Jet Harris and Tony Meehan began playing together as members of the Shadows backing Cliff Richard. Despite the success of the group in its own right, both of them decided to quit. Meehan had left the group at the end of 1961 with plans to take up a job in A&R with the Decca record...
Byline: DAWN THOMPSONThompson, Dawn
A Methodist, actor William Christopher (October 20, 1932-December 31, 2016) was best known for playing the kindly and gentle Catholic priest Father Francis Mulcahy, maneuvering amid the secular goings-on of his fellow service members near the Korean War front, on the TV series “MASH.” After...
Hot, Hot, Hot. When I left Texas to cool off, I was not expecting Santa Clara to get swept up in a heatwave. We paused for nearly two weeks and parked close by my childhood hometown of Campbell at the Santa Clara Elks Lodge. Having stayed here in past years, we loved its central ...
A 2005 treaty signed by members of the WHO has been ratified by 180 nations now. It urges banning tobacco advertisements and sponsorship, as well as imposing taxes to discourage tobacco consumption. "Governments have the power in their hands to protect their citizens from suffering needlessly from...
Members come out of the woodwork to attend and the park was overflowing with celebrators. This was our second visit to this lodge. Although primarily a quiet farming town, the Lodge was abuzz with activity and entertainment. My reason for loving this area are the dozens of local dairy ...
Some buildings are used by Mary’s family for agricultural storage and she very helpfully took us for a small tour around them and also pointed out the ruins of the other remaining buildings. Mary (maiden name Thompson) very kindly took time to explain what she could remember about the ...
Except that in this case, it is about the ordeal of not making a film – the characters simply can’t seem to make anything work. The reason for this seems profane: in Fassbinder’s universe, work and romances are inextricably entwined. Crew members talk about sex when they work and ...
Breathing a sigh of great relief as I roll down the road in new wheels … Here are some fun questions for you. Share your answers in the comments below and if you want feel free to ask some questions of your own. Iced coffee on a snowy day or hot coffee in a heatwave?
Like vaccines, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and therapies, dentistry and psycho - analysis, medical research is now an industry, a driver of corporate profits. And the cancer industry is particularly ironic because the products that cause many cancers are made by ... ...