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Greenwich: The first 300 years

... attempt to blow up the Observatory during Queen Victoria’s reign, an incident which provided the inspiration for one of Joseph Conrad’s novels. has remained the official “astronomical yearbook” ever since; and during the regime of the immensely capable ...

Published: Monday 01 September 1975
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 893 | Page: 31 | Tags: none

A contemporary engraving, from the ILN of February 24, 1894, showing the crowds that assembled in Greenwich ..

... cause the government to arm or even expand the police force, let alone pass Lord Salisbury’s Aliens Bill. Then in 1907 Joseph Conrad offered his own version, in one of the most famous detective novels of the century: The Secret Agent. Writing 17 years ...

Published: Monday 01 September 1975
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1592 | Page: 33 | Tags: none

Typhoon

... our Labour Party in its seventy-five years. We face an economic typhoon of unparalleled ferocity. He spoke of author Joseph Conrad's book Typhoon in which advice is given on how to ride a- typhoon. Always facing it . . . that is the way to get ...

Published: Tuesday 30 September 1975
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 86 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Backing

... dramatic moment, the most emotional moment in a Labour conference for years, when Mr. Foot recalled the advice given in Joseph Conrad's novel Typhoon, about how to get through a typhoon: Always facing it, Captain Maguire, that is the way to get through ...

Published: Tuesday 30 September 1975
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 218 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

`Medieval Maggie' jibe

... spoke of author HvvugkatScßanriltoanindecnl,eareedds: was granted it. post from Mr. Callaghan. former junior Minister Joseph Conrad's book Tyhn But they were dashed Eric Helier. advic p e is is a determined Socialis- wear i ng it as Proof of oo given ...

Published: Tuesday 30 September 1975
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 2165 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PAGE 18 DAILY MIRROR, October 1, 1975 *NOT IN COLOUR BC SCHOOLS: 9.15 Engineering Craft Studies. 9.38 Science ..

... Olivier about Lilian Baylis. 9.0 Canservative Party broadcast. 9.10 FACE THE MUSIC: Musical quiz. 9.40 THE SECRET AGENT: Joseph Conrad. Starring Paul Rogers, Robert Hardy, Anton Rodgers, Peter Sallis. Murder and a suicide follow a bombthrowing incident at ...

Published: Wednesday 01 October 1975
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 737 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

SIR PETER AND THE MONSTER .

... pretty face. MIRROR VERDICT : Soltly, softly, catchee audience. * SUDDENLY T V has discovered the works of Polish writer Joseph Conrad. While IT V ore planning a ninety-minute production based on two of his books, B B C-2 have jumped in first. Tonight see ...

Published: Wednesday 01 October 1975
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 311 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

Intriguing rebel

... Intriguing rebel A FINE cast is lined up for UNDER WESTERN EYES, an adaptation from a Joseph Conrad novel (B B 0-2, 9.30). The play revolves around Razumov, a rebel student who becomes mixed up in revolutionary intrigue in St,. Petersburg in 1904. re ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1975
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 149 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

So much talent in a ludicrous piece

... So much talent in a ludicrous piece by Mike Becker BBC-2's choice of play last Wednesday night, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent, baffled me completely, I know that bomb throwing, revolutionary activities, anarchistic pursuits-- call it what you will--are ...

Published: Thursday 09 October 1975
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 480 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Burge treatment was no mean feat

... Burge treatment was no mean feat by Jackie Duason THE theme of Joseph Conrad's Under Western Eyes is moral isolation, which Conrad accentuates both through physical solitude and through the observation of the Russian population of Geneva in the early ...

Published: Thursday 16 October 1975
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 636 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

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... or the purple combination, in Une Vie, of the reflected red of the Corsican cliffs with the deep azure of And then I Joseph Conrad-that Maupassant never requires forgiveness (for his view of life) because he is never dull ; and that he was a true ...

Published: Thursday 30 October 1975
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 52685 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

THE POETRY THIRTIES. By ( Gol/ancz, £6.50)

... or the purple combination, in Une Vie, of the reflected red of the Corsican cliffs with the deep azure of And then I Joseph Conrad-that Maupassant never requires forgiveness (for his view of life) because he is never dull ; and that he was a true ...

Published: Thursday 30 October 1975
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2328 | Page: 107 | Tags: none