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POPSMasai warriors and the London Marathon
The warriors, who arrive in Britain next week for the race on Sunday April 13, have also been advised not to be too offended by the brief running attire of their fellow competitors in the marathon. "You will see many people who are wearing only small clothes and you will wonder why they are cold and may think they are being disrespectful. "This is normal for England, especially when it is sunny or in the evening. However, it is illegal to show certain parts of the body and for this reason it is important that you wear underpants if you are wearing your blankets." The guide provides a tour of a typical home, complete with description of what happens in a bathroom and at meal times. "People in England eat with knives, forks and spoons. If you want to use just a spoon or fork or hands then it is not a worry. "Many people drink alcohol in England. They do so at bars, at homes or at clubs - the English equivalent to a Masai party. "When people drink they sillier or
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POPSBeautiful tropical birds at London Zoo For anyone thinking how vibrant and crystal clear the picture of Queen Victoria is, it should be pointed out that in keeping with the Victorian theme of the building, Queen Victoria impersonator Sylvia Strange attended the launch, alongside an impersonator playing her lady-in-waiting. The Queen did however visit the zoo several times during her reign. She became the patroness of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in 1837. The pavilion took a year to restore and is named after ZSL patron David Blackburn who agreed to underwrite the costs.
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POPSWorld's best-known protest symbol turns 50 Gerald Holtom, the designer and a former WWII conscientious objector from London, considered using a Christian cross motif but, instead, settled on using letters from the semaphore alphabet, superimposing N(uclear) on D(isarmament) and placing them within a circle symbolising Earth. The sign was quickly adopted by CND. How the sign migrated to the US is explained in various ways. Some say it was brought back from the Aldermaston protest by civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, a black pacifist who had studied Gandhi's techniques of non-violence. American pacifist Ken Kolsbun said: "The sign really got going over here during the 1960s and 70s, when it became associated with anti-Vietnam protests." As the sign became a badge of the hippie movement of the late 1960s, the hippies' critics scornfully compared it to a chicken footprint, and drew parallels with the runic letter indicating death. In the 1980s it became the banner of the international grassroots anti-nuclear movemen
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POPSNo more bendy buses for London. Whew! What, has common sense finally raised its head in the Mayor's Parlour? Bendy buses may well be popular with passengers, but in central London they are totally unsuitable for the Capital's roads and cause more problems than they solve. The opinions expressed are those of this Clipper only. Other opinions are of course available.
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POPSOnly English prisoner at Auschwitz dies, 97 In his book, An Englishman in Auschwitz, Mr Greenman described their arrival in Birkenau. "The women were separated from the men: Else and Barny were marched about 20 yards away to a queue of women...I tried to watch Else. I could see her clearly against the blue lights. She could see me too for she threw me a kiss and held up our child for me to see. What was going through her mind I will never know. Perhaps she was pleased that the journey had come to an end." Mr Greenman later said that the hope of being reunited with Else and Barney kept him going in the gruelling days ahead. After learning his wife and son had been gassed, Mr Greenman dedicated his life to educating people about the holocaust and fighting racism. He never remarried, grieving for his lost family all his life, and spent his last years living at his home in Ilford, east London.
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POPSImages of Nijinski Vaslav Nijinsky was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1989 and was one of the most gifted male dancers in history and he became celebrated for his virtuosity and for the depth and intensity of his characterisations. Nijinsky had a nervous breakdown in 1919 and his career effectively ended. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and taken by his wife Romola (a Hungarian countess) to Switzerland where he was treated by psychiatrist Eugene Bleuler. He spent the rest of his life in and out of psychiatric hospitals and asylums. Romola devoted her life entirely to his care and her devotion to him was complete. Nijinsky died in a London clinic on 8 April 1950 and interred in London until 1953 when his body was reburied in Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France.
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POPSTram Ticket Dairy Adverts Advertising by other businesses on the reverse of transport tickets is not a new idea. The following date from the 1920s to the 1960s.
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POPSSaved by the Demolition Man The Victorian Society (set up in 1958 by John Betjeman and Nikolaus Pevsner) is celebrating 50 years of trying to save the UK's 19thC buildings. We love Victorian architecture now, but once their public buildings were being listed for demolition. The following pictures show 10 examples of some wonderful architecture from the 19thC and early 20thC, saved for the enjoyment of future generations.
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POPSThe Illustrated London News The magazine was published weekly until 1971, when it became a monthly. From 1989, it was published bi-monthly, then quarterly. The magazine is no longer being published, but the Illustrated London News Group still exists.
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POPSOn this day, Bernardo O'Higgins . . . In 1810, he joined the nationalist rebels fighting for independence from Spain. In 1814, his Chilean rebels were defeated by the Spanish and retreated into the Andes. In 1817, O'Higgins went back on the offensive with the aid of Argentine General José de San Martín. On February 12, 1817, he led a cavalry charge that won the Battle of Chacabuco. He became the first leader of independent Chile, and was granted dictatorial powers as Supreme Director on February 16, 1817. On February 12, 1818, Chile was proclaimed an independent republic.
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POPSSuper Tuesday Primary - in London UK-based Democrats have turned out in central London to vote for their choice of presidential candidate. The expats participated in what the party has described as its "global primary". Alongside contests in the US on Super Tuesday, supporters in 34 countries have been voting by post, fax, the internet and in person at town halls, pubs, churches and other venues. With the race between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama increasingly close, the expat vote could prove crucial in deciding who gets the Democratic Party nomination. Bill Barnard, chairman of Democrats Abroad UK, said the overseas vote could turn out to be significant if the race goes to the wire.
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POPSMarcus Garvey In 1922 Garvey was arrested for mail fraud in connection with the sale of stock in the Black Star Line, which had now failed. Although there were irregularities connected to the business, the prosecution was probably politically motivated, as Garvey's activities had attracted considerable government attention. Garvey was sent to prison and later deported to Jamaica. In 1935, he moved permanently to London where he died on 10 June 1940. In 1964, his body was returned to Jamaica where he was declared the country's first national hero.
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POPSClassic London Transport posters The 1940s and 50s was a period, in England, when the public were encouraged to explore Britain's countryside and archaeology. Writers such as John Betjeman and Niklaus Pevsner had already begun to produce architectural guides to the counties of England. These pictorial posters were part of a series published by London Transport in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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POPSIT 'Anorak' . . . Web . . . al-Qa'eda hate Tsouli, a Moroccan diplomat's son who came to Britain in 2001 and studied at an IT college in London, had been creating a website called Youbombit. By 2003, he was posting his own material, including a manual on computer hacking. Later he moved on to publishing extremist images and al-Qa'eda propaganda online. (DT)
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POPSWhen fish becomes contraband “Fish and chips used to be a poor man’s treat, but with the prices, it’s becoming a delicacy,” said Mark Morris, a fishmonger for 20 years in London’s enormous Billingsgate market.
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POPSHow The Times scooped Everest triumph Conquering Everest was an astonishing human achievement, but on a lesser scale, it also represented a remarkable journalistic coup, an unparalleled scoop involving personal courage, ingenuity and some extremely canny journalistic plotting. The 1953 expedition was, in part, sponsored by The Times, which obtained exclusive rights of publication in return for a fee. The newspaper had been associated in the same way with earlier attempts to scale the peak, including George Mallory’s ill-fated attempt in 1924
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POPSArt by Banksy Hi folks, not sure if someone clipped this already, but worth another look I'm sure.
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