‘You Play It Right Or You’re Fired’
You’re basically standing by and waiting for a call,” he explains. “It’s kind of like a combination of an EMT, a carpenter, ...
I fancied a new hobby - now I'm playing bagpipes for the King on VE Day
Lady Jane MacRae will play a key role in the ceremony marking 80 years since the Allied victory over Nazi Germany ...
An Arkansas organist is playing 18 hours of Bach this year, one lunch break at a time
It was hushed inside a 140-year-old cathedral on the outskirts of Little Rock’s downtown as about five dozen people sat in the pews during a recent lunch break in ...
Smithsonian Magazine16d
Archival Footage of D-Day
On June 6, 1944, allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France to fight Nazi Germany The Gory Origins of Valentine's Day (02:50) National Treasure: The Mold Behind the Miracle of ...
Irish Central19d
The enduring traditions of St. Brigid's Day
One folk tradition that continues in some homes on St. Brigid's Day (or Imbolc) is that of the Brigid's Bed. The girls and young unmarried women of the household or village create a corn dolly to ...
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Bagpipes, Photofit and Toaster Radio
Nigel Havers presides as five sellers bid on items, including a Danish 1960s lampshade, a set of bagpipes, a police photofit game, a toaster radio and a ride-on, vintage, Austin toy car.
Racing Post25d
'We think there's a Grade 1 in him this season and we hope that's at Aintree' - no Gold Cup for Dan Skelton star Grey Dawning
Grey Dawning and Harry Skelton win the Turners Novices' Chase at last year's Cheltenham FestivalCredit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos) Dan Skelton looks likely ...
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The International Day of Clean Energy on 26 January was declared by the General Assembly (resolution A/77/327) as a call to raise awareness and mobilize action for a just and inclusive transition ...
London Evening Standard26d
The best London restaurants for Burns Night, from Origin City to Home SW13
There are whisky cocktails to wash it down with, which may also be taken as fortification for the bagpipe accompaniment from The Pipes and Drums of London Scottish Regiment, a pipe band formed in ...
Castanet27d
Haggis, bagpipes and more this weekend at annual Robbie Burns celebration gala in Penticton
It's not quite too late to embrace everything Scottish at the annual Robbie Burns Night celebration gala this weekend. On Saturday, Jan. 25, from 4:45 p.m. onward into the evening, all are welcome ...
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Histories collide at the dawning of a new age in ’The New Internationals’
David Wright Faladé's own family history inspired his new novel, "The New Internationals," a coming-of-age story set in post-war Paris. David Wright Faladé didn’t learn the truth about his ...
The New York Times27d
The Devastating Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer’s Science
He hailed the moment as the dawning of “the golden era of Alzheimer ... that something more troubling has occurred. On the day my story was published, the National Institutes of Health announced ...