but died before finishing his term. A Hungarian-American, Lantos was the only Holocaust survivor to have served in the United States Congress.In speaking before the House of Representatives after his death, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated that Lantos "devoted his public life to shining a bright...
In the neatly kept churchyard of Kew, in Surrey, rest the remains of William Aiton, 'late gardener to his Majesty at Kew,' a reputation which he largely extended by the publication of the famed Catalogue of Plants in the royal gardens, entitled the Hortus Kewensis. He had been superintenden...
England in 1947 might not seem like the best place and time to have released a film about the most secret desires of a group of nuns in a convent, but not only did the Archers pull it off, but is was successful at release and no one was lynched in the strait-laced streets of Sur...
Unlike Winchester, where there weren’t many kids to be seen, this place had attracted a large number of families out at Half-Term Week to see a bit of their historic landmarks. And possibly because my expectations were so low, I was completely bowled over by everything I saw and the...
Skip Anderson co-prod/penned nicely flowing classily rolling 115bpm 12in soul swayer doing all the right things with a good long break, though possibly in not sufficiently different style to have more than short term specialist appeal — which however for many will be immediate...
Scalia’s sudden death — and the chaos it’s about to cause — makes a strong case against lifetime appointments to the Court.Time for term limits for Supreme Court justices. Who will Obama choose to replace Antonin Scalia? Here are 7 of the strongest candidates.Place your bets now.I we...
The temporary tax will add $2.50 to every $100 paid on short-term rooms starting Feb. 1. But soccer and non-soccer fans will have to start paying more well before and well after the first kick of the ball. It is not clear whether the tax will be enough to cover ...
(EVERYONE needs to read this), food, Surrey, charitable initiatives, and Frankie’s amazing new project ‘Nice One Frankie‘, where she does something good/nice/generally beneficial to society every day. Oh, and a top notch Liam Neeson impression. We also talked about the fashion industry ...
The ‘Curves and Corners’ pictures are stills from some video I shot at theSurrey Hills Wood Fairlast October. Not the greatest quality however these were two scenes that had me entranced. The skills needed to form the glass bowl over the log and the carving of the links out of a singl...
David Bermanis a multimedia photojournalist who works as a photographer at Northcliffe’s Surrey Mirror. I asked him some questions about his role which I thought I would post here. But first, a showreel of his work… “I started making Soundslides at the Croydon Advertiser at the back end...