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Post by ARENA on May 2, 2017 7:19:42 GMT
Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. He added the surname Jerome, being born Jerome Klapka.  |
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Post by goldelox on May 2, 2017 9:24:19 GMT
I wondered what the K stood for. I guessed Kenneth.
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Post by aubrey on May 2, 2017 16:43:36 GMT
Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. He added the surname Jerome, being born Jerome Klapka. Me and my brother once listened to a tape of Bummel while working. There was one point where we couldn't do anything for laughing. I've never found that bit when I've read the book in print; it was probably just the moment, creating a negative (but positive) feedback between us. Really, we were weeping with it. And that kind of holiday seems a wonderful thing to do, or to have done back then anyway. |
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Post by ARENA on May 3, 2017 7:57:54 GMT
Sandra Brigitte "Sandi" Toksvig (born 3 May 1958) is a Danish/British comedienne, author and presenter on British radio and television. She currently presents The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4. Born in Copenhagen, Toksvig began her comedy career at Girton College, Cambridge University, where she wrote and performed in the first all-woman show at the Footlights.Toksvig is mother to two daughters and a son. The children were carried by her then-partner, Peta Stewart, from whom she separated in 1997, and were conceived through artificial insemination by donor Christopher Lloyd-Pack, younger brother of the actor Roger Lloyd-Pack.  |
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Post by aubrey on May 3, 2017 8:35:35 GMT
TMI, Arena!
I used to work with a woman who lived below Sandi Toksvig in a house in Chiswick; they had a running argument about my friends' sons leaving their bikes in the downstairs hall. She didn't know who Toksvig was, and it was before she was on TV a lot anyway - I knew her from No 73, and I think from the Comedy Store.
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Post by ARENA on May 4, 2017 7:08:56 GMT
Alice Pleasance Liddell (/ˈlɪdəl/; 4 May 1852 – 16 November 1934), known for most of her adult life by her married name, Alice Hargreaves, inspired the children's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, whose protagonist Alice is said to be named after her. Alice Liddell was the fourth child of Henry Liddell, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and his wife Lorina Hanna Liddell.  |
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Post by ARENA on May 5, 2017 7:38:14 GMT
Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist movement. He published various books during his lifetime, with the most notable being The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Capital (1867–1894)Marx moved to London in early June 1849 and would remain based in the city for the rest of his life.  |
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Post by ARENA on May 6, 2017 7:53:57 GMT
Tim Wonnacott (born 3 May 1953) is a Chartered Auctioneer, Chartered Surveyor, English antiques expert, and a television presenter. He has been Director of one of the world's oldest auction houses, Sotheby's. Wonnacott is best known for his appearances as a presenter on BBC TV programmes, including Bargain Hunt. Wonnacott was born in Devon.He married Helen (born August 1956) in 1984 and they have three children.  |
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Post by marispiper on May 6, 2017 11:25:44 GMT
Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. He added the surname Jerome, being born Jerome Klapka. Me and my brother once listened to a tape of Bummel while working. There was one point where we couldn't do anything for laughing. I've never found that bit when I've read the book in print; it was probably just the moment, creating a negative (but positive) feedback between us. Really, we were weeping with it. And that kind of holiday seems a wonderful thing to do, or to have done back then anyway. I love that post x |
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Post by marispiper on May 6, 2017 11:29:41 GMT
Well, there's two who should go on the annoying list...Sandi Toksvig (always so pleased with herself) and Tim Wonnacott (the voice irritates)
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Post by ARENA on May 7, 2017 7:46:23 GMT
Michael Wayne Rosen (born 7 May 1946) is a broadcaster, children's novelist and poet and the author of 140 books. He was appointed as the fifth Children's Laureate in June 2007, succeeding Jacqueline Wilson, and held this honour until 2009. Michael Rosen was born in Harrow, London. The family background is Jewish, "from the Jewish East End tradition" as Rosen puts it.  An internet 'friend' to some on this board, from our days on the BBC forum. |
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Post by ARENA on May 8, 2017 8:08:46 GMT
Phyllida Ann Law (born 8 May 1932) is a Scottish actress. Law was born in Glasgow, the daughter of William and Megsie Law. She was married to actor Eric Thompson from 1957 until his death in 1982. Their daughters, Emma and Sophie Thompson, are both actresses. She has appeared in many documentaries and interviews concerning her late husband's work on The Magic Roundabout.  |
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Post by ARENA on May 9, 2017 7:35:02 GMT
Barbara Kathleen Vera Woodhouse (née Blackburn, 9 May 1910 Rathfarnham, Ireland - 9 July 1988, Buckinghamshire, England), was a well known British dog trainer, author and television personality. Her 1980 television series Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way made her into a household name in the UK.  She married Dr. Michael Woodhouse in 1940 and moved to Wiltshire. They had three children, Pamela, Patrick and Judith. She died on 9 July 1988 following a stroke, aged 78. |
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Post by ARENA on May 10, 2017 8:07:14 GMT
Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch, 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist. Initially labelled as an imitator of Bob Dylan, Donovan quickly developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music (notably calypso). He has variously lived in Scotland, London, California and Ireland.  |
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Post by honeybear on May 10, 2017 9:14:23 GMT
Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch, 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist. Initially labelled as an imitator of Bob Dylan, Donovan quickly developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music (notably calypso). He has variously lived in Scotland, London, California and Ireland. Ooh,I used to go all unnecessary |
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