"I seek only to blow a flute accompaniment in the national concert, and leave others to play the fiddle & frenchhorn," Washington Irving said in an 1819 letter. While his flute music for a time was a dominant strain, it still remains discernible in t...
Washington Irving was America's first successful professional man of letters, a gifted teller of tales, especially as a native humorist, a romantic historian, and an influential prose stylist. As a writer by profession, with The Sketch Book (1819-1820) i...
Washington Irving was America's first successful professional man of letters, a gifted teller of tales, especially as a native humorist, a romantic historian, and an influential prose stylist. As a writer by profession, with the Sketch Book (1819-1820) i...
Correspondent Little Britain supervisors welcomed two new members at its reorganization meeting Monday. Dave Eller and Randy Jackson joined Greg Culler, Jerry Emling and Jeff Wood on the board. Unlike their introduction, appointing the rest of the township staff took a much...
My Life As A Child: Soul Sisters (BBC2) WHATEVER happened to the big themes, the wider horizons, and the immense knowledge of our world that TV likes to claim - in mission statements when the licence is up for renewal, if not always...
A Hard SlogThe success of ‘Little Britain’ came after years of hard work and near misses for Lucas and Walliams . They first met at the National Youth Theatre in 1990 and were performing at the Edinburgh Festival by 1995. It didn't make them household...
Background InfoIt's no surprise Dick Emery became a star. Born on 19 February 1917, he was the son of a double act known as Callan and Emery , who performed in innumerable music halls as Dick grew up. His mother was keen to nurture Dick...