Hi. I saw Nick Cave and the bad seeds on The Culture Show the other night and thought it was a band I'd like to get into. Can anyone recommend which album I should begin with?
Hi, could you give me the titles of british comics that were available during the war. I'm thinking specifically of comics that depict war stories not Beano, Topper type of comics. Thank you
What was the role of women in WWII Britain in relation to transport? I remember my Grandma telling me that she had something to do with trains and that she cleaned the engines. Was there a specific...
"A dance to the music of time", "Fortunes of war", "The Camomile lawn", "The sword of honour", "Brideshead revisited", "The jewel in the crown". These are sort of adaptations I enjoy. Can you think of...
Hi, does anyone know what artworks were destroyed by the Nazis after being displayed in the "Degenerate Art" exhibition? I know that a lot were auctioned off but hundreds were burnt. I need some...
Yesterday evening when I was on the internet my laptop went off and restarted. When it gets to the welcome page it seems to stick and I can't get past it. I don't want to have to reboot the computer...
Excellent! They're putting on another christmas ghost story adaptation of one of M.R. James' short stories. This time it's Number 13. I've got a warning to the curious and Oh, whistle and I'll come to...
Hi. Does anyone know if a Roman Catholic can be a mason? I'm asking because I'm catholic and I've recently been to a masonic open evening and found the whole experience quite interesting. I've looked...
Hello everyone connected with this. This week's Torchwood was extremely interesting for 3 counts. Not to mention very good? i) To those out there who subscribe to the notion that there are John Keel's...
In this country we refer to the Victorian and Edwardian periods (or even Vicwardian as a term to encompass the end of the Victorian and the beginning of the Edwardian) but how do people in America...
Rented it out and watched it the other night. What a truly awful film. The plot sounded great on the back of the box - a sort of "Kelly's heros" meets "Snatch" crime caper set during operation market...
I admit this is a tedious and pedantic question and it illustrates how purile my waking life is to know that I have actually discussed this with a friend in a pub, but: how is Captain Jack Harkness a...
I know that the Republic of Ireland was neutral during the second world war but is there any truth in the myth that there were (secret) Nazi U-Boat refuelling stations there?
You know the black and white M&S credit card advert with the Avengers music playing in the background? Well, what's the classic car she's driving in the beginning?
Over a month ago the Dublin based company Steorn, challenged the scientific community to disprove their perpetual motion machine. They advertised in the Economist magazine for people to test it, thus...
What has caused the decline in house sparrows? You don't see that many of them any more. Come to think of it you don't see many thrushes or starlings either. However, there seems to be an abundance of...