A jug in a bedroom gently shakes…
Update. Robert Ross points out a coincidence:
@HughJampton I've *always* thought that. Both are 1913~1976 too. Spooky! ;-)
— Robert Ross (@RobertWRossEsq) November 16, 2013
Posted: Nov 14 2013 | Tags: Music, Films
This is some range.
Rock singer.
Substitute singer with Pink Martini
Posted: Oct 19 2013 | Tag: Music
During the four long and traumatic years of the Great War, only one individual was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) and Bar – the equivalent of two VCs. The recipient of this exceptional double honour was not even a frontline soldier: Captain Noel Chavasse, a bishop’s son, was a medical officer...
Posted: Oct 4 2013 | Tags: War, History
Columbus' arrival in the Americas sparked the globalization of animals, plants and microbes. A recent book takes a closer look at how items from the New World, such as potatoes, guano and rubber, quickly and radically transformed the rest of the planet.
Posted: Sep 20 2013 | Tag: History
Nadezhda Popova, who has died aged 91, was a member of an elite corps of Soviet women — known as the “Night Witches” — who fought as bomber pilots in the air war against Germany, and the only one to win three Orders of the Patriotic War for bravery.
Posted: Jul 10 2013 | Tags: War, History
No photograph can capture just how retina dazzling the Vini Fantini - Selle Italia Giallo Fluo really is.
Posted: May 29 2013 | Tag: Cycling
Finally. Although, as you can see, it still isn't particularly warm given that it's mid-May.
Posted: May 17 2013 | Tag: Cycling
Posted: May 12 2013 | Tags: Cycling, Sights
One of Kharitonov's first solo performances, at age 32 after twelve years in the choir of the Ensemble, was a concert at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses attended by top government officials. As a chorister he was aware of the primary function of the bass part. Whether the part actually does...
Posted: Apr 24 2013 | Tag: Music
Tony: Be careful with this guy. He was in the ministry of the interior. Killed 16 Chechnyans. (hangs up)
Christopher: What'd he say?
Paulie: Guy's a fuckin' interior decorator. Killed 16 Czechoslovakians.
Christopher: Interior decorator? His apartment looked like shit!
Posted: Apr 20 2013 | Tag: Television