#British West Indies Airways

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British West Indies Airways travel poster for Antigua, featuring a man wearing swimming trunks and a scuba mask spearing a fish (c. 1960).

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No. 25 - BWIA

@international-nerd asked me to discuss BWIA! I was very excited about this request when I first read it, and now I'm very excited while I write this. BWIA's 2000s livery, which is what I'll be focusing on here, is one that definitely stood out on the tarmac.

It's rare that I can emphatically say this about an airline livery, but it's sort of in a category of its own. If more carriers approached livery design like BWIA, I probably wouldn't have been frustrated enough with the state of things to make this blog in the first place, because their livery is the polar opposite of the timid, corporate, and generic design we expect from airlines.

I like this picture a lot because it looks like she's saying hello to you. Like a cat approaching to sniff your hand.

First taking to the air in 1940 under the name British West Indian Airways, BWIA was also known at various points as BWIA West Indies Airways, BWIA International Airways, or 'Bee-Wee'. Its website was bwee.com. I have begun saying 'bweeeeee......' to myself under my breath now whenever I'm alone.

BWIA was founded as a private company, then became a BOAC subsidiary, and then was rapidly acquired by the government of Trinidad and Tobago. From 1961 until its ultimate demise in 2006, BWIA was the flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago and became the largest carrier in the Caribbean, serving destinations in North America, South America, the Caribbean, and Europe.

Back in the day they had this...boring standard thing, but by the 80s they expanded their horizons to the other half of the color wheel, picking up a recognizable teal-and-bright-yellow color scheme. Its various jets continued to wear this livery until around 2000.

Sure, one image could have sufficed, but I'm far too weak to resist the allure of putting a really cobby-looking plane next to a comically long-looking plane.

The yellow and teal was a step in the right direction, but in 2000 BWIA decided it was time to unleash their true power on airports across the world. And the result is the subject of this post.

Now there's a livery worth talking about.

Seeing images of this livery makes me feel temporally strange. This is an airline which I technically overlapped with, in the sense that I was alive while BWIA existed, but I'm just inherently too young to remember that. There's definitely a chance I saw one of these striking planes in person and just don't remember it because I was five or so years old, and that's a very strange thought. I wish I had managed to see one, and had held onto the memory somehow, because I love these planes.

Do I miss the hot pink lettering from the previous livery? Yes, a little bit. I won't deny that. But if I hadn't known it was there I wouldn't have had that thought, so I don't think that's anything to hold against them.

I think BWIA is a really good place to pick up after this week's first post, Icelandair, where I discussed flag carriers' branding and the fact that it should reflect the country it represents. Trinidad and Tobago's contributions to music are gigantic. It's the birthplace of calypso, though calypso is far from the only genre and far from the only tradition which originated there.

BWIA's logo is a stylized steelpan, a musical instrument invented in Trinidad and Tobago which I could talk about on its own for quite some time if I weren't insisting to myself that this post has to be about airplanes and not music, but it's a choice of logo that makes it immediately clear that this is an airline which represents a group of people rather than just a flag. If the culmination of a flag carrier's mission is to make a case for why it's flying to a place you should visit, this is an incredibly effective way to do that. Trinidad and Tobago is a place where music is born. It's not just islands with beaches, it's islands with people and if you go there you will have experiences you could never have anywhere else.

In terms of flag carrier logos, it's up there among my favorites. The older 2D version is a little harder to immediately identify as a steelpan but the 2000-onward 3D version is very clean and very uniquely BWIA's. It adds more detail but it never becomes cluttered. The steelpan shape and the teal-and-yellow colors are both distinctive on their own, and combined they make planes that are impossible to mistake for any other airline.

The steelpan logo is prominent both on the tail and wrapped around the bottom of the fuselage, starting about midway down the ventral fairing and ending just below the nose. I really admire BWIA's choice to go with white-on-blue rather than the blue-on-white any other airline would have chosen. It instantly elevates the livery from doing something interesting with the placement of its shapes to doing that and also stubbornly refusing to even approach Eurowhite.

The use of white where it is used is very nicely executed, though. It allows the overall design to maintain a lightness by avoiding black outlines, while preventing the sort of overt eyestrain that comes from putting yellow directly on this sort of light teal. Instead, it elegantly uses the yellow as an accent on the back half of the fuselage. It's difficult for me to even articulate why this works so well, but it just does. The colors look harmonious together despite never mixing, and it's not the sort of place a secondary color would normally be isolated, which I think might be why it's so brilliant. It's a really nice accent to the rest of the plane, preventing the flatness which could result from a livery made entirely of a light color and plain white, while not impinging on the steelpan logo. It draws the eye and then takes a step back to let it experience the rest of the plane, and when you take a step back and appreciate the livery as a single unit it prevents any of that detail from being lost in a blue-and-white blur.

As with many liveries, I think BWIA's looks its best on a TriStar. That might be because the larger empennage lets you see more of the steelpan logo, but there's something so nice about the way the yellow peeks out from under the wing that reminds me of birds with bright yellow underbellies.

I think the main thing that sticks with me after looking at BWIA planes from every angle I can find images for is that this livery exemplifies a style of design that is the exact opposite of what makes most liveries so disappointing. This feels like a livery designed by someone who had never seen another airline livery before, who was sat down with some pencils, a color scheme, a logo, and an identity, and told to find a way to reflect it in the shape of the airplane. In so many of my other posts I compare liveries to each other, with the worst cases merging into uninspiring slop of aughts Delta clones and late 2010s Lufthansa clones and so forth. BWIA just didn't participate in any of that. This livery is hard to put words to because it's nearly impossible to compare to any other livery - in a good way. Most airlines' special occasion liveries don't have a fraction of this excitement.

This might sound a little lofty, and I don't mean to say that BWIA is what airlines should strive to directly emulate (in fact, by doing so they would sort of be doing the opposite of what BWIA did when they released this into a world full of Air France and United), but BWIA here has done what general relativity did to physics. Not so much a different equation, but a different state of mind. Taking what has always been treated as numbers and saying that it makes a lot more sense to think of it as fabric. And what I ultimately think is the most important outcome of these choices is that I can imagine any number of people watching other planes on the tarmac, bored out of their minds, snap out of their stupor to get a closer look when they see a BWIA plane roll by.

We unfortunately lost BWIA in 2006. It was for regular boring financial reasons, a similar situation to the more recent death of Alitalia where the government simply can't keep pumping money into something which has never turned a profit and has to start over with a new airline. I'm not going to talk about its successor, Caribbean Airlines, except to say that obviously I think it's a gigantic downgrade. Frankly, I could really like Caribbean Airlines and it wouldn't matter. If an impeccably designed livery is equivalent to someone who can answer any question you have about the body of physics scholarship, BWIA is equivalent to the sort of theorist who gets fundamental laws named for them.

A+, and goodnight.

[zooterchet]

Mission Briefing From Agent Brown (Program Vicar-1)

Royal Irish Navy: Labor control forces, the label of "Irish" in the Hebrew Geneology listings; police labor.

Canadian Mounted Patrol: Influence and art media, through call centers and backtraced lines; sum data, held in computers, through felony invoices on recording sheets of prior imprinted felony against controlled substances acts, or support groups thereof.

B'nai B'rith: The sheriffs division, those hired at mercenary private detective to enforce law no longer in status or force or removed, through any politician, worldwide, to be enforced anywhere, worldwide.

Counter Terror: The Quaker Oats fund, to study factories and warehouses and grain silos, to export cereals productions overseas to train workforces to produce armored warfare and vehicles status produce.

Goldman-Sachs: A talent organization out of Broadway, specializing at the removal of negligent sectors of urban tract, through art movements, encouraging immigration by homosexuals, those practicing Lutheran logic; sterile men, by pituatary dysfunction, and barren women, through improper stance of lotus, scoliosis.

Saks Fifth Avenue: Sales of chemicals similar to Rohypnol, however herbal, and in terms of texture beneath nose, often used by CVS corporate executives out of Coens, Hitlers, and Murdochs.

Macy's: Hedge funds basis out of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City; used for the common coverage of any number of wars overseas with American involvement, to export illicit substance as common industrialized labor for pogrom of sectors of collegiate study; "genocide", actually, an anthropological study, in produce of queer labor, Protestants.

D-Company: Extension of Silk Road and East Indies Company, the holding share in Dutch Country, Boer South Africa, and Uighur West China.  Used in calculation of media movements and script shares, for particular breeding of assassins, out of a single economic role, held by the main character's child; however, if matching proper byline, now hired into contract by necessary partnership organization out of military ally's accounts.

Delta Blue: British Airways overlay, into Thailand, out of Delhi and Amsterdam.  The traffic in sex commerce, through inmates held in Indochina; used as specialists in technical sciences, in any commercial social science entering the common media as a secondary function of commercial product.

Israeli Defense Forces: Neo-Nazi forces held in reserve by Lutheran Iranian alliance, out of Judea and Samaria; held as "Arabs", actually Americans, Hamas, hostage, to sport fight from World War 2 forces ruled as "Hebrum"; Jewish-Americans, as converted to Christian Arabianism, and slurred as "Muslims", homosexuals, without being aware of such attachment.

Paramilitary Reconnaissance: Mercenary forces out of Italy, "Mafiaso", dealing in a third party isosceles triangle for a foreign broker, for development of a market by shift of relationship in a simple thread and peg, on a pair of logical points out of fiction discussed by product imported; Kabuki theater in Japan, prior to Douglas MacArthur.

Israeli Air Force: Training programs and pilot programs as being the same, instead of the foreign model, of an Air Force program as intelligence forces, and an academy being for flight of civilian and military craft.  Used as munitions export, through mercenaries recruited out of the entertainment community.

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Events 2.4

211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling sons, Caracalla and Geta, whom he had instructed to make peace. 960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries. 1169 – A strong earthquake strikes the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania. 1454 – Thirteen Years' War: The Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, sparking the Thirteen Years' War. 1555 – John Rogers is burned at the stake, becoming the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of England. 1703 – In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death. 1758 – The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral. 1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College. 1794 – The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French First Republic. It would be reestablished in the French West Indies in 1802. 1797 – The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties. 1801 – John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States. 1810 – Napoleonic Wars: Britain seizes Guadeloupe. 1820 – The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the two-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and two ships. 1825 – The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal. 1846 – The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley. 1859 – The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt. 1861 – American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six breakaway U.S. states meet and initiate the process that would form the Confederate States of America on February 8. 1899 – The Philippine–American War begins when four Filipino soldiers enter the "American Zone" in Manila, igniting the Battle of Manila. 1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan. 1938 – Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command. 1941 – The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops. 1945 – World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp is liberated from Japanese authority. 1945 – World War II: The Yalta Conference between the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea. 1945 – World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations. 1948 – Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth. 1961 – The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin. 1966 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133. 1967 – Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft. 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California. 1974 – M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed. 1975 – Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China. 1976 – In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000. 1977 – A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history. 1992 – A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez. 1997 – En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel, killing 73. 1997 – The Bojnurd earthquake measuring Mw  6.5 strikes Iran. With a Mercalli intensity of VIII, it kills at least 88 and damages 173 villages. 1998 – The 5.9 Mw  Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme. 1999 – Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city. 2000 – The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year. 2003 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia. 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. 2015 – TransAsia Airways Flight 235, with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after takeoff, killing 43 people. 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days.

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British West Indies Airways - BWIA label

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BWIA West Indies Airways Limited, known locally as "Bee-Wee" and also as British West Indian Airways,[2] was the national airline based in Trinidad and Tobago.

BWIA West Indies Airways - Wikipedia

Colonialism has caused a recursive acronym and I don’t like that.

[brumaica]

A week in at the University of the West Indies

It was an early start (one that I have learned was not that early, but more on that later…) to get to London Gatwick for my flight to Kingston. A pre-security breakfast with my dad and girlfriend (who, incidentally, is having a year abroad in China – go to Mhairi’s Chinese Takeaways for her blog) was followed by an emotional goodbye and an unwillingness to go through security – no turning back.

British Airways flight 2263, direct from London to Kingston, lasts about ten hours, with an almost two-hour delay in Gatwick in our case due to blocked drains on the aircraft. This extra time on the ground was spent reading guidebooks with my study abroad pals (we found each other at the gate). I highly recommend Moon Travel Handbooks’ Jamaica Handbook, if you can find a copy.

I settled down to watch Logan, Hugh Jackman’s ultraviolent final round playing the X-men mutant Wolverine. Though I have never been wildly into X-men, the film was extremely enjoyable in its own right. The only thing I would have liked to have seen would be further use of the device of Prof. Charles Xavier’s (played by Sir Patrick Stewart) dementing mind (I will say no more.) Logan was absolutely the best pickings from a generally lacklustre selection of film and television on the flight.

For the duration of the flight, I was in the extremely lucky position of having an entire empty row of three seats to myself. This allowed me to fully extend and sleep very comfortably, despite only having a single economy ticket – apologies if this inspires envy. In waking hours, I was very pleased with the complimentary service, (greedily, I admit) taking multiple drinks every time the cart came down the aisle.

“What’s the deal with airline food?” Well, the “jerk chicken” meal provided (I imagine a real Jamaican would decry its authenticity) was tasty. The dinnertime meal (a sandwich and a scone) seemed like it would have been more appropriate earlier in the flight.

I had an enjoyable chat with a couple of the flight attendants over a couple of cups of water at the back of the plane. We discussed studying abroad, the life of a flight attendant, missing family, life abroad, etc. When we touched down, they wished us all the best of lucky at university here in Jamaica.

Since arriving here in Kingston, the main reportable development is that I have quickly gone from feeling the need for three full showers a day to just one. One acclimatises surprisingly quickly without ready access to air conditioning. Don’t get me wrong – I still sweat, a lot, but not nearly as much as in the first few days. The weather has been generally gorgeous (as one might expect), but absolutely and totally unpredictable. The weather forecast is quite useless – it could predict tropical storms all day, and none might come. The advantage of extreme heat and constant sun is that it creates the perfect conditions for using the Mona Campus swimming pool.

We are all getting used to life on campus, and getting settled in our rooms with multiple shopping trips to buy the essentials (note: the #1 essential for your room, should you follow in my footsteps, is a fan. Trust me.) The currency is taking some time to get used to – everything feels much more expensive when you are spending literally thousands of dollars (£1 ≈ US$ 1.28 ≈ JM$ 164) on a basic shop.

The main thing we are having to get used to right now, besides the heat, is hall culture. My hall, 138 Student Living Phase II, is the Home of the Panthers. A relatively new development, Phase II has an entirely new culture to develop in order to match up to the other halls on campus – the likes of Towers, Chancellor, and Taylor. The development of this culture involves a heady blend of chanting (lots of chanting), dance, limes (not the fruit, hanging out), and generally bonding as a cohort. This, as I alluded to earlier, has involved getting up at 5 a.m. every weekday morning. 

Hopefully soon I will be able to get out and take some photos in this beautiful country. Until then, please enjoy this photo of my passport taken on Kodak Tri-X film.

My first post-update to my Brumaica playlist should be coming soon.

Until then,

Walk good.

Freddy / Brumaica                                      

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As part of the celebrations for its 100-year anniversary, British Airways has begun painting four of its aircraft in retro designs. This 747 has been given the BOAC livery from 1964 to 1974. Photo: Stuart Bailey

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There's a wonderful monochrome image of a BOAC de Havilland Comet 4 over Sydney Harbour. The harbour bridge is prominent, but look closely and you'll see there's no Opera House. That's because the photo was taken 60 years ago and the first British jet flew into Sydney's Mascot in 1959 before construction began on the Opera House. That flight slashed the journey time from London to Sydney from 47 hours to 36.

Four years earlier, the British Overseas Airways Corporation, one of the many forerunners of British Airways, had introduced a "tourist class" service on its Lockheed Constellation between Britain and Australia, introducing less wealthy travellers to airline travel.

Apart from Qantas, no international airline has had such a long-standing relationship between Australia and Europe as British Airways. So, as the airline celebrates its "centenary", let's mark some of the key moments in its evolution and its place in Australian travel, with much thanks to BA's official historian.

One of the flying boats that pioneered the post World War II route from Southampton to Rose Bay, Sydney.

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

British Airways didn't exist until 1936 and for most of the 20th century Britain's national carrier flew under a succession of other names, most notably BOAC and British European Airways. Yet the airline dates its birthday back to August 25, 1919. This is believed to be because Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij – better known as KLM – is generally considered the world's longest surviving airline. Its first flight from London's Croydon airport took off to Amsterdam, with a British pilot at the controls of a leased British plane, on May 17, 1920.

WORLD'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER SERVICE

Regardless, it's accepted the world's first scheduled international service took off on August 25, 1919, at 9.10am, from London's Hounslow Heath bound for Paris, piloted by "Bill" Lawford. The only passenger was an Evening Standard reporter who had paid Britain's first commercial airline, Aircraft Transport and Travel, 20 guineas for the privilege (though the flight also contained several "brace of grouse destined for the tables of discerning Parisians").

According to the reporter's exclusive after the de Hallivand's arrival at Le Bourget, the trip involved much "hedge-hopping" and "wave-hopping" as Lawford (in an open cockpit!) followed the railway lines and cross-Channel ferries, due to poor visibility, before rising to the maximum height of 4000 feet (1220 metres) over France.

Still, the first international commercial flight, was deemed a huge success, flying "at express speed" and taking a mere 2½ hours to cover 350 kilometres.

LONDON TO AUSTRALIA … IN JUST 12 DAYS

Aircraft Transport and Travel was joined by a plethora of privately-owned British airlines offering international journeys with flying aces from World War I as pilots. But the Brits struggled because rival European airlines were subsidised by governments. In 1924, British airlines were rationalised and Imperial Airways (the real forerunner of BA) was created with a mandate to develop routes to the furthest reaches of the British Empire: South Africa, India and Australia.

Fast forward to April 13, 1935, and Imperial and Qantas launched its ground-breaking, 20,500-kilometre service from London's Croydon airfield to Brisbane. The journey took just 12 days, leaving London at lunchtime on a Saturday, and arriving the following week at Brisbane – after 32 stops. Part of the trip, Paris to Brindisi, was completed by rail. Mussolini's fascist government refused permission for a foreign airline to fly over Italian airspace.

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DON'T MENTION THE WAR

BOAC started operations on April Fool's Day 1940, during Britain's "darkest hour" as Imperial merged with British Airways. During World War II, BOAC and Qantas joined forces, particularly on the Horseshoe Route between Auckland and Durban that kept wartime correspondence flowing throughout the "empire".

Immediately after Germany's surrender, the two airlines combined on two different services. On May 31, 1945, the first post-war flight from Britain to Sydney left Bournemouth. A year later, they introduced a twice-weekly flying boat service between Poole harbour and Sydney's Rose Bay, which took just five days, via Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, India, Burma and Singapore. And before May 1946 was out, the first post-war BOAC/Qantas land service began using converted Avro Lancaster bombers cunningly disguised as Lancastrian passenger planes.

The Lancastrian only accommodated nine passengers seated along the side of the fuselage like parachutists. But it did contain what it is arguably the first "flat bed" in commercial aviation – a bunk in what would now be considered the overhead locker. The switch over location between BOAC and Qantas staff was Karachi.

The De Havilland Comet's first arrival in Australia (before the Sydney Opera House was built).

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS

In December 1948, the elegant four-engine Lockheed Constellation began a weekly service that slashed flying time between Britain and Australia. A poster from that era, advertising Australia to Britons, shows outback stockmen watching the Constellation soar above them in a gum-strewn blue sky.

The Constellation record was itself smashed in 1953 when British European Airways, usually confined to Europe, entered the London-to-Christchurch air race to publicise the British-made Vickers Viscount V700's speed between "short legs" (19,900 kilometres in less than 41 hours). But it was the Comet that introduced the "jet age" to Australia, quickly followed by Boeing's 707, which BOAC used on Australian services from 1962. Another poster, showing a blonde female surfer striding towards the Pacific is from that period, circa 1965.

Over the next 30 years British Airways purchased 36 Boeing 747s – the original "jumbo jet" – more than any other airline and several flew to Australia. But BA's Concorde, which flew at 2180km/h (cruise speed) from 1969-2003, never had a chance to test the record to Sydney.

FIVE FAMOUS BA FLIGHTS

1938

After meeting Hitler following the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain emerged from his British Airways flight from Munich, proclaiming "Peace in our time!"

1942

Winston Churchill was the first British PM to fly across the Atlantic when he travelled to meet US President Roosevelt. His BOAC Boeing 314 flying boat flew from Plymouth, via Bermuda and Norfolk, Virginia, then on to Washington DC.

1952

After the death of her father, King George VI, Princess Elizabeth left Kenya instead of continuing her royal tour to Australia. She arrived on a BOAC plane at Heathrow as Queen Elizabeth II.

2005

British PM Tony Blair was aboard a British Airways 777-200 when it set a new record for the world's longest non-stop commercial flight from Brussels to Melbourne – 17,157 kilometres in 18 hours 45 minutes.

2011

Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh flew the first non-stop flight from Perth to London aboard a BA 777 after a Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference. Now Qantas flies the 14,498 kilometre non-stop route in about 18 hours and plans a non-stop flight from Sydney to London by 2022.

SEVEN FAMOUS BA UNIFORMS

1922

Daimler Airway was a subsidiary of BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company, known for its engines and motorcycles). Swallowed by Imperial, and thus BA, it employed the first "cabin boys" to serve passengers.

1967

Until the 1960s, male and female BA flight attendants wore military-style uniforms. That changed when the first made-to-measure uniforms for the 1500 female "stewardesses" employed by British European Airways were designed by Sir Hardy Amies, the Queen's couturier.

1967

Meanwhile, BOAC introduced paper "mini-dresses" for stewardesses flying to the West Indies. Meant to be discarded after each flight, legend has it sometimes they didn't last that long, with "high-spirited male passengers tempted to take a cigarette lighter to see what would happen".

1969

To celebrate delivery of its first Boeing 747s, BOAC awarded Clive Evans the commission of designing its new female uniform, beating Mary Quant. It chose between Caribbean blue or coral pink for its summer uniform, which was made from Terylene and cotton so it could be washed in a hotel sink and left to drip-dry overnight.

1992

Roland Klein's distinctive red, white and blue vertical stripes had been considered a great success, but Paul Costelloe produced what many regard as the signature BA outfit: a classically tailored single-breasted suit with a silky print blouse or dress and a distinctive upturned boater.

2004

Julien MacDonald, whose outfits had been worn by Nicole Kidman, Kylie Minogue and many other celebrities, was tasked with designing outfits for 25,000 staff of different body shapes and sizes.

2019

Ozwald Boateng is BA's new designer. His top secret uniforms, now for 32,000 staff, will be unveiled before the "centenary" on August 25 this year.

FIVE OLDEST INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES (without changing names)

KLM: 1920

Its first flight, from London to Amsterdam, used a British pilot at the controls of a leased British plane.

Qantas: 1920

Originally it went by the name Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, but what Aussie ever called it that? Its first international passenger flight in 1935 was from Darwin to Singapore.

Delta: 1928

Now the world's second-largest airline, Delta began in 1924 as a crop-dusting service but became Delta when it started taking passengers. It's first international flight in 1953 was from New Orleans to Caracas via Havana.

Aeroflot: 1932

Founded in 1923, its first international passenger service was from Moscow to Stockholm in 1937.

LOT Polish Airlines: 1929

Its first international route, Warsaw to Vienna, flew in 1929 but LOT ceased operations during World War II.

from traveller.com.au

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Caribbean Airlines history

Caribbean Airlines was founded in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on 27th September, 2006. Our first ever flight took place on 1st January 2007 back when we had 128 weekly departures to 10 destinations and just five Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Caribbean Airlines were the pioneers of the simplified one-way fare inclusive of taxes and fees that provided our valued customers with flexible fare combinations and extended stay options. The new fare programme also featured a permanent discounted fare, senior citizen discounts and no change fees for students.

Shortly afterwards, we launched a Web check-in feature that allowed travellers to check in for flights and print boarding passes from the comfort of their homes and offices.

In the first two months of operation, our on-time performance was 93.9% surpassing the average aviation industry’s standard of  85%. Caribbean Airlines also exceeded industry standards with an impressive lost baggage rate of just 0.7 for January 2007(less than one bag lost per thousand passengers).

Our codeshare with British Airways took off with a flight between Port of Spain, Trinidad and London Gatwick International Airport in March .

The codeshare allowed Caribbean Airlines customers easy connectivity to London, a city well loved by travellers. To meet increased travel demand for major regional events, like Cricket World Cup and the Tobago Jazz Festival in  March and April we added a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and a hundred extra flights to our schedule. The enhanced schedule also included special charters to St. Kitts, Bermuda and Grenada, and is a clear example of Caribbean Airlines’ commitment to the Caribbean region and our customers’ needs.

A key part of employee induction and establishment of our culture was a comprehensive brand camp. The brand camp exposed all employees to the customer service standards expected from everyone.  Employees were  appointed Brand Ambassadors to spread the word about elements of our superior service, on time performance and authenticCaribbean warmth, which were was welcome by our customers.What’s more, we initiated customer service monitoring programmes to measure and benchmark customer satisfaction in all areas from reservations to our in-flight service.Impressively, we managed to end the first two months of 2007 with an overall customer service rating of 81%.

In addition, our  Caribbean Miles loyalty programme featured a seamless transfer of Miles from the BWIA West Indies Airways Frequent Flyer Miles programme. An initial base of 128,734 recorded Caribbean Miles members had risen to 136,789 members by the end of June 2007, a clear testament to our growing loyalty base.

In July 2007 Caribbean Airlines became the first airline in the region to launch an initiative to provide sustainable air travel, with the CarbonNeutral® programme. In partnership with the CarbonNeutral Company, we offered customers the opportunity to off setair line carbon emissions by investing in eco-friendly projects.

In August 2007, Caribbean Airlines opened a new 2,000 square-foot sales and ticket office at Nicholas Tower,Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad featuring state-of-the-art technology such as internet kiosks for ticket booking and online check-in.

Two months later, we purchased the remaining shares of the airline, Tobago Express. This acquisition included the airline’s employees, its five aircraft and responsibility for operating the domestic air bridge between Trinidad and Tobago.

In the latter part of our maiden year, more than a dozen flight attendants from throughout the Caribbean region joined Caribbean. The recruitment from other CARICOM nations showed  our commitment to being the airline for the entire Caribbean.

Further, to demonstrate our flexibility and commitment to meeting regional travel needs, Caribbean Airlines leased an additional Boeing 737-800 to increase the number of flights to our destinations and provide more opportunities for our customers to visit family and friends around the world.

By the end of 2007,  our airline was firmly established as the corner stone for regional travel as evidenced by its steady growth. In early 2008, Caribbean Airlines began a daily service to Caracas, Venezuela. The new daily return flight was the first network expansion since the start of operations in January 2007. The introduction of a daily service to Fort Lauderdale, Florida soon followed and we became the regional-airline with the most direct services between  Trinidad and South Florida. This growth was complemented by significant costs savings and increased quality control with the move to insourcing the heavy maintenance of the fleet.

Today, 10 years on, and with many milestones since our start in 2007, Caribbean Airlines operates more than 600 weekly flights to 18 destinations in the Caribbean and North and South America. Our fleet is comprised of Boeing 737-800 and ATR72-600 aircraft. Jointly owned by the people of Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica, headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago, and with an operational base in Jamaica, Caribbean Airlines employs more than 1600 people. We are a member of theInternational Air Transport Association (IATA) and are recognized as an IATA Operational Safety Audit qualified airline. Caribbean Airlines is a certified FAA repair station as per regulation 145.

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Antigua Barbuda Digital Nomad Visa Initiative

Antigua and Barbuda Digital Nomad initiative is a great new option for Digital Nomads or Perpetual Travelers to consider, amidst the pandemic.

The virus pandemic has shifted our daily lifestyle upside down for most countries around the globe. We have seen some countries closing their borders entirely to foreign visitors or tourists, but others are also being open to turn that into opportunity. There is a new mindset about living a new remote way of life with the help of technology that has brought us closer than ever.

Antigua and Barbuda is already famous for its low cost Citizenship by investment (CBI) program. In addition, they are now introducing a much cheaper Digital Nomad Residency Program. As a result, the economy grows naturally with more investments from wealthy people who are looking for other countries to stay or for their passports.

Antigua and Barbuda are adopting new measures to ensure the continuation of their activities amidst Pandemic. They are introducing innovative programs to appeal to the new wave of global citizens called “Digital Nomads”.

What is Antigua and Barbuda Digital Nomad Residency Program?

Digital Nomad Residency Program helps individuals and their families to relocate and work remotely from the pristine beach islands of Antigua or Barbuda. Application fee for the Antigua and Barbuda Digital Nomad program is US$ 300 for the first applicant, US$ 200 for a spouse and US$ 100 for each dependent for a period of 2 years.

Just take a look at the breathtaking beach destinations, you will be sold soon. In addition, it has a strong WiFi and internet coverage across the islands. Antigua and Barbuda gives Digital Nomads the opportunity to enjoy the ease of life in an unblemished beach resort while you run your businesses remotely and amass wealth.

Also, Antigua and Barbuda has done a really good job in their response to the pandemic, resulting in a safe and healthy environment for their citizens and residents.

Know more about Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda is in the combined West Indies sovereign nations of the Americas. The great beach tourist place consists of two major islands. One is Antigua and another island is Barbuda. Only 39 miles separates these two islands. A number of other small neighboring islands also belongs to the sovereign nation of Antigua and Barbuda. It has a population just around 96K. 97% of their population live in Antigua. The capital  is St. John’s on Antigua.

Flights from US to Antigua and Barbuda

To reach Antigua and Barbuda from the US, you have a few different airlines options

American Airlines

JetBlue

Delta Airlines

United Airlines

British Airways

Carribean Airlines

For direct non-stop flights from Miami, it takes only 3 hours. However, most common flights have one stop with a flying time of around 7 hours. Flights are available from New York, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington DC and Miami.

Average cost of the flight seems to range between $400 and $500 from most cities. Make sure to check Department of State website for travel guidelines and what to expect, before you book. In conclusion, head over to VisitAntiguaBarbuda and plan your destinations.

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British West Indies Airways (BWIA) poster advertising flights to Trinidad and Tobago featuring a limbo dancer (1953). Artwork by Aldo Cosomati.

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Calling for aid: Virgin can survive only on government aid

Richard Branson has been coping a good bit of criticism for not utilizing his personal cash to maintain his airways’ afloat. Picture Credit score: AP

London: British billionaire Richard Branson stated his airways within the UK and Australia gained’t survive the coronavirus disaster with out state assist, and that his Virgin Group lacks the assets to see them via the pandemic.

Branson stated in a letter to workers that he’s doing all the things potential to maintain Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. going. It wants a UK-backed business mortgage to trip out the disaster, whereas Virgin Australia is “fighting to survive,” he stated.

The entrepreneur is struggling to persuade governments to rescue his manufacturers given his personal extremely seen wealth and long-time residency within the West Indies that’s led him to be seen as a tax exile. The businesses pay taxes within the nations the place they’re primarily based and function, and greater than 70,000 folks work in Virgin operations throughout 35 nations, in line with the letter.

Taking its time

Britain has but to determine on Virgin Atlantic’s weeks-old utility for tons of of thousands and thousands of kilos in assist, whereas Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd. was informed by the government in Canberra Monday that it’ll obtain no additional monetary assist.

Branson stated he left Britain not for tax causes “but for our love of the beautiful British Virgin Islands,” and that he has by no means taken important earnings out of Virgin Group. He’s chosen as a substitute to plow cash into new companies, comparable to his newest Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. space-tourism enterprise.

“I’ve seen lots of comments about my networth, but that is calculated on the value of Virgin businesses around the world before this crisis, not sitting as cash in a bank account ready to withdraw,” he stated.

Branson has dedicated to injecting $250 million into his manufacturers to save lots of jobs, and he stated within the letter that “a big part” goes to Virgin Atlantic.” However with “no money coming in and lots going out”, that in itself gained’t be sufficient, he stated.

Virgin Australia’s scenario is probably the most vital, with money owed of greater than A$5 billion ($3.2 billion) on the finish of 2019. Branson now holds only a 10 per cent stake within the Brisbane-based service, in contrast with 51 per cent of Virgin Atlantic.

Virgin Australia had requested the government for a A$1.four billion mortgage, convertible into fairness, to see it via the disaster. The is dominated by Qantas Airways Ltd. in basically a two-player market, and hasn’t made an annual revenue for seven years.

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Chris Gayle posts picture with Vijay Mallya, followers say: Courier him to India

http://tinyurl.com/yylu69z4 As quickly as Chris Gayle posted an image of himself along with his former Indian Premier League ‘boss’ Vijay Mallya, followers ended up ridiculing the businessman and warning the cricketer for being with him. Chris Gayle with Vijay Mallya in England (Twitter: @henrygayle) HIGHLIGHTS Chris Gayle posted a photograph with Vijay Mallya on Twitter Followers wasted no time in reminding Gayle of Mallya’s chequered previous Some followers requested Gayle to ship Mallya again to India West Indies legend Chris Gayle on Saturday posted an image with Indian businessman-turned-defaulter Vijay Mallya prompting a variety of humorous responses from Twitter customers. Gayle was a long-time team-member of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore – owned by Mallya. The assembly appears to have occurred on the sidelines of the Formulation One British Grand Prix – one other sport the place Mallya was closely invested in until just lately. Gayle appears to have continued his good relations with Mallya even after transferring out from the Bangalore aspect and into the Kings XI Punjab setup as he captioned the image: “Nice to meet up with Massive Boss @TheVijayMallya cheers ?? #RockStar ???? #F1”. Nice to meet up with Massive Boss @TheVijayMallya cheers #RockStar #F1 pic.twitter.com/cdi5X9XZ2I Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) July 13, 2019 Expectedly, a variety of customers took the chance to level out Mallya’s historical past within the feedback part of the put up. Listed here are one of the best responses: Please courier him to india. Your will get one million greenback atleast reward. Sampathkumar (@sampath_topc) July 13, 2019 Please ask him to repay 9000crs to @TheOfficialSBI Chandler Bing (@SarcasmChamp) July 13, 2019 Locket toh gaya bhai tera Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) July 13, 2019 Do not share your account particulars with him and by no means make any transaction in entrance of him. And in case if he ask you emotionally for mortgage do not fall prey — Issued in @henrygayle curiosity Hiren (@hiren_machhi) July 13, 2019 Apna pockets examine kar pahle. (@ex__troller) July 13, 2019 Vijay Mallya, the 61-year-old chief of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airways, has been dwelling in self-imposed exile in Britain since final 12 months and is going through extradition proceedings within the UK courts. In January 2017, Mallya was greeted with ridicule as he arrived to observe the India vs South Africa Champions Trophy match at The Oval cricket floor. Again then, a variety of spectators on the stadium had chanted a variety of expletives whereas calling out Mallya. Vijay Mallya left India on March 2, 2016, after defaulting on loans amounting to Rs 9,000 crore. He has repeatedly denied fleeing the nation, saying he is able to pay again the cash he owed to the Indian banks. India had in 2017 filed for Mallya’s extradition, which he contested. He’s out on bail. For the latest World Cup news, live scores and fixtures for World Cup 2019, go online to indiatoday.in/sports. Like us on Facebook or comply with us on Twitter for World Cup information, scores and updates. Get real-time alerts and all of the news in your telephone with the all-new India At the moment app. Obtain from !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '605311446619075'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); fbq('track', 'ViewContent'); Source link

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Events 1.30

1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. 1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1607 – An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths. 1648 – Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain. 1649 – Charles I of England is executed in Whitehall, London. 1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed. 1703 – The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka. 1789 – Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long. 1806 – The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened. 1820 – Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica. 1826 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened. 1835 – In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself. 1847 – Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California. 1858 – The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra. 1862 – The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched. 1889 – Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling. 1902 – The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London. 1908 – Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month. 1911 – The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba. 1920 – Japanese carmaker Mazda is founded, initially as a cork-producing company. 1925 – The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul. 1930 – The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union orders the confiscation of lands belonging to the Kulaks in a campaign of Dekulakization, resulting in the executions and forced deportations of millions. 1933 – Adolf Hitler's rise to power: Hitler takes office as the Chancellor of Germany. 1939 – During a speech in the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler makes a prediction about the end of Jewish race in Europe if another world war were to occur. 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war. 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy. 1945 – World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people. 1945 – World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred and twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp. 1948 – British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle. 1948 – Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in his home compound, India's prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, broadcasts to the nation, saying "The light has gone out of our lives". The date of the assassination becomes observed as "Martyrs' Day" in India. 1956 – In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott. 1959 – The forces of the Sulta of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman. 1959 – MS Hans Hedtoft, specifically designed to operate in icebound seas, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard. 1960 – The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties. 1964 – In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam. 1968 – Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. 1969 – The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police. 1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained. 1972 – Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh. 1974 – Pan Am Flight 806 crashes near Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, killing 97. 1975 – The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary. 1979 – A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo. 1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner". 1989 – The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed. 1995 – Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease. 2000 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169. 2013 – Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea. 2020 – The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

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Phil Neville’s Lionesses were given second-class treatment compared to men’s Under-21s

There were some raised eyebrows in the women's camp in England when a photo of the men's team under 21 on a private jet to ]

Aidy Boothroyd's age group traveled on a chartered plane for their European championship campaign, which starts on Tuesday in Cesenak in Cesena.

Still, the older women's team had to book a planned flight with British Airways from ] London Heathrow to Nice earlier this month.

A Source Sports Agenda told: & # 39; We were a little shocked to see the photo of the Under 21s. We have not had any special treatment – business class or otherwise! & # 39;

OLE & # 39; S FIRST SIGNATURE IS A GREAT WELCOME

Daniel James became Ole Gunnar Solskjaer & # 39; s first signature for Manchester United last week – with the

The welcome party would have been different players, liaison staff, MUTV staff and an Ed Woodward were present.

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Daniel James & # 39; arrival at Old Trafford from Swansea was attended by 40 employees

Kieran Trippier has moved from agents Stellar Group to new children in the Block Pitch Representation.

After a difficult 12 months for the Trippier, 28, the new Tottenham Full Back advisors may have a busy summer ahead of them.

Juventus, Napoli and Atletico Madrid are supposed to love Mauricio Pochettino & # 39; s side.

ANYONE FOR TABLE TENNIS?

Queen & # 39; s Club organizers have ensured that certain players will not be bored this week if the Fever-Tree Championships were murdered in Nottingham, where matches had to be relocated to courtyards.

An improvised film was built in Queen & # 39; s players' lounge, with different films being shown every day.

Stars including Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro can do their best to play table tennis, or play on Xboxing. There is also a pool table and table football, along with TV screens showing the women's world cup.

Players may be tempted to start the West End show in London with pamphlets for Dream Girls on every table.

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Andy Murray will have enough to keep him busy as Queen & # 39; s Club has a wash this week

The suggestion

There is much sympathy for Michael Holding among the great West Indian colleagues & # 39; s after leaked emails showed he was censoring the cricket-eloquent production company by Sunset and Vine that commentators should not point to referee errors before the tournament understandably has some inconvenience caused since the du It must not be the duty of the broadcasters to be cheerleaders for the ICC.

And who happened to be on comment when Carlos Brathwaite was controversial and handed out with the West Indies, free of calls during England's convincing victory on Friday?

Sir Gary Verity, the man responsible for making the Yorkshire Tour of cycling, was spotted at the Criterium du Dauphine with accreditation on behalf of the French media group ASO (Amaury Sport Organization) despite his recent fall of grace.

Sir Gary was removed from the administration of Yorkshire 2019, which will deliver the Road World Championships in the region in September, after his resignation as head of the Welcome to Yorkshire tourist office.

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin was an unlikely target for self-talk after the interview at Oxford University this week. The UEFA chief was a much sought-after person and spent half an hour giving a long line of student content for their feeds on social media after speaking at the Business School.

Ceferin, 51, seemed to enjoy the opportunity as much as his new fans and was impressed by the & # 39; no s *** & # 39; approaching his audience to question him with a series of straight-to-the-point questions.

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President Aleksander Ceferin was an unlikely target for himself at Oxford University

It was not surprising that Frank Lampard's former teammate, Didier Drogba, said the Derby boss was a good option is to take it over in Chelsea.

It's even less surprising when you consider t that the couple shares the same publicity manager.

Another player in connection with a return to Stamford Bridge as part of a new coaching team is Ashley Cole, who has bought £ 2.4 million in Surrey, conveniently located near the Cobham practice area.

John Barclay, the old Etonian ex-Sussex captain, MCC president and tour operator in England, plans to leave the Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation after 33 years.

Barclay has suffered from depression and wants to register as a state school, advising sixth forms on psychological problems.

& # 39; I have met very few people who have had no setbacks in their lives & # 39 ;, said Barclay, 65. & # 39; Mental health is much more talked about today and it would be much more challenging to be

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Annie Haslam Talks Renaissance, Tour, DVD and Two NJ Shows

Interview by Danny Coleman

“It never stops, it’s crazy because I manage the band right now I’m wearing 10 hats; it’s the only way to do it really because too many things have gone wrong in the past because of people who didn’t have the same vision. So we’re doing things now though, it’s amazing.”  

So says the incomparable Annie Haslam of the legendary progressive rock band Renaissance as she prepares for the launch of their seven shows, “Day of the Dreamer Tour” which makes stops November 16 at the Newton Theatre in Newton, NJ and November 17 at The Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingwood, NJ. The Scottish Rite is also the only one of the seven where the band will once again be joined by an orchestra onstage.  

“The reason we could do it with the orchestra last time was because we had done that, “Indiegogo” project and all of our fans came forward and helped make that happen,” said Haslam when asked why only one show with the full compliment. “I wish we could because that’s the way it should be really; it’s just perfect music for the orchestra, it always has been but it’s expensive. Times have changed with the music business and of course we’re now a, “Heritage band;” I’m proud of it but there’s so much competition for the shows because there’s so many bands performing live now. We’re hoping to go further afield next summer to Germany and Italy and we’re talking about and dealing with that right now; possibly England but we are concentrating on further afield.”  

No strangers to touring at great length over their 49 year history, this storied group which formed from the remnants of The Yardbirds has begun to scale life on the road back a bit; not because of a waning desire but due to financial and logistical reasons. 

“It’s seven shows in November; unfortunately it’s the same old story,” she said with a sigh. “The money that the promoters would give us is not enough to cover our expenses. It’s heartbreaking really and they would probably be small club dates and we just can’t do it. We haven’t been to the west coast in such a long time and they’d (the promoters) have to take a chance on it and a lot of the promoters are different than they were; they’re younger and there’s lots of other bands out there now and new prog bands. Not that we’re a prog band; we’re a symphonic rock band,” she said as she giggled at the term. 

“We used to be so huge in Denver but we just can’t get there. We did Red Rocks twice in the 70’s but we just cant get there. Somebody asked me recently; what else would you like to do? I was thinking well, we’ve done everything that you can ever dream of; we did Albert Hall, three nights at Carnegie Hall, we’ve played with orchestras, we’ve been all over the world but I think one of the mistakes that we made in the 70’s is that we concentrated way too much time on the east coast of America instead of going out to the rest of the world and the west coast. We did go out to the west coast but not all that much and I think that might have changed things around at the time had we tried to spread our wings and gone to other countries; it’s amazing what we’ve done. We’ve done everything, I’m not popping off yet but; what else is there to do? I’d like to go to Iceland, that’s one thing I’d like to do. I’d like to see the northern lights for sure but I want to carry on singing and as long as I look good and have my five octaves; I can’t sing those songs if I haven’t got my five octaves and I’m not going to do that to the people as well as myself if I haven’t got those five octaves.”  

With the release of a new DVD titled, “A Symphonic Journey,” the band’s third; these November shows are a great way to promote its unveiling and allow the world to see the group up close and personal. Filmed in October 2017 at The Keswick Theater in Pennsylvania, this DVD shows the multi-faceted talents of not only the individual members of the unit but showcases Haslam’s artwork as well.  

“The show at the Keswick with the orchestra was a dream of Mick’s and it was a dream that he never saw and that was to play with an orchestra again. Theother dream was one that I had and I made it happen as well; you know that I’m a painter now obviously and I painted 11 paintings to go with the 11 songs that we did and we enlarged them to 24 foot by 12 foot and they were on the screen behind the orchestra and oh gosh that was amazing. So that was two giant bucket list things and when I look back at it now because of the package that we have out and I feel very proud of it and the band.” 

So why not return to the site of the filming? How and why did they arrive at the Scottish Rite Auditorium for the lone show with the orchestra? 

“Bill Rogers who is fantastic and has promoted us for many years and even back in the 70’s helped arrange it and we had already done the Keswick last fall and we usually don’t do the same place every year because there’s other bands for people to see. The last time we played the Scottish Rite was Michael Dunford‘s last show in 2012 and I was wearing a back brace because I’ve got a dislocated vertebrae and that is also the last time that I saw Michael alive; when he left he got the last British Airways flight out of Philadelphia before Hurricane Sandy hit. We were supposed to play the next night at The Strand Theater in Lakewood, NJ and our drummer Joe Goldberger and I were staying in Fort Washington, PA and we were in the elevator and this guy came in and asked; “Where are you guys going? Are you in a band?” He then asked where we were playing and we said, Lakewood and he said, “You must cancel it because they’re closing down all the roads tonight; you’re not going to be able to get out of Lakewood, you’ll get stuck there.” So we didn’t do it and I actually called the promoter and said that we weren’t doing it and I made the decision because it was going to be very dangerous; so I made the call and the decision to cancel it and thank God we did because it would’ve been a mess plus we would’ve been endangering other people who also could’ve gotten stuck.”  

Haslam has been in love with being an artist ever since her childhood; a dream which was fostered along by supportive parents, “When I was 10 years old my parents sent me for allocution lessons to get rid of my northern accent and I thought; what the hell are they doing to me? They couldn’t really afford that but they must have known that something was coming to me when I was older and that I would need a well-spoken voice. When I was 10 it didn’t work straight away but it started to work as I got older and I moved to London and started mixing with people who use Queen’s English and that’s where I got right into it. That’s why when I sing, people say that they can understand every word I say and that’s why they did that for me. They also let me go to art school because they could see that I was artistic and they let me go to a secondary art school when I was 13 and then a full art school when we moved and instead of me going to work like all of my friends, I went to art school because they could see that I had something there and now I’m a painter. My parents were nurturers and they were amazing. I love when after a tour I’ve got a little bit of time to relax and get on with more painting. I just love it with such passion but it’s a bit difficult right now because I’m getting this tour together and I have so many things to deal with but I’m getting requests for pet portraits and then I’ve got these hand written lyrics and they’ve got to look really good on a page and then I have to work out how they’ll look when transferred onto the page because they’re hand written; so I’ve got lots of projects to keep me busy.” 

Frustrated at times like many others by today’s business side of the industry, Annie sometimes frets over the role that technology can play in undermining an artist’s bottom line. 

“We went to Japan for two shows in September for four days and managed to get an album out through Cherry Red Records before the bootlegs came out and so through them it was out in England and Europe and we decided that we had to put it out in Japan before we got there to support the shows that we did there. So sad is the business now because so many people are ripping you off with bootlegs these days and it breaks your heart. I know people who have walked away from the business because they recorded for months and then somebody buys it from their website and then they copy it and put it out selling it for less money and they make a fortune. That happened to us when we went to Japan in 2001 and we recorded, “The Land of the Rising Sun” which was a brilliant live album and by the time that we got the tapes from the people in Japan and worked on it and we mixed it the bootleg had been out and we only sold a few thousand copies.”  

So what does Annie love to do with her time and possibly post Renaissance? 

“I’d love to do philanthropy work if I had the money, that’s what I would like to do. There’s so many things that I’d like to change on this planet with people, children and animals. I feel that when I’m doing things that it’s part of a healing process and with my art and the band’s music I’m doing exactly that. The band’s music and the tones, the notes and feelings, not particularly the words or the notes but there’s something in there with the music that is really special and so unique and there’s nothing like it and never will be again I think.” 

To discover more about Renaissance, the current tour or the new DVD, please visit www.renaissancetouring.com. 

Danny Coleman (Danny Coleman is a veteran musician and writer from central New Jersey. He hosts a weekly radio program entitled “Rock On Radio” airing Sunday evenings at 10 p.m. EST on multiple internet radio outlets where he features indie/original bands and solo artists.)

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