The Independent (London, England) back issues from September 2007:
Beadle's miscellany A quiz by Jeremy Beadle (answers on page 38)
Sep 01, 2007 ... 1. The politically incorrect nickname for which local populacewas "Benny", after their habit of wearing woollen berets like theCrossroads character? 2. What links: the sixth US president, Mr Magoo, the actor JackKlugman, and the co-producer of Thriller and "We Are the World", ...
Jeremy Beadle's quiz answers (see page 9)
Sep 01, 2007 ... 1. Falkland Islanders. 2. Quincy. John Quincy Adams, Mister Quincy Magoo, Klugmanstarred in the TV series Quincy M. E., Quincy Jones. 3. Mike Hawthorne. 4. The US presidents carved into Mount Rushmore. GeorgeWashington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy ...
Bridge Maureen Hiron
Sep 01, 2007 ... Today's hand is from the Women's Teams semi-finals at the 2007European Championships, where Sandra Penfold's squad faced a youngDanish team. After two passes South opened One Heart and Stense Farholtovercalled One Spade. North, Heather Dhondy, passed, hoping for a re-opening ...
Chess Jon Speelman
Sep 01, 2007 ... The 12th World Youth Olympiad for players under 16 took place inSingapore from 4-12 August. Thirty-four teams competed in total (including more than one fromsome of the nearer countries). And while there weren't any absolutesuperstars - most of the world's top juniors are a little ...
Pets' corner Your questions answered by Chamois Rose-Wood
Sep 01, 2007 ... --have a four-year-old female Yorkshire terrier who was recentlymated, but it turned out she had a phantom pregnancy. Any advice onthis? Gilliam Wood, Dorset Phantom pregnancies (pseudopregnancy) regularly occur in unspayedfemales after they have had their season, whether they've ...
Backgammon Chris Bray
Sep 01, 2007 ... Wastage London was basking in a late summer heat wave. Holmes hadbemoaned the fact that most of the criminals seemed to have gone onholiday. "While business is so slow Watson, have a look at this position.Lestrade, who was white, doubled me. Do you think I should havetaken ...
Something for the weekend?
Sep 01, 2007 ... Under a Fiver 2006 Yalumba Y Series Viognier A fresh and zingy viognier from the Australian pioneers of thenorthern Rhne grape. Trademark honeysuckle aromas. 4.89 if you buy two, until Monday, Majestic Under a Tenner2006 Chinon Chteau de Coulaine A ...
Weekendworkby Anna Pavord
Sep 01, 2007 ... What to do Early apples such as 'Discovery' and 'George Cave' should bepicked as soon as the stems part easily from the branches. Peachesand plums may also need harvesting. Do not leave peaches to ripenfully on the tree or they may drop. A day in a warm kitchen willfinish the job ...
The Weasel Christopher Hirst Bye bye, bread cake
Sep 01, 2007 ... eturning for summer to our Castelgandolfo on the Yorkshire coast,numerous changes were instantly evident in the locality. Many peoplewould single out the Old Testament-style destruction of the coastaltopography to create a new dual carriageway into Scarborough - whichwill doubtless ...
The 5 best Tuscan wines by Anthony Rose
Sep 01, 2007 ... Felsina Chianti Classico Berardenga 2005 From the hilltops of this medieval estate, Giuseppe Mazzocolinmakes one of the purest chiantis. Mazzocolin believes in wines thatrefresh and his 2005 is a fine expression of the sangiovese grape. 15.95, Philglas & Swiggot (020-7924 ...
Five best London revivals
Sep 01, 2007 ... Funny Ha Ha + Mutual Appreciation Sun 12pm Curzon Soho The first two films by Andrew Bujalski are languorous but nuancedUS indie slacker fare, in which twentysomethings hang out in grainyblack-and-white. A Matter of Life and Death + The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpSun 1pm ...
Five best films
Sep 01, 2007 ... Two Days in Paris (15) Julie Delpy not only wrote and directed this hilarious unromanticcomedy, but also edited, scored and cast herself in the lead role.It's like vintage Woody Allen, but much filthier. Hallam Foe (18) Billy Elliot's Jamie Bell plays the most likeable ...
Album of the week
Sep 01, 2007 ... Niels-Henning Orstead Pedersen: The Unforgettable NHOP Trio Live (ACT) 13.99 The German label ACT is known for its willingness to push theboundaries. But this recording by the late, great Danish ...
Five best London shows
Sep 01, 2007 ... How We Are - Photographing Britain Tate Britain The camera is a time machine. Travel through history with thisphoto survey of the British way of life, from Fox Talbot to MartinParr. Last weekend. To 2 Sept Kenneth and Mary Martin Camden Arts Centre Works 1950-70. Order ...
...and around the country
Sep 01, 2007 ... If Everybody Had an Ocean Tate St Ives California over Cornwall. A contemporary group show inspired bythe life and music of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. To 23 Sept Dante Rediscovered Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere How The Divine Comedy influenced Romantic art, with work ...
...and around the country
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Burial at Thebes Nottingham Playhouse Sophocles' Antigone, translated by the poet and writer SeamusHeaney. Lucy Pitman-Wallace directs. To 15 Sept Twelfth Night Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Neil Bartlett's gender-bending take on the elegiac comedy ...
Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Henries have some thrilling sequences, but David Warner, agreat Hamlet and Lear, is miscast as Falstaff. He comes over asphysically and vocally lean, but equipped with a badly padded falsebelly. This fat knight is neither larger-than-life ...
PICK OF THE DAY
Sep 01, 2007 ... Consenting Adults 9pm BBC4 This thought-provoking piece recollects the work of JackWolfenden (played by Charles Dance) in the 1950s. Although troubledby the fact that his son was gay, Wolfenden produced a ground-breaking report that lead to the decriminalisation of ...
Five best London shows
Sep 01, 2007 ... Saint Joan NT: Olivier Marianne Elliott's tremendously stirring and astute revival ofGeorge Bernard Shaw's drama stars Anne-Marie Duff, who gives thisbrainy, garrulous play a beating human heart. To 25 Sept The Sound of Music London Palladium Climb every mountain? After ...
traveller's guide
Sep 01, 2007 ... GETTING THERE The only direct flights from the UK are on Air Namibia (0870 7740965; [http://www.airnamibia.com]) which flies from Gatwick toWindhoek three times a week. Alternatively, flights are available from Heathrow viaJohannesburg with South African Airways (0870 747 ...
Among beasts
Sep 01, 2007 ... When Gill Harvey spent two weeks as a volunteer in Namibia, shefound herself tracking elephants, hiding from rhinos, driving a 4x4over the duneveld - and building very big walls There's a deep unearthly rumble nearby in the gathering darkness."Sshhhh!" comes the call. Everyone ...
'We want to go diving with our children'
Sep 01, 2007 ... Q My husband and I have enjoyed a few diving holidays in thepast, but having children put things on hold for a while. We areboth keen to go diving again, but wondered if there are anycompanies that arrange diving holidays for families. I suspect thatour children, a seven- year-old girl ...
Banyan Tree Al-Areen Bahrain
Sep 01, 2007 ... 24-HOUR room service Bahrain is a bit of a dark horse. It generally figures as littlemore than somewhere to change planes, but there's much more on offerhere than skyscrapers and duty-free shopping. In Arabic, Bahrain means "two seas", referring to the waters thatsurround the ...
The smart money
Sep 01, 2007 ... Portofino is a rare marvel of the Med: a port town that hasevaded the uglier side of tourism. Rory Ross discovers how toholiday with the have-yachts Given Italy's capricious style of government, it is a miraclethat the Italian Riviera is as unspoilt as it is. This region,roughly ...
factory hotels FIVE BEST
Sep 01, 2007 ... FIVE BEST FACTORY HOTELS BY KATIE MONK Bratsera Hotel, Greece PICS IN Room Mate Alicia, Spain PICS IN Nhow Hotel, Italy PICS IN Tea Factory Hotel, Sri Lanka PICS CAN BE DOWNLOADED The Henry Jones Art Hotel, ...
"It's all about education"
Sep 01, 2007 ... Duncan and Melanie Tanner, from Cuckfield in Sussex, had theirfirst daughter, Iona, in May. When Iona's 250 Child Trust Fund voucher arrived a few weekslater, Duncan began doing some research to decide where to investthe money. "I spoke to some friends and lots of them had ...
Is your child lagging in the trust fund race?
Sep 01, 2007 ... Invest wisely to make the most of the Government's cash gift tokids, says James Daley The first children to qualify for the Government's child trustfund (CTF) scheme will be turning five years old today, and alreadythere are some big differences in the amount of money in their ...
Harrow drops GCSE maths and historyfor being too 'banal'
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Richard GarnerEducation Editor The school that finished top of a league table for GCSE resultsis ditching the exam for both maths and history. Harrow, the internationally-renowned public school, tops theindependent sector league table with a point score of 655.74 perpupil ...
Chris barnard
Sep 01, 2007 ... Animal behaviourist Chris Barnard spent his professional career at the School ofBiology at Nottingham University, from 1996 in the post of Professorof Animal Behaviour. He founded the Nottingham research group inBehaviour and Ecology, building it into an internationallyrecognised ...
Something to declare
Sep 01, 2007 ... Bargain of the week: Mauritius rumours The island that emerged from the Indian Ocean less than 10million years ago, and blossomed into a land of virgin forest andunique animal life, is getting increasingly cheaper to reach. Since Man arrived in Mauritius (right) five centuries ...
the insider A weekly guide to spending
Sep 01, 2007 ... jewellery Rings with bling These gorgeous pieces from Sifani are putting the bling back intoring, with their emerald green, amethyst and ruby semi-preciousstones. This Sri Lankan company has been heavily influenced by theMediterranean in the design of these rings, which will ...
Questions of cash 'Holiday car drama left us out of pocket'
Sep 01, 2007 ... --n n My wife and I rented a car in Catalonia with Sol-Marthrough easyCar. A tyre blew on the motorway; there was no sparewheel. I called Sol-Mar and explained that we were stranded withoutwater and that my wife was seven months pregnant. Hours later, thepolice towed us off the motorway ...
Thriftyliving
Sep 01, 2007 ... for a cheap uk break and bargain buys - try london CONTRARY TO popular belief, London can be a fabulously cheapcity. Compared to our native holiday resorts, that is. After twoweeks in Suffolk, aka Mini Boden land, or Cornwall (ditto, with asplash of Laura Ashley), or the Scottish ...
Reversal of fortune
Sep 01, 2007 ... Most people hike the Dales Way from the Lake District to Ilkleyin Yorkshire. For Rob Cowen the challenge was not only to do itbackwards, but to prove a point to his dad It seems only fitting that England's largest lake marks theclimax of its most picturesque long-distance walk. For ...
Readers' letters
Sep 01, 2007 ... Another orange farce ppp Like Graham Jones (Readers' Letters, Save & Spend, 25August), I have had problems with Orange, with my mobile phone andbroadband accounts. In each case, the problems arose as a result ofSainsbury's Bank's decision to change its credit cards from Visa ...
Make calls in Europe - at your peril
Sep 01, 2007 ... The last few mobile phone operators finally brought their chargesfor making calls in Europe in line with the new price caps last week- meaning that you'll no longer need to pay more than 33p a minutefor making calls within the EU, and no more than 16p a minute forreceiving ...
FIVE BEST factory hotels
Sep 01, 2007 ... Industrial spaces provide a striking shell for designers to lettheir imaginations run wild. By Katie Monk Room Mate Alicia Spain Bratsera Hotel Greece Nhow Hotel Italy Tea Factory Hotel Sri Lanka Henry Jones Art Hotel Australia When the ...
traveller's guide
Sep 01, 2007 ... GETTING THERE The Dales Way runs from Ilkley in West Yorkshire, to Bowness-on-Windermere in Cumbria (National Rail Enquiries: 08457 484950;www.nationalrail.co.uk). WALKING THERE The Sherpa Van Project (0871 520 0124; www.sherpavan.com) offersback-up services for ...
Stop - before you decide to park Avis shares
Sep 01, 2007 ... Renting cars is a tough game, and it has been a tough six monthsfor investors in Avis Europe. The shares have lost 50 per cent sinceMarch, impacted by competition concerns, rising costs and aninvestigation into accounting practices at its Portugueseoperations. But has the market been ...
Dermot O'Leary
Sep 01, 2007 ... 'We think green and pleasant land is a cliche but when you flyover, it's true' First holiday memory? Running away from a basket full of crabs on Carne Pier nearRosslare in south-east Ireland when I was about four or five. Myparents are from Wexford so we'd go to Ireland for ...
gambler's corner
Sep 01, 2007 ... The last NFL season ended under a cloud with the murder of aDenver player - the new season starts under one with the news ofAtlanta quarterback Michael Vick's horrendous dog-fightingactivities. Vick, on a $130m contract, is suspended indefinitely. Critics of American football will ...
A weekly guide to spending jewelleryRings with bling kitchenwareGolden wonder memorabiliaJust for kicks toysJump for joy kids' clothingCool for school toysJurassic lark sports equipmentNet the benefits camerasLittle beauty gamesUse your head footwearSkate expectations fashionLook hot, feel cool bikesClimb every mountain
Sep 01, 2007 ... the insider These gorgeous pieces from Sifani are putting the bling back intoring, with their emerald green, amethyst and ruby semi-preciousstones. This Sri Lankan company has been heavily influenced by theMediterranean in the design of these rings, which will help glam ...
THE MAN WHO PAYS HIS WAY
Sep 01, 2007 ... Last of the summer whines Anyone for breakfast? If you happen to be reading this inBrussels, this morning, try your luck and turn up at the Thomas Cookrestaurant of the Hotel Bedford on the Avenue du Midi. Just arrivesometime between 6.45am and 10.30am; pretend to be my sister ...
Quote of the day
Sep 01, 2007 ... 'When she was alive we completely took for granted her unrivalledlove of life, laughter, ...
THOUGHT of the day
Sep 01, 2007 ... 'Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive ...
You can't always get what you want, Keith
Sep 01, 2007 ... The concept of the Actors' Dream is well known. You're playingMacbeth to Wembley Stadium, but you've forgotten your lines("Tomorrow, tomorrow and ... erm?") and your crown appears to be madeof chocolate. Ditto the Exam Dream, which is said to trouble evenpeople who sat their finals some ...
There seems to be a pecking order among the dispossessed, and Jews come last
Sep 01, 2007 ... Interesting how the world always seems to be thinking what you'rethinking, unless it's the other way round. There I was, anyway,coming back from a visit to the Jewish Museum in Berlin, musingabout exile and return, and there at the airport newsagents was anarticle by John Pilger, musing ...
Hail, Caesar! Hail, Bryson!
Sep 01, 2007 ... --also paid a visit to Bath this week and toured the Roman bathsthere. I was interested to see that, in addition to the normalcommentary on the audio guide, there is a new one from my formerIndependent colleague and now celebrated author Bill Bryson. Fromtravel books to audio guides is ...
From the Archive 1 September 1997
Sep 01, 2007 ... From a leading article on the death of a princess CREATED as an icon by press photographs, she lived in the fizzingglare of flashguns, and now she lies dead, a victim of theinsatiable lens. Behind the lens stands an industry, an apparatus ofbuying and selling, proprietors, profits, ...
Pools merger moves closer
Sep 01, 2007 ... --The merger of football pools operators Littlewoods and Vernonsmoved closer after the Competition Commission provisionally clearedthe tie-up. Sportech, which owns Littlewoods, plans to buy Vernonsfor ...
'In another life, I'd have been a hospital matron'
Sep 01, 2007 ... The5-minuteInterview Ruby Turner Singer Jamaican-born Ruby Turner, 49, joined Culture Club in the mid-Eighties and has since recorded 13 albums, including 'Live At RonnieScott's', released earlier this year. For information about herlatest tour, visit ...
The Week in Arts
Sep 01, 2007 ... And now a few words from Bryn Terfel. Or not --spent the bank holiday weekend at what must be the mosteclectic music festival in Britain. The Faenol festival in northWales, now in its eighth year, is run by local boy (and also world-famous opera singer) Bryn Terfel. The splendid ...
There is a place for 'only' - usually the wrong one
Sep 01, 2007 ... Errors & Omissions by Guy Keleny A picture caption in last Saturday's magazine made the followingnon-statement: "It is now one of Britain's only true couturehouses." "Only" expresses both a factual statement and an expectation onthe part of the speaker. First the factual ...
DAVE COLLINS
Sep 01, 2007 ... The performance director of UK Athletics on a golden week at theWorld Championships Monday --spend the morning checking all the entries are OK, that thereare no changes in the timetable and what the levels of humidity are.Then, for the first time in British history, two of ...
Astana dismiss second Kazakh rider for failed test
Sep 01, 2007 ... n Cycling By Julien Pretot The Kazakh rider Andrej Kashechkin was sacked by the Astana teamyesterday after his B sample tested positive for blood doping. "After having been suspended following the A sample results,Kashechkin has been sacked with immediate effect," ...
West and Banks guide British eight into final
Sep 01, 2007 ... n rowing By Chris Doddin Munich Cool tactics by the British men's eight brought themqualification for next year's Olympics and a place in tomorrow'sfinal at the World Championships here yesterday. The lightweightfour and the double scullers Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter ...
Brickbats do little to undermine Ashton's England foundations
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Chris HewettRugby Union Correspondent Brian Ashton knows his World Cup opponents are saying thingsabout him and his team as the defence of the Webb Ellis Trophy drawsnear, even if he is not remotely interested in the fine detail."I've never cared what other coaches think about ...
Murray boxes clever by studying Ali's moves
Sep 01, 2007 ... n tennis By Alix Ramsayat Flushing Meadows When Andy Murray arrived in New York for the US Open, there was ageneral feeling that the Scot with the dodgy wrist was attempting topunch above his weight. Two matches and five days later andDunblane's finest is moving through the ...
Statistically speaking...
Sep 01, 2007 ... The partnership of 201 between Craig Spearman and Kadeer Ali is arecord for Gloucestershire's first wicket against Leicestershire,surpassing the 171 ...
Fredericks hails Olympic potential of Nullabor
Sep 01, 2007 ... n equestrianism By Genevieve Murphyat Burghley Clayton Fredericks made a satisfying start to his attempt atfollowing last year's victory here by his wife, Lucinda, by holdingthe lead when the dressage phase of the Burghley Horse Trials wascompleted yesterday. Riding ...
At last, Bush steps in to tacklehis home-grown financial crisis
Sep 01, 2007 ... The world's financial markets are as good at generating gossip asthey are at creating - and occasionally destroying - wealth. Allmanner of rumours are circulating around boardrooms and bars aboutwho will be next to reveal embarrassing losses, lay off staff and gocap in hand to their ...
Gleneagles course will aid Ryder Cup hopes, says Montgomerie
Sep 01, 2007 ... n golf By Norman Dabellat Gleneagles The Johnnie Walker Championship chairman Colin Montgomeriedefended the Gleneagles Centenary course yesterday and insisted thatfamiliarity with it would prove an asset to Europe in the 2014 RyderCup. Montgomerie's Ryder Cup ...
Takeover bid warning for Cadbury Schweppes
Sep 01, 2007 ... Market Report It was another solid day for the UK market, but speculation wasat a premium, as confidence remains fragile. Cadbury Schweppes waswarned, however, that if the company fails to hit its financialtargets it could become the focus of a takeover bid. The ...
Rossi's challenge stalls in title race home stretch
Sep 01, 2007 ... n motorcycling By Gary James Thousands of the faithful from his nearby hometown of Tavulliawill pack into the Misano circuit in Italy tomorrow to urgeValentino Rossi to relight his fading challenge for the MotoGP WorldChampionship on his Fiat Yamaha. When Rossi won ...
England's new generation comes of age
Sep 01, 2007 ... The omens are beginning to look good for England's one-day side,who successfully rid themselves of another of their failings onThursday evening when they defeated India by three wickets inManchester. The best limited-over teams are those who consistentlypost big scores and win improbable ...