Posts Tagged ‘ Somerset ’

internet marketing It was just 11 years ago, when he turned 100, that Harry Patch first began to talk about his experiences fighting in the . It was a week ago that he became the last surviving soldier in the country who had seen at first hand the horror of the trenches. Yesterday,...
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It was only when he turned 100 that the veteran of Ypres began to speak about the horrors he had seen The last surviving British Tommy, Harry Patch attends the launch of The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal, Weston Super Mare, Britain. 27 Oct 2007 Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/Rex Features It was just 11 years...
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REVIEW: MADNESS Victoria Park YOU could almost guess the set order, and as the opening bars of each song boomed out through the dusk of sVictoria Park, Nutty Boys, Nutty Girls (and their Nutty offspring – they are all sparents now) leapt with teenage relish into Madness-style complicated jerky elbow-and-knee dances. At Glastonbury, the...
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If there is one thing I detest about gigs then it has to be those pesky-in unison-crowd-pleasing handclaps that make me cringe and wince with embarrassment, and for some godforsaken reason, Athlete, have mastered this to a T. However, the charming surroundings of Somerset House cleansed my mind beforehand and I was gladly… more ...
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Somerset House, London As Snow Patrol and Keane can attest, times are tough for bands specialising in sweeping guitar-rock, with recent albums failing to connect with a previously receptive public. South London’s Athlete will be only too aware of this. Their reaction? They’ve turned the sweepometer up to 11… from WN.com – Entertainment News
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A nervous Peter Andre was lucky to escape serious injury after his big comeback at Channel 4’s T4 on the beach fell a little flat. The singer suffered an embarrassing fall from the stage while performing his new song ‘ Behind Closed Doors’. The Mysterious Girl star brushed himself down after losing his footing...
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The owner of a British manor house is stunned when recent renters host a masked ball that turns orgiastic, and Oprah’s gala cruise for her stuff turns into floating bathhouse. Ah, the summer of love… If the British are reserved, they let that repressed sexual tension out recently at an estate in Somerset. Halswell House...
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Lily Allen’s gig at Somerset House was a distinctly British affair, with a sodden crowd dancing in the rain to her hit “LDN”, the lyrics of which speak of the capital in sunnier climes. There were ponchos, umbrellas and rainhoods galore but the abysmal weather did little to dampen the spirits. Allen was energetic,...
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