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...paid a lot of money by the BBC," says Stuart, but "what we're doing here is show business and everything relies on a small number of talented people who are stars. They're the reason people will switch on." He adds: "If Lord Reith, a cranky old Presbyterian, could use the entertainment word, then other people should be able...
...Another cranky presbyterian seems anything but entertained by the BBC. At a September press conference in Downing Street, Gordon Brown gestured to a journalist near the front of the throng, indicating that it was his turn at the microphone. As the journalist identified himself, Brown motioned him to stop. The press conference had barely begun and the Prime Minister had already answered questions from four BBC correspondents. Now here was a fifth. Brown didn't care that each journalist represented different BBC outlets catering to different audiences: to him, the BBC was the BBC and enough was enough...
...night, she said, he had danced with “every woman over the age of 50” in the Costa Rica town. Fienning died on July 30. The cause of death was suicide. Fienning’s family has established a memorial fund at the First Presbyterian Church in Sumter to support the local Boy Scout Troop 86—Fienning was an Eagle scout—or the church’s music fund. According to Fienning’s father, Charles E. Fienning ’86, the family is also working to establish funds...
...apartment. We took her in, named her Lady and promptly realized that there were two of her…and three kittens living in a bush outside our building. This led to the high point of animal inhabitancy: seven cats, three humans, and two goldfish I won at the Presbyterian Church carnival, a veritable menagerie in a two-bedroom apartment.I guess I grew up in a family where pets were members of the family. My childless aunt and uncle sent us photos of their Scottie dogs every few months, and queries about the cats (“How are Castor...
...First Minister may have underestimated the depth of opposition among his own base. Paisley's followers had confidently predicted he would be reelected as Free Presbyterian moderator last week, but the strength of feeling at the church meeting changed all that. A deal was crafted that allows Paisley to step down without a vote. In return, critical articles were taken off the Internet by his opponents, although they described his removal as "a start...