This Aussie TV soap opera came up in conversation last night. I always admired its production values, I can't think of another soap that was done in period (WWII). Here's a clip featuring an 11 year old who was to become more famous...
... is the title of a bootleg DVD of Bob Dylan TV appearances. It was released (perhaps escaped is a more appropriate word for bootlegs) about a year ago and HitMeWithIt has posted pretty much all of it to YouTube. Here's a couple of extracts. Firstly, TV news footage of the Washington DC civil rights march on August 30th 1963, Bob is joined by Joan Baez...
A couple of weeks ago I posted about the virtual tour of the former NY club CBGB. I was curious to discover what had become of the building. It was easy enough to find it on Google's Street View...
The solution for yesterday's (79 year old) crossword...
There's a good article on cryptic crosswords in The Times2 today and it features a colour coded description of how one arrives at the solution. You can read the article online and the colour graphic for the solution is here. Unfortunately there are some typos in it (see 26 ac's "..to get a word meaning", also the clue for 2 dn is faulty, it should say operations) nonetheless it's a good introduction to the main types of clue.
Ann's daughter Ruth keeps her Dolls' House in Billingham...
