Too much TVbecause my ISP - I call it "3g may be " is down again this evening I have been alternately sleeping, getting leg cramps, see http://moc-topsgolb.blogspot.com/ the BLOOG in the sidebar, and turning on the TV.I learn useful factoids - like serious snow in Kurdistan threatens the IRAQ elections and the white rhinocerus is a WIDE (mouthed) grass grazing animal, and grey like the black rhino. which Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1106270528615765672005-01-20T17:22:00.000-08:002005-01-20T17:22:08.616-08:00Danish cable tvTDC DK is boring tonight I learned one thing snake venom is modified saliva.Just waiting for a rerun of Taggert (minus Taggert )the newsprograms are clogged up with BUSHHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1106176735312689132005-01-19T15:18:00.000-08:002005-01-19T15:18:55.313-08:00TrafficMarketplace
anyone know how to block these ?
Google Search: TrafficMarketplace blocking
Pop-up purveyors are finding ways around popular new filters that aim to stomp them out, the latest sign of an Internet arms race over one of the most effective and controversial Web advertising formats around.
But marketers intent on preserving and extending the lucrative format have already Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1106176100245376492005-01-19T15:08:00.000-08:002005-01-19T15:08:20.246-08:00Google Search: music review
Google Search: music copenhagen
Music to our Ears: Ring tones that announce incoming calls with popular tunes are a hit with teens - The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA: "In London, ring tones are so popular that you can buy them from vending machines in some Underground stations.
The downside of such popularity was apparent in Copenhagen, Denmark, last month, Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1105493222715294782005-01-11T17:27:00.000-08:002005-01-11T17:27:02.716-08:00BBC - Radio 3 - Through the Night - Part One: "1.00am
Early Music specialists Red Priest perform music by Biber, Purcell, Couperin and Corelli, interspersed with the four concerti which make up Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Recorded at the Oddsherred Theatre Centre, Anneberg Park, Denmark, on 31st July 2004"
stunning recorder playing by Piers Adams
Eyck, Jacob van (1590-1657)
What shall we do this Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1104874738551694172005-01-04T13:38:00.000-08:002005-01-04T13:38:58.550-08:00dr.dk > musik > klassisk
Den 9. marts havde Hotel Proforma premiere på deres nye forestilling 'Theremin'. Forestillingen har taget navn efter den russiske fysiker og opfinder Leon Theremin, der i 1920 opfandt verdens første elektroniske musikinstrument.
one of my favourite instruments
Googleimages Search: Theremin
and a click through from an advertisement Theremin Kit Sales Europe Our Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1103948591664358902004-12-24T20:23:00.000-08:002004-12-24T20:23:11.663-08:00Google Search: el caganer,
Però, quin és el significat de la figura del caganer? Per que va ser introduït en el pessebre i què simbolitza? Encara que l’interrogant resti obert i per resoldre, oferim tot seguit algunes interpretacions i consideracions que ha suscitat aquest controvertit personatge.
from -- Pagina nueva 1
Pagina nueva 1
The Nativity scene, an artificial representation of the Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1103795151042864732004-12-23T01:45:00.000-08:002004-12-23T01:45:51.043-08:00BBC - Languages French - Christmas Customs
BBC - Languages Spanish - Christmas Customs: "Quirky customs - Curiosidades
Celebrations stretch from December 22nd, when the big lottery draw takes place, to January 6th, when the presents are unwrapped. Then, between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, there's still time to fit in another celebration. The equivalent of April's Fools Day takes place in Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1102217149754775862004-12-04T19:25:00.000-08:002004-12-04T19:25:49.753-08:00Atheists make a counter attackThis blog was my dream of restablishing myself as a reviewerbut somewhat neglected.I visited the the Danish bookfair at the FORUM hall in Frederiksberg in November 2004 and got offered a free month's subscription with Kristeligt DagbladI have moved away from personal faith in christianity from about the end of 1956 because I was no longer at Loughborough College and being supported by the Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1099820500693053392004-11-07T01:41:00.000-08:002004-11-07T01:41:40.693-08:00OUP: Wittgenstein's Nachlass
It is a good job I am not fluent in german or I would be tempted to buy this
Single User, Text and Facsimiles
0-19-268691-7
UK Price: £1035.00 + VAT
Wittgenstein's Nachlass: The Bergen Electronic Edition is the only CD-ROM to give you instant facsimile and text access to the 20,000 pages of the philosopher's Nachlass as catalogued by Professor von Wright in his 1982Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1099779087931002982004-11-06T14:11:00.000-08:002004-11-06T14:11:27.930-08:00Yahoo! Search blog
time for a review of search engines
Search Engine Map - AltaVista - Metamend
Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1099777339672223282004-11-06T13:42:00.000-08:002004-11-06T13:42:19.673-08:00Blogger: Recently Updated Blogs this machine runs at more than 200 updates a minuteHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1099541366560253332004-11-03T20:09:00.000-08:002004-11-03T20:09:26.560-08:00Good For Gold--Bad For The Dollar: "In 2003 the top four Asian central banks bought $300 billion U.S. debt and were holding $1.5 trillion by end January 2004. Japan leads the pack with $741 billion, then China with $403 billion, followed by Taiwan with $207 billion, and South Korea at $157 billion. These amounts are double what the top four had just two years ago.
Around mid March, rumors were Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1099541398580404212004-11-03T19:46:00.000-08:002004-11-03T20:09:58.580-08:00Boring old Bush - little does he realize he is going to be remembered as another dud president like his father or Reagan.
He was lucky that Kerry was not quite charismatic enough.
Thatcher got an extra turn because of that war and some of the damage she did to UK is taking 20 years to get sorted ie be repaired.
Bush is making the poor poorer and giving them more incentive to turn to crime orHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1099438457833021792004-11-02T15:34:00.000-08:002004-11-02T15:34:17.833-08:00Clarinet for Children
The Lyons C Clarinet is a beginner's instrument you can play for the rest of your life.
Making music with others is enjoyable and a good way of getting to know new people; and the Lyons C Clarinet is the most practical instrument for that.
It is only one third the weight of the conventional clarinet and it is not affected by rain and extremes of temperature - so take it Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1099348173994078782004-11-01T14:10:00.000-08:002004-11-01T14:38:13.346-08:00Well I had to rescan the digital airwaves to get Channel 34 into my TV's memory
off to a loud start:-
21:00 RebusA youngster is found dead under the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, and the crime squad suspect he might have been a gunrunner for the paramilitaries. It turns out he was the son of a notorious gangster, who not surprisingly soon goes looking for revenge, but as a spate of Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1099179333312362762004-10-30T16:35:00.000-07:002004-10-30T16:35:33.313-07:00Welcome to the Ulster Orchestra
City of Belfast School of Music - Group Activities
Welcome to the Website of the City of Belfast School of Music
Thu 19 7.45pm BBC Listen Up Festival,
CBYO / UO,
Ulster Hall
City of Belfast Youth Orchestra / Ulster Orchestra + Methodist College Belfast
Bernstein: Overture - Candide
Chilcott: Tandem
(with City of Belfast Youth Orchestra)
Prokofiev: Violin Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1099179246679424112004-10-30T16:00:00.001-07:002004-10-30T16:34:06.680-07:00Welcome to the Ulster Orchestra
City of Belfast School of Music - Group Activities
Welcome to the Website of the City of Belfast School of Music
Thu 19 7.45pm BBC Listen Up Festival,
CBYO / UO,
Ulster Hall
City of Belfast Youth Orchestra / Ulster Orchestra + Methodist College Belfast
Bernstein: Overture - Candide
Chilcott: Tandem
(with City of Belfast Youth Orchestra)
Prokofiev: Violin Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1099179151345047532004-10-30T16:00:00.000-07:002004-10-30T16:32:31.346-07:00Welcome to the Ulster Orchestra
City of Belfast School of Music - Group Activities
Welcome to the Website of the City of Belfast School of Music
Thu 19 7.45pm BBC Listen Up Festival,
CBYO / UO,
Ulster Hall
City of Belfast Youth Orchestra / Ulster Orchestra + Methodist College Belfast
Bernstein: Overture - Candide
Chilcott: Tandem
(with City of Belfast Youth Orchestra)
Prokofiev: Violin Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1097378467236595192004-10-09T20:21:00.000-07:002004-10-09T20:21:07.236-07:00Pete Waterman Ltd - Official Website - Autobiography: "It is hard to realise that a DJ working in the Midlands could have such an impact but key major record company promo staff often came to his gigs to see him plugging their records. The first Bay City Rollers tour, hosted by Pete in all the Mecca clubs was based on a lot of Pete's ideas on how to wind up crowds, a technique that Pete would Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1097100427904255082004-10-06T15:07:00.000-07:002004-10-06T15:07:07.903-07:00BBC - Press Office - Shoebox Zoo credits: "Animation by Calibre Digital Pictures"
GOTCHA but their web site is down
BBC - CBBC - Shoebox ZooHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1096573732004768362004-09-30T13:42:00.000-07:002004-09-30T12:48:52.003-07:00"Shoebox Zoo" (2004) cast list
Google Search: "shoebox zoo"
It is on her 11th birthday that Vivien's character Marnie is given a present from the mythical Scottish alchemist Michael Scott, played by Peter Mullan (The Magdalene Sisters, Orphans, My Name is Joe), which will inevitably change her life forever.
The essential elements which make up the shoebox are the wonderful carved Celtic Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1096272337340438842004-09-26T23:19:00.000-07:002004-09-27T01:05:37.340-07:00Radio Times - The best thing on TV, Film and Radio.: "2004 BBC Worldwide Ltd.
The Radio Times word mark and logo are trademarks of BBC Worldwide Ltd."
I get confused by Google Search: "radio times" which is the real Radio Tims?
Cuttings Archive: Radio Times Covers: "The Doctor Who Cuttings Archive
- 40 Years of Doctor Who in newspapers magazines and listings"
Readers' letters are to Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1095907151698133442004-09-22T19:39:00.000-07:002004-09-22T19:39:11.696-07:00Got bad breath? Now your phone can tell you before your friends do - ZDNet UK News: "
Siemens Mobile is developing the first mobile phone that will alert people when their breath stinks, the company said on Tuesday.
The phone will use a tiny chip measuring less than 1mm to detect unpleasant odours, a representative of the German tech giant said. A research team in Munich is developing the deviceHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1095903589421086472004-09-22T18:28:00.000-07:002004-09-22T18:39:49.420-07:00Woke up with a cramp in my left thigh at 200 am
- zapped the TV and Dr Phil was advising David Letterman on how to be a father - with his latest book fluttering with bookmarks like prayer flags at a tibetan monastery.
Dr Phil: "Have you married the mother yet?" . . . .
and the discussion led to the idea of Dr Phil officiating live at a marriage ceremony on the Oprah Winfrey show - " a sort of Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1095602908125914612004-09-19T07:03:00.000-07:002004-09-19T07:19:03.913-07:00My Blogs
GENEALOGE
This is my oldest blog and I use this for news and notes about my site
Danish Census and Church Books, other sites, and my daily surfing of the net.
The blog has been rightly criticised as chaotic but googling will discover some pearls.
Exploring Rootsweb
I spent a lot of time administering message boards and will build up a guide to Rootsweb.
Exploring Ancestry dotHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1094937719324160702004-09-11T14:21:00.000-07:002004-09-11T14:21:59.323-07:00Google Search: "Does God's light lead us or blind us"Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1094936521075790232004-09-11T14:02:00.000-07:002004-09-11T14:02:01.076-07:0011 films on 9/11 give a global perspective: "For a new perspective on Sept. 11, ask an Afghan child living in a refugee camp in Iran, a West African boy with an ill mother or an Israeli journalist trying to get airtime for a suicide bombing at the same time as the World Trade Center attacks."
Google Search: "11 films"
How could I have missed this?Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1094935583355975722004-09-11T13:46:00.000-07:002004-09-11T13:59:34.133-07:00Sveriges Television
just zapped 2230
into one of 11 short films about September 11
in Arabic - really spooky
the director from Iran Samira Makhmalbaf
a Palestinian viewpoint
Sv 2
21.15 11 september
22.00 11'09'01 - September 11
SVT Text på internet
SVT2 lördag 11 september kl 22.00
11'09'01 - September 11
Episodfilm från 2002 om terroristattacken i New York 11/9 2001.
Elva kända Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1094788318460921042004-09-09T20:51:00.000-07:002004-09-09T20:51:58.460-07:00Charles Ives Three Places in New England Notes one of my all time favourite pieces of music especially the second movement
ii. Putnam's Camp
Ives wrote the following program notes to this movement:
Near Redding Center, Conn., is a small park preserved as a Revolutionary Memorial; for here General Israel Putnam's soldiers had their winter quarters in 1778-1779. Low rows of stone camp Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1094745604436662332004-09-09T09:00:00.000-07:002004-09-09T09:07:41.586-07:00Google Search: Michail GLINKA, Trio pathétique. 1804 - 1857,
On the radio played by Esbjerg Ensemble or Det Jyske Ensemble
some really great bassoon playing but by whom?
or was it
"Embla" (Clarinet/bassoon/piano);
BNBC highlights of a Danish Radio competition for young chamber groups held in February, 2004
02: 10 AM Mendelssohn: Concert piece No. 1 (Op.113) in F minor
Embla
02: 20 AM Glinka:
Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1094744325645602412004-09-09T08:38:00.000-07:002004-09-09T08:38:45.646-07:00BBC - Proms - About Music: André Previn, Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"
1 Moderato
2 Cadenza – Slowly
3 Andante:‘From a train in Germany’
André Previn composed his Violin Concerto for Anne-Sophie Mutter on a commission from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, writing it over the course of four months, completing it in October 2001, and leading the premiere with Mutter and the BSO on 14 March 2002 in Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1094227302914990242004-09-03T09:01:00.000-07:002004-09-03T09:01:42.913-07:00WritersWeekly.com Forum :: View topic - JANET KAY and husband GEORGE TITSWORTH ARE **IN JAIL**
Harrison and Company
never never fall for this kind of web site
apologize that only an email address is available for initial contact, but I gave my word to our local Post Master that I would do my best to screen out contacts and not flood his little post office with more mail than either of us Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1093612210083701082004-08-27T05:45:00.000-07:002004-08-27T06:20:23.586-07:00Rendezvous-South Atlantic
Douglas Reeman
Hutchinson 1972
Arrow 1974
London
I really enjoyed this tale of WWII and navy in theNorth Atlantic - well the first half is up near the Denmark Straights.
Reeman is an excellent story teller and created evocative word pictures of the rough weather and the relations between RN , wavy navy, merchant navy and hostilities only sailors, only the obligatory Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1093439730278161512004-08-25T05:57:00.000-07:002004-08-25T06:15:30.276-07:00Went to see I ROBOT
basically how Will Smith saves the world googled
I failed to get involved with the plot or the characters
but greatly enjoyed the film as a wonderful gallery of computer graphics.
I read the book many years ago and took ASIMOV to my heart
and I really hesitated about seeing the filmatisation.
The Imperial biograf in Copenhagen is a local flag ship and one of the first Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1090162297782577432004-07-18T07:51:00.000-07:002004-07-18T07:51:37.783-07:00Fællesforeningen af Danske Trælasthandlerforeninger.
timber sellers in Denmark
a strange home page for a trade asssociationHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1089855555397346212004-07-14T18:39:00.000-07:002004-07-14T20:10:30.340-07:00BBC Learning
BBC - bbc.co.uk homepage - Home of the BBC on the Internet
BBC World Service RADIO | Home Page
BBC World Home Page
BBC World listings Denmark
guessing at the URL
BBC Prime: Choose your Country
BBC Prime: the home of great british entertainment DENMARK
BBC Learning
BBC - bbc.co.uk homepage - Home of the BBC on the Internet
BBC World Service RADIO | Home Page
BBC World Home Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1089425217316187122004-07-09T17:24:00.000-07:002004-07-09T19:06:57.316-07:00I am keeping up with 5 Danish Newspapers
Berlingske Tidende
which is the grand old aunty with the "right" obituaries
Friday has the best guide to whats on in Copenhagen
and to eating there
Politiken.dk - det levende net
a sort of Danish Manchester Guardian
Weekendavisen på nettet
a weekly review of culture
very good with book reviews
URBAN - LIDT MERE AVIS
metroXpress
these two are Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1088148732343476772004-06-25T00:32:00.000-07:002004-06-25T00:32:12.343-07:00TCM - Turner Classic Movies http://www.tcmonline.co.uk/listings/index.jsp
05:00 Seven Hills of Rome
Mario Lanza sings his heart out as the lead of this romantic tale of an TV star who flees to Rome for a much-needed break and falls in love with a local girl. D: Roy Rowland (1958)
A few false tune notes at the start but lots of out door tracking shots with trains and helicopter
I never liked Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1088137131237508212004-06-24T21:18:00.000-07:002004-06-24T21:18:51.236-07:00Google Search: fahrsimulator
MVG - U-Bahn-Fahrsimulator driver training
Gameslinks.com: Video Games/Simulation/Trains
Signalling Centre Software | Specialists in authentic railway simulations: "Signalling Centre Birmingham New Street "
Train Driving Simulators
Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1088136613264990952004-06-24T21:10:00.000-07:002004-06-24T21:10:13.263-07:00Die BR 143 der DB
German railway freaksHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1088136574810291032004-06-24T21:09:00.000-07:002004-06-24T21:09:34.810-07:00Dresdner S1 zwischen Pirna und Schöna Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1088136516598153762004-06-24T21:08:00.000-07:002004-06-24T21:08:36.596-07:00Bahnstrecken - Der Heimbringer - Skandal in SalzburgHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1088136359186153142004-06-24T21:05:00.000-07:002004-06-24T21:42:12.680-07:00The World's longest tunnel page - Railway Tunnels in Norway statistics 2002 Norwegian railway network pdf
back with ARD tv by train from Asket through the tunnel to Drammen
Lieråsen 10 723 m 01.01.1973 2 tracks. (Asker) - Drammen
a cut and a brief shot of the traindriver at work
which is new to "die schönsten bahnstrecken"
This is the Bergen Olso line in Norway
NEVER TAKE A SLEEPING CAR Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1087702201538837552004-06-19T20:25:00.000-07:002004-06-19T20:30:01.540-07:00ARD continues on rail
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochailort/lochailort/
Lochailort is described in an authoritative guide to the buildings of Scotland as "little more than a place name with a telephone kiosk at the head of Loch Ailort where the A861 joins the A830." Maybe they were pressed for space, but that description undersells the facilities and certainly the charm of this Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1087658889721108322004-06-19T08:28:00.000-07:002004-06-19T08:28:09.720-07:00ClockWorkMouse Productions
I keep forgetting to log on to writing buddiesHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1087629759229638392004-06-19T00:22:00.000-07:002004-06-19T00:22:39.230-07:00dr.dk: Programoversigt: "09.00 Beethovens Tripelkoncert
Kungsbacka Klavertrioen.
Dirigent: Giordano Bellincampi."
too tired to sleep
but heavenly musicHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1087628233745848302004-06-18T23:57:00.000-07:002004-06-18T23:57:13.746-07:00dr.dk: Programoversigt: "08.00 Tasmin Little spiller
Sibelius' Violinkoncert. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra."
just woken up
a chunk of Sibelius August 7 1996
Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1087615799096140682004-06-18T20:13:00.000-07:002004-06-18T20:29:59.096-07:00ARD tv continuing along the West Highland line
in rain and greyness
by the Loch Eil 0505 am DK time
meanwhile
10PM-Midnight ET: American Civil War in Ancestral Digs
Join HOST FMLY Bill and HOST FMLY Jayne for fireside stories about the battles, the people and the social happenings during the American Civil time period. One Thursday a month is dedicated to the sharing of songs, poems and Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1087527108672898042004-06-17T19:38:00.000-07:002004-06-17T19:51:48.673-07:00One of my cult tv programmes
DasErste.de - Programm - Heute im Ersten:
Die schönsten Bahnstrecken Europas
Führerstands-Mitfahrten
Schottland: Glasgow - Mallaig "
430 amm Danish time
Google Search: Führerstands-Mitfahrten
Videogalerie - ICE haut nah!
now Loch Eils O B = Loch Eil Outward Bound
This is a single platform station opened in connection with the nearby Outward Bound centre.
Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1084686658226675242004-05-15T22:50:00.000-07:002004-05-15T22:50:58.226-07:00BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Ukraine celebrates Eurovision win: "Ukraine celebrates Eurovision win
Ruslana's high tempo song impressed Europe
Ukraine has won the 2004 Eurovision song contest in Istanbul, Turkey - only the second time the country has taken part in the competition.
Ruslana, a successful singer, producer, dancer and composer in her home country, won for her song Wild Dance.
Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1083765808468718132004-05-05T07:03:00.000-07:002004-05-05T07:06:40.700-07:00AOL UK to offer cut-price broadband | The Register:
"Research carried out by AOL UK - which reckons it is the UK's fourth largest broadband ISP behind BT, Telewest and NTL - suggests that UK punters are confused about the different price offers and caps introduced by rival operators. 'We want to introduce some clarity into the market,' said the spokesman.
Although AOL UK remains tight-lipped Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1083179393027376682004-04-28T12:09:00.000-07:002004-04-28T13:28:14.950-07:00After local news just turned the TV off
{{{{{{{{{{{BERIO}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
19:30 Performance on 3
BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall.
Omaggio - A Celebration of Luciano Berio
The BBCSO pays homage to Berio with his best-known work,
Sinfonia. Scored for 8 voices and orchestra,
the many references include a tribute to the memory of Martin Luther King.
Alongside another largeHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1083034558185978432004-04-26T19:55:00.000-07:002004-04-26T19:59:01.246-07:00Google Search: traudl junge
Hitler's War
I feel sorry for David Irving with his untenable position.
Bis zur letzten Stunde. Hitlers Sekretärin erzählt ihr Leben. [RESTEXEMPLAR]
von Traudl Junge, Melissa Müller
is remainderd I see Amazon.de:. [RESTEXEMPLAR]
I have just read the book in english - I was tempted by a book club offfer - but ordered it from my local library instead.
I ws very Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1083032595352680952004-04-26T19:23:00.000-07:002004-04-26T19:26:18.843-07:00Learning about blogging
need to republish now and again
to clear out garbage
Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1079103335109194472004-03-12T06:55:00.000-08:002004-03-18T09:27:37.840-08:00IMHX 2004 - Website Map
went to a big show
modern technology every kind of fork lift truck
and supply chain computer software
1000 meters from the bus stop !
4 - 6 March 2003, Hall 19, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.
The National Exhibition Centre / Exhibitions, Conferences, Concerts and Sporting Events
boys toys
came down with a bad cold 3 days later :-(Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1075591434237762542004-01-31T15:23:00.000-08:002004-01-31T15:25:31.483-08:00Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | Critical eye: Mar 1: "Last week, David Sexton, the Evening Standard's literary editor, was moved to discourse on the foibles of reviewers; apparently some of them (shock, horror) don't read the whole book. He acknowledged some amusing defences - 'I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so' - for instance, courtesy of Sydney Smith, but endedHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1075052580618834402004-01-25T09:43:00.000-08:002004-01-25T09:44:31.560-08:00Journal of nbruce (977) "Today’s Wall Street Journal (January 23, 2004) reviews the novel When Washington was in vogue (Amistad), a love story that includes conflicts between bourgeois blacks and traditional working class blacks of the 1920s. It was originally serialized anonymously in The Messenger and has been issued as a book for the first time."Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1074773690417213802004-01-22T04:14:00.000-08:002004-01-22T04:16:18.250-08:00WHITE DOVES AT MORNING.
By James Lee Burke.
Simon & Schuster
I had to finish reading this book about the US Civil War in a hurry because when I telephoned my local branch library (in Chelmsley Wood, Solihull,) to renew it, I was told that there was a waiting list.
The writer, James Lee Burke, is well known for his 12 published detective stories and his prose was fluent and easy to read but IHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1074773545502211472004-01-22T04:12:00.000-08:002004-01-22T04:13:53.373-08:00THE DANISH INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - EU-Forum General information - Restaurants
the danes who THINK they can write english
LOL
"The Josty Hotel is one of Copenhagen's few historical restaurants. Founded in 1813 by the Italian sculptor Agostiono Taddei and since then it has been gently restored. The Josty has a very distinguished menu with many culinary possibilities."
would be a good Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1074705745760623142004-01-21T09:22:00.000-08:002004-01-21T09:23:52.716-08:00BBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Kilroy quits: Your views: "I am greatly saddened that Kilroy will no longer be entertaining me each morning with his ability to tackle difficult subjects with impartiality, strength and compassion. You only have to watch one of his shows to see that this gentleman is not a racist."
I just don't switch on my TV in the mornings anymore
Hugh WHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1074699601222323592004-01-21T07:40:00.000-08:002004-01-21T07:42:05.030-08:00The post below ended in the wrong BLOG
since then Kilroy Silk has resigned from the BBC
The Washington Dispatch - Opinion: "It is an unfortunate truth of history that on September 11th 2001, Arabs danced in the streets on hearing of the destruction of the World Trade Center. Men slapped each other on the back. Adults passed candy out to kids. The murder of 3,000 people was treated as a cause forHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1074699405624974852004-01-21T07:36:00.000-08:002004-01-21T07:38:12.326-08:00WHITE DOVES AT MORNING.
By James Lee Burke.
Simon & Schuster
I had to finish reading this book in a hurry because when I telephoned the Chelmsley Wood branch library to renew it, I was told that there was a waiting list.
The writer, James Lee Burke, was well known for his 12 published detective stories and his prose was fluent and easy to read but I hardly like reading about civilisation at Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1074218846312084982004-01-15T18:07:00.000-08:002004-01-15T18:08:47.950-08:00HoustonChronicle.com - 'White Doves at Morning' by James Lee Burke: "JAMES Lee Burke's loyal readers will find the same qualities they so admire in his crime novels -- strong, troubled characters, compelling stories and richly atmospheric prose -- in the author's first foray into historical fiction. "
Not finished reading it yet
but I like it !
Hugh Watkins
WHITE DOVES AT MORNING.
By James Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1074065256441658562004-01-13T23:27:00.000-08:002004-01-13T23:28:56.013-08:00News: "The only other changes made to the article when it appeared last week were purely grammatical. On Friday, the Sunday Express confirmed it had rewritten the article 'during the Christmas period'.
However, a source at the Express described the mood on Saturday as 'upbeat and very determined'.
'It's not as dramatic as expected. We're not suicidal, no heads are rolling. The view is very much Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1074065201066829722004-01-13T23:26:00.000-08:002004-01-13T23:28:00.653-08:00News: "Complaints were made and the article referred to the police by the Commission for Racial Equality.
But when the piece originally ran, last April during the Iraq War, the phrase 'Arab countries' was used instead of 'Arabs', and no complaints were received. And yesterday the CRE said that they would not have objected to the piece if it still referred to 'Arab countries'. 'That would have Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1074065096280941452004-01-13T23:24:00.000-08:002004-01-13T23:26:15.890-08:00Google Search: kilroy: "BBC1 viewing figures went up on Monday when Kilroy was taken off air,
it was revealed yesterday. Robert Kilroy-Silk's daily discussion ... "
So KILROY is the next BENNY HILL to be slaughteredHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073977633471457542004-01-12T23:07:00.000-08:002004-01-12T23:08:32.373-08:00BBC NEWS | Programmes | Breakfast | Contact us: "Here on Breakfast, we're always keen to hear from you "Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073977491229739382004-01-12T23:04:00.000-08:002004-01-12T23:06:10.140-08:00700am got through to BBC
after my light breakfast and a second pint glass of twinings earl grey tea - the weather is warm so my air bath was not cold, fresh wind from north or NW so the aircraft taking off from BHX are climbing steeply out past my kitchen
Storm warnings aheadHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073973970121685192004-01-12T22:06:00.000-08:002004-01-12T22:07:28.983-08:00 "Robert Kilroy-Silk
TELEPHONE BBC BREAKFAST 08707 878787 "
0606am number busy
Hugh WatkinsHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073973679275404962004-01-12T22:01:00.000-08:002004-01-12T22:02:38.186-08:00Google Search: site:news.bbc.co.uk sharia amputation
Searched pages from news.bbc.co.uk for sharia amputation. Results 1 - 100 of about 203. Search took 0.11 seconds
Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073973525448111152004-01-12T21:58:00.000-08:002004-01-12T22:00:04.373-08:00BBC News | AFRICA | Hand amputation in Nigeria: "The authorities in the Nigerian north-western state of Sokoto have amputated the right hand of a 30-year-old man as punishment for stealing a goat, worth about $40.
This is the third such amputation to take place since 11 states in northern Nigeria began introducing strict punishments based on Islamic Sharia law two years ago. "
BLOODY BBC PAGEHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073973311423332732004-01-12T21:55:00.000-08:002004-01-12T21:56:30.373-08:00Capital punishment - Al Mashriq: "Capital punishment under Sharia Law.
During a stay in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in the early 1950's, Uthman el Kadi took these photographs of the implementation of Sharia Law with regard to crimes punished by amputation and decapitation.
Note: These photographs are published as historical documentation."
only a few100 years ago public execution was normal in England Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073973212692072402004-01-12T21:53:00.000-08:002004-01-12T21:54:51.653-08:00Google Search: sharia amputation and stoning tooHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073972867544375932004-01-12T21:47:00.000-08:002004-01-12T21:49:06.000-08:00Google Search:: more from Robert Kilroy-Silk: that *career-killing article* in full... :
"What do they think we feel about them? That we adore them for the way they
murdered more than 3,000 civilians on September 11 and then danced in the
hot, dusty streets to celebrate the murders?
That we admire them for the cold-blooded killings in Mombasa, Yemen and
elsewhere? That we admire them for beingHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073901836577874752004-01-12T02:03:00.000-08:002004-01-12T02:05:14.623-08:00Google Search:Subject: Robert Kilroy-Silk: that *career-killing article* in full... :
it ends
"And then they expect us to be careful of their sensibilities? We have
thousands of asylum seekers from Iran, Iraq, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Yemen,
Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries living happily in this country on
social security. This shows what their own people think of the Arab regimes,
doesn'tHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073901471387864772004-01-12T01:57:00.000-08:002004-01-12T01:59:09.500-08:00the storm is dying down
0954 could get through to the call centre again
TRISHA is horrible
and what good are gardening programmes to me in this seventh floor flat
Hugh WatkinsHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-10738993202650532004-01-12T01:22:00.000-08:002004-01-12T01:23:18.123-08:00Storm in a BBC teacupHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073899120145450862004-01-12T01:18:00.000-08:002004-01-12T01:19:58.030-08:00Google Groups: View Thread "Kilroy-Silk/ Anne Robinson"
Cyfeillion,
Robert Kilroy-Silk attacks the Arabs - he is immediately suspended
from his £2 million chat-show.
Anne Robinson makes racist comments against the Welsh - her show is
proudly and defiantly repeated twice against the advice of the Race
Relations Board [Incidentally, the last repeat was not shown in
Wales!]
What a funny world weHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073898888323497522004-01-12T01:14:00.000-08:002004-01-12T01:16:06.233-08:00Google Groups: View Thread "OT: In Memoriam. On the Death of a Media Career": "> It's slightly odd that. Apparently the Muslim Council of Great Britain
> are very upset about his sweeping statements about Arab countries.
>
> They didn't seem bothered by Ms Robinson's comments about Wales.
>
> Yet surely British Muslims live in Wales, and don't live in the Middle
> East.
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Arbut, she was Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073896921820843772004-01-12T00:42:00.000-08:002004-01-12T00:43:19.450-08:00Google Search: Robert Kilroy-Silk group:uk.*.*.*Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073896753124082112004-01-12T00:39:00.000-08:002004-01-12T00:40:30.780-08:00Google Search: Robert Kilroy-Silk on usenetHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073896669966043572004-01-12T00:37:00.000-08:002004-01-12T00:39:07.640-08:00Google Search: Robert Kilroy-SilkHugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073896592347177332004-01-12T00:36:00.000-08:002004-01-12T00:37:50.030-08:00Robert Kilroy-Silk : Television For A Generation: "Robert Kilroy-Silk is a godlike figure of a man. Every morning at 9AM on BBC1 he has a talkshow called 'Kilroy'. His introductions to the show are unique.
Instead of telling the viewer what the subject of the show is, he lures them in by posing a few questions. Usually two questions, pasted together to create more questions inside your head. Hugh Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825839.post-1073896470059114722004-01-12T00:34:00.000-08:002004-01-12T00:35:47.750-08:00TELEPHONE BBC BREAKFAST 08707 878787
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