Peace & Freedom
2-May-1995
This year the United Nations and the British Red Cross celebrate their fiftieth and one-hundred-and-twenty-fifth anniversaries respectively. It is a timely opportunity to reflect...
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H.G. Wells Science Fiction
6-Jun-1995
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) remains one of Britain's best known writers. Of his many books, the science fiction (SF) novels are still avidly read. His astonishing debut on the...
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Shakesphere's Globe and The Bankside Theatres
8-Aug-1995
This summer, theatre history is uniquely brought to life with the realization of what had seemed the impossible dream of two men, an American actor and a South African architect...
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Punch & Judy
4-Sep-2001
That Punch has survived for more than 300 years is a tribute to those puppeteers who gave him life. They learnt what the public wanted, and if they didn't give it, they starved. Drama is...
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Nobel Prizes
2-Oct-2001
The Nobel Prizes are the most highly regarded of international awards. They are conferred annually by four institutions (three Swedish and one Norwegian) from a fund...
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Christmas 2001
6-Nov-2001
Red – the colour of Santa's suit, pillar boxes, post vans and the stout breast of a robin. On Christmas cards, and in children's stories, robins are often messengers or postmen. Britain's...
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Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
15-Jan-2002
'They are not fairy tales; they are legends. A fairy tale is a tale told in a morbid age to the only remaining sane person, a child. A legend is a fairy tale told to men when men were...
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The Golden Jubilee - The Fiftieth Anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen's Accession to the Throne
6-Feb-2002
"By the sudden death of my dear father I am called to assume the duties and responsibilities of sovereignty. My heart is too full for me to say more...
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