Posts by Petrus Crinitus
Or the late Regal cinema Portland, built 1932.
In the 1960s it was reported that door policy was so lax you could get a children's price ticket to watch an X rated film.
cinematreasures.org/theaters/60684
If you fancy buying a Grade 2 listed, 1930s, art deco cinema, here is one that I prepared earlier.
It has been on the market for a couple of years:
www.fishergerman.co.uk/commercial-p...
Ἔτι μίαν μάχην Πέρσας νικήσωμεν, ἀπολούμεθα παντελῶς.
'If we are victorious in one more battle with the Persians, we shall be utterly ruined'
(With apologies to Plutarch.)
Ἔτι μίαν μάχην Πέρσας νικήσωμεν, ἀπολούμεθα παντελῶς.
'If we are victorious in one more battle with the Persians, we shall be utterly ruined'
(With apologies to Plutarch.)
A bit fishy, nonetheless.
We might believe that our successors, that is to say modern students, are more boring than we ever were, but can it really be true that they indulge in beige aesthetic to such an extent?
Humphrey Bogart’s Italian fedora maker seeks to get ahead in China - www.ft.com/content/b68d... via @FT
I can confidently predict that on Wednesday Donald Trump will...
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Should I assume that this will be the music of Sir George Dyson, father of the eminent physicist Freeman Dyson, rather than Hoffnung's 'A Grand, Grand Overture'?
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Little information is provided on timing. Will this be UTC +2?
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And a gentle reminder that investors such as Maquarie are generally investing pension fund money. So the 'evil capitalists' who will benefit if the investment works are most likely to be pensioners and workers investing for their own future pensions.
A gentle reminder that in most cases Macquarie are investing on behalf of pension funds, and thus pensioners.
Well, I get vertigo with thick socks on, so hanging on to a ladder with my 'phone arm outstretched, five metres up in the air added a little piquancy to the experience.
Most double flowered rose are of little interest as they contain no nectar. Old fashioned, traditional roses are more to their taste.
When they are swarming they are relatively harmless. Their focus is on finding new digs.
This is what it is like to be in the middle of a swarm when it is entering its new home, a bait hive five metres up in a tree.
Appalling joke. It is necessary that it be deleted.
With so many examples available, it is only the egregious instances that warrant thus labelling.
Betteridge
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Debating societies at one UK school and two UK universities that I attended were popular.
Does Trump wish to be rid of this troublesome priest?