MunroDavid Edwin Coombe botanical ecologist: born Bath 9 March 1927 Fellow Christ’s College Cambridge 1951-99 Vice-Master

MunroDavid Edwin Coombe, botanical ecologist: born Bath 9 March 1927; Fellow, Christ’s College, Cambridge 1951-99, Vice-Master 1980-84; University Lecturer, Department of Botany, Cambridge University 1952-89; died Cambridge 28 June 1999.. As his strength declined, he worked more and more on local material and published predominantly in Nature in Cambridgeshire; he left with a paper “in [...]

He is all elbows knees and pouty lips and is clad in trousers that could have been

He is all elbows, knees and pouty lips, and is clad in trousers that could have been tailor-made for a grasshopper.He performs with a conviction that is usually the preserve of soul musicians, and has a voice that could similarly make you weep. The Crowes are the epitome of rock’n’roll glamour, in a seedy bar-room [...]

I wondered if there was any way out of this hole and what could

“I wondered if there was any way out of this hole and what could be done to save the trial,” she said. “Then I came up with the idea of continuing from Bart’s Great Hall.”With just an hour’s notice, the jury was taken to St Bartholomew’s and settled into the 30ft-high, oak-panelled hall.Then, from an [...]

The murder of Howell a deacon at his church and a Sunday-school teacher distresses the neighbourhood of Edmond which has an average of

The murder of Howell, a deacon at his church and a Sunday-school teacher, distresses the neighbourhood of Edmond, which has an average of one murder a year.Police say the gunman “just appeared” in the driveway as Howell and his family were getting out of their car. Fitigu is found shot dead in the wreckage: it [...]

While you didn’t get to taste it often it was always a treat

While you didn’t get to taste it often, it was always a treat. In recent years this erstwhile delicacy has become ubiquitous, thanks to salmon farming. WE’RE ALL supposed to be well-versed in the dangers of big fish and small ponds, but there’s still something pathetic about the present furore over 50 dead salmon. A [...]

Both see LA as the perfect setting for socially disparate resonant American drama

Both see LA as the perfect setting for socially disparate, resonant American drama. It’s an excavation of the layers of living on Hollywood’s doorstep which has paid rich dividends in recent years, revealing a city that’s just as mythic and mutable as the movies themselves, with a history that’s been reinforced and re-routed by film-makers [...]

People always bang on about the craft of the songwriter don’t they? But what I feel

People always bang on about the craft of the songwriter, don’t they? But what I feel is, it should be a playful thing.” He looks into a corner “It’s a.. vague thing to be doing Is it a proper job?”You tell me Apparently, you once wanted to be a postman. It’s not a bad canon, [...]

Teatr Biuro Podrozy wants to counter any idea that it is a one-export wonder

Teatr Biuro Podrozy wants to counter any idea that it is a one-export wonder. When it was performed last month outside the National Theatre in London, the sight of a 12ft-high Death wielding a scythe stopped the traffic on Waterloo Bridge.
The show is being performed for the last time tomorrow night in Edinburgh in aid [...]

But Ansell the real Mick Dundee never saw a penny from royalties and had to settle for the myth surrounding

But Ansell, the real Mick Dundee, never saw a penny from royalties and had to settle for the myth surrounding his tangled life. THEY CALLED Rod Ansell “Crocodile Dundee” because his adventurous life in the wilds of Australia’s Northern Territory inspired the 1986 hit film of that name. It propelled the actor Paul Hogan to [...]

Peter a 34-year-old office administrator says: There are no experts no preaching

Peter, a 34-year-old office administrator, says: “There are no experts, no preaching. People share their experience rather than a theory a counsellor might use. At HA meetings there are other people who think or act in the same way and there is a certain amount of camaraderie. You don’t feel so loony.”For some, attending a [...]

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