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Type: Organization

Name: British Army

Nationality: United Kingdom

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First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 Documents

Nicholas Woodeson

Deserves to run and run

CHARIOTS OF FIREHampstead TheatreHugh Hudson’s 1981 film, with Vangelis’ iconic score and all the slow motion, has been endlessly parodied but the parodies have not diminished it. Colin Welland’s screenplay has now been adapted by Mike Bartlett and been ... [ Published 17 hours ago by Mature Times ]

Entities: Harold Abrahams, Ed Hall, Nicholas Woodeson, Scott Ambler, Colin Welland

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 Documents

Brit leaps from 2,400ft sans parachute

LONDON (AFP) - A British stuntman became the world’s first skydiver to land without a parachute on Wednesday, falling 731 metres (2,400 feet) to drop safely onto a crash-pad of cardboard boxes.Wearing a specially-made “wing suit”, Gary Connery leapt from ... [ Published May 24 2012 by The Nation Pakistan ]

Entities: Jeb Corliss, British Army, Harry Potter

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents

Engelbert Humperdinck Thinks He Could Win Eurovision

Engelbert Humperdinck performs for Eurovision24th May 2012 Engelbert Humperdinck thinks he could win the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Love Will Set You Free'. Engelbert Humperdinck thinks he stands a "good chance" of winning the 'Eurovision Song ... [ Published 22 hours ago by FemaleFirst.co.uk ]

Entities: Engelbert Humperdinck, Eurovision Song Contest, Englebert, British Army

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Steven Spielberg

‘War Horse’ – Not quite emotional enough (1)

War Horse” is a fine, emotionally charged film. The only problem is that, compared to the earlier, memorable theatrical version, the movie suffers because the beginning seems to come from the Disney studios, the anti-war message is muted nearly to a whisper ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Desert Entertainer ]

Entities: Steven Spielberg, World War I, Walt Disney Company

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 1 Documents

In the Making by GF Green – review

First published in the early 1950s, Green's story of developing adolescent sexuality remains a brave work of fictionSet partly in an upper-middle-class English home and partly in a boarding school, GF Green 's novel describes the early youth and adolescence ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Benzedrine, British Army, Cashier

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

British Army

Proms to welcome buglers

THE mighty buglers of the British Army will stage an invasion in Llanelli tomorrow.A fanfare of patriotic tunes will roll up at the Selwyn Samuel Centre at 7pm, for this year's Llanelli Proms, with The Band and Bugles of The Rifles paying a visit.The ... [ Published May 18 2012 by This Is South Wales ]

Entities: The Rifles, British Army, Hywel Williams

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 2 Documents

Buglers join massed choir

THE mighty buglers of the British Army will stage an invasion in Llanelli on Saturday.A fanfare of patriotic tunes will play at the Selwyn Samuel Centre for this year's Llanelli Proms, with The Band and Bugles of The Rifles stopping by.And The Queen has ... [ Published May 17 2012 by This Is South Wales ]

Entities: The Rifles, British Army, Hywel Williams, Napoleonic Wars

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated May 15 2012 - 1 Documents

Antony shares his memories of war

Antony Holland still knows how to tell a story. Last Tuesday evening, he debuted his one-man play, “One Man in His Time” about his experiences in the Desert War of World War II from 1940 to 1943 and how he still managed to be onstage through it all.The ... [ Published May 15 2012 by Gabriola Sounder ]

Entities: Memory, British Army, World War II, Materialism

First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

SAS hero to storm The Grove

FOR the first time ever a member of the legendary Special Air Service (SAS) tells his story live on stage.Pete ‘Snapper’ Winner is a larger than life character and boasts of being the last British soldier to be flogged. “I was the only sergeant in the ... [ Published May 10 2012 by Leighton Buzzard Today ]

Entities: Special Air Service, British Army, Falklands War, Special Forces, Hostage

First Reported May 08 2012 - Updated May 08 2012 - 1 Documents

Prince Harry honoured for helping injured soldiers

The 27-year-old prince accepted the Council's 2012 award for "distinguished humanitarian leadership", also on behalf of his older brother, Prince William, for their joint work for a number of charities of which they are patrons.Harry, a serving army captain, ... [ Published May 08 2012 by Times Live South Africa ]

Entities: Prince Harry, Colin Powell, British Army, Joint Work, Prince William

First Reported May 08 2012 - Updated May 08 2012 - 1 Documents

Indian mutiny action earns Bernard the Victoria Cross

IN recent weeks ‘Peek at the Past’ has included an appeal, on behalf of one of our readers, for additional information on Private Bernard McQuirt, who won the Victoria Cross at Rowa in Central India on January 6, 1858; a Mr. J. Flynn answered that appeal, ... [ Published May 08 2012 by Dromore Leader ]

Entities: British Army, India, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)

First Reported May 04 2012 - Updated May 04 2012 - 1 Documents

Kalashnikov schoolbook gives chilling insight into Afghan conflict at National Army Museum

A detail from the textbook which dates to the Soviet-Afghan War of the 1980s© Courtesy National Army MuseumWhen first learning to count, children are often introduced to colourful and memorable images to help teach numbers and improve numeracy.Guns and ... [ Published May 04 2012 by Culture24 ]

Entities: Afghanistan, British Army, Military Intervention, Northern Ireland, Jihad

Quotes

...hear about it is usually when it is bought up quite casually, resulting in conversations like "Has Frances mentioned this Ibsen idea to you?" or "Do you get what Jess is going on about with this 'marketplace of performance' thing?" From here the idea snowballs, until suddenly you realize you are programming an all-female Doll's House or transforming a 5-storey office building into...

Charlotte Skeoch: Interview: Director of Theatre Delicatessen's Henry V- Roland Smith [Huffington Post UK - May 22 2012]

"It is an inefficient and obsolete weapon, sirs, of which our Army has many thousands: and you have, in your wisdom, asked me to guard it with my life, thinking that I would indeed do anything, anything, to preserve and shelter from all harm, a thing so beautifully useless, so poignantly past it, so wistfully outdated, as my youth, or a Bofors gun. I would, and I shall, lay down my life for it."

EVENTS WHILE GUARDING THE BOFORS GUN Opens at Finborough Theatre Tonight, May 22 [Broadway World - May 22 2012]

In one interview Robin said: "It was in Manchester when we started our career really. It really was here where our interest in music first began, simple as that."

Robin Gibb (1949-2012): How Bee Gees star started singing career in a Chorlton picture house at t ... [Middleton Guardian - May 21 2012]

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Engelbert Humperdinck Thinks He Could Win Eurov... [ Published 22 hours ago by FemaleFirst.co.uk ]
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Things to do May 24 to June 7 [ Published May 23 2012 by Washington Post ]
National Army Museum displays Queen's wartime A... [ Published May 23 2012 by Culture24 ]
Flintlock sword-pistol once owned by Admiral Lo... [ Published May 23 2012 by Artdaily.org ]
Film By Jamaican-Born Hollywood Stuntman Showca... [ Published May 22 2012 by Indiewire ]
Charlotte Skeoch: Interview: Director of Theatr... [ Published May 22 2012 by Huffington Post UK ]
Wild thing! Nicole Kidman pays Edinburgh Zoo a ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Stv.tv ]
EVENTS WHILE GUARDING THE BOFORS GUN Opens at F... [ Published May 22 2012 by Broadway World ]
‘War Horse’ – Not quite emotional enough (1) [ Published May 22 2012 by Desert Entertainer ]
Robin Gibb (1949-2012): How Bee Gees star start... [ Published May 21 2012 by Middleton Guardian ]
West End date for Wilfred Owen musical [ Published May 21 2012 by Wirral Globe ]
Robin Gibb (Member Of The Bee Gees) Dies, Aged 62 [ Published May 21 2012 by Top40-Charts ]
Living military museum gets new home [ Published May 21 2012 by Examiner.com ]
Rewind: 10 Great Werewolf Films That Aren't 'Te... [ Published May 21 2012 by MTV ]
NHS launches 'diversity week' with transgender art [ Published May 20 2012 by Telegraph ]
In the Making by GF Green – review [ Published May 20 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
5 Things You Might Not Know About David Lean's ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Indiewire ]
The HeyUGuys Cinema Release Round-up : 18th May [ Published May 18 2012 by HeyUGuys ]
Mahtab Hussain helps people in Birmingham [ Published May 18 2012 by Birmingham Post ]
Also showing: Even The Rain, The Source and The... [ Published May 18 2012 by London Evening Standard ]
Proms to welcome buglers [ Published May 18 2012 by This Is South Wales ]
Under Every Leaf by William Beaver - review [ Published May 18 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Life imitates art [ Published May 17 2012 by Spectator ]
Buglers join massed choir [ Published May 17 2012 by This Is South Wales ]
Nigel Hamilton: Dad's Books [ Published May 16 2012 by Huffington Post ]
Book Review: "The Age of Wonder" by Richard Holmes [ Published May 16 2012 by EE Times ]

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Get Stabby With Assassin's Creed III's Bloody N... [ Published May 10 2012 by MTV Multiplayer ] Like an eagle diving after its prey, the latest trailer from Ubisoft's highly praised ' Assassin's Creed ' franchise drops in for the kill. Finally breaking out of Europe, the assassins come stateside to mete out their justice with the Revolutionary ...
Dick Wolf & Mark Burnett Team For Celebrity Mil... [ Published Apr 06 2012 by Deadline.com ] Law & Order chief Dick Wolf has teamed with reality veteran Mark Burnett for a competition reality series aimed at honoring America’s veterans and active-duty servicemen and women. Tentatively titled Stars Earn Stripes, the series will feature ...
Bruce Springsteen Hates The British Armed Force... [ Published Mar 12 2012 by Hecklerspray ] Sweet Moses on crutches, Bruce Springsteen has gone and topped the UK album charts with his new release ‘Wrecking Ball’, thereby underlining just how grotesquely dead rock music is at the moment. The sweaty old busted-lung scored his ninth number ...
'Assassin's Creed III' Gets a Trailer and Preor... [ Published Mar 06 2012 by MTV Multiplayer ] Assassin's Creed : now with 90% more tomahawks to the face! With this announcement trailer for October's Assassin's Creed III, it looks like Ubisoft is hoping to set off a little revolutionary fervor. Featuring cinematic footage of the series' ...
Oh Dear God [ Published Mar 02 2012 by Oh No They Didn't! ] Englebert Humperdinck is UK Eurovision act for 2012 British crooner Englebert Humperdinck is to represent the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The 75-year-old, dubbed the "King of Romance", is best known for his 1967 hit Release Me, which ...