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Suspended Animation Classic #84
Originally published August 5, 1990 (#31)
The Sandman/Neil Gaiman
By R. A. Jones
This Sandman will not sing you to sleep. His intent is to open your eyes.
This Sandman is Morpheus, narrator of a comic book series and barely a player in his own title. This ‘god’ of dreams is the Rod Serling of words and pictures, commenting on and occasionally entering into the most well-written, thought-provoking nightmares being published today. And in a sluggish industry stereotyped by superheroes in longjohns, “The Sandman” is eye-opening proof that adult concerns can be written about with dialogue balloons.
In the past four issues, writer Nail Gaiman explored the horror of a wordsmith who kidnaps and rapes Calliope, the muse of words, the real reason that cats smile in their sleep, and the death of William Shakespeare’s son during the first performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. No slouch at deadlines, Gaiman also probes the frightening emotions of a beautiful woman trapped in a disfigured body.
This last short story focused on a minor super-heroine named “Element Girl”. Her power to alter the chemicals in her body into thousands of combinations is also the trap that leaves her disfigured, ostracized, and suicidal. Only giving a nod to the fantasy elements that lesser writers would dwell on, Gaiman turns instead to a private horror that touches many humans today, a handicap that leaves them half alive on the fringes of polite society.
“The Sandman” is marketed as a horror title, but these stories actually fall into the melancholy realm of weird fiction, a genre of psychological and supernatural fear almost unknown by most comics readers today. Very popular decades ago, this artform is more disturbing than frightening, and Gaiman’s weird fantasy is adult in the finest sense of the word – compelling, they speak directly to the long life experiences of real people.
For a quiet shiver on a rain-soaked night, “The Sandman” waits…for you.
“The Sandman”/published monthly by DC Comics/$1.50, 24 pages/written by Neil Gaiman, drawn by various artists/available in comics shops.
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Dopo 5 anni dal suo ultimo concerto, torna in Italia Macklemore, pseudonimo di Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, artista vincitore di un Grammy Award®, il 4 maggio 2023 all’Alcatraz di Milano.
Il cantante porta in Italia il suo The Ben Tour che porta il nome dal suo disco solista, Ben, uscito il 3 marzo scorso. Si tratta dell’attesissimo terzo album in studio di Macklemore.
“Ho sempre voluto fare un album intitolato Ben. C’è qualcosa di speciale in un disco auto intitolato. Sa di voyeurismo. Faccio entrare le persone, ma in un modo in cui prima non mi sentivo a mio agio al 100%. Ora però lo sono. Nel corso del 2020, durante la pandemia globale l’artista si è ritrovato ad avere un po’ di tempo libero per fare un lavoro di introspezione, cosa che non è tipicamente concessa ad un padre di tre figli e musicista in tour… Ho sperimentato un livello di riflessione come mai prima d’ora. Questa pausa forzata e il tempo hanno creato un livello di intimità che forse non ci sarebbe stato se il mondo avesse continuato a funzionare come prima”
Macklemore raggiunge il successo internazionale nel 2011 come componente del duo formato con Ryan Lewis, grazie alla pubblicazione di due album e numerosi singoli di successo, come Thrift Shop, Downtown, Can't Hold Us e Same Love. Dopo la pausa del duo nel 2017, Macklemore pubblica il primo album solista Gemini (certificato Oro in Italia) esordendo alla seconda posizione della classifica statunitense e prima canadese, grazie ai singoli Glorious, certificato 2X Platino in Italia e Good Old Days (certificato Oro in Italia) in collaborazione con Kesha. Il pluripremiato artista ha fatto la storia con una combinazione di successo commerciale, riconoscimento da parte della critica, anche internazionale. Con un totale di 12,8 miliardi di stream raggiunti fino ad oggi, Macklemore è uno degli artisti indipendenti di maggior successo di tutti i tempi.
Nel corso della carriera ha inoltre collaborato con diversi artisti quali: Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Martin Garrix, Ray Dalton, Mary Lambert, Ed Sheeran, Chance the Rapper e Queen Latifah. Il singolo Summer Days riscuote successo nelle principali classifiche internazionali, ricevendo la certificazione di disco d'oro dalla RIAA, vendendo complessivamente oltre un milione di copie.
Nel 2018 ha partecipato al Recovery Fest, concerto per sostenere le associazioni che si occupano di combattere la dipendenza e l'abuso di alcol e droghe. Già nel 2016, durante il discorso settimanale del 44º presidente degli Stati Uniti Barack Obama, racconta la propria esperienza: "Quando ci si trova in mezzo, è difficile immaginare che qualcosa sia peggio della dipendenza. Ma la vergogna e lo stigma associati alla malattia impediscono a troppe persone di cercare l'aiuto di cui hanno effettivamente bisogno".
Nel 2019, Macklemore ha ricevuto il premio Stevie Ray Vaughan Award dai Grammy Award, in riconoscimento del suo sostegno a MusiCares e al processo di recupero dalla dipendenza dalle sostanze stupefacenti.
The Postcard
A Nels postcard that was published by Ern. Thill of Brussels. The card was posted in Bruges on Monday the 18th. July 1960. It was sent to:
Miss D. Hunt,
39, Rochester Way,
Blackheath,
London SE3,
England.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Monday.
Have been to Bruges for
the afternoon, renewing
happy memories.
The sun is being more
than kind - no coats, hats
or umbrellas!
I shall not want to come
back I'm afraid.
I do hope you have a
holiday soon.
Love R."
Monday, Monday
Monday would seem to be the most popular day for posting postcards. An analysis of the posting days for cards on this photostream reveals the following:
Moday 1,701
Tuesday 1,208
Wednesday 1,227
Thursday 1,081
Friday 1,227
Saturday 1,285
Sunday 1,271
Simon Heffer
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, the 18th. July 1960 marked the birth of Simon Heffer.
Simon James Heffer is an English historian, journalist, author and political commentator.
He has published several biographies and a series of books on the social history of Great Britain from the mid-nineteenth century until the end of the Great War. He was appointed professorial research fellow at the University of Buckingham in 2017.
He worked as a columnist for the Daily Mail and since 2015 has had a weekly column in The Sunday Telegraph. As a political commentator, Heffer takes a socially conservative position.
-- Simon Heffer - The Early Years
Heffer was born in Chelmsford, Essex, and was educated there at King Edward VI Grammar School before going to read English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
After he had become a successful journalist and author, his old university awarded him a PhD in History for his 1998 biography of Enoch Powell.
-- Simon Heffer's Career
-- Journalism
Heffer worked for The Daily Telegraph until 1995, and as a columnist for the Daily Mail from 1995 to 2005.
He rejoined the Telegraph in October 2005 as a columnist and associate editor. Martin Newland, the Daily Telegraph's editor at the time, described the newspaper as Heffer's "natural journalistic home".
Simon records that he left the Telegraph in May 2011:
"... to pursue a role in journalism and
broadcasting and to complete a major
literary project."
It was speculated that his departure had been prompted by his constant attacks on David Cameron's government, of which the Telegraph had been generally supportive.
Heffer later rejoined the Daily Mail in order to edit a new online comment section, called RightMinds. He returned to the Daily Telegraph in June 2015, and has a weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph.
-- Historian and Author
Simon Heffer has written biographies of the historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle, the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, and of the British politician Enoch Powell, which was described by the New Statesman as "a lucid and majestic tribute" to the politician.
In September 2010, Heffer published Strictly English: the Correct Way to Write... and Why it Matters, a guide to English grammar and usage. The book met with some negative reception.
Since 2010 Simon has published several historical works such as A Short History of Power (2010) and a series of three books on the social history of Great Britain from the mid nineteenth century until the end of the First World War: High Minds: the Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain (2013), The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914 and Staring at God: Britain 1914 to 1919 (2019).
-- Simon Heffer's Comments on the Hillsborough Disaster
Heffer said in 2012 that he wrote the first draft of a Spectator editorial in 2004 regarding the death of Kenneth Bigley, which said in part:
"The extreme reaction to Mr Bigley's murder is fed
by the fact that he was a Liverpudlian. Liverpool is a
handsome city with a tribal sense of community.
A combination of economic misfortune – its docks
were, fundamentally, on the wrong side of England
when Britain entered what is now the European
Union – and an excessive predilection for welfarism
have created a peculiar, and deeply unattractive,
psyche among many Liverpudlians.
They see themselves whenever possible as victims,
and resent their victim status; yet at the same time
they wallow in it. ... They cannot accept that they
might have made any contribution to their
misfortunes, but seek rather to blame someone
else for it, thereby deepening their sense of shared
tribal grievance against the rest of society.
The deaths of more than 50 Liverpool football
supporters at Hillsborough in 1989 was undeniably
a greater tragedy than the single death, however
horrible, of Mr Bigley; but that is no excuse for
Liverpool's failure to acknowledge, even to this day,
the part played in the disaster by drunken fans at
the back of the crowd who mindlessly tried to fight
their way into the ground that Saturday afternoon.
The police became a convenient scapegoat, and
The Sun newspaper a whipping-boy for daring,
albeit in a tasteless fashion, to hint at the wider
causes of the incident."
These comments (sometimes incorrectly attributed to the then-editor of the Spectator, Boris Johnson) were widely circulated following the April 2016 verdict by the Hillsborough inquest's second hearing proving unlawful killing of the 96 dead at Hillsborough.
Johnson apologised at the time of the publication, saying:
"That was a lie that unfortunately and
very, very regrettably got picked up in
a leader in the Spectator in 2004, which
I was then editing."
Kenneth John Bigley (22nd. April 1942 – 7th. October 2004) was a British civil engineer who was kidnapped by Islamic extremists in the al-Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq, on the 16th. September 2004, along with his colleagues, U.S. citizens Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong.
Following the murders of Hensley and Armstrong by beheading over the course of three days, Bigley was killed in the same manner two weeks later. Videos of the killings were posted on websites and blogs.
-- Simon Heffer's Politics
Heffer was politically left-wing in his teenage years, but had abandoned his views by the time he went to university, although he states that he still has a lingering respect and affection for several past figures of the left, such as Michael Foot and Tony Benn.
Heffer is a social conservative, though in a recent interview he described himself as a Gladstonian Liberal. He supported the retention of Section 28, opposed the equalisation of the age of consent and the liberalisation of laws on abortion and divorce. He opposed the removal of hereditary peers from the House of Lords in 1999.
Heffer believes that Christianity should have a strong role in shaping both the moral foundation of society and public policy, but he is personally an atheist.
In 2008, Heffer called for the United Nations to be strengthened:
"If the UN ceases to be regarded by the larger
powers as an institution to secure the peace of
the world and justice therein, then that holds
out all sorts of potential dangers."
On the 27th. May 2009, Heffer threatened to stand as an independent against Sir Alan Haselhurst, his local Conservative MP, unless Haselhurst paid back the £12,000 he claimed for work on his garden, as revealed in the Parliamentary expenses scandal.
A month later, Haselhurst announced that he would pay the £12,000 back, while insisting it had been claimed within the rules.
In 2010, Heffer criticised the then Prime Minister, David Cameron, and modernising elements within the Conservative Party.
Heffer has written sympathetically about and backed the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and Nigel Farage. He supported the UK's withdrawal from the EU in the Brexit referendum. From 2016 to 2019, he was part of the political advisory board of Leave Means Leave.
-- Simon Heffer's Personal Life
Simon Heffer married his wife Diana in 1987. He has two children and lives in Great Leighs, near Chelmsford. He is a director of the London Chorus (London Choral Society) and was previously director of the Elgar Foundation.
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the book is about real life stories of the street kids here..
i especially like the content of this book.
one of the main reasons why i accepted it..
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Glad to share the news that two of my photographs got published in May 2008 edition of Better Photography magazine. This was in 'Your Photos' section. Pretty encouraging as an artist to see in print format in a national magazine. Thanks to BP.
Small glitch observed is, my description about the photograph says that I am using Pentax K100D super. However, below that they have written as Canon 350D. Do ever Pentax get recognition in INDIA? :-))
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Published today, our second book on our experiences of running John Cameron’s engines on the main line and the many exploits and fun and games we have had over many years.
Packed with over 100 photographs, the book is priced at £15.99 and is available from all good book shops, online and the publishers (Amberley).
We will also have our normal sales table at this year’s Glenrothes and Cupar Model Railway Exhibitions where both our titles can be purchased.
As with our previous book we shall be donating all royalties and profits to Scottish Railway Preservation Projects and to date, six projects have benefited from our donations.
Published On February 18, 1995
Left to Right - John Kitzhaber, Vera Katz, President Bill Clinton.
Bill Clinton
The Postcard
A Hi-Gloss Series postcard that was published by Bamforth & Co. Ltd. of Holmfirth, Yorkshire. The card was printed in England.
The card was posted in Bridlington, but unfortunately the stamp has been removed, along with the date of posting.
The card was sent to:
Misses E & E Williams,
11, King Street,
Failsworth,
Manchester.
The message on the back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Emma and Eva,
This is where we spent
the morning, in the Floral
Hall as it was very cold &
stormy.
Weather changeable, but
having a very nice and
interesting time.
Hoping to go for a sail
and a swim to Scarborough.
Christian greetings,
L & W Scott and family."
Bridlington
Bridlington is a coastal town on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea, situated in the East Riding of Yorkshire approximately 28 miles (45 km) north of Hull and 34 miles (55 km) east of York. The Gypsey Race river runs through the town and emerges into the North Sea in the town harbour.
In the 2011 Census the population was 35,369.
Bridlington is a minor sea fishing port with a working harbour, and is well known for its shellfish. It has a mix of small businesses across the manufacturing, retail and service sectors with its prime trade being tourism during the summer months.
The origins of the town are uncertain, but archaeological evidence shows habitation in the Bronze Age and Roman periods. The settlement at the Norman conquest was called Bretlinton, but has also gone by the names of Berlington, Brellington and Britlington, before settling on its modern name in the 19th century.
-- Bridlington in World War II
During the Second World War, Bridlington suffered many air-raids with a significant number of deaths and extensive bomb damage.
-- David Hockney
Artist David Hockney owned a house in Bridlington, at which an assistant drank a cleaning product and died in March 2013.
Wallace Hartley and The Titanic
There is a blue plaque in Bridlington for Wallace Hartley. He led an orchestra in the town in 1902, although he is particularly famous as leader of the band that played as the Titanic sank in April 1912.
Wallace Henry Hartley (2nd. June 1878 – 15th. April 1912) was an English violinist and bandleader on the Titanic during its maiden voyage.
He became famous for leading the eight-member band as the ship sank on the 15th. April 1912. He died at the age of 33, along with the rest of the band, when the ship went down.
-- Wallace Hartley - The Early Years
Wallace Hartley was born and raised in Colne, Lancashire. His father, Albion Hartley, was the choirmaster and Sunday school superintendent at Bethel Independent Methodist Chapel, on Burnley Road where the family attended services.
Albion introduced the hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee" to the congregation.
Wallace studied at Colne's Methodist day school, sang in Bethel's choir, and learned to play the violin from a fellow congregation member.
After leaving school, Hartley started work with the Craven & Union Bank in Colne. When his family moved to Huddersfield, Hartley joined the Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1903, Wallace left home to join the municipal orchestra in Bridlington, where he stayed for six years.
-- Wallace Hartley and the White Star Line
Wallace later moved to Dewsbury, West Yorkshire and in 1909, he joined the Cunard Line as a musician, serving on the ocean liners RMS Lucania, RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania.
Whilst serving on the Mauretania, the employment of Cunard musicians was transferred to the music agency C.W. & F.N. Black, which supplied musicians for Cunard and the White Star Line.
This transfer changed Hartley's onboard status, as he was no longer counted as a member of the crew, but rather as a passenger, albeit one accommodated in second-class accommodation at the agency's expense.
It later transpired that neither the shipping company nor the music agency had insured the musicians, with each claiming it was the other's responsibility.
In April 1912, Hartley was assigned to be the bandmaster for the White Star Line ship RMS Titanic.
Wallace was at first hesitant to leave his fiancée, Maria Robinson, to whom he had recently proposed, but Hartley decided that working on the maiden voyage of the Titanic would give him possible contacts for future work.
-- The Sinking of the Titanic
After the Titanic hit an iceberg on the night of the 14th. April 1912 and began to sink, Hartley and his fellow band members started playing music to help keep the passengers calm as the crew loaded the lifeboats.
Many of the survivors said that Hartley and the band continued to play until the very end. A newspaper at the time reported:
"The part played by the orchestra on board
the Titanic in her last dreadful moments will
rank among the noblest in the annals of
heroism at sea."
Though the final song played by the band is unknown, "Nearer, My God, to Thee" has gained popular acceptance.
Walter Lord's book A Night to Remember (1955) popularised wireless officer Harold Bride's account of hearing the song "Autumn".
Ellwand Moody, a musician on the Mauretania alongside Hartley, claimed that Hartley had said he would play either "Nearer, My God, to Thee" or "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" if he were ever on a sinking ship.
-- After the Sinking
Hartley's body was recovered almost two weeks after the sinking. Several press reports confirmed that Wallace was found fully dressed with his music case strapped to his body.
His body was returned to Liverpool, where Hartley's father met the ship and brought his son's body back to his home town of Colne.
The funeral took place on the 18th. May 1912. One thousand people attended Hartley's funeral, while an estimated 30,000–40,000 lined the route of his funeral procession.
Hartley was laid to rest in the Keighley Road cemetery, Colne, where a 10 feet (3.0 m) high headstone, containing a carved violin at its base, was erected in his honour.
Frederick Cayley Robinson's 1912 oil painting The Outward Bound (see below) shows a youth in a boat watching as Titanic leaves Southampton. It was commissioned in memory of Hartley, and given to Leeds Art Gallery by the Leeds Professional Musicians. The painting was unveiled in the City Art Gallery by the Lord Mayor of Leeds on the 23rd. December 1912.
Additionally a memorial to Hartley, topped by his bust (see below), was erected in 1915 outside what was then the town library in Colne. This was later moved slightly to make way for a World War One memorial.
Hartley's large Victorian terraced house in West Park Street, Dewsbury bears a blue plaque.
In 2001, Hartley's name was still being used when naming new streets and housing in the town of Colne. In 2008, the pub chain J D Wetherspoon named a newly-opened pub, (the building having been the long-standing King's Head Hotel) in Colne after the bandleader.
-- Memorials to the Band
A memorial to the Titanic musicians as a whole was erected in Broken Hill, in New South Wales. The people of Broken Hill were so moved by the bravery of the ship's bandsmen that they launched a public appeal in order to create a memorial to them.
The memorial, in the shape of a broken pillar, was unveiled in December 1913.
The City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, has an Edwardian bandstand to commemorate the musicians lost. It was erected by the Ballarat Council with funds raised by the Victorian Band Association, and citizens of the area.
The Titanic Memorial bandstand, was unveiled on the 22nd. October 1915. Every year on the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, a band plays "Nearer, My God, To Thee", in the bandstand.
-- Wallace Hartley's Violin
In March 2013, after two years of in-depth trace analysis by The Forensic Science Service on behalf of auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son, and seven years of evidence-gathering by the Wiltshire-based auction house, it was announced that a violin found in a British man's attic inside a leather case with the initials "W. H. H." was the instrument used by Hartley during the ship's last moments.
The identification was helped by an engraving on the German-made violin which his fiancée (Maria Robinson) had placed on the instrument in 1910 which read:
'For Wallace on the occasion of
our engagement from Maria.'
Further tests by a silver expert from the Gemmological Association of Great Britain confirmed that the plate on the base of the violin was original, and that the metal engraving done on behalf of Maria Robinson was contemporary with those made in 1910.
A CT scan enabled experts to view 3D images of the inside of the violin. The fine detail of the scan meant that experts could examine the construction, interior and the glue holding the instrument together showing signs of possible restoration.
While researching the origins of the violin, the auctioneers and Christian Tennyson-Ekeberg, biographer of Wallace Hartley and author of Nearer, Our God, to Thee: The Biography of the Titanic Bandmaster, discovered the transcript of a telegram sent to the Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia, Canada, dated 19th. July 1912 in the diary of Hartley's grieving fiancée in which she stated:
"I would be most grateful if you could
convey my heartfelt thanks to all who
have made possible the return of my
late fiancé's violin."
After Maria Robinson's death in 1939, her sister gave the violin to the Bridlington Salvation Army and told its leader, a Major Renwick, about the instrument's association with the Titanic.
The violin was later passed on to a violin teacher, who gave it to the current owner's mother. Henry Aldridge & Sons stated:
"It's been in the same family
for over 70 years."
Craig Sopin, the owner of one of the world's largest collections of Titanic memorabilia, a leading Titanic expert, and a general skeptic of Titanic claims, stated that:
"The violin is Hartley's and
not a fraud."
The Hartley violin was exhibited in Belfast at the shipyard where the RMS Titanic was built, and in the United States at Titanic Branson and Titanic Pigeon Forge museums.
It was sold by auction house Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, on the 19th. October 2013 for £900,000 ($1.7 million).
The violin now resides at Titanic Belfast Museum and is open to public viewing. It has two large cracks, and is no longer playable.
After seeing the violin auctioned at Aldridges, British folk singer/songwriter Reg Meuross was inspired to write a song about the story of the violin, "The Band Played Sweet Marie", that was released on his album England Green and England Grey in 2014.
The story of Wallace Hartley and his violin is also the inspiration behind the song "Titanically" written by Canadian singer/songwriter Heather Rankin and David Tyson, with a music video directed by American-Canadian filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald.
The music video was released the 2nd. June 2017, to honour Hartley's birthday.
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Deap Vally are a rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 2011. The group consists of Lindsey Troy (guitar, vocals) and Julie Edwards (drums). In the heart of Silver Lake, California, Edwards met Troy at a needlework class. They bonded over their love of music, specifically the blues and hence, Deap Vally was formed.
Over the past year, the girls live demos and videos have circulated online. Deap Vally officially released their debut single, 'Gonna Make My Own Money', on Ark Recordings on July 30, 2012. 'Gonna Make My Own Money' received an overwhelming positive response in both the U.S. and the U.K. They played their first London show at the Old Blue Last pub and venue in early July, where several other bands have made their mark. They have also landed spots at music festivals such as Hyde Park with Iggy Pop in London, United Kingdom, Latitude Festival in Henham Park in Suffolk, United Kingdom. Their live shows draw similar comparisons to Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, as well as guitar blues influences from Jack White.
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Marcus Miller torna ad esibirsi dal vivo con una band di giovani musicisti ai Magazzini Generali di Milano.
Dopo un'assenza dalle scene nel 2014, in cui si è concentrato nel comporre nuova musica ispirato dal ruolo di portavoce dell'UNESCO per lo Slave Route Project, Marcus ha registrato un nuovo CD tra Rio, Parigi, Los Angeles e Lafayette (Louisiana).
Marcus Miller, vincitore di due Grammy Awards, dell'Edison Award for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz 2013, del Victorie du Jazz 2010 e nominato Artista per la Pace Uncesco 2013 non è solo un musicista eccezionale, un bassista e multi strumentista apprezzato in tutto il mondo ma anche un dotato compositore e produttore.
Il leggendario album "Tutu", scritto e prodotto per Miles Davis, lo ha consacrato alla fama internazionale quando aveva solo 25 anni.
Nel corso della sua carriera Miller ha collaborato con moltissimi artisti di talento tra cui Eric Clapton, George Benson, Luther Vandross, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Al Jarreau, George Duke, Wayne Shorter, Lalah Hathaway e Herbie Hancock. Ha anche prodotto i suoi album, vere e proprie pietre miliari del genere, come The Sun Don't Lie, Tales, M2, Silver Rain, Free, A Night in MonteCarlo (con l'Orchestra Filarmonica di Montecarlo) e Renaissance che gli ha dato l'occasione di intraprendere un tour mondiale con una nuova band composta da giovani talentuosi musicisti, forse ricordando le sue audizioni con un certo Miles Davis che ha fatto la stessa cosa per Marcus ed altri giovani musicisti di talento come Herbie Hancock e Wayne Shorter.
Marcus Miller - bass, bass clarinet
Alex Han - saxophone
Lee Hogans - trumpet
Brett Williams - keyboards
Adam Agati - guitar
Louis Cato - drums
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Lungo il corso della sua poliedrica carriera che attraversa quattro decenni, la leggenda del jazz Dee Dee Bridgewater, vincitrice di Grammy e Tony Awards, ha raggiunto i più alti livelli musicali, regalandoci la sua interpretazione unica di standards, ma anche facendo intrepidi salti di fede rivisitando i classici del jazz.
L’intrepida viaggiatrice, esploratrice, pioniera e custode della tradizione, tre volte insignita del Grammy, tra cui quello recentissimo nel 2011 per il Best Jazz Vocal Album con Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, ha pubblicato Midnight Sun, il suo nuovo album, una sorta di lettera d’amore che attraversa tutta la sua pluripremiata carriera, sempre acclamata dalla critica.
La carriera della Bridgewater ha sempre gettato dei ponti tra i diversi generi musicali. Si è guadagnato la sua prima esperienza professionale come membro del leggendario Thad Jones/Mel Louis Big Band, e attraverso gli anni Settanta si è esibita con grandi del jazz come Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon e Dizzy Gillespie. Dopo un incursione nel mondo del pop durante gli anni Ottanta, si è trasferita a Parigi e ha iniziato a rivolgere la sua attenzione di nuovo al jazz. Dopo aver firmato con l’Universal Music Group come produttrice, ha pubblicato una serie di titoli di successo partendo da Keeping Tradition nel 1993. Quasi tutti, tra cui l’acclamatissimo tributo a Ella Fitzgerald, Dear Ella, vincitore di due Grammy, sono stati nominate ai Grammy.
Dee Dee Bridgewater Voce
Edsel Gomez Piano
Michael Bowie Basso
Jerome Jennings Batteria
Theo Croker Tromba
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The Postcard
A postally unused carte postale that was published by H. Morez-Decroo of Furnes. The card has a divided back. All the people in the Grand'Place have been especially positioned for the photograph.
Veurne
Veurne (French: Furnes) is a city in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
Veurne was originally a possession of the Saint Bertin Abbey in Saint-Omer. Around 890 AD, it was noted as a successful fortification against the Viking raids. It soon was placed at the head of the castellany of Veurne, a large territory containing 42 parishes and some 8 half-independent parishes, owing allegiance to the Count of Flanders.
Veurne became a city in the 12th. century. During the following century, trade with England flourished. In 1270, however, the relations with England came to a standstill and the city's economy went into a long decline; hence the nickname 'The Veurne Sleepers'.
On the 20th. August 1297, the Battle of Veurne was fought in the ongoing struggle between the Flemish cities and the French king.
The Gothic church of Saint Walburga and the tower of the church of Saint Nicolas both date from that period. Saint Walburga housed a chapter of canons.
Veurne From The 15th. Century until the French Revolution
The 15th. century saw the construction of a new city hall (on the left of the photograph), which is known today as the Pavilion of the Spanish officers, from its use in the 17th. century as military headquarters. Most of the other historic buildings in the city date from this time which encompassed the prosperous reign of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella around 1600.
In 1644 the Capuccins organised a procession. Since 1646, this procession has been organised by the "Sodales", a religious confraternity under the leadership of the Norbertine monk Jacob Clou. The hooded "Sodales" carried a cross for penitence. The procession was expanded at the end of the 17th. century with scenes from the Bible, and is now the only one of his kind in Flanders.
The second half of the 17th. century was marked by the miseries brought to the region by Louis XIV’s wars. Vauban built heavy fortifications around the city, the outlines of which are still visible from the air today. Joseph II of Austria removed them and closed some of the religious institutions, putting a temporary end to the penitents’ procession, until Leopold II of Austria allowed it again in 1790. Those few cloisters that were still operating were closed during the French Revolution.
Veurne in The 19th. and 20th. Century
From the Battle of Waterloo until World War I, Veurne enjoyed a century of quiet and prosperity. In 1831, Veurne was the first city to welcome Belgium's new king, Leopold I, in his new country.
During the Great War, Veurne was located within the Yser pocket of Belgian resistance against the Germans. During the Battle of the Yser, the Veurne city hall became the headquarters for the Belgian troops under King Albert I, and a military hospital was set up in the city.
In 1920, the French President, Raymond Poincaré, came to Veurne to award the city the Croix de guerre with palm.
Veurne suffered some damage during World War II, mainly from allied bombing but also from the strategic flooding that engulfed the whole area. Today, the city is a regional centre, which gives commercial, medical, and educational services to the surrounding communities while enjoying increasing tourist attention.
Der neonazistische "Heß-Gedenk-Aufmarsch" sollte ursprünglich in Berlin-Spandau stattfinden. Im Vorfeld zeichnete es sich ab, dass antifaschistische und zivilgesellschaftliche Bündnisse mit einem breiten Protest-Szenario sich dem "Nazi-Aufmarsch" in Spandau entgegenstellen werden. Zudem hatte die Polizei nur eine für die Neonazis unattraktive Aufmarschroute nach Staaken genehmigt. Daher wurde von Sebastian Schmidtke (Bundesorganisationsleiter der NPD) kurzfristig ein Aufmarsch in der Innenstadt von Berlin angemeldet, der von den Neonazis jedoch nicht öffentlich beworben wurde. Es haben sich dann in Spandau zu 12 Uhr an der Schmidt-Knobelsdorf-Str. Ecke Sotzmannstr. etwa 70 Neonazis eingefunden. Von einer "Kameradin" wurden sie dann gegen 12.20 darüber informiert, dass sie in Begleitung der Polizei zur Ausweichroute in die Innenstadt gebracht werden. Ab 14 Uhr haben sich dann etwa 800 Neonazis am Platz der Vereinten Nationen in Berlin-Friedrichshain versammelt und sind anschließend über vier Stunden nach Berlin-Lichtenberg gelaufen. Dort haben sie ihren Aufmarsch mit einer Kundgebung beendet. Der antifaschistische Gegenprotest musste sich auch umorientieren und war an der gesamten "Nazi-Route" dann doch noch lautstark vertreten. Ein großes Polizeiaufgebot sorgte dafür, dass die Neonazis trotzdem relativ ungestört ihre Route laufen konnten. Es deutet alles darauf hin dass die Polizei, im Zusammenspiel mit dem NPD-Funktionär Sebastian Schmidtke, diese "Verwirr-Taktik" entwickelte um den Gegenprotest zu minimieren. Die Neonazis feierten ihre Veranstaltung als Erfolg und damit dürfte der "Heß-Aufmarsch" in Berlin etabliert sein.
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A new book covering Panasonic's GF1 and GF2 recently came out (in Taiwan only?) and it features some of the pictures found in my flickr stream, such as the three on these pages.
Link to the book: www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010494578
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 7th of July 1916.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images and have any stories and information to add please comment below.
We hope you enjoy looking through our collection, you are welcome to download and share our images for your own personal use, as they are to our knowledge, in the public domain. If you would like to use the images for commercial purposes, please contact us and we can provide a High Quality Digital Image for a Fee. If you are able to use the Low Resolution Image from the website please do, but we would appreciate a credit: Image from the Newcastle City Library Photographic Collection, Thank you.
First published in the USA as The Harper Dictionary of Foreign Terms (3rd edn), by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1987
Published simultaneously in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd, Toronto
First published in Great Britain by Viking as Le Mot Juste 1988
Published in Penguin Books 1990
Reprint under the present title 1993
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Cover illustration by Michael Heath
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The Postcard
A postcard that was published by F. Frith & Co. Ltd. of Reigate. The card was posted in West Horsley using a halfpenny stamp on Thursday the 10th. August 1916. It was sent to:
Mr. S. G. Elliott,
J. Spicer & Sons Ltd.,
50, Upper Thames St.,
London.
The pencilled message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Having a grand time,
perfect weather.
I walked to Shere on
Monday, pity we took
the wrong road on the
Saturday as it is such a
beautiful walk from
here.
J.G.L."
The Sinking of the Kasagi
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, on the 10th. August 1916, the Japanese cruiser Kasagi sank after running aground in the Tsugaru Strait.
The Battle of the Somme
Also on that day, the official British documentary propaganda film The Battle of the Somme premièred in London.
In the first six weeks of general release, 20 million people viewed it.
Addie L. Ballou
The 10th. August 1916 also marked the death of the American poet activist Addie L. Ballou.
Addie, who was born in 1838, was a leading advocate for women's suffrage, temperance and prison reform.
She was also the author of poetry collections Driftwood and The Padre’s Dream and Other Poems.
Charles Dawson
The day also marked the death of Charles Dawson, British amateur archaeologist.
Charles, who was born on the 11th. July 1864 in Preston, Lancashire, was charged with fraud on several archaeological discoveries including the Piltdown Man.
Charles was a British amateur archaeologist who claimed to have made a number of archaeological and palaeontological discoveries that were later exposed to be frauds. These forgeries included the Piltdown Man (Eoanthropus Dawsoni), a unique set of bones that he claimed to have found in 1912 in Sussex.
Many technological methods such as fluorine testing indicate that this discovery was a hoax, and Dawson, the only one with the skill and knowledge to generate this forgery, was a major suspect.
The eldest of three sons, Dawson moved with his family from Preston, Lancashire, to Hastings, Sussex, when he was still very young. He initially studied law, in order to become his father's apprentice, and then pursued a hobby of collecting and studying fossils.
Dawson made a number of seemingly important fossil finds. Amongst these were teeth from a previously unknown species of mammal, later named Plagiaulax Dawsoni in his honour.
Other Dawson discoveries were three new species of dinosaur, one later named Iguanodon Dawsoni; and a new form of fossil plant, Salaginella Dawsoni.
In appreciation for Charles' donation of fossils, the Natural History Museum awarded him the title of "Honorary Collector".
In 1885, he was elected a fellow of the Geological Society as a result of his numerous discoveries. He was then elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1895. He was now Charles Dawson F.G.S., F.S.A at the age of 31, without a university degree to his name.
-- Chales Dawson's Alleged Discoveries
In 1889, Dawson was a co-founder of the Hastings and St. Leonards Museum Association, one of the first voluntary museum friends' groups organised in Great Britain.
Dawson worked on a voluntary basis as a member of the Museum Committee, in charge of the acquisition of artifacts and historical documents.
His interest in archaeology developed, and he had an uncanny knack for making spectacular discoveries, leading The Sussex Daily News to name him the "Wizard of Sussex".
In 1893, Dawson investigated a curious flint mine full of prehistoric, Roman and medieval artifacts in the Lavant Caves, near Chichester, and probed two tunnels beneath Hastings Castle.
In the same year, he presented the British Museum with a Roman statuette from Beauport Park that was made, uniquely for the period, of cast iron. Other discoveries followed, including a strange form of hafted Neolithic stone axe and a well-preserved ancient timber boat.
Charles analysed ancient quarries, re-examined the Bayeux Tapestry, and produced the first conclusive study of Hastings Castle. He later found fake evidence for the final phases of Roman occupation in Britain at Pevensey Castle in Sussex.
Investigating unusual elements of the natural world, Dawson presented a petrified toad inside a flint nodule, discovered a large supply of natural gas at Heathfield in East Sussex, reported on a sea-serpent in the English Channel, observed a new species of human, and found a strange goldfish/carp hybrid.
It was even reported that he was experimenting with phosphorescent bullets as a hindrance to Zeppelin attacks on London during the Great War.
-- Piltdown Man
Dawson's most famous "find" was the 1912 discovery of the Piltdown Man, which was billed as the "missing link" between humans and other great apes. Following his death in 1916, no further "discoveries" were made at Piltdown.
Questions about the Piltdown find were raised from the beginning, first by Arthur Keith, but also by palaeontologists and anatomists from the United States and Europe.
Defence of the validity of the fossils was led by Arthur Smith Woodward at the Natural History Museum in London. The debate was rancorous at times, and the response to those disputing the finds often became personally abusive.
Challenges to Piltdown Man arose again in the 1920s, but were again dismissed.
-- Posthumous Analysis
In 1949, further questions were raised about the Piltdown Man and its authenticity, which led in 1953 to the conclusive demonstration that Piltdown was a hoax.
Since then, a number of Dawson's other finds have also been shown to be forged or planted.
In 2003, Miles Russell of Bournemouth University published the results of his investigation into Dawson's antiquarian collection, and concluded that at least 38 specimens were clear fakes.
Russell has noted that:
"Dawson's whole academic career appears
to have been one built upon deceit, sleight
of hand, fraud and deception, the ultimate
gain being international recognition."
Among these were the teeth of a reptile/mammal hybrid, Plagiaulax Dawsoni, purportedly "found" in 1891; the creature's teeth had been filed down in the same way that the teeth of Piltdown Man were to be some 20 years later).
Other 'finds' included:
-- The so-called "shadow figures" on the walls
of Hastings Castle
-- A unique hafted stone axe
-- The Bexhill boat (a hybrid seafaring vessel)
-- The Pevensey bricks (allegedly the latest
datable "finds" from Roman Britain)
-- The contents of the Lavant Caves (a fraudulent
"flint mine"
-- The Beauport Park "Roman" statuette (a
hybrid iron object)
-- The Bulverhythe hammer (shaped with an
iron knife in the same way as the Piltdown
elephant bone implement was later shaped)
-- A fraudulent "Chinese" bronze vase
-- The Brighton "toad in the hole" (a toad
entombed within a flint nodule)
-- The English Channel sea serpent
-- The Uckfield horseshoe (another hybrid
iron object)
-- The Lewes prick spur.
Of Dawson's antiquarian publications, most demonstrate evidence of plagiarism, or at least naive referencing. As Russell wrote:
"Piltdown was not a 'one-off' hoax,
more the culmination of a life's work."
Dawson claimed to have discovered a collection of fossils that had been dug up in Piltdown, Sussex, including an ape-like jawbone and a human-like skull.
However, after his death, it was proven that the remains were evidently forged. For years, the creator of these remains was unknown, though it was then determined, through a meticulous inspection of his finds and collections, that Charles Dawson was most likely responsible for this forgery.
-- Unmasking the Hoax
As more human fossils were discovered, it appeared that they had little in common with the Piltdown Man. The Piltdown Man was re-examined through new, rigorous technological methods which ultimately uncovered the hoax.
A fluoride-based test, a chemical test that dates fossils by the amount of fluorine that buried bones absorb from the soil, was used to date the Piltdown remains. This test, validated by a nitrogen-based test, dated the skull to not more than 50,000 years old, far more recent than Dawson proposed, and dated the jawbone to decades old.
This meant that the Piltdown Man could not have been an ancestor of modern humans. Furthermore, chemical tests displayed that the fossils had been artificially stained by iron and chromium to appear medieval.
Also, CT scans used to analyzed the inside of the bones indicated that many bones were loaded with gravel and were then sealed with putty.
Furthermore, X-rays indicate that the teeth have been flattened by filing or grinding in order to appear like human teeth.
Lastly, in 2016, a team of British researchers used DNA studies to provide added evidence for the provenance of Piltdown Man. It was determined that the Piltdown I jawbone and the Piltdown II molar tooth came from a single orangutan, and the cranial bones came from primitive humans.
Analyses of the material also exhibited the forger's lack of professional training, as the materials had fractured bones, putty that had set too fast, and cracked teeth.
-- Revealing the Forger
Most agree that the Piltdown Man was forged by a single individual, and that this was most probably Charles Dawson. Dawson was the suspected perpetrator in this hoax for many reasons.
First, Dawson had a previous history of deception: he was responsible for about 38 forgeries, he had plagiarized a historical account of Hastings Castle, and had pretended to act on behalf of the Sussex Archeological Society. However, most people were unaware of this.
Second, he was majorly involved in the Piltdown findings. He initiated the story of the Piltdown finds, and was the one who contacted Woodward about them. He was the sole person to have seen the Piltdown II site, and never disclosed the facts about this site.
Third, the fact that the techniques used to create both Piltdown I and Piltdown II were so similar suggests a single forger.
Fourth, Dawson was the only person present at every discovery; nothing was ever discovered at the site when he was not physically present, and no other fossils were subsequently found after he had died.
Fifth, not only did he have access to the museum and antiquarian shops that carried these objects, he was also a popular collector, a prolific networker, and knew what the British scientific community expected in a missing link between apes and humans.
It has been suggested that Dawson's motive for this forgery had been his strong desire for scientific recognition, and to join the archeological Royal Society.
Between 1883 and 1909, Dawson wrote 50 publications, though none were important enough to elevate his career. In 1909, he wrote a letter to Smith Woodward, with an unhappy heart, saying that he wanted to uncover a significant discovery, though he never seemed to come across one.
Just six weeks later, Dawson's wife wrote a letter to the Home Secretary, pleading on behalf of Dawson's expertise.
Sorrowful that he never unearthed a major discovery, he created the Piltdown Man which resulted in his election to the Royal Society.
Although there is not a substantial amount of evidence, many believe that he received aid from other experts such as Teilhard de Chardin, who worked with Dawson on early excavations, and Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, Keeper of the Department at the Natural History Museum, a friend of Dawson, and co-author of the announcement of Piltdown II.
-- The Death of Charles Dawson
Charles died at the young age of 52 from pernicious amaemia on the 10th. August 1916 in Lewes, Sussex. He died without receiving a knighthood.
John J. Loud
John J. Loud also died on that day.
John, who was born in 1844, was an American entrepreneur, and designer of the ballpoint pen.
Loud invented and obtained a patent for what is considered to be the first ballpoint pen in 1888; however, his invention was not commercialized, and the patent eventually lapsed.
The modern ballpoint pen was patented later in 1938 by László Bíró, 22 years after Loud's death.
Since László Bíró's patent, over 100 billion ballpoint pens have been sold worldwide. 100 billion pens laid end to end would form a line 15 million kilometres long; it would encircle the earth 374 times. That's a lot of pens!
Former County Hall, Denbigh
Denbigh Library occupies the former County Hall, which was also a courthouse and town hall. It was built c.1572 and enlarged in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, asked the Bishop of St Asaph to organise the hall’s construction. Dudley (1532-1588) was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I and may have been her lover. She made him Baron Denbigh in 1564. It’s thought the hall stands on land he donated.
Gwen ferch Elis, a weaver and herbal healer, was found guilty of witchcraft here in 1594. She was questioned by the Bishop of St Asaph before a tribunal at Glan Conwy church concluded she was a witch and sent her for trial in Denbigh, where she was hanged in the town square.
Originally the ground floor was a market space. Above was the courtroom. The Victorians installed police cells for prisoners waiting to enter the courtroom, used by the county court (for civil disputes) and sometimes the quarter sessions (a precursor of today’s crown courts). The county council met here.
In December 1858, former slave James Watkins gave a lecture at the town hall. He was born c.1821 in Maryland, USA (he couldn’t be sure of the year). He escaped to freedom as a young man, and fled to England when American legislation in 1850 required the return of all fugitive slaves to their owners, even from states where slavery was outlawed.
While living in the Manchester area he published books about his experiences. His talks described the cruelty suffered by American slaves and by “free coloured people”, including the torment of slave mothers whose children were taken away. He returned to the USA after slavery was abolished in 1865.
Arrangements were made in 1868 for new gas lighting for the town hall’s clock, replacing a lamp which partially obscured the clock face. In March 1896 a local newspaper complained that the clock was unreliable, leading to townspeople arriving at the wrong times at the railway station, church and post office. It had recently been eight minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time!
A portrait of Dr Evan Pierce, a popular surgeon and physician, sparked a dispute here in 1882. The portrait was meant for the council chamber but was too big. Instead it was hung in the courtroom, but that contravened a ban on pictures in courts.
Denbigh's new town hall opened nearby in 1917.
Denbigh is a market town and a community in Denbighshire, Wales. Formerly the county town of the historic county of Denbighshire until 1888, Denbigh's Welsh name (Dinbych) translates to "Little Fortress"; a reference to its historic castle. Denbigh lies near the Clwydian Hills.
Denbigh Castle, together with its town walls, was built in 1282 (742 years ago) by order of King Edward I. The Burgess Gate, whose twin towers adorn the symbol on Denbigh's civic seal, was once the main entrance into the town. The first borough charter was granted to Denbigh in 1290, when the town was still contained within the old town walls. It was the centre of the Marcher Lordship of Denbigh. The town was involved in the revolt of Madog ap Llywelyn in 1294–1295; the castle was captured in the autumn and, on 11 November 1294, a relieving force was defeated by the Welsh rebels. The town was recaptured by Edward I in December. Denbigh was also burnt in 1400 during the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr.
During the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487), the town was largely destroyed, subsequently moving from the hilltop to the area of the present town market.
Leicester's Church is an unfinished church. In 1579, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, who was also Baron of Denbigh, planned for there to be a cathedral. His intention was to move the status of city from neighbouring St Asaph. The project ran out of money and, when Robert Dudley died, it was left as ruins; it is now in the care of Cadw.
In 1643, during the English Civil War, Denbigh became a refuge for a Royalist garrison. Surrendering in 1646, the castle and town walls eventually fell into ruin.
The town grew around the textile industry in the 1600s, hosting specialist glovers, weavers, smiths, shoemakers, saddlers, furriers and tanners. Denbigh has been an important location for the agricultural industry throughout its history.
Denbigh railway station once served the town on the former London and North Western Railway, later part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
It was a junction for the Vale of Clwyd Railway line, which lead north to St Asaph and Rhyl, and the Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway. The former was closed in 1955, leaving Denbigh on a lengthy branch running from Chester to Ruthin, via Mold, which subsequently closed in 1962. A southern continuation beyond Ruthin, linking up with the Great Western Railway at Corwen, had closed in 1952.
The station site has been redeveloped since into a small retail park; however, remains of a platform can still be seen beside the road leading to the Home Bargains store, Aldi Supermarket and two charity shops.
At one time, the majority of the population sought employment at the North Wales Hospital, which, dating back to the 1840s, cared for people with psychiatric illnesses. The hospital closed in 1995 and has since fallen into disrepair. In October 2008, a special series of episodes of Most Haunted, titled Village of the Damned, was broadcast from the North Wales Hospital over 7 days. As of October 2018, the derelict building has passed into the ownership of Denbighshire County Council.
Denbigh had a town cinema on Love Lane. It opened as the Scala in 1928, before being re-branded as the Wedgwood Cinema in the late 1970s. It closed in October 1980, then reopened by Lewis Colwell in 1982 and renamed the Futura Cinema. The cinema closed again in the 1990s, but the building remained open as a video rental store. In 1995, Peter Moore reopened the cinema for a short period before being arrested and convicted of the murder of four men. The video rental store closed and the building is now in ruin awaiting redevelopment. Denbigh has no permanent cinema, though Denbigh Film Club regularly operates in Theatr Twm o'r Nant.
The population at the 2001 Census was 8,783,[10] increasing to 8,986 in the 2011 census., reducing in the 2021 census to 8,669.
Attractions in the town include Denbigh Library, Denbigh Castle and the castle walls, Cae Dai 1950s museum, Theatr Twm o'r Nant, medieval parish church St Marcella's, and a small shopping complex. Denbigh Boxing Club is located on Middle Lane. Denbigh Community Hospital was established in 1807. Denbigh Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building.
Denbigh Cricket Club is one of the oldest cricket clubs in Wales having been established in 1844. The club plays at the Ystrad Road ground and plays in the North Wales Cricket League. The 1st XI play in the Premier Division having won the Division 1 championship in 2010 with the 2nd XI in Division 3.
For over 50 years, a barrel rolling competition has been held on Boxing Day in the town square.
There are a number of places to stay in Denbigh, including Tyn Yr Eithin, a caravan, camping, and glamping site based on the edge of the town which has been hosting tourists since 1986.
There are three secondary schools located in Denbigh. Denbigh High School is the larger of the two, consisting of nearly 600 pupils and approximately 60 staff. The current headmaster is Glen Williams.
St Brigid's is a Catholic voluntary aided school on Mold Road on the outskirts of the town which caters for pupils between the ages of 3 – 19. There is a strict admissions policy and until 2009 the school only accepted girls. The schools current headteacher is Leah Crimes.
Myddleton College is the former Howell's Preparatory School and is an independent co-educational day and boarding school.
All 3 of these High Schools in Denbigh, along with Ysgol Brynhyfryd (Ruthin), Ysgol Glan Clwyd (St Asaph), Denbigh College, and Llysfasi College (Deeside) have joined to offer a combined 6th form under the title 'The Dyffryn Clwyd Consortium'.
Crest Mawr Wood (alt. - Crêst) is a Site of Special Scientific Interest to the north west, adjoining Denbigh Golf Club and the Tarmac Quarry, an historic and ancient deciduous woodland. This woodland is endangered due to environmental pressure and competing land use in the area.
Denbigh hosted the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1882, 1939, 2001 and 2013.
Notable people
Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist
Elizabeth Casson (1881–1954) doctor and occupational therapy pioneer.
Shefali Chowdhury (born 1988), actor, notably in the Harry Potter films
CDawgVA (born 1996), YouTuber and podcaster, presenter of Trash Taste
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–1588), also known as Baron of Denbigh
Thomas Gee (1815–1898), a Welsh Nonconformist preacher, journalist and publisher.
David Griffith (1800–1894), known as "Clwydfardd" a Welsh poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), visited friends and relation in Denbigh many times and has an urn memorial in his honour in the woods nearby.
Professor Edward Taylor Jones FRSE (1872–1961), physicist
Eirian Llwyd (1951–2014), printmaker and wife of former Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones
Humphrey Llwyd (1527–1568), a Welsh cartographer, author, antiquary and MP.
Sir Hugh Myddleton (1560–1631), royal jeweller, goldsmith and entrepreneur.
Thomas Myddelton (1550–1631) a Welsh merchant, Lord Mayor of London & MP
Twm o'r Nant (1739–1810), playwright, real name Thomas Edwards
Beatrix Potter (1866–1943), spent summers with her aunt and uncle at Gwaenynog Hall between 1895 and 1913 and used their large garden as inspiration for The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Susan Reynolds (1929–2021) a medieval historian
Kate Roberts (1891–1985), Welsh language writer.
Several members of the Salusbury Family, who represented Denbigh over the years.
Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904), a journalist and explorer
Mark Webster (born 1983) Welsh darts international, winner of the BDO World Darts Championship 2008
Bryn Williams (born 1977), TV chef who won the Great British Menu BBC TV programme.
Denbighshire is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, Flintshire to the east, Wrexham to the southeast, Powys to the south, and Gwynedd and Conwy to the west. Rhyl is the largest town, and Ruthin is the administrative centre. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name.
Denbighshire has an area of 326 square miles (840 km2) and a population of 95,800, making it sparsely populated. The most populous area is the coast, where Rhyl (25,149) and Prestatyn (19,085) form a single built-up area with a population of 46,267. The next-largest towns are Denbigh (8,986), Ruthin (5,461), and Rhuddlan (3,709). St Asaph (3,355) is a city. All of these settlements are in the northern half of the county; the south is even less densely populated, and the only towns are Corwen (2,325) and Llangollen (3,658).
The geography of Denbighshire is defined by the broad valley of the River Clwyd, which is surrounded by rolling hills on all sides except the north, where it reaches the coast. The Vale of Clwyd, the lower valley, is given over to crops, while cattle and sheep graze the uplands. The Clwydian Range in the east is part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewydd-Llanelwy) Palaeolithic site has Neanderthal remains of some 225,000 years ago. The county is also home to several medieval castles, including Castell Dinas Brân, Denbigh, and Rhuddlan, as well as St Asaph Cathedral. Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod takes place in the town each July.
The main area was formed on 1 April 1996 under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, from various parts of the county of Clwyd. It includes the district of Rhuddlan (formed in 1974 entirely from Flintshire), the communities of Trefnant and Cefn Meiriadog from the district of Colwyn (entirely Denbighshire) and most of the Glyndŵr district. The last includes the former Edeyrnion Rural District, part of the administrative county of Merionethshire before 1974, covering the parishes of Betws Gwerfil Goch, Corwen, Gwyddelwern, Llangar, Llandrillo yn Edeirnion and Llansanffraid.
Other principal areas including part of historical Denbighshire are Conwy, which picked up the remainder of 1974–1996 Colwyn, the Denbighshire parts of 1974–1996 Aberconwy, and Wrexham, which corresponds to the pre-1974 borough of Wrexham along with most of Wrexham Rural District and several parishes of Glyndŵr. Post-1996 Powys includes the historically Denbighshire parishes of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Llansilin and Llangedwyn, which formed part of Glyndŵr district.
Researchers have found signs that Denbighshire was inhabited at least 225,000 years ago. Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site is one of the most significant in Britain. Hominid remains of probable Neanderthals have been found, along with stone tools from the later Middle Pleistocene.
In 2021 February, archaeologists from Aeon Archaeology announced a discovery of over 300 Stone Age tools and artifacts in Rhuddlan. They revealed scrapers, microliths, flakes of chert (a hard, fine-grained, sedimentary rock composed of microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz), flints and other rudimentary tools. An expert, Richard Cooke, believes the lithic remains belonged to ancient peoples, who while passing through the area, made camp by the river more than 9,000 years ago.
The eastern edge of Denbighshire follows the ridge of the Clwydian Range, with a steep escarpment to the west and a high point at Moel Famau (1,820 ft (555 m)), which with the upper Dee Valley forms an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley – one of just five in the Wales. The Denbigh Moors (Mynydd Hiraethog) are in the west of the county and the Berwyn Range adjacent to the southern edge. The River Clwyd has a broad fertile Vale running from south–north in the centre of the county. There is a narrow coastal plain in the north which much residential and holiday-trade development. The highest point in the historic county was Cadair Berwyn at 832 m or 2,730 ft), but the boundary changes since 1974 make Cadair Berwyn North Top the highest point. Denbighshire borders the present-day principal areas of Gwynedd, Conwy County Borough, Flintshire, Wrexham County Borough, and Powys.
Rhyl and Prestatyn form a single built-up area in the north of the county, with a population of 46,267. They are immediately adjacent to the Kinmel Bay and Abergele built-up area in neighbouring Conwy, and at the eastern end of series of coastal resorts which that also includes Colwyn Bay and Llandudno further west.
According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, Denbighshire's population was approximately 95,800. According to previous censuses, the population of Denbighshire was 93,734 in 2011 and 93,065 in 2001. The largest towns on the coast are Rhyl (2001 population c. 25,000) and Prestatyn (2001 population c. 18,000). According to the 2011 Census returns, 24.6 per cent stated they could speak Welsh.
Since the 20th-century demise of the coal and steel industries in the Wrexham area, there is no heavy industry in the county. Although most towns have small industrial parks or estates for light industry, the economy is based on agriculture and tourism. Much of the working population is employed in the service sector. The uplands support sheep and beef cattle rearing, while in the Vale of Clwyd dairy farming and wheat and barley crops predominate. Many towns have livestock markets and farming supports farm machinery merchants, vets, feed merchants, contractors and other ancillaries. With their incomes on the decline, farmers have found opportunities in tourism, rural crafts, specialist food shops, farmers' markets and value-added food products.
The upland areas with their sheep farms and small, stone-walled fields are attractive to visitors. Redundant farm buildings are often converted into self-catering accommodation, while many farmhouses supply bed and breakfast. The travel trade began with the arrival of the coast railway in the mid-19th century, opening up the area to Merseyside. This led to a boom in seaside guest houses. More recently, caravan sites and holiday villages have thrived and ownership of holiday homes increased. Initiatives to boost the economy of North Wales continue, including redevelopment of the Rhyl seafront and funfair.
The North Wales Coast Line running from Crewe to Holyhead is served by Transport for Wales and Avanti West Coast services. Trains leaving Crewe to pass through Chester, cross the River Dee into Wales, and continue through Flint, Shotton, Holywell Junction (closed in 1966), Prestatyn, Rhyl, and stations to Bangor and Holyhead, which has a ferry service to Ireland.
There are no motorways in Denbighshire. The A55 dual carriageway runs from Chester through St Asaph to the North Wales coast at Abergele, then parallel to the railway through Conwy and Bangor to Holyhead. The A548 run from Chester to Abergele through Deeside and along the coast, before leaving the coast and terminating at Llanrwst. The main road from London, the A5, passes north-westwards through Llangollen, Corwen and Betws-y-Coed to join the A55 and terminate at Bangor. The A543 crosses the Denbigh Moors from south-east to north-west, and the A525 links Ruthin with St Asaph.
There are local bus services between the main towns. Several services by Arriva Buses Wales run along the main coast road between Chester and Holyhead, linking the coastal resorts. Another route links Rhyl to Denbigh.
Denbighshire is represented in the House of Commons by three MPs. The Welsh Labour Party lost to the Welsh Conservatives in the 2019 general election for the first time.
The following MPs were elected from Denbighshire in 2019:
Simon Baynes (Welsh Conservatives) in Clwyd South, first elected in 2019.
David Jones (Welsh Conservatives) in Clwyd West, first elected in 2005.
James Davies (Welsh Conservatives) in Vale of Clwyd, first elected in 2019.
Denbighshire is also represented in the Senedd by three members elected in 2021:
Ken Skates (Welsh Labour) in Clwyd South, first elected in 2011
Darren Millar (Welsh Conservatives) in Clwyd West, first elected in 2007
Gareth Davies (Welsh Conservatives) in Vale of Clwyd, first elected in 2021.
In 2019, research by UnHerd in association with the pollster FocalData showed that most people across the county support the British monarchy.
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Serata dedicata alla storica etichetta Cramps con Area, Eugenio Finardi e Claudio Rocchi
Gli Area, una delle poche rock band italiane conosciute ovunque. Eugenio Finardi, cantante, autore, chitarrista e pianista amante di quel rock combattivo e impegnato. Claudio Rocchi, uno dei maggiori fautori del grande successo della Cramps nel mondo del cantautorato italiano. Ecco i tre protagonisti della serata di Mercoledì 7 Settembre al Palasharp in esclusiva per Demo-Suona 2011.
La Cramps Record, l’etichetta della ‘musica totale’, di fusione ed internazionalità, sempre all’avanguardia, audace ed innovativa rispetto a quelli che potevano essere i gusti e le conoscenze in campo musicale dei primi anni Settanta. Nel 1973 La Cramps Records pubblicò una delle sue prime opere: il brano "Arbeit macht frei" degli Area, sempre rivolti ad una ricerca formale, espressiva e comunicativa del messaggio sociale. Impossibile racchiudere questa band in un’unica definizione di genere. Gli Area infatti negli anni hanno saputo spaziare tra rock, progressive e jazz, dedicandosi alla sperimentazione e alla canzone politica. Dopo 30 anni di cambiamenti sia sociali che musicali, in cui ciascuno dei componenti ha di volta in volta intrapreso progetti individuali, ecco che Ares Tavolazzi (basso), Paolo Tofani (chitarre e synth) e Patrizio Fariselli (tastiere) sono nuovamente insieme sul palco per rivivere insieme al pubblico del Demo-Suona quell’esperienza musicale unica chiamata Area. Insieme a loro, sul palco del Palasharp anche Eugenio Finardi, giunto alla Cramps Records proprio grazie alla volontà di Demetrio Stratos, fondatore e cantante mai dimenticato degli Area. Con questa etichetta Finardi pubblica il suo primo disco “Non gettare alcun oggetto dai finestrini”, vero e proprio esempio di rock italiano e primo dei tanti altri lavori che seguiranno, tutti improntati su un rock duro, combattivo e politicamente impegnato, capace di fotografare la realtà italiana con canzoni semplici e dirette. Claudio Rocchi, insieme ad Eugenio Finardi, ha contribuito a rendere la Cramps protagonista del cantautorato Italiano, attraverso l’originalità melodica e compositiva che lo ha sempre contraddistinto. La sua musica, a parte una breve sperimentazione nel mondo dell’elettronica, era e rimane psichedelica, mistica e visionaria, unica nel suo genere in Italia. Serata imperdibile dunque quella del 7 Settembre al Palasharp con la reunion degli Area, Eugenio Finardi e Claudio Rocchi, che, uno dopo l’altro sul palco di Demo-Suona 2011, faranno vivere al pubblico un’esperienza intensa ed impegnata tra rock e musica d’autore.