Is it because classical performers are becoming better known? Or is the classical market simply relying on the "boy band factor"* ... that you are more likely to buy a CD if it has someone sexy on the...
The man in charge of the luggage at Terminal 5 at Heathrow has been sacked and is awaiting trial at court.
He has asked for another 28,000 cases to be taken into account....
Yesterday I was in the bank in a queue. I was standing behind two women and my ears pricked up when they mentioned the name of someone I know slightly who has just died. He was a ne'er do well and the...
Another Sky News alert I'm afraid, problems with computer at Swanwick.
Just thought I'd let ABers know in case they are travelling or expecting to meet someone at London's Airports....
I am trying to purchase a roughly 1.7 litre Kettle and Power Base with at least a 72 cm visible mains lead to replace a trusty but now leaky Philips. Last week I purchased a later model Philips but it...
He wrote a short story which he read on Radio 4. It was set in the time he was a student at Belfast Tech and he would go with his mates to have a cheap lunch in a rough cafe in Upper North St in...
A Sunday School teacher asked her class why Joseph and Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem. "They couldn't get a baby-sitter" a small child replied. During a children's sermon the pastor asked the...
Anyone else fed up with the amount of coverage of GCE exam results given on all the news channels today? Only their family and friends appreciate this exciting time for them, I'm not remotely...
Watching Dr Saleyha Ahsan on the BBC1 programme, 'Fast Tales', this morning I was struck by the resolve and devotion of the people observing Ramadan. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Isn't...
Mrs McV is promoted. Will she survive in hot water or crumble? Will she have trouble with the wafer-right, will she learn not to hobnob with breakfast presenters, will she support all the Rich Tories...
An old man goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can remove a curse he's been living with for the last 40 years. The Wizard says, "Certainly, but only if you can tell me the [i] exact [i] words that...
(15) A comb's harbour
(19) A Tailor's place (? Coalisland ? Denis Taylor)
(10) Snow covered monastery (? Whitehead)
Sorry no number of letters included...