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ILN’s GUIDE TO EVENTS I THEATRE I Absurd Person Singular. Alan Ayckbourn’s line in kitchen comedy is the most ..

... the King & Bolingbroke in one of John Barton’s most assured productions; the quality of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s speaking & some splendid pieces of business atone for a certain Bartonian fussiness —and the nonsense of Bolingbroke as the groom ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1975
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2217 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

that the church is ruined

... southwest corner of the tower collapsed, and we know them, for some repairs were previously done but time and lack of money, so to speak, beat us. We started an Appeal for money, and the Church Council with village help have in two years received just over £3 ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1975
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 156 | Page: 43 | Tags: none

New birds in Scotland

... are believed to have come from an area of Scandinavia known as Fennoscandia which is located on the 65th parallel. (Roughly speaking. Strathspey starts at 50 degrees north.) The popularity of Strathspey may be a good clue to the reason for the influx of ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1975
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 944 | Page: 44 | Tags: none

That Scottish play

... Stratford, she is instinctively washing her hands. Physically, Mr Williamson’s Macbeth is compelling. Every now and then he speaks, with a Scottish accent, a line as we wish it to be heard; for once “the shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums” is onomatopoeic ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1975
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1460 | Page: 66 | Tags: none

Why I raised £7,000 for the Royal Hospital”

... Appeals Secretary,Air Commodore Rixson, ArA The Royal Hospital & Home for Incurables, |_| West Hill, Putney,London SWIS 3SW. to speak, I realise the privilege of speech!’ Mrs. Keturah Hain has raised an average of over £7,000 a year during the past four ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1975
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 236 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Mary Webb’s love letters to nature

... “neglected genius” whose work became popular suddenly through recommendation. Stanley Baldwin, then Prime Minister, while speaking at a dinner at the Royal Literary Fund seven months after her death, expressed surprise that a novelist of genius should ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1975
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1233 | Page: 54 | Tags: none

Weekending in Amsterdam

... afternoon selected a shorter four-hour trip to Delft and the Hague which was accompanied by a friendly and informative English-speaking guide. In the Netherlands’ diplomatic capital we visited the Mauritshuis Museum, a Renaissance mansion adjoining the Dutch ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1975
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1314 | Page: 76 | Tags: none

An accolade for Australia

... for Australia The pundits say that the Australians keep their best wines for themselves and, on occasion, these same experts speak ecstatically of old, matured reds reminiscent of Chateau Petrus or even Chateau Latour. This may be true: not having had the ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1975
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 841 | Page: 94 | Tags: none

B EEEEEE——_— R, TORY-LIBERAL CLASH ON BOROUGH EFFICIENCY PHIPP SLAMS THE SYSTEM o by Albert Gallienne BOROUGH ..

... at the town hall. And hc'mnn committee papers to I . members with plenty of time to spare before meetings. : Mr Phipp was speaking at a meeting of the council’s policy and resources committee, But the Liberal leader of Eastbourne borough council, Mr Peter ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1975
Newspaper: Eastbourne Gazette
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 148 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Turning words into deeds and moniy

... cooperate, working for a common end and a common good. It was by similar methods that the Jews ‘made the Israeli desert bloom. F Speaking practically, the production of rabbits and chickens is profitable business. With a group of people of worldly experience ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1975
Newspaper: Worthing Gazette
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 295 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

YEAR OF PEOPLE

... January Ted Heath visited Eastbourne and was greeted and cheered by hundreds who packed into the Congress Theatre to hear him speak. But by February he was no longer Prime Minister — just leader of the Opposition. ® THE MAN who represented Eastbourne at ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1975
Newspaper: Eastbourne Gazette
County: Sussex, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 96 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

EDGMOND HALL - CHURCH STREET THURSDAY, 2nc JANUARY. 1975 at 7.30 pm, Mr. F. A. HUDSON (of New Milton)

... EDGMOND HALL - CHURCH STREET THURSDAY, 2nc JANUARY. 1975 at 7.30 pm, Mr. F. A. HUDSON (of New Milton) . will speak on the subject: — THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN Doors open 7 p.m :: Community Singing 7.10 p.m. Meeting closes ar 845 p.mv — A WELCOME ...

Published: Wednesday 01 January 1975
Newspaper: Eastbourne Gazette
County: Sussex, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 153 | Page: 2 | Tags: none