This was a start of a vicious battle with his partner which
This was a start of a vicious battle with his partner, which led to him being arrested and the partner vanishing).78) Engineering.79) 24 September 1869, after Jay Drew and Daniel Gould tried to corner the gold market.80) J Lyons built the Leo computer to work out wages for the Nippies, waitresses in its Corner Houses.81) [...]
It used to be the Establishment bible chronicling the details of archbishops peers
It used to be the Establishment bible, chronicling the details of archbishops, peers and dons. But as the 149th edition of Who’s Who is published next month, the great and the good have been joined by the naff. In company with the first female chaplain to the Queen and the president of China, the latest [...]
Most of us were like playful young animals in the spring heaving and butting practising our emotions for the time
Most of us were like playful young animals in the spring, heaving and butting, practising our emotions for the time when we would meet boys. There was an advertising slogan at the time: “preparing to be a beautiful lady”. We were preparing to be devoted wives, getting ready to fall in love, an event that [...]
The high Modernists Richard Rogers and David Chipperfield were among his guest lecturers there
(The high Modernists Richard Rogers and David Chipperfield were among his guest lecturers there.) He is also (still) in charge of two important excavation sites, in the south-west of Albania and in Italy. Both these huge projects have involved challenges – building visitors’ centres and so on – that are intrinsically architectural.But perhaps Hodges’s chief [...]
Big truth: the abrupt abandonment of inhibition merely makes sex easier not better though no one would deny that poppers’
Big truth: the abrupt abandonment of inhibition merely makes sex easier, not better, though no one would deny that poppers’ brief, blunt exhilaration and anonymous gay sex are natural partners.However, poppers’ reputation as an aphrodisiac, and their relative cheapness, only partly account for enduring popularity Drug fashions come and go, and still poppers rule, OK. [...]
Brentford was called off then Luton an hour later and Watford a few minutes before kick-off time
Brentford was called off then, Luton an hour later and Watford a few minutes before kick-off time. At Gillingham they kicked off only for the referee, Paul Alcock, to decide the pitch was no longer playable after 66 minutes Neither players, managers, spectators nor media agreed. A few players had slipped over in one corner [...]
The documentary indulges Mattea’s hopelessly sentimental view of Scotland easily the most toe-
The documentary indulges Mattea’s hopelessly sentimental view of Scotland (easily the most toe- curling moments are the videoesque shots of MacLean lipsyncing to his songs on the Hebridean coastline), prompting a suspicion that this is mere musical tourism “It was never that calculated,” she insists “I think it all comes from a gut place. It [...]
It’s always wonderful to be involved in this tournament so much changes season on season but equally so much stays the same
“It’s always wonderful to be involved in this tournament; so much changes season on season but, equally, so much stays the same. The hype and expectation never diminish, no matter how successful or otherwise the teams have been in the warm-up games.”The Welsh have not caused Hastings too many problems in the past – he [...]
It should offer general principles for society to which the majority can subscribe because more people will benefit than suffer from
It should offer general principles for society to which the majority can subscribe because more people will benefit than suffer from the results. So that is principle number one: no bans based on impulse or mere whim or prejudice.Some time ago, I discovered that a group of friends and acquaintances gathered annually to debate and [...]
This was a life-changing – practically a life-threatening – experience
This was a life-changing – practically a life-threatening – experience. Not since I swam in the Turkish Aegean in the late Seventies have I been forced to ingest such a tidal wave of sticky and disgusting fluids. Not since the Sixties have I encountered such a phantasmagoria of delirium. Short of incarceration in the dungeons [...]