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Less operatic brouhaha, please

... worried about the state of the art. “I do believe the whole opera business is going through some sort of crisis, artistically speaking,” he told me at his Finchley home. “The pressure on the few great voices available is intense. Some people can earn a great ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1984
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1125 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

The romance of islands

... Tennant Expect no surprises either from > our mystery. On the other “insularity classic northern island, the one vou can speaks of narrowness, pokiness, and The Seychelles by David Tennant stop offat for a night while the Steamer that brand of arrogant ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1984
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 652 | Page: 36 | Tags: none

The Faroes

... these occupations they have overcome isolation and austerity to enjoy their current prosperity. And it is no exaggeration to speak of Faroese culture. Folk, individuals all, join hands in slow-moving chain dances to ballad and drum accompaniment in communal ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1984
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 800 | Page: 48 | Tags: none

7727). Until Jan 14. Mr Cinders An endearing musical comedy, with a score largely by Vivian Ellis, returns —in the

... is a genllajoy in its own right, with Tommy Steele to lake us through the worries of a Hollywood when the screen began to speak. Palladium, Argyll St, WI (437 7373, cc). The Sleeping Beauty Traditional panto by David Cregan. Joanne Whalley plays the princess ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1984
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 513 | Page: 70 | Tags: none

OUR NOTEBOOK The benefits of National Service

... service experiences, “I made friends, many of whom I’ve kept to this day. 1 enjoyed my postings to Egypt and Greece.” Vaughan speaks of his time in Germany with equal enthusiasm. “And above all, I was warmed by a kind of comradeship—a version of Us against ...

Published: Sunday 01 January 1984
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 810 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

QUIZWORD CROSSWORD

... Male horse (8). an athletics event (4). 14. See 11. 15. Pressure, as of steam (4). 16. The scapula is one In a manner of speaking (5). 17 and 23. Comedian associ- ated with TV's Pun- chlines (6, 7). 21. Savage and deformed slave in Shakespeare's The Tempest ...

Published: Monday 02 January 1984
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 412 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

Or will Barbie Women put th Libbers to sh

... in men's eyes. Barbie Woman can be seen in the TV worlds of Dallas's Pam Ewing (as played by Victoria Princi- They seldom speak when pal), and in Dynasty and they are among men and Knots Landing. reserve a much-practised cold. steely gaze for other Young ...

Published: Monday 02 January 1984
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 370 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Roger IN bid fop

... on races in before the end of Saturday in the £4,000 January to g et a handi Express Chase. cap rating for the Roger cannot speak National. English, so Webber con- Jimmy Fitz Gerald's verses with him by way Mullacurry will try of sign language and again ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1984
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 158 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

'l'll clear y

... Margate because it is the home of his probation officer Graham Betts, who met him in Maidstone Prison 10 years ago. After speaking on the phone to Barlow, who spent last night in London before ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1984
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 307 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Creating stir with Bard in Bangladesh

... Creating stir with Bard in Bangladesh MICHAEL LEECH speaks to the director who took Shakespeare to Bangladesh for the first time. EVERYONE SAID 'oh it'll never work' when the British Council suggested my trip to Bangladesh. A foreign director doing 'Macbeth' ...

Published: Thursday 05 January 1984
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1152 | Page: 8 | Tags: none