... commercial success . A follow up on Stiff Records was his last attempt to break the UK charts again . In 1984 he was declared bankrupt but remained a popular performer on the club scene . Jeremy Austin ...

... . We used to tour from March through to November but hiring a political lobbyist to help us the Licensing Act virtually bankrupted the circus . not possible to tour it now . A lot of small circuses have had to come off the road . I understand you did ...

... two things that provide income , The Woman in Black and An Inspector Calls . He also denied industry rumours that he was bankrupt or that his company had gone into as a result of the failure of Under the Doctor , a show by PW Productions that closed after ...

... reformers have failed for a seventh time to win equal rights for women , leaving it almost certain the organisation will be bankrupt in three years . The motion to delete rule 12 ( e ) of the constitution , which denies full membership rights to women , ...

... calling for white linen suits and sensitivity , was something of a revelation as a foul mouthed yob . Alun Armstrong , as bankrupt salesman Jim , was equally wonderful . But then we have come to expect nothing less from Armstrong , one of British most ...

... admitted alcoholism - like his lale mother . He was times , with liver mainly fuelled by excessive drinking . Best was made bankrupt , went to jail and spent three months in Pentonville for drunken driving and the arresting cop . With wife Alex a tower of ...

... 19th century, among them Horatio Jacob Cottrell, Willy's father. Horatio's show did well in Asia in the twenties but went bankrupt in Rangoon during the monsoon season there. He and his Russian-bom wife Sofia were married in the British consulate in Bangkok ...

... feature articles and columns in national dailies . From the same active period came 22 books on gardening . Although previously bankrupt and at a low ebb financially with a failed marriage behind him , Hamilton was tempted to make an offer for five and a half ...

... literati boasted George Jean Nathan and HL Mencken . Like Swaffer and Tynan they could ruin a show with a word or make some bankrupt impresario a new millionaire overnight . Here , I must declare an . Both Swaff and Tynan worked for me briefly back in the ...

... win matches . What is absolutely is not to sacrifice one for the other . It is no good winning matches if the team is going bankrupt , just as vast profits do not compensate for sacrificing good sport . Similarly , trashy theatre might in the short run make ...

... Ten years ago Richard Blackwood was one of the leading comics and TV presenters , but all that changed when he was declared bankrupt in 2002 . Now he is making a comeback as an actor in a touring production of Agatha The Unexpected Guest . He speaks to Jeremy ...

... courted some of the most beautiful women in the world , including Sarah Miles and Carly Simon , and yet became a serial bankrupt who ended his days living as a ponce in a Chels brothel . Along the chequered way he established as a leading player in the ...