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...Narayan waited long for proper recognition. He was middle-aged when he began to travel outside India. In 1961 (when, ironically, he published an uninspired book) he was in London, at the end of some kind of foreign tour. A friend in the BBC Indian Service, knowing of my admiration for Narayan, quite unexpectedly brought him one evening to my flat in South London...
...SPRING 2001 Actress Pui Fan Lee, who plays Teletubby Po, stars in a graphic BBC series as a sex-crazed lesbian...
...With Tigerland opening across Europe this month and his next four films following close behind, Farrell won't be unknown for long. Later this year, he'll appear as Jesse James in American Outlaws, and soon the lad who previously could be seen only in the bbc's Irish drama series Ballykissangel and a few below-the-radar movies will perpetually be at a cinema near you. Is he ready for impending stardom? "I don't know. How do you ever know?" he replies between sips of a vodka tonic. "I just have to take...
...Galaxy, of a heart attack; in Santa Barbara, California. The novel, a satirical and surreal look at the search for an answer to life and the universe (which turned out to be 42), sold more than 14 million copies worldwide and was followed by three sequels and a hit BBC TV series. CHARGED. STEPHEN ROACH, 27, Cincinnati police officer, with negligent homicide and obstructing official business, for the killing of an unarmed black man; in Cincinnati. The shooting set off three days of rioting in the Ohio city last month. The charges, both of which are misdemeanors, carry a maximum...
DIED. DOUGLAS ADAMS, 49, British-born author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series and other philosophical whimsies; of a heart attack; in Santa Barbara, Calif. His 1979 novel about interplanetary travelers, which began as a BBC radio series, sold more than 14 million copies worldwide...