I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen The Outlaw Josie Wales. One of the many joys of expanded basic cable (besides the Cooking Channel, of course) is that I get Encore Westerns. Between that and reruns of Walker, Texas Ranger, I know that when my mama comes to visit she ...
Lord Snowdon’s childhood home was a beautifully situated but modest manor house here in North Wales, which he and Princess Margaret used as their base when visiting these parts. Dining there, in what is now a lovely hotel, I imagined the discomfiture of a princess in the Welsh outback, i...
Jonathan Smith was born in Wales in 1942 and went to Christ College, Brecon. He read English at Cambridge, taught at Loretto School, Edinburgh and in Melbourne, and from the late 1960s onwards at Tonbridge School, where he was head of English for 17 years. He is married and lives in K...
Benson company went on to become the official supplier of timepieces to the Admiralty and War Department, gaining royal warrants from Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales and the Tsar of Russia. Let’s see what that was, revisit a bit of Rolex history, and discover how the platinum Day-...
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We have sung songs in the car ever since I was a kid in Wales and we continued the practice with our own family. Our kids have great voices and we get some lovely harmonies. Not that we go on family trips in the car anymore. The Silver Bullet ain’t big enough. ...
Sydney Opera House Sydney Bridge Art installation at New South Wales Library St. Mary’s Cathedral Ferry to Manly Island Bonding in Bondi with my surf pal Alex My Tribe girl Erika and her baby boy Hunter,. Melbourne After a fun few days in Sydney, I set off for Melbourne the country’s...
It had been an enjoyable week hiking through England’s (and Wales’s) typical green and pleasant land, even though my trip to France had cut it short – I vowed to hike the remaining 70 miles of the path from Buttington to Prestatyn as soon as I got the chance. ...
Big rugby day today, the finale at 8pm being France v Wales for the Grand Slam. It’s going to be a long old afternoon as before that game we have Ireland v England at 4.45. The Scots have just beaten the Italians. I’ll be treating meself to a beer shortly. Gorrabedone. Only pr...
2.How did the Taiwanese band get the name? A.Their fans gave the name to them. B.Their idols had a deep influence on them. C.A singing contest gave their idea of the band name. D.The first letters of Selina, Hebe and Ella form the band name. 3.What do you know about Peng ...