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Mega VI Eva Jiricna Designs

Introduction Joseph Ettedgui

Staring at the Window John Thackara, Conversation with Alvin Boyarsky

Architectural Association, London 1987, 44 pages, paperback, 27.69 x34.54 cm, ISBN 978-0904503845

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Czech-born architect Eva Jiricna provides the architectural setting for some of the most stylist fashion outlets in London, Paris, Germany and the US. "Mega VI "features 12 of her London schemes. A fully illustrated interview tells the story of her background in Czechoslovakia and the impact on her work of the architectural scene she discovered on moving to London after the Soviet invasion of Prague in 1968.

Eva Jiricna Architects is an architectural and design practice based in London with an international portfolio of residential, commercial and retail interiors; furniture, products and exhibitions; private and public buildings. The practice is at the forefront of innovation in form and technology, with highly crafted and detailed designs employing classic materials – glass, steel and stone – in a thoroughly modern language. The work aspires to the harmony of architecture and engineering, owing much to Eva’s original training in chemistry and mathematics. As a multi-disciplinary practice, EJA provides a comprehensive service including the design of new buildings and public spaces as well as detailed interiors, products and furniture. The practice has won numerous international design awards and its work is regularly published in magazines, books and periodicals. Its clients include major corporate and public organisations such as Amec plc, the Jubilee Line Extension, Andersen Consulting, Boodles Jewellers, Royal Academy of Arts, Selfridges, Harrods, Victoria and Albert Museum. EJA has a strong collaborative track record, working closely with clients and other members of the design team, including engineers, landscape architects, cost consultants and urban designers. EJA is run by its founder, Eva Jiricna, a Czech born architect who has been based in London for over 42 years. The London office operates concurrently with the studio A.I Design s.r.o. in Prague. Jiricna’s long career began with a job at the Greater London Council on her arrival in the UK in 1968, followed by the Louis de Soissons Partnership (she was made Associate Architect) working on Brighton Marina for 10 years, and subsequently Richard Rogers

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Imperial College London

The Imperial College London is among the most reputed colleges globally, focusing exclusively on Engineering, Science, Medical, and Business. Established in 1907, Imperial College is a single-stop solution for students from more than 140 countries worldwide. Imperial offers a technology-oriented education, and the college is famous for covering all the salient courses of modern-day instruction. It is surrounded by London’s great historical organizations, including the Science, Natural History and the Victoria Albert museums. The college is home to 15,000 students and 8000 staff members, focusing on four key areas — Science, Engineering, Medicine and Business. The college motto is “Scientia imperii decus et tutamen”, which translates to “Scientific knowledge, the crowning glory and the safeguard of the empire”.

Imperial College also has many awards under its belt for teaching, learning, and their students’ outcomes, along with the highest success rate in placements. Students from this college are found to have outstanding jobs with the highest annual salaries in the market. The main campus for teaching and research at Imperial is located in South Kensington, London. The most notable landmark at the college is the Queen’s Tower, built to mark Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee in 1887. This vibrant campus is surrounded by some of London’s famous attractions, including the Kensington Palace and the Royal College of Music.

The college also boasts celebrated alumni with numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize, Turing Awards, fellowships from the Royal Society, and the Royal Academy of Engineering. Thus, along with some brilliant courses offered, Imperial College is a brand known for “Growing with its students”!

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Everything You need to Know About London's Bridges

Walking along London's Thames, you will encounter one or more of its iconic and historical bridges. Each bridge along London's famous river has its fascinating history and fun facts, from East to West. Our guide to London bridges gives you a glimpse into the city's history. Here is everything you need to know about London's bridges. While exploring all the iconic sightseeing spots, make sure to end your British experience by sampling this Indian Afternoon Tea London.

London Bridge

Often mistaken for the ostentatious Tower Bridge, London Bridge is the namesake of the somewhat dark children's nursery song. Since the Romans built it hundreds of years ago, it has undergone numerous renovations. Despite its active status, it offers beautiful views of the Thames and is a popular crossing for cars and pedestrians.

Millennium Bridge

Millennium Bridge is a sleek, modern suspension bridge for pedestrians best known for a scene in the Harry Potter movies. After a long renovation, the bridge was reopened without swaying, earning it the nickname 'Wobbly Bridge. Located on the south bank, it connects Shakespeare's Globe and Tate Modern, while on the north bank, it connects St. Paul's Cathedral. The Millennium Bridge is a fantastic addition to your sightseeing itinerary, particularly for those staying at Hotels Near Piccadilly Circus.

Tower Bridge

Travellers to London never miss out on the stunning marvel of British architecture and engineering that is Tower Bridge. The city of London built the bridge over 120 years ago to assist people in crossing the river without blocking water traffic. It spans over 244 metres. You might even be able to watch the bridge split in half so larger boats can pass between its towers without being impeded. A new exhibit detailing the bridge's history and stunning views of London have been added to the high-level walkways in recent years.

Westminster Bridge

If you're staying at one of the Luxury Hotels In West End London, you're more than likely to enjoy some of the best views of the impressive Westminster Bridge. The historic structure is the oldest surviving bridge in London and one of its busiest. It's located just beyond Westminster Abbey and the tube station. Designed to mimic the seats in the House of Commons, this is a great place to set up your camera if you are trying to capture iconic attractions like Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.

Southwark Bridge

One of the quieter footbridges in London, Southwark Bridge allows you to stroll across the river comfortably. Despite its construction in 1819 to reduce congestion on London Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge, it did little to alleviate congestion but remains one of the best places to see the sights of the Thames. The bridge is visible from some of the Discount Hotels In West End.

Other bridges in London

●     Blackfriars Bridge

●     Vauxhall Bridge

●     Chelsea Bridge

●     Waterloo Bridge

●     Hammersmith Bridge

●     Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges

●     Lambeth Bridge

●     Albert Bridge

●     Wandsworth Bridge

●     Putney Bridge

●     Kew Bridge

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Thomas OCs: Albert

Number: 24 Class: LMS Stanier Jubilee 4-6-0 Built: 1934 Arrived on Sodor: 1935 Service (Shed): NWR Main Line (Barrow-In-Furness) Livery: NWR Express Passenger Blue

Albert Regaby, Viscount Harwick - to give his full name, is something of an oddity in the NWR roster, having still been virtually brand-new at the time of his arrival. He was actually built by the LMS in 1934, as a testbed for what would ultimately become Stanier’s Jubilee class. By the time full production of this class began later that year, the prototype engine was deemed sufficiently different enough to be non-standard, and placed into storage at Crewe Works, pending a final decision on what was to be done with him.

That winter, Sir Topham Hatt called in a favour with Stanier, an old friend of his, to have Henry rebuilt after the infamous Flying Kipper incident. Stanier agreed for Henry to be sent to Crewe for his rebuild, and in return offered to sell his Jubilee prototype to the NWR, to handle Henry’s work in his absence. He also agreed to send one of his new Black Fives, to give Sir Topham Hatt a taste of how the rebuilt Henry would perform - the latter engine went on to become the NWR’s #23, Barbara.

Albert, meanwhile, arrived on the NWR early the following year, and initially ran in his original works grey livery. This was later replaced by the railway’s own house colours, and it was also at that time that he officially gained his name - after the NWR’s first chairman, who’d retired the previous year. As promised, Albert did a brilliant job at filling in for Henry, and most of the engines grew to like him just as much...

Most of them, anyway. Gordon was the odd one out, as he inevitably became jealous of the newcomer, and more than a little suspicious. Albert simply took it in his stride at first, but Gordon’s delusions of grandeur forced him to throw down the gauntlet and challenge him to prove he was as superior as he claimed. The outcome was predictably disastrous for Gordon, as he ended up derailing after trying to pass through a rough section at speed. Then, to rub salt in the wound, not only did he have to be rescued by Albert, but afterwards, he was placed on slow goods duties as punishment, while Albert took over his express!

When Henry eventually returned home, he was initially jealous of Albert as well, but this quickly passed, as he was so pleased to be back, and Albert was so friendly. It was at this point that Albert was transferred to Barrow-In-Furness, so that he could handle expresses originating from that end of the Main Line. As such, he only sees our famous heroes on a relatively infrequent basis.

One could be forgiven for thinking that Albert is as grand and pompous as express engines usually are - especially considering he’s named after his railway’s chairman - but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Albert’s actually very humble, sensible and level-headed, and he frequently serves as the peacemaker whenever he’s around. Unfortunately, this tends to cause problems with engines who aren’t familiar with him, as they often suspect him of putting on a facade, or otherwise hiding some dark secret. Gordon in particular still isn’t entirely comfortable with him, and he remains just a little bit paranoid that one day Albert might come after his job. This has resulted in something of a rivalry developing between the two engines. Actually, it’s more one-sided, as Gordon takes it more seriously than Albert, who sees it as a much friendlier affair.

Trivia

Albert started off as a Jubilee, and finished off as one, but in the interim, he went through quite a few changes:

To begin with, he was known as Anthony, and painted in a silver livery similar to Spencer. Then I changed his livery to the Silver Jubilee look as shown in the above photo (incidentally, the engine shown is actually Kolhapur, who ran in this disguise for a period in the 1990s).

After that, I was quite taken with a freelance model done by Corbs of Sudrian Histories fame, of a hypothetical attempt to make a compound version of the Patriots. I incorporated this into the backstory of Anthony, whose name was similarly expanded to Anthony Westlin. However, I ended up scrapping this concept, as I lost interest in trying to put together the chain of events that would see Anthony built, and subsequently sold to the NWR. Here’s a photo of the model in question:

In the end, I decided to go back to the Jubilee, this time retaining the compound’s blue livery. I also realized that around the point he enters NWR service, the railway’s chairman would have recently retired, and it seemed logical that the engine should be named after him.

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GRAMMYs Awards 2021

GENERAL FIELD

Record Of The Year: ‘EVERYTHING I WANTED’ — Billie Eilish Finneas O’Connell, producer; Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, engineers/mixers; John Greenham, mastering engineer

Album Of The Year: ‘FOLKLORE’ — Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, producers; Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Jonathan Low & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

Song Of The Year: ‘I CAN’T BREATHE’ — Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)

Best New Artist: Megan Thee Stallion

POP

Best Pop Solo Performance: ‘WATERMELON SUGAR’ — Harry Styles

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: ‘RAIN ON ME’ — Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: ‘AMERICAN STANDARD’ — James Taylor

Best Pop Vocal Album: ‘FUTURE NOSTALGIA’ — Dua Lipa

DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC

Best Dance Recording: ‘10%’ — Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis Kaytranada, producer; Neal H. Pogue, mixer

Best Dance/Electronic Album: ‘BUBBA’ — Kaytranada

CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: ‘LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL’ — Snarky Puppy

ROCK

Best Rock Performance: ‘SHAMEIKA’ — Fiona Apple

Best Metal Performance: ‘BUM-RUSH’ — Body Count

Best Rock Song: ‘STAY HIGH’ — Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)

Best Rock Album: ‘THE NEW ABNORMAL’ — The Strokes

ALTERNATIVE

Best Alternative Music Album: ‘FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS’ — Fiona Apple

R&B

Best R&B Performance: ‘BLACK PARADE’ — Beyoncé

Best Traditional R&B Performance: ‘ANYTHING FOR YOU’ — Ledisi

Best R&B Song: ‘BETTER THAN I IMAGINED’ — Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)

Best Progressive R&B Album: ‘IT IS WHAT IT IS’ — Thundercat

Best R&B Album: ‘BIGGER LOVE’ — John Legend

RAP

Best Rap Performance: ‘SAVAGE ‘— Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé

Best Melodic Rap Performance: ‘LOCKDOWN’ — Anderson .Paak

Best Rap Song: ‘SAVAGE’ — Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé)

Best Rap Album: ‘KING’S DISEASE’ — Nas

COUNTRY

Best Country Solo Performance: ‘WHEN MY AMY PRAYS’ — Vince Gill

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: ‘10,000 HOURS’ — Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber

Best Country Song: ‘CROWDED TABLE’ — Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)

Best Country Album: ‘WILDCARD’ — Miranda Lambert

NEW AGE

Best New Age Album: ‘MORE GUITAR STORIES’ — Jim “Kimo” West

JAZZ

Best Improvised Jazz Solo: ‘ALL BLUES’ — Chick Corea, soloist Track from: Trilogy 2 (Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade)

Best Jazz Vocal Album: ‘SECRETS ARE THE BEST STORIES’ — Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez

Best Jazz Instrumental Album: ‘TRILOGY 2’ — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: ‘DATA LORDS’ — Maria Schneider Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album: ‘FOUR QUESTIONS’ — Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC

Best Gospel Performance/Song: ‘MOVIN’ ON’ — Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: ‘THERE WAS JESUS’ — Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters

Best Gospel Album: ‘GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PJ’ — PJ Morton

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: ‘JESUS IS KING’ — Kanye West

Best Roots Gospel Album: ‘CELEBRATING FISK! (THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM)’ — Fisk Jubilee Singers

LATIN

Best Latin Pop or Urban Album: ‘YHLQMDLG’ — Bad Bunny

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album: ‘LA CONQUISTA DEL ESPACIO’ —Fito Paez

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): ‘UN CANTO POR MÉXICO, VOL. 1’ — Natalia Lafourcade

Best Tropical Latin Album: ‘40’ — Grupo Niche

AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC

Best American Roots Performance: ‘I REMEMBER EVERYTHING’ — John Prine

Best American Roots Song: ‘I REMEMBER EVERYTHING’ — Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)

Best Americana Album: ‘WORLD ON THE GROUND’ — Sarah Jarosz

Best Bluegrass Album: ‘HOME’ — Billy Strings

Best Traditional Blues Album: ‘RAWER THAN RAW’ — Bobby Rush

Best Contemporary Blues Album: ‘HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND YET?’ —Fantastic Negrito

Best Folk Album: ‘ALL THE GOOD TIMES’ — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Best Regional Roots Music Album: ‘ATMOSPHERE’ — New Orleans Nightcrawlers

REGGAE

Best Reggae Album: ‘GOT TO BE TOUGH’ — Toots & The Maytals

GLOBAL MUSIC

Best Global Music Album: ‘TWICE AS TALL’ — Burna Boy

CHILDREN’S

Best Children’s Music Album: ‘ALL THE LADIES’ — Joanie Leeds

SPOKEN WORD

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling): ‘BLOWOUT: CORRUPTED DEMOCRACY, ROGUE STATE RUSSIA, AND THE RICHEST, MOST DESTRUCTIVE INDUSTRY ON EARTH’ — Rachel Maddow

COMEDY

Best Comedy Album: ‘BLACK MITZVAH’ — Tiffany Haddish

MUSICAL THEATER

Best Musical Theater Album: ‘JAGGED LITTLE PILL’ — Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten & Elizabeth Stanley, principal soloists; Neal Avron, Pete Ganbarg, Tom Kitt, Michael Parker, Craig Rosen & Vivek J. Tiwary, producers (Glen Ballard, composer; Alanis Morissette, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: ‘JOJO RABBIT’ — (Various Artists) Taika Waititi, compilation producer

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: ‘JOKER’ — Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media: ‘NO TIME TO DIE [FROM NO TIME TO DIE]’ — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas Baird O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

COMPOSING/ARRANGING

Best Instrumental Composition: ‘SPUTNIK’ — Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: ‘DONNA LEE’ — John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: ‘HE WON’T HOLD YOU’ —Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)

PACKAGE

Best Recording Package: ‘VOLS. 11 & 12’ — Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: ‘ODE TO JOY’ — Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)

NOTES

Best Album Notes: ‘DEAD MAN’S POP’ — Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)

HISTORICAL

Best Historical Album: ‘IT’S SUCH A GOOD FEELING: THE BEST OF MISTER ROGERS’ — Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)

PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: ‘HYPERSPACE’ — Drew Brown, Julian Burg, Andrew Coleman, Paul Epworth, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Jaycen Joshua, Greg Kurstin, Mike Larson, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco & Matt Wiggins, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: ANDREW WATT

• Break My Heart (Dua Lipa) (T) • Me And My Guitar (A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie) (T) • Midnight Sky (Miley Cyrus) (S) • Old Me (5 Seconds Of Summer) (T) • Ordinary Man (Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Elton John) (T) • Take What You Want (Post Malone Featuring Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott) (T) • Under The Graveyard (Ozzy Osbourne) (T)

Best Remixed Recording: ‘ROSES (IMANBEK REMIX)’ — Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN)

PRODUCTION, IMMERSIVE AUDIO

Best Immersive Audio Album: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Best Immersive Audio Album Craft Committee was unable to meet. The judging of the entries in this category has been postponed until such time that we are able to meet in a way that is appropriate to judge the many formats and configurations of the entries and is safe for the committee members. The nominations for the 63rd GRAMMYs will be announced next year in addition to (and separately from) the 64th GRAMMY nominations in the category

PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL

Best Engineered Album, Classical: ‘SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 13, ‘BABI YAR’ — David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Producer Of The Year, Classical: DAVID FROST

 Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9 (Jonathan Biss) • Gershwin: Porgy And Bess (David Robertson, Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus) • Gluck: Orphée & Eurydice (Harry Bicket, Dmitry Korchak, Andriana Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer, Lyric Opera Of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus) • Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony) • Muhly: Marnie (Robert Spano, Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, Denyce Graves, Iestyn Davies, Janis Kelly, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus) • Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 845, D. 894, D. 958, D. 960 (Shai Wosner) • Shostakovich: Symphony №13, ‘Babi Yar’ (Riccardo Muti, Alexey Tikhomirov, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)

CLASSICAL

Best Orchestral Performance: ‘IVES: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES’ — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Best Opera Recording: ‘GERSHWIN: PORGY AND BESS’ — David Robertson, conductor; Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Choral Performance: ‘DANIELPOUR: THE PASSION OF YESHUAH’ — JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: ‘CONTEMPORARY VOICES’ — Pacifica Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo: ‘THEOFANIDIS: CONCERTO FOR VIOLA AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA’ — Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: ‘SMYTH: THE PRISON’ — Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)

Best Classical Compendium: ‘THOMAS, M.T.: FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK & MEDITATIONS ON RILKE’— Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: ‘ROUSE: SYMPHONY NO. 5’ — Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

MUSIC VIDEO/FILM

Best Music Video: ‘BROWN SKIN GIRL’ — Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & WizKid , Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Jenn Nkiru, video directors; Astrid Edwards, Aya Kaida, Jean Mougin, Nathan Scherrer & Erinn Williams, video producers

Best Music Film: ‘LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE’ — Linda Ronstadt, Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, video directors; Michele Farinola & James Keach, video producers

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Grammy Awards 2021 Winners: टेलर स्‍व‍िफ्ट से लेकर बियोंसे तक, ग्रैमी अवॉर्ड 2021 जीतने वाले व‍िनर्स की पूरी लिस्‍ट Divya Sandesh

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Grammy Awards 2021 Winners: टेलर स्‍व‍िफ्ट से लेकर बियोंसे तक, ग्रैमी अवॉर्ड 2021 जीतने वाले व‍िनर्स की पूरी लिस्‍ट

म्यूजिक इंडस्ट्री के सबसे बड़े अवॉर्ड शो ग्रैमी अवॉर्ड्स () का आयोजिन धूमधाम से हुआ। साउथ अफ्रीकन कॉमिडियन Trevor Noah ने शो को होस्ट किया। Covid-19 की वजह से इस मौके पर कोई लाइव ऑडियंस नहीं थी, लेकिन रेड कार्पेट पर सितारों की चमक जरा भी फीकी नहीं रही।

इस अवॉर्ड सेरिमनी के आयोजन के दौरान नॉमिनिज़ सोशल डिस्टेंस को फॉलो करते हुए एक-दूसरे से दूरी बनाकर टेबल पर बैठे नजर आए। इस अवॉर्ड शो में साल के बेस्ट परफॉर्मेंस को सराहा गया और उन्हें इस अवॉर्ड से सम्मानित किया गया। बेस्ट पॉप सोलो के लिए Harry Styles से लेकर Megan Thee Stallion के ‘Savage’ जिसमें बियॉन्से नजर आई हैं ने बेस्ट रैप परफॉर्मेंस का खिताब जीता। आइए, एक नजर पूरी लिस्ट पर डालें।

Record of the Year: Billie Eilish, “Everything I Wanted” Album of the Year: Taylor Swift, Folklore Best R&B Performance: Beyoncé, “Black Parade” Best Pop Vocal Album: Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia Best Rap Song: Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé, “Savage” Song of the Year: H.E.R., “I Can’t Breathe” Best Latin Pop or Urban Album: Bad Bunny, YHLQMDLG Best Melodic Rap Performance: Anderson .Paak, “Lockdown” Best Pop Solo Performance: Harry Styles, “Watermelon Sugar” Best Country Album: Miranda Lambert, Wildcard Best New Artist: Megan Thee Stallion Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Andrew Watt Best Country Song: The Highwomen, “Crowded Table” Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours” Best Country Solo Performance: Vince Gill, When My Amy Prays Best Rock Album: The Strokes, The New Abnormal Best Rock Song: Brittany Howard, “Stay High” Best Metal Performance: Body Count, “Bum-Rush” Best Rock Performance: Fiona Apple, “Shameika” Best Rap Album: Nas, King’s Disease Best Rap Performance: Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé, “Savage” Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: James Taylor, American Standard Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande, “Rain on Me” Best R&B Album: John Legend, Bigger Love Best Progressive R&B Album: Thundercat, It Is What It Is Best R&B Song: Robert Glasper featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello, “Better Than I Imagined” Best Traditional R&B Performance: Ledisi, “Anything for You” Best Latin Jazz Album: Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Four Questions Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Maria Schneider Orchestra, Data Lords Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade, Trilogy 2 Best Jazz Vocal Album: Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez, Secrets Are the Best Stories Best improvised Jazz Solo: Chick Corea’s “All Blues” Best Alternative Music Album: Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters Best Musical Theatre Album: Original Broadway Cast, Jagged Little Pill Best Comedy Album Winner: Tiffany Haddish, Black Mitzvah Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling): Rachel Maddow, Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, And The Richest, Most Destructive Industry On Earth Best Children’s Music Album: Joanie Leeds, All the Ladies Best Global Music Album: Burna Boy, Twice as Tall Best Reggae Album: Toots and the Maytals, Got to Be Tough Best Regional Roots Music Album: New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Atmosphere Best Folk Album: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, All the Good Times Best Contemporary Blues Album: Fantastic Negrito, Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? Best Traditional Blues Album: Bobby Rush, Rawer Than Raw Best Bluegrass Album: Billy Strings, Home Best Americana Album: Sarah Jarosz, World on the Ground Best American Roots Song: John Prine, “I Remember Everything” Best American Roots Performance: John Prine, I Remember Everything Best Song Written for Visual Media: Billie Eilish, “No Time to Die” (From No Time to Die) Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Various Artists, Jojo Rabbit Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony, Rouse: Symphony No. 5 Best Classical Compendium: Michael Tilson Thomas, Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary Of Anne Frank & Meditations On Rilke Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton, Smyth: The Prison Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Richard O’Neill, Theofanidis: Concerto For Viola And Chamber Orchestra Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Pacifica Quartet, Contemporary Voices Best Choral Performance: JoAnn Falletta, James K. 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𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒜𝓃𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓌

♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒: Andrew Albert Christian Edward

♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒: His Royal Highness Andrew Albert Christian Edward The Duke of York

♕ 𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃: Friday, February 19th, 1960 at in the Belgian Suite at Buckingham Palace in London, England

♕ 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈: Her Majesty The Queen (Mother) & His Royal Highness Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh (Father)

♕ 𝒮𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈: His Royal Highness Prince Charles Prince of Wales (Brother), Her Royal Highness Anne The Princess Royal (Sister), & His Royal Highness Prince Edward The Earl of Wessex (Brother)

♕ 𝒮𝓅𝓸𝓊𝓈𝑒: Sarah Ferguson The Duchess of York (M. 1986 & D. 1996)

♕ 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃: Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York (Daughter) & Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York/Mrs. Jack Brooksbank (Daughter)

♕ 𝐸𝒹𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓸𝓃: Buckingham Palace, Heatherdown School (Ascot, Berkshire, England), Gordonstoun (Moray, Scotland: GCE Advanced Level in English, History, Economics, & Political Science), Lakefield College School Exchange Program (Lakefield, Ontario, K0L 2H0, Canada), & Britannia Royal Naval College

♕ 𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒫𝒶𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓃𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓈: Interests: Armed Forces (Air Force, Disabled, Fire Service, History, Marines, Navy, Police, Veterans, & Wounded), Business (Defense, Developements, Enterprise, Entrepreneurship, International Relations, Investment, Religion, Security, Skills, Trade, & Travel), Education (Engineering, Science, & Technology),  Health (Blindness, Eye Diseases, Hospitals, Liver Disease, Orthopedics), Nature (Canoeing, Education, Space, & Wildlife), Sports (Badminton, Boat Racing, Canoeing, Cricket, Golf, Sail Training, Shooting, Skiing) & The Arts (Dance, Theatre), Young People (Child Abuse, Children, Education, Scouts, Women). Patronages: Captain (Now Ex-Captain) of The The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, Chair for The Quad Centenary Council, Chancellor of The University of Huddersfield, Founder of The Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award, Founder of The Duke of York Award for Technical Education, Founder of The Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award, Founder of The Pitch@Palace Initiative, Founder of The Prince Andrew Charitable Trust, Fund Raiser for The Outward Bound Trust, Fund Raiser for The Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund, GBx of GBx, Grand President of The (British) Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League, Honorary Chairperson of Lakefield College School, Honorary Fellowship at Hughes Hall in Cambridge University, Honorary International Trustee of Outward Bound International, Honorary Member of The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, Honorary Member of The Royal Guild of St Sebastian (Royal Guild of Archers of St. Sebastian - Bruges), Honorary Member of The Royal Hospital School, Honorary Police Inspector of The California State Police, Honorary President of The H.M.S. Duke of York Association, Honorary President of The Inverness Golf Club, Joint Patron of The Killyleagh Yacht Club, Life Member of The Inverness Branch of The Royal British Legion in Scotland, Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, Member of The International Advisory Board of the Royal United Services Institute, Member of The Scout Association, Partner of Women's Interlink Foundation (A project called Key to Freedom), Patron of 2015 International Year of Light, Patron of Action on Hearing Loss, Patron of Attend (National Association of Hospital and Community Friends), Patron of Badminton in England, Patron of Badminton in Wales (Welsh Badminton Union), Patron of Catalyst Inc., Patron of Constructionarium, Patron of Fight for Sight, Patron of Hunstanton Golf Club, Patron of Malaria No More UK, Patron of Power 2, Patron of Round Square, Patron of TeenTech, Patron of The 21st Doncaster Scout Group, Patron of The Alderney Maritime Trust, Patron of The Army Museums Ogilby Trust, Patron of The Army Officers' Golfing Society, Patron of The Army Rifle Association, Patron of The Aycliffe Centre for Young People, Patron of The Patron of The Baker Dearing Educational Trust, Patron of The Berkshire County Cricket Club, Patron of The Bermuda Sloop Foundation, Patron of The British Deaf Association, Patron of The British Science Association (formerly British Association for the Advancement of Science), Patron of The British-Kazakh Society, Patron of The Canadian Canoe Museum, Patron of The Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence, Patron of The Children North East, Patron of The City Gateway, Patron of The Commonwealth Golfing Society, Patron of The Council of British International Schools (COBIS), Patron of The Eden Court Theatre Improvement Project, Patron of The English National Ballet, Patron of The Enterprise Education Trust, Patron of The Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel Trust, Patron of The Falklands Conservation, Patron of The Fire Service Sports and Athletics Association, Patron of The Fly Navy Heritage Trust, Patron of The Foundation for Liver Research, Patron of The Friends of Lakefield College School, Patron of The Friends of the Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's), Patron of The Golf Foundation, Patron of The Greenwich Hospital, Patron of The Intercontinental Church Society, Patron of The Interfaith Explorers, Patron of The International Festival for Business (IFB), Patron of The International Space Innovation Centre, Patron of The Jubilee Sailing Trust, Patron of The Kohima Educational Trust, Patron of The London Metropolitan University, Patron of The Lucifer Golfing Society, Patron of The Maimonides Interfaith Foundation, Patron of The Maple Bay Yacht Club, Patron of The Middle East Association, Patron of The Morayvia Aerospace Centre, Patron of The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Full Stop Campaign (NSPCC), Patron of The Nominet Trust, Patron of The On Course Foundation, Patron of The Police Treatment Centres, Patron of The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta, Patron of The Raspberry Pi Foundation, Patron of The Richmond Golf Club, Patron of The Robert T. Jones, Jr. Scholarship Foundation, Patron of The Royal Aero Club Trust, Patron of The Royal Air Force Golfing Society, Patron of The Royal Artillery Golfing Society, Patron of The Royal Ascot Golf Club, Patron of The Royal Belfast Golf Club, Patron of The Royal Blackheath Golf Club, Patron of The Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Patron of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Patron of The Royal County Down Golf Club, Patron of The Royal Fine Art Commission Trust, Patron of The Royal Free Charity, Patron of The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Patron of The Royal Jersey Golf Club, Patron of The Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Patron of The Royal Montrose Golf Club, Patron of The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Patron of The Royal Navy Golf Association, Patron of The Royal Navy Golfing Society, Patron In Chief of The British Exploring Society (BSES Expeditions), President of The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), President of The Faldo Junior Series, Special Representative for International Trade and Investment for UK Trade & Investments (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), President of The Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom, President of The St. James's Branch of The Royal British Legion, Visitor to Horris Hill School, Visitor to The Royal Hospital School, & the Duke of York is patron, member, president, visitor, etc. of more charities & clubs throughout the UK.

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‘There is a lot of love that goes into these’: Vintage cars flock to Southampton for Jubilee

‘There is a lot of love that goes into these’: Vintage cars flock to Southampton for Jubilee

CLASSIC petrol cars get ready for the Jubilee celebrations with a museum breakfast in Southampton this weekend. About 40 cars restarted their engines outside the Solent Sky Museum on Saturday morning. Queen’s Accession vehicles in 1952 were invited to attend the event on Albert Road South. Guests line up for a quick selfie next to vintage vehicles, while others enjoy a hot breakfast. Alan…

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"Story bridge" this week photoshoot location. The Story Bridge is a heritage-listed steel cantilever bridge spanning the Brisbane River that carries vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the northern and the southern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is the longest cantilever bridge in Australia. Given the early settlement of Kangaroo Point, there is a long history of residents wanting a bridge between the Brisbane CBD and Kangaroo Point. Even while the first Victoria Bridge was being constructed between North Brisbane and South Brisbane in 1865, several hundred people were petitioning for a second bridge to be built from the Customs House to Kangaroo Point. In 1888, a meeting was held in the Brisbane Town Hall to demand a bridge connecting either George Street, Albert Street or Edward Street via the City Botanic Gardens with any loss of the land from the gardens to be potentially compensated by removing Government House. Until it was completed the bridge was known as the Jubilee Bridge in honour of King George V. It was opened on 6 July 1940 by Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, Governor of Queensland and named after John Douglas Story, a senior and influential public servant who had advocated strongly for the bridge's construction. The bridge was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1992. In 1988, the bridge received a Historic Engineering Marker from Engineers Australia. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, the Story Bridge was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "structure and engineering feat". #filmphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #bnw #bnwmood #filmcamera #artphotography #analoguelove #analogcamera #filmneverdie #streetphotos #streetshot #streetphotography #film #filmcommunity #filmlove #filmforever #filmarts #kiev88 #brisbane  #australia #ishootfilm #believeinfilm #filmshooters #filmaddict #filmisnotdead #bnw_demand #urbanphotography #120film #mediumformatfilm (at Story Bridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAmkwltHDeM/?igshid=10e6z4a5tula1

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Robert O. Derrick, Architect of Henry Ford Museum

Robert O. Derrick, about 1930. THF 124645 As part of our 90th anniversary celebration the intriguing story of the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation’s design bears repeating. It was last discussed in depth in the 50th anniversary publication “A Home for our Heritage” (1979). Our tale begins on the luxury ocean liner R.M.S. Majestic, then the largest in the world, on its way to Europe in the spring of 1928. On board were Henry and Clara Ford, their son Edsel and Edsel’s wife Eleanor. Serendipitously, Detroit-based architect Robert O. Derrick and his wife, Clara Hodges Derrick, were also on board. The Derricks were approximately the same age as the Edsel Fords and the two couples were well-acquainted. According to Derrick’s reminiscence, housed in the Benson Ford Research Center, he was invited by Henry Ford to a meeting in the senior Fords’ cabin, which was undoubtedly arranged by Edsel Ford. During the meeting Derrick recalled that Mr. Ford asked how he would hypothetically design his museum of Americana. Derrick responded, “well, I’ll tell you, Mr. Ford, the first thing I could think of would be if you could get permission for me to make a copy of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It is a wonderful building and beautiful architecture and it certainly would be appropriate for a collection of Americana.” Ford enthusiastically approved the concept and once back in Detroit, secured measured drawings of Independence Hall and its adjacent 18th century buildings which comprise the façade of the proposed museum. Both Derrick and Ford agreed to flip the façade of Independence Hall to make the clock tower, located at the back side of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, a focal point of the front of the new museum in Dearborn. Robert Ovens Derrick (1890-1961) was an unlikely candidate for the commission. He was a young architect, trained at Yale and Columbia Universities, with only three public buildings to his credit, all in the Detroit area. He was interested in 18th century Georgian architecture and the related Colonial Revival styles, which were at the peak of their popularity in the 1920s. In his reminiscence, he states that he was overwhelmed with the commission, but was also confident in his abilities: “I did visit a great many industrial and historical museums and went to Chicago. I remember that I studied the one abroad in Germany, [The Deutsches Museum in Munich] which is supposed to be one of the best. I studied them all very carefully and I did make some very beautiful plans, I thought. Of course, I was going according to museum customs. We had a full basement and a balcony going around so the thing wouldn’t spread out so far. We had a lot of exhibits go in the balcony. I had learned that, in museum practice, you should have a lot more storage space, maintenance space and repair shops than you should have for exhibition. That is why I had the big basement. I didn’t even get enough there because I had the floor over it plus the balconies all around.”

Original museum proposal, aerial view. THF 170442

Original museum proposal, facade design. THF 170443

Original museum proposal, side view. THF 170444 In the aerial view [THF0442], the two-story structure is a warren of courtyards and two-story buildings, with exhibition space on the first floor and presumably balconies above, although no interior views of this version survive. A domed area on the upper right was to be a roundhouse, intended for the display of trains. THF0443 shows a view of the front of the museum from the southeast corner. This view is close to the form of the completed museum, at least from the front. An examination of the side of the building [THF0444] shows a two-storied wing. Derrick recalled Mr. Ford’s initial response to his proposals, “What’s this up here? and I said, that is a balcony for exhibits. He said, I wouldn’t have that; there would be people up there, I could come in and they wouldn’t be working. I wouldn’t have it. I have to see everybody. Then he said: What’s this? I said, that is the basement down there, which is necessary to maintain these exhibits and to keep things which you want to rotate, etc. He said, I wouldn’t have that; I couldn’t see the men down there when I came in. You have to do the whole thing over again and put it all on one floor with no balconies and no basements. I said, okay, and I went back and we started all over again. What you see [today] is what we did the second time.”

Henry Ford Museum proposed Exhibit Hall. THF294368 A second group of presentation drawings show the museum as it was built in 1929. THF294368 is the interior of the large “Machine Hall,” the all-on-one-floor exhibit space that Mr. Ford requested.  The unique roof and skylight system echo that of Albert Kahn’s Ford Engineering Laboratory, completed in 1923 and located just behind the museum. Radiant heating is located in the support columns through what appear to be large flanges or fins. The image also shows how Mr. Ford wanted his collection displayed – in long rows, by types of objects – as seen here with the wagons on the left and steam engines on the right.

Proposal for museum corridor. THF 294390

Proposal for museum corridor. THF 294388

These corridors, known today as the Prechter Promenade, run the width of the museum. Floored with marble and decorated with elaborate plasterwork, the promenade is the first part of the interior seen by guests. Mr. Ford wanted all visitors to enter through his reproduction of the Independence Hall Clock Tower. The location of Light’s Golden Jubilee, a dinner and celebration of the 50th anniversary of Thomas Edison’s development of incandescent electric lamp, held on October 21, 1929 is visible at the back of THF294388. This event also served as the official dedication of the Edison Institute of Technology, honoring Ford’s friend and mentor, Thomas Edison. Today the entire institution is known as The Henry Ford, which includes the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village.

Museum Auditorium. THF 294370 Just off the Prechter Promenade is the auditorium, now known as the Anderson Theater.  Intended to present historical plays and events, this theater accommodates approximately 600 guests. During Mr. Ford’s time it was also used by the Greenfield Village schools for recitals, plays, and graduations. Today, it is used by the Henry Ford Academy, a Wayne County charter high school, and the museum for major public programs.

Virginia Courtyard inside Henry Ford Museum. THF294374  

Pennsylvania Courtyard inside Henry Ford Museum. THF294392 Derrick created two often-overlooked exterior courtyards between the Prechter Promenade and the museum exhibit hall. Each contains unique garden structures, decorative trees and plantings, and both are accessible to the public from neighboring galleries.

Greenfield Village Gatehouse front view, about 1931. THF 294382

Greenfield Village Gatehouse rear view, about 1931. THF 294386 The Greenfield Village Gatehouse was completed in 1932 by Robert Derrick, in a Colonial Revival style to complement the Museum. From its opening in 1932 until the Greenfield Village renovation of 2003, the gatehouse served as the public entrance to the Village. Today, visitors enter the Village through the Josephine Ford Plaza behind the Gatehouse.  Although the exterior was left unchanged in the renovation, the Gatehouse now accommodates guests with an updated facility, including new, accessible restrooms and a concierge lounge with a will-call desk for tickets.

Lovett Hall in 1941. THF 98409

Edison Institute students dancing in Lovett Ballroom, 1938. THF 121724

Edison Institute students in dancing class with Benjamin Lovett, instructor, 1944. THF 116450 In 1936 Robert Derrick designed the Education Building for Mr. Ford.  Now known as Lovett Hall, the building served many purposes, mainly for the Greenfield Village School system. It housed a swimming pool, gymnasium, classrooms, and an elaborately-decorated ballroom, where young ladies and gentlemen were taught proper “deportment.” Like all the buildings at The Henry Ford, it was executed in the Colonial Revival style. Today the well-preserved ballroom serves as a venue for weddings and other special occasions. Obviously, Mr. Derrick was a favorite architect of Mr. Ford along with the renowned Albert Kahn, who designed the Ford Rouge Factory. The museum was undoubtedly Derrick’s greatest achievement, although he went on to design Detroit’s Theodore J. Levin Federal Courthouse in 1934. Unlike the Henry Ford commissions, the courthouse was designed in the popular Art Deco, or Art Moderne style. Derrick is also noted for many revival style homes in suburban Grosse Pointe, which he continued to design until his retirement in 1956. He is remembered as one of the most competent, and one of the many creative architects to practice in 20th century Detroit.

Charles Sable is Curator of Decorative Arts at The Henry Ford.

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Freshly-unearthed footage displays Queen Victoria on last journey to Ireland

Remarkable footage of Queen Victoria has been unearthed just after becoming discarded for many years in an archive at a New York museum.

It demonstrates the monarch becoming greeted by dignitaries on a trip to Ireland in 1900 just just one calendar year prior to she died in what is considered to be the previous time she was caught on digital camera.

In the crisp black and white footage, Victoria, who appears to be carrying sunglasses, smiles as she is handed a enormous basket of flowers by two women, who curtsy as they tactic her.

She is also witnessed keeping an umbrella which she appears to be applying to shade herself from the sun. 

The movie was learned by British Movie Institute curator Bryony Dixon at the New York Museum of Modern-day Art, who explained she was surprised when she came across it.

Footage has been unearthed at the Museum of Modern Artwork in New York of Queen Victoria going to Eire in 1900, pictured

The monarch is observed sitting in a carriage, putting on what show up to be sunglasses and smiling, in contrast to her normal critical visual appeal

The film is considered to be the past time she was caught on digital camera in advance of her loss of life a yr later

Ms Dixon mentioned: ‘I virtually fell off my chair because I might under no circumstances noticed Victoria in near-up in advance of.

‘It is wholly unique for the reason that you can see the Queen’s experience for the initial time correctly since 1900, considering that this was shown.. …you can see her expressions, you can see her in motion, relatively than just as a stiff portrait or a continue to photograph.’

She added it the footage ‘humanises’ the monarch simply because it displays her smiling rather of the stoic expression she normally shown in formal portraits all over her 63-year reign.

Ms Dixon mentioned: ‘It’s very uncommon to see her smiling. She will not in any of her portraits, so it humanises her, I assume, for the initial time.’

She added: ‘Queen Victoria was normally incredibly up to day with engineering and she was intrigued in artwork.

‘She was fascinated in pictures in specific so right here, as an alternative of a posed picture or portray, we see her in movement.’ 

Queen Victoria paraded via Dublin with a royal entourage, pictured. She was a controversial figure in the state and was felt to have completed minimal to have assisted the Irish for the duration of the 1840s famine

Massive crowds of people turned out to see the monarch on her take a look at to Dublin in 1900, pictured left and suitable. It was her initially pay a visit to due to the fact 1861

The smiling footage comes as a new exhibition on the Isle of Wight has also highlighted the ‘stiff and proper’ monarch’s softer aspect.

Was Victoria 30 many years forward of her time with her sun shades? How the Queen wore tinted lenses later in life right after acquiring sensitivity to the sun 

A single of the most putting elements of the Queen Victoria footage is that the monarch appears to be carrying sunglasses throughout her vacation to Dublin in 1900

But the shades we know today did not become well known until eventually the 1930s right after American Sam Foster initially mass made celluloid sunglasses in 1929.

Experts say Queen Victoria was truly sporting spectacles with tinted lenses since she created sensitivity to the sun in her afterwards many years.

A BFI spokesperson said: ‘Queen Victoria developed negative sunshine sensitivity and in all the footage viewed of her in her aged age she is normally witnessed beneath a parasol to safeguard herself. But most of the footage of her that exists is grainy and this is the first time we’ve been capable to see her obviously ample to see the glasses.

‘They are not the sunglasses we know but fairly lenses that were tinted to defend her eyes.’

This early kind of sunglasses experienced in fact been in circulation because the 1700s soon after scientists experimented with tinted lenses.

18th century optician and scientist James Ayscough commenced producing spectacles with blue and environmentally friendly lenses in the 1750s, believing they could suitable vision challenges.

By the 1800s, brown-tinted lenses have been becoming typical to guard delicate eyes, specifically amid rich elderly people.

English Heritage are highlighting the nude sculptures and a portray of bathing maidens which Victoria and Prince Albert gave every other in a exhibit at Osborne House, the couple’s palatial getaway dwelling on the Isle of Wight, to rejoice the 200th anniversary of their births. 

The scientists say it proves the pair shared a ‘passionate’ non-public existence despite their prim community personas. 

Michael Hunter, curator at Osborne, reported: ‘Queen Victoria may perhaps be remembered as the mourning widow in black, but these gifts present a unique side to her temperament.

‘She was open to nudity and the sensuous, a lot more open than Albert who perhaps remarkably was the extra prudish of the pair.’

For example, Victoria bought artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s Florinda, a portray of semi-nude females planning to bathe, for one particular of Albert’s birthdays, and it was her want that it should really dangle immediately reverse their producing desks at Osborne, where it remains now.

And when Albert commissioned a statue of himself as a Greek warrior for Queen Victoria’s birthday in 1844, she wrote in her journal that it was ‘very beautiful’.

Victoria was born in 1819 to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. 

Equally the Duke and the King died in 1820, and Victoria was elevated less than close supervision by her mom, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. 

She inherited the throne at the age of 18, following her father’s 3 elder brothers experienced all died, leaving no surviving reputable youngsters. 

Victoria married her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840 and they experienced nine young children.

They married their offspring into royal and noble families across the continent, earning Victoria the nickname ‘the grandmother of Europe’.

But right after Albert’s dying in 1861, she retreated from general public appearances and turned regarded for donning black and dwelling in mourning.

Victoria retreated from public appearances subsequent the loss of life of husband Prince Albert, pictured with each other in 1861, and ‘lived in mourning’ 

Nonetheless she remained common in the course of her reign and experienced Golden and Diamond Jubilees that saw enormous community celebrations.

She was the longest-serving monarch in the British isles at 63 decades and 7 months until eventually Queen Elizabeth II broke the file in September 2015.

Queen Victoria died in January 1901 and was succeeded by her eldest son, Edward VII. 

The lifetime and situations of Queen Victoria

A new exhibition called Victoria: Female and Crown and Victoria: A Royal Childhood started on Friday final week to coincide with the 200th anniversary of her beginning

Victoria was born at Kensington Palace, London on May 24, 1819 and was the only daughter of Edward Duke of Kent. 

On the death of William IV she grew to become queen at the tender age of 18, and was acknowledged as a prolific diarist, with a expertise for drawing.

Victoria would afterwards described her childhood as ‘melancholy’, due to her getting raised in isolation and rarely conference other men and women. 

The series of strict regulations governing her behaviour ended up recognized as the Kensington Technique.

She was saved below frequent surveillance and isolated from the company of other young children at the instruction of her mother the Duchess of Kent and her father’s former equerry John Conroy.

Her identify was in fact Alexandrina Victoria and her childhood nickname was Drina, but she ruled as Victoria, which she is said to have preferred. 

The younger queen, who was single at the time, lived with her mother, who experienced an apartment in Buckingham Palace.

But it wasn’t lengthy right before Victoria became smitten with her likely suitor Prince Albert, who frequented Windsor in October 1839. 

She married Prince Albert in 1840 and had 9 little ones concerning 1840 and 1857.

But Victoria was not a doting mother and considered it was her duty to be ‘severe’ and she hated currently being pregnant

As properly as being her beloved husband or wife, Albert would engage in a important function as an adviser. 

But Prince Albert died in 1861 at the young age of 42, that deeply affected Victoria, who would then use black for the relaxation of her reign.

When she died in 1901 at the age of 81 following a time period of ill health, no good ideas had been in area for her funeral. 

The advanced preparations – including transporting Victoria’s human body throughout the Solent from the Isle of Wight and a navy procession by London – experienced to be organised from scratch in 10 days.

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The New NWR Stocklist

As you'll no doubt be aware, about 90% of my Thomas output on this blog concerns my interpretation of the NWR locomotive roster - be it headcanons about our famous heroes, or write-ups on my metric shit-ton of OCs. You may remember I posted a stocklist, which neatly doubled up as a hub for all those headcanons and write-ups. For the benefit of those who haven't already see that post, I'll briefly summarize:

I've always thought that the NWR, as seen in both the RWS and TVS, seemed rather understaffed - only a dozen or so engines are ever seen in the former, with the latter expanding this to about 40 engines. Canonically, though, the NWR is said to have about 80 engines to its name, with the vast majority going undocumented officially.

So I took it upon myself to expand the visible fleet accordingly, deftly mixing elements from the RWS, TVS and my own ideas. Taking a leaf out of the Extended Railway Series, I limited myself to eighty steam engines, and thirty diesels, the names of which are listed under the break.

Now, the main purpose of this new stocklist is to showcase a substantial rethink I've had regarding the numbering sequence. To cut a long story short, I've massively overhauled the sequence so that it bears more relation to the order in which the characters officially joined the NWR - as well as take account of those characters with canon numbers.

As before, characters listed in bold are canon, and all others are my OCs - some have their roots in canon, though, and are also listed in bold, and marked with an asterisk (*). The numbers in brackets indicate the order in which the engines on this list entered NWR service.

STEAM

Thomas The Tank Engine (1)

Edward The Blue Engine (2)

Henry The Green Engine (9)

Gordon The Big Engine (10)

James The Red Engine (11)

Percy The Small Engine (12)

Toby The Tram Engine (23)

Duck The Great Western Engine (26)

Donald The Scottish Twin (32)

Douglas The Scottish Twin (33)

Oliver The Little Western Engine (50)

Barry The Rescue Engine (108) *

Vanguard The Austerity Engine (107) *

Charlie The Fun Engine (82)

Maggie The R.O.D Engine (3)

Murphy The R.O.D Engine (4)

Everett The R.O.D Engine (5)

Nia The Helpful Engine (102)

Warren The R.O.D Engine (7)

Vernon The R.O.D Engine (8)

Reagan The Director's Engine (6)

Rebecca The Happy Engine (103)

Barbara The Mixed-Traffic Engine (13)

Albert The Jubilee Engine (14)

Spike The Wharf Shunter (15)

Wendy The Dock Shunter (16)

Harvey The Crane Engine (66)

Maura The Atlantic Engine (17)

Sarah The Naughty Engine (18) *

Metin The War Department Engine (19)

Temel The War Department Engine (20)

Jesse The Steelworks Engine (21) *

Jason The Night Owl Engine (22)

Evadne The Commuter Engine (24)

Hilda The Commuter Engine (25)

Cathy The New-Build Engine (27)

Rosie The Yankee Tank Engine (77)

Siani The Welsh Engine (28)

Big Bertha The Banking Engine (29)

Grace The Midland Engine (30) *

Abigail The Compound Engine (31)

Heidi The Cambrian Engine (34)

Monique The Goods Engine (35)

Fletcher The Recluse Engine (36)

Roy The Scottish Engine (37)

Errol The Jazzer Engine (39)

Heather The North-British Engine (41)

Lady Margaret The School Engine (42)

Clarence The Calm Engine (43)

Michael The Franco-Crosti Engine (44)

Hiro The Japanese Engine (84)

Rhonda The Welsh Engine (46)

Elspeth The Caley Tank Engine (47)

Roscoe The Cool Engine (48)

Stepney The Bluebell Engine (40)

Loretta The Utility Engine (49)

Saffron The Hippie Engine (51)

Raven The Vicarstown Pilot (54)

Franklin The Really Usual Engine (55)

Jasmine The Suburban Engine (56)

Ashley The Suburban Engine (58)

Shanks The Suburban Engine (59)

Emily The Stirling Engine (68)

Arthur The Obedient Engine (69)

Murdoch The Mighty Engine (70)

Whiff The Rubbish Engine (78)

Victor The Works Shunter (71)

Molly The Shy Engine (74)

Neville The Ugly Duckling Engine (75)

Billy The Silly Engine (79)

Stanley The Silver Engine (80)

Hank The American Engine (81)

Scruff The Rubbish Engine (83)

Belle The Big Tank Engine (85)

Porter The Dock Tank Engine (93)

Callum The Highland Engine (94)

Robyn The Private Engine (96)

Caneri The Colliery Engine (97)

Ryan The Purple Engine (98)

Sonny The Fugitive Engine (105)

DIESEL

Daisy The Diesel Railcar (38)

BoCo The Diseasel (45)

Bear The Hymek Diesel (52)

Gideon The Station Pilot (53)

Sheridan The Railbus (57)

Mungo The Heavy-Freight Diesel (61)

Derek The Paxman Diesel (62)

Salty The Dockyard Diesel (67)

Dennis The Lazy Diesel (76)

Diesel Ten (65)

'Arry The Ironworks Diesel (63)

Bert The Ironworks Diesel (64)

Violet The Multiple Unit (72)

Hyacinth The Multiple Unit (73)

Den The Works Diesel (86)

Dart The Works Diesel (87)

Stafford The Battery-Electric Shunter (92)

Sidney The Australian Diesel (88)

Paxton The Green Diesel (89)

Norman The New-Build Diesel (90)

Argyll The Express Diesel (91)

Chopper The Quiet Diesel (95)

Maxine The Push-Pull Diesel (100)

Philip The Boxcab Diesel (99)

Donna The Heavy-Freight Diesel (101)

Devious Diesel (104)

Tracy The Thunderbird Diesel (60)

Tanner The Postal Shunter (106)

Pip The High-Speed Diesel (109)

Emma The High-Speed Diesel (110)

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Construction of Ponoka's new civic building progressing on schedule

July 16, 2018 – Ponoka, Alberta – Construction of the new civic building on the old hospital site at the north end of 50 Street in Ponoka is progressing on schedule. The building contractor, Eagle Builders, is currently working to finish the interior of the three-storey building which has been constructed by a private developer, Landrex Inc.

“The tenant improvement work inside the building is proceeding as planned. Completion of the building is expected this fall at which time the building tenants, including Town administrative staff, will move in,” says Town of Ponoka Chief Administrative Officer Albert Flootman. A grand opening of the new building is being planned for later this fall.

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The Town of Ponoka signed a lease agreement last year for up to 28,000 square feet of floor space in the new building. The facility will house Town administrative offices and Council Chambers on the upper two floors, along with additional lease space on the third floor for the building owner to lease to other tenants.

On the main floor, there will be a new, expanded Ponoka Jubilee Library and a learning centre that Campus Alberta Central (CAC) is establishing. The learning centre will offer access to new postsecondary education programs and courses in Ponoka. CAC is a joint venture between Red Deer College and Olds College, which provides access to post-secondary education in more than 20 rural communities throughout central Alberta. https://constructionlinks.ca/news/construction-ponokas-new-civic-building-progressing-schedule/ Established in 2003, Construction Links Network is a peer-to-peer network sharing platform for the construction, building and design community. This one-of-a-kind platform provides the tools necessary to source and distribute the latest news, videos, events and innovative products / services the industry has to offer which helps our members plan, design and build great projects around the world. #construction #building #architecture #engineer #safety

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DoubleMe’s Real-time Personal Holoportation Platform Secures $3m R&D Grant

When dealing with futuristic technologies like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) it’s difficult not comparing them with some of the great science fiction ideas. How about holographic conversations like that seen on Star Wars for example? Well businesses like DoubleMe are taking steps towards that reality, with the company announcing this week it has been awarded a $3 million USD grant.

The R&D grant was given by the Institute for Information & Communications technology Promotion (IITA), an R&D strategy and planning agency under the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning in South Korea. 

Inspired by a Microsoft Research paper: “Holoportation: Virtual 3D Teleportation in Real-time,” from 2016, DoubleMe began work on its holographic mixed reality capture technology to make holoportation affordable and accessible. A recent success saw the company develop a new algorithm that only requires one depth sensor, and one PC to process high-quality holoportation in real-time.

To help expedite the idea of personal holoportation and win the grant, DoubleMe collaborated with The University of Surrey 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC), optimising the system for a rollout onto the 5G network by the end of 2019.

Helping make the dream of holoportation a reality is Professor Rahim Tafazolli, Director of 5GIC at the University of Surrey, Recently awarded the title of Regius Professor in Electronic Engineering, given to the University of Surrey by Her Majesty the Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee, Prof Tafazolli commented: “We have been working with DoubleMe for the last two years testing and trialling different VR/AR/MR applications on our testbed. DoubleMe is a visionary company with many talented people. I am looking forward to our teams working closely together and develop  advance VR/AR/MR applications for mass market using 5G networks,” 

“DoubleMe is always about making this new digital medium, digital holography, widely accessible for everyone,” said Albert Kim, CEO and founder of DoubleMe. “We’ve been demonstrating a large number of applications by working with students and staff at Ravensbourne University London for two years. This new innovation will accelerate the technology adoption. At the end, it will be the real-life Jedi Holographic Conference for everyone.”

DoubleMe has begun working with major telcos and telecommunication equipment manufacturers on global commercial deployment of the “5G-enabled personal holoportation” platform. To see what all this actually means check out the video below, and for further updates on its research, keep reading VRFocus.

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Prince Philip Gaffs 

‘I declare this thing open, whatever it is.’ During a visit to Canada in 1969.

‘It looks like a tart’s bedroom,’ — on seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York’s house at Sunninghill Park in 1988.

To a driving instructor in Scotland, during a 1995 walkabout: ‘How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?’

Pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999: ‘It looks as if it was put in by an Indian.’

In Kenya, in 1984, after accepting a small gift from a local woman: ‘You are a woman, aren’t you?’

In Australia, in 1992, when asked to stroke a Koala bear: ‘Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease.’

‘You can’t have been here that long, you haven’t got a pot belly’ — to a Briton in Budapest, Hungary, in 1993.

‘Aren’t most of you descended from pirates?’ — to a resident of the Cayman Islands in 1994.

At a tree-planting ceremony in Hyde Park in 2011, the Queen met 16-year-old Army cadet Stephen Menary, who lost an arm and most of his sight in an IRA bomb attack. When the Queen asked him how much he could see, Philip interjected: ‘Not a lot, judging by the tie he’s wearing.’

‘You managed not to get eaten, then?’ — to a student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea in 1998.

‘I wish he’d turn the microphone off’ — muttered at the Royal Variety Performance as he watched Sir Elton John perform, 2001.

‘You look like a suicide bomber,’ to a young female officer wearing a bullet-proof vest on Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, in 2002.

To young designer Stephen Judge in July 2009: ‘Well, you didn’t design your beard too well, did you?’

Addressing multi-ethnic Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity, who are from London, in 2009: ‘Are you all one family?’

‘Children go to school because their parents don’t want them in the house’ — prompting giggles from Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban after campaigning for the right of girls to go to school without fear — October 2013.

To the Queen at her coronation: ‘Where did you get that hat?’

On Princess Anne: ‘If it doesn’t fart or eat hay, she’s not interested.’

To disabled comedian Adam Hills, who has a prosthetic foot, in 2009: ‘You could smuggle a bottle of gin out of the country in that.’

He told Paraguay’s dictator General Alfredo Stroessner: ‘It’s a pleasure to be in a country that isn’t ruled by its people.’

Speaking to singer Tom Jones after the 1969 Royal Variety Performance: ‘What do you gargle with, pebbles?’

In 2010 he asked disabled mobility scooter rider David Miller, 60: ‘How many people have you knocked over this morning on that thing?’

After being told Madonna was singing the Die Another Day theme at the film’s world premiere at the Albert Hall in 2002 he asked her: ‘Are we going to need ear plugs?’

In Ghana in 1999 he asked an MP: ‘How many members of Parliament do you have?’ When told 200, he replied: ‘That’s about the right number. We have 650 and most of them are a complete bloody waste of time.’

Overheard in 2005 at Bristol University’s engineering facility, which had been closed so that he could officially open it: ‘It doesn’t look like much work goes on at this university.’

As he and the Queen walked down the aisle through a fog of holy smoke in a birthday service in a high church in 2004, he asked: ‘Is this a celebration or a cremation?’

After a meal of venison at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 2008, Philip spotted a herd of deer in the grounds and asked the bursar: ‘How many of those buggers did you have to shoot for lunch then?’

Then, on being told the supply had come from Kent he quipped: ‘Well, don’t tell Charles because he likes everyone to buy local!’

In 2008, to a soldier whose head had been injured by shrapnel from an explosive device packed with ball-bearings: ‘Does your head rattle?’

In 1955, when asked what he felt about his life: ‘I’d much rather have stayed in the Navy frankly.’

At a reception to honour Australians, Philip met the husband of Gill Hicks, who lost her legs in the July 2005 London bombings. ‘You’re not Australian!’ said Philip.

‘No, actually I’m not important, I’m just here because of my wife,’ he said. ‘Tell me about it!’ said the Prince.

On a 1961 visit to Sheffield’s Hallam University, he was shown a plastic dummy which talked, used in medical training. The dummy lay in bed saying: ‘I don’t feel well.’ Philip replied: ‘Frankly you don’t look well!’

To Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins in 2007: ‘How are your vocal cords?’ Miss Jenkins: ‘Fine thank you.' Philip replied: ‘No boils or warts on them yet?’

During the same walkabout in Kent in 2012 where he joked about being arrested for unzipping a woman’s dress, he spotted 90-year-old Barbara Dubery sitting in a wheelchair, wrapped in a foil blanket to fend off the cold . . . and asked: ‘Are they going to put you in the oven next?’

At a Buckingham Palace dinner in 2011 Philip listened to tenor Russell Watson’s stirring rendition of Jerusalem.

As it ended he said: ‘Why do you need a bloody microphone? They could have heard you in outer space.’ He then turned to the singer’s partner Louise Harris and added: ‘You must go deaf listening to him all the time.’

During a 1991 visit to Swansea he met four local belly dancers and told them: ‘I thought Eastern women just sat around smoking pipes and eating sweets all day.’

On a visit to Hull in 2009 he met victims of bad floods, many of whom had lost their homes. Bidding farewell to council leader Carl Minns, he said: ‘Keep your head above water!’

At a G20 summit, the Queen asked of Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi: ‘Why does he talk so loudly?’ Philip replied: ‘He is Italian, my dear, how else would he sell his ice creams?’

‘Are you responsible for making people overweight in Crawley?’ — to the manager of a cake shop on a 2006 visit to the town.

At a 2008 Buckingham Palace reception he was introduced to Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett. Thinking she was a film technician he asked: ‘Do you know how to fix my broken DVD player? There’s a cord sticking out of the back and I don’t know where it goes.’

During a 2009 Buckingham Palace reception for British Indians, Philip glanced at business chief Atul Patel’s name badge — and remarked: ‘There’s a lot of your family in tonight!’

On a state visit to Britain in 2015, President Xi Jinping of China was shown some Chinese treasures from the Royal Collection. Philip told him: ‘You can’t claim any of them back — we check your luggage before you go!’

For a 2016 programme about the 60th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme, presenter Phillip Schofield performed a wing walk.

‘Why are you doing that?’ asked Philip. ‘Does someone not like you? Open your mouth up there and you’ll blow up like a balloon.’

He later introduced Schofield to a parachutist saying, ‘Meet a fellow idiot.’

At a Buckingham Palace reception to thank those involved in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012, Prince Philip met Conservative Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

‘Who are you?’ he asked. Hunt explained he was Health Secretary but that he’d been Culture Secretary during the Jubilee and Olympics. ‘Well they do move you people on a lot,’ said Philip, walking off.

In 2006 an official at a Canadian airport asked the Duke: ‘What was your flight like, Your Royal Highness?’ Philip: ‘Have you ever flown in a plane?’ Official: ‘Oh yes, Sir, many times.’ Philip: ‘Well, it was just like that.’

On a visit to open the headquarters of GB Airways at Gatwick Airport in 2000, Philip chatted to pilots and cabin crew and told them: ‘When you think of all the publicity about planes being dangerous to fly in, I wonder, why aren’t all of you dead?’

In 2009, a young man told him he’d worked with the Samaritans. He replied: ‘You didn’t try to commit suicide did you?’

As he sat with the Queen at the Royal Variety Show in 2014, watching a male stripper scene from The Full Monty, Philip told their biographer Gyles Brandreth: ‘Don’t worry, she’s been to Papua New Guinea and seen it all before!’

On a visit to the GCHQ building in Cheltenham in 2004, Labour MP Chris Mullin asked Philip about the modern design, saying: ‘Would Charles approve?’ ‘Charles who?’ replied the Duke.

His most infamous gaffe came in 1986 when he told a British student in China: ‘If you stay here much longer you’ll be slitty-eyed.’

In 2005, a female reporter asked him: ‘I wondered if you might like to talk to me?’ He replied: ‘You can carry on wondering.’

After meeting Gogglebox regulars Sandra Martin and Sandy Channer in 2016: ‘Well, I won’t be watching you, that’s for sure!’

In 2006, to comedian David Walliams after he swam the English Channel for Sport Relief: ‘Is this the nut who swam the channel?’ Turning to Walliams’s mother, he added: ‘Any more nuts in your family?’

AS the Queen opened a dental hospital in 2015 in Birmingham, Philip asked the crowd: ‘Are you all here to get your teeth done? We don’t want to jump the queue.’

At a 2014 reception for a disability charity, Philip saw ex-rugby player Alastair Hignell in a high-tech wheelchair that could be raised or lowered as required. He said: ‘That must be good for cocktail parties.’

He then told BBC disability correspondent Nikki Fox — who was in a normal mobility scooter: ‘You should get yourself one!’

Extracted from Prince Philip: Wise Words And Golden Gaffes by Phil Dampier and Ashley Roberts, published by Barzipan Publishing 

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Ten of the UK's Longest Bridges and Where to Find Them

Ten of the UK’s Longest Bridges and Where to Find Them

We have already seen the longest bridges in the world and you might have noticed that none of them are from the UK! Well, this post counteracts that by looking into the ten longest bridges in the UK and where they are located…

Ten of the UK’s Longest Bridges and Where to Find Them

  Medway Viaduct Bridge

10 – Medway Viaduct Bridge (M2 Motorway) (Length: 152m, 500ft)

Wiki Info: Opened on 29 May 1963, by Ernest Marples, Minister of Transport, the Medway bridge formed a key piece of the M2 motorway. It originally had a six-lane (two London-bound, two coast-bound, two hard shoulder) formation. In addition, a footpath either side that doubled as a small service road for maintenance and pedestrians. These footpaths are part of the North Downs Way, offering panoramic views of the Medway Valley and beyond. During the M2 widening, the original bridge was refurbished and strengthened. The central span, which was made from concrete beams, was replaced with steel girders. The concrete beams were lowered down on to a river barge underneath. As part of the M2 widening, the original bridge had street lighting fitted to it for the first time.

Menai Suspension Bridge

9 – Menai Suspension Bridge (Length: 176m, 579ft)

Wiki Info: The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge to carry road traffic between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826 and is a Grade I listed building. Before the bridge was completed in 1826, the island had no fixed connection to the mainland and the primary means of access to and from Anglesey was by ferry across the fast flowing and dangerous waters of the Menai Strait.

Tyne Bridge

8 – Tyne Bridge, Newcastle (Length: 162m, 531ft)

Wiki Info: The Tyne Bridge is a through arch bridge over the River Tyne in North East England, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead. The Bridge was designed by the engineering firm Mott, Hay and Anderson, who later designed the Forth Road Bridge, and was built by Dorman Long and Co. of Middlesbrough. The bridge was officially opened on 10 October 1928 by King George V and has since become a defining symbol of Tyneside. It is ranked as the tenth tallest structure in the city.

Clifton Suspension Bridge

7 – Clifton Suspension Bridge (Length: 241m, 708ft)

Wiki Info: The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a world-famous suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset. Since opening in 1864, it has been a toll bridge; the income from which provides funds for its maintenance. The bridge is built to a design by William Henry Barlow and John Hawkshaw, based on an earlier design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and contributed to by Sarah Guppy. It is a grade I listed building and forms part of the B3129 road.

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Runcorn-Widnes Bridge

6 – Runcorn-Widnes Bridge (Length: 330m, 1,082ft)

Wiki Info: The Silver Jubilee Bridge, “Runcorn-Widnes Bridge” or Runcorn Bridge crosses the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn Gap between Runcorn and Widnes in Halton, England. It is a through arch bridge with a main arch span of 361 yards (330 m). It was opened in 1961 as a replacement for the Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge and was initially known simply as the Runcorn Bridge or Runcorn–Widnes Bridge. In 1975–77 it was widened, after which it was given its official name in honour of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. It carries the A533 road and a cantilevered footway. The bridge is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

Tamar Bridge

5 – Tamar Bridge, Saltash (Length: 355m, 1,100ft)

Wiki Info: The Tamar Bridge is a major road bridge over the River Tamar between Saltash, Cornwall and Plymouth, Devon in southwest England. It is 335 metres (1,099 ft) long, running adjacent to the Royal Albert Bridge, and part of the A38, a main road between the two counties. During the 20th century, there was increasing demand to replace or supplement the Saltash and Torpoint ferries, which could not cope with the rise in motor traffic. After the Government refused to prioritise the project in the 1950s, it was self-financed by Plymouth City Council and Cornwall County Council.

Firth of Forth Bridge

4 – Firth of Forth Bridge (Length: 521m, 1,710ft)

Wiki Info: The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Edinburgh City Centre. It is considered an iconic structure and a symbol of Scotland (having been voted Scotland’s greatest man-made wonder in 2016) and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was designed by the English engineers Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker. It is sometimes referred to as the Forth Rail Bridge to distinguish it from the Forth Road Bridge, though this has never been its official name.

Severn Bridge

3 – Severn Bridge (Length: 988m, 3,240ft)

Wiki Info: The Severn Bridge (Welsh: Pont Hafren), sometimes also called the Severn–Wye Bridge, is a motorway suspension bridge spanning the River Severn and River Wye between Aust, South Gloucestershire in England, and Chepstow, Monmouthshire in South East Wales, via Beachley, Gloucestershire, which is a peninsula between the two rivers. It is the original Severn road crossing between England and Wales and took three-and-a-half years to construct at a cost of £8 million. It replaced the Aust ferry.

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Forth Road Bridge

2 – Forth Road Bridge (Length: 1,006m, 3,300ft)

Wiki Info: The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge, opened in 1964, spans the Firth of Forth, connecting Edinburgh, at Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry. It replaced a centuries-old ferry service to carry vehicular traffic, cyclists and pedestrians across the Forth; railway crossings are made by the adjacent Forth Bridge, opened in 1890.

Humber Estuary Bridge

1 – Humber Estuary Bridge (Length: 1,410m, 4,626ft)

Wiki Info: The Humber Bridge, near Kingston upon Hull, England, is a 2,220-metre (7,280 ft) single-span suspension bridge, which opened to traffic on 24 June 1981. When it was opened, it was the longest of its type in the world; it was not surpassed until 1998, with the completion of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, and it is now the eighth-longest.