The grande dame of festival venues has been reborn - STV Local

The grande dame of festival venues has been reborn
STV Local
It's been at the heart of Edinburgh's entertainment scene for over 200 years and has launched the careers of initially unknown stars such as Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, Peter Kay, Emma Thompson, and Lenny Henry to name but a few.

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Today in History - KTVB

Today in History
KTVB
Actress Roma Maffia (ma-FEE'-uh) is 54. Comedian Chris Elliott is 52. Actress Lea Thompson is 51. Singer Corey Hart is 50. Actor Hugh Dillon is 49. Rapper DMC is 48. Actress Brooke Shields is 47. Country musician Ed Adkins (The Derailers) is 45.

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Charity Tour of Homes showcases luxury, raises money for charities - The Tennessean

Charity Tour of Homes showcases luxury, raises money for charities
The Tennessean
Shelley Mays / The Tennessean This Thompson's Station home will be on the Charity Tour of Homes. / Sanford Myers / The Tennessean The Leiper's Fork home belonging to artist/songwriter James Dean Hicks and his wife, Jane Hunter Hicks, will be open for a ...

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Tulane University awards nearly 2700 degrees in Superdome in New Orleans - NOLA.com

Tulane University awards nearly 2700 degrees in Superdome in New Orleans
NOLA.com
Five-Year Master of Architecture, cum laude: Mira Amsel Asher, Leland Bailey Berman, Samuel William Coles, Patrick James Franke, Natalia Maria Hidalgo Garrido, Andrew Eliot Michael Graham, Jade Jiambutr, Alison May Kass, Sean William McGuire, ...

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Arts and entertainment calendar for May 17 - Franklin Park Herald

Arts and entertainment calendar for May 17
Franklin Park Herald
14: “Love Actually,” starring Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson and Liam Neeson. Oak Park Public Library, Maze Branch, 845 S. Gunderson Ave., Oak Park. (708) 386-4751. www.oppl.org. May 20, 2 pm: Kurosawa Samurai Film Series features “Sanjuro.

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Danny Lyon: 'I put myself through an ordeal in order to create something' - The Guardian


The Guardian
Danny Lyon: 'I put myself through an ordeal in order to create something'
The Guardian
He pulls out a letter from New Journalism compatriot Hunter S Thompson, who was at that time riding out with bikers on the west coast for what would become his work Hell's Angels. In it, Thompson advises Lyon against wearing a helmet in town but to ...

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Fenwick family revive Brinkburn Priory - Journal Live

Fenwick family revive Brinkburn Priory
Journal Live
Whilst my dad Hugh knew he would inherit Brinkburn he wanted to farm in Kenya and persuaded my mum Toni whom he had met in Cambridge to leave England in the early 50s as a young teacher and take a job in Kenya. They married and bought some land near ...

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Arts and entertainment calendar for May 10 - Franklin Park Herald

Arts and entertainment calendar for May 10
Franklin Park Herald
14: “Love Actually,” starring Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson and Liam Neeson. Oak Park Public Library, Maze Branch, 845 S. Gunderson Ave., Oak Park. (708) 386-4751. www.oppl.org. May 20, 2 pm: Kurosawa Samurai Film Series features “Sanjuro.

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Events in Connecticut - New York Times

Events in Connecticut
New York Times
Grayson Hugh and Polly Messer, blues. May 20 at 7:30 pm $20 and $30. Sons of Cream, tribute band. May 24 at 8 pm $35 and $45. Greg Brown, folk. May 25 at 8 pm $35 and $50. Highway 61 Revisited, tribute to Bob Dylan. May 26 at 8 pm $25 to $40.

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Lords debate Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012 - DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)

Lords debate Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
Before I close, I should note that the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, withdrew her name from the speakers list out of courtesy to the House because, with 100 days to go to the Paralympics, she was unable to stay for the whole debate.

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