Pay No Attention To The Economist Behind The Curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on October 5, 2008
As this column was being written, the U.S. House of Representatives, for a variety of ideological reasons, rejected the Bush administration’s Wall Street bailout. The bailout plan was written by Wall Street alumni and contained virtually no provisions addressing the root causes of the economic crisis. The author applauds Congress’s newfound courage and encourages further [...]
Curtain call for the stars behind scenes
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on August 31, 2008
The Wee Cherub has joined the usual line-up of Bank of Scotland Herald Angel awards as a way of incorporating The Herald Young Critics project which has been run in conjunction with the EIF’s development department since 2003 into the last of the weekly awards ceremonies. It was appropriate, then, for one of the first [...]
Curtain down on ‘truly exceptional’ Beijing Games
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on August 24, 2008
The Beijing Olympics, played out against a background of political intrigue and featuring 16 days of compelling and controversial action, drew to a spectacular close on Sunday.
International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge described the Games as “truly exceptional” in a lavish closing ceremony at the Bird’s Nest stadium which culminated in the handing over of [...]
Banks Branded a Phony by Talk Show Audience
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on August 18, 2008
Model-turned-talk show host Tyra Banks has been branded a “phony” by infuriated audience members who waited more than two hours for her to appear in the “Tyra Banks Show” studio.
The beauty, who won a TV Emmy earlier this year for the series, reportedly ignored fans waiting to film the show on Tuesday in New York [...]
Wolfgang’s curtain call
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on August 6, 2008
The mane of white hair is instantly recognisable, the twinkle that never fully conceals the toughness within is still the same, and the family features that seem to pass almost unchanged from one generation to the next are as striking as ever.
Somehow, Wolfgang has not merely survived from then until now. He has also succeeded [...]
Red tape brings curtain down on Russian theatres
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on August 3, 2008
They’ve toured across the globe, played the Albert Hall, and collaborated with some of the biggest names in classical music. The Helikon Opera has a reputation as the most exciting and innovative opera company in Russia. But catch one of their performances in Moscow, and you might be forgiven for thinking you’d walked into a [...]
Curtain Call’s Derby appeal dismissed
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on August 2, 2008
The turf Club have stood by the controversial decision to allow the Irish Derby placings remain unaltered and dismissed the appeal by the connections of Curtain Call at the Curragh yesterday.
There was widespread surprise on Derby day earlier this month when the Aidan O’Brien-trained Alessandro Volta was allowed to keep fourth place after a stewards [...]
Appetite for Twenty20 is final curtain for Pro40
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on July 20, 2008
The changes to the structure of English domestic cricket from the start of the 2010 season, put forward for approval this week by the England and Wales Cricket Board, spelled the end for the 40-over competition because of the appetite for yet more Twenty20.
But the future of the competition does not make a difference to [...]
Women Fend Off Attacker With Kleenex Box, Curtain Rod
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on July 9, 2008
ABBOTSFORD - Hours after she fended off a knife-wielding attacker in her own home, Nancy Teichgraf was at work, telling her story.
Early Thursday morning, Teichgraf was awakened by a knock on her bedroom door. She opened the door to see the man who shares the Abbotsford home with Teichgraf and her mother Frieda, 79.
“He said [...]