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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

THE DAILY MAIL i GEORGE THOMPSON (Hull & East Riding) Ltd THE FLYOVER Hessle Rd Telephone Hull 52141 AREA RETAIL

... Mountford recently completed a month’s loan with Crewe from the service “within a few weeks” and up their own agencies Castle speaking a BBC radio interview realised many longer hours were paid for contracts would by hours worked Far the first time consultants ...

Published: Thursday 02 January 1975
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 2921 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HELP FOR SLIMMERS ! . SLIMMING MAGAZINE is looking for group . leaders to run a slimming club in JARROW,

... job: MUST HAVE HAD A WEIGHT PROBLEM AND SUCCEEDED IN OVERCOMING IT MUST BE PERSONABLE AND OF SMART APPEARANCE MUST BE ABLE TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC WITH CONFIDENCE The work involves one or two evenings per week. Successful applicants must be prepared to travel ...

Published: Thursday 02 January 1975
Newspaper: Blyth News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 134 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

U rban Problem s

... U rban Problem s Moreover, with Mrs Battis- combe's book in one hand and (so to speak) Mrs Horn's in the other, and in spite of the fact that Shaftesbury was much more involved in urban than in rustic problems, you can better appreciate the ironies that ...

Published: Thursday 02 January 1975
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 172 | Page: 83 | Tags: none

NOW ON NOW ON NOW ON

... champion of the underdog, very well indeed. U rban Problem s Moreover, with Mrs Battis- combe's book in one hand and (so to speak) Mrs Horn's in the other, and in spite of the fact that Shaftesbury was much more involved in urban than in rustic problems ...

Published: Thursday 02 January 1975
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2879 | Page: 83 | Tags: none