After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE. Writing & acting in films & television then took over much of Michael's life culminating in the smash hit A FISH CALLED WANDA (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor) & the first of his seven celebrated television journeys for the BBC. He co-produced wrote & played the lead in THE MISSIONARY opposite Maggie Smith who also appeared with him in A PRIVATE FUNCTION written by Alan Bennett. Such was his fame in the US he was enticed into once again hosting the enormously popular show Saturday Night Live in one edition of which his mother makes a highly successful surprise guest appearance. He filmed several journeys for television & became chairman of the pressure group Transport 2000. His family remains a constant as his & Helen's children enter their teens. ...

For nearly two decades Harry Hammond was Britains leading showbiz photographer. Starting in the late-1940s his camera captured the definitive images of virtually every leading British musician as well as visiting Americans. Drawing on this invaluable archive of over 11 000 images housed in the V&A Alwyn W Turner tells the story of Britains embrace
- & ultimate domination
- of rock n roll from the earliest days with Bill Haley & the Comets to the emergence of the Beatles & Merseybeat. This remarkable collection

Includes:: photographs of Jerry Lee Lewis Buddy Holly Elvis Presley Gene Vincent Billy Fury Johnny Kidd Cliff Richard Eddie Cochran the Animals Gerry & the Pacemakers Dusty Springfield & many more.



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This work takes us back to a time when the railways of Calderdale (West Yorkshire) carried top link express trains Saturday excursions packed with holidaymakers bound for Blackpool & the east coast & a seemingly endless procession of freight trains; when Heckmondwike Cleckheaton Ripponden Queensbury & Dewsburys market place were all served by the railway network & when Mytholmroyd Sowerby Bridge & Mirfield were important railway centres. The first chapter sets the scene by outlining the development & decline of Calderdales railways as well as the passenger & freight services operating over its tracks. ...

This is the book every loyal Shaymen fan should possess. Featuring club history player profiles match summaries & statistics it is illustrated throughout with colour photographs some of which have never been published before. Halifax Town was formed in 1911 following a letter by E.A. Jones which appeared in the pages of the Halifax Courier" & two subsequent public meetings at the now long since defunct Saddle Hotel. The intention was to build up the club & take it to the higher echelons of the Football League. Instead the club found itself floundering for much of the time amid poor attendances poor results & dire financial straits. Some folk might argue the club was not worth the bother. But for those who embraced it over the years they could not
- or would not
- live without it. Over the years Halifax Town have written themselves into the record books though not always for the right reasons. The supporters have suffered more than most for if the yearly struggles were not hard enough to take then what of the clubs liquidation in 2008? Major successes over 97 years could be counted on two fingers
- promotion in 1969 & the Conference title in 1998
- though the back-to-back promotions the reformed club has achieved under Neil Aspin must not be overlooked. This book chronicles the history of Halifax Town from its humble beginnings the highs & lows & everything in between in fascinating detail as well as profiling all the clubs managers star players memorable matches & history of the grounds. In addition every game played by both Halifax Town & FC Halifax Town is listed with season-by-season grids covering the major first-team matches as are separate lists of every player to have turned out for club. A second section also covers the formation & first three seasons of FC Halifax Town thus encapsulating the full 100 years since the original club was formed. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs some of which have never been published before the result is a volume that is an essential addition to the bookshelves of any Halifax Town fan. Put simply this is a book that provides everything any Town fan & indeed any football fan would want to know about the club. It is as the title suggests the complete record of Halifax Town."



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This vibrant series covers over 170 destinations worldwide including our new range of UK specific titles from cosmopolitan urban delights to sun-kissed beach idylls. Bursting with insightful & easily accessible information these guides are full of practical information on how to make the most of a city break or longer holiday. The compact format quickly locates the top must see & do attractions. It spans a wide range of destinations including those served by budget airlines. It offers the most comprehensive list of UK city titles currently available. It has practical listings to suit varied budgets & tastes. It has imaginative suggestions that reveal each destination's hidden gems. It is organised by recognisable areas making orientation easy. ...

All the best armchair travellers are sceptics. Those of the fourteenth century were no exception: for them there were lies damned lies & Ibn Battutah's India. Born in 1304 Ibn Battutah left his native Tangier as a young scholar of law; over the course of the thirty years that followed he visited most of the known world between Morocco & China. Here Tim Mackintosh-Smith retraces one leg of the Moroccan's journey -- the dizzy ladders & terrifying snakes of his Indian career as a judge & a hermit courtier & prisoner ambassador & castaway. From the plains of Hindustan to the plateaux of the Deccan & the lost ports of Malabar the author reveals an India far off the beaten path of Taj & Raj. Ibn Battutah left India on a snake stripped to his underpants by pirates; but he took away a treasure of tales as rich as any in the history of travel. Back home they said the treasure was a fake. Mackintosh-Smith proves the sceptics wrong. India is a jewel in the turban of the Prince of Travellers. Here it is glittering grotesque but genuine a fitting ornament for his 700th birthday. ...

This is a complete history of Norwich City including facts figures highs & lows & a short biography on each personality. It is a must read for all Norwich supporters that appreciate those whose time at Norwich have done so much to shape a brilliant club. Hall of Fame
- Norwichs All Time Greats" looks at some fascinating facts & figures about the Hall of Fame in general before examining each personality in more detail though a short biography. The biographies look at each characters career focusing specifically on their achievements their records & their memorable moments with Norwich City illustrating just why Canary supporters hold them in such great esteem. Written in chronological order it takes you on a journey through the complete history of Norwich City reliving the many successes & also the lows through the Famers involved in that era."
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Comes with an exclusive CD of previously unreleased material Sex & drugs & rock & roll Is all my brain & body need Sex & drugs & rock & roll Is very good indeed Famous for his funny provocative visceral lyrics Ian Dury was a rock-&-roll poet & legendary force on the London music scene from 1970 onwards. In the course of his unstoppably creative career he studied art with Peter Blake before turning his mind to music. When he teamed up with a band called The Blockheads a new era in New Wave music exploded into being as they turned out hits like ' Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' ' Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick' & ' Billericay Dickie'. Here for the first time are Ian Dury's collected lyrics
- not only material that was released but also material that has been gathered by his daughter Jemima from old demos song fragments & other sources that until now have remained hidden. The renowned designer & artist Jake Tilson who was also Ian Dury's brother-in-law has put the lyrics together with the original scrawled notes (complete with coffee stains) typewritten songs & miscellany of scraps that inspired them. Hallo Sausages is arranged chronologically: the six chapters cover every phase in Ian Dury's career from his early days in the seventies right up to his death in 2000. Each chapter is introduced by Jemima who paints a warm insightful & humorous portrait of the man behind the outrageous words.
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A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of apples! At a Halloween party Joyce -- a hostile thirteen-year-old -- boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her she storms off home. But within hours her body is found still in the house drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night Hercule Poirot is called in to find the evil presence. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer! ...