Sunday, 3 February 2019

Heroons

The ancient Greeks and Romans built heroons, or shrines, dedicated to their heros.  The plural of heroon is heroa. The earliest known heroons are from the Bronze Age.

Saturday, 2 February 2019

Kolkata

Kolkata, or Calcutta, is nestled on the banks of the Hooghly River, and is the principal commercial town in East India. The port was constructed by the British East India Company.

Friday, 25 January 2019

Designated Survivor (First Season 2016)

Designated Survivor is a political thriller created by screenwriter, producer and novelist David Guggenheim and first aired on ABC. UK London-born Canadian Kiefer Sutherland stars as Thomas Kirkman, an American politician nominated "designated survivor".

Saturday, 12 January 2019

Jefe de Jefes - Los Tigres del Norte

Los Tigres del Norte is a norteno group (a genre of Mexican music related to polka and corridos - the polka being a Czech dance originating in Bohemia, and corridos, which are narrative songs or ballads - originating from the rural areas). 

Soy el JDJ senores
me respetan a todos niveles
y mi nombre y mi fotografia
nunca van a mira en papeles
por que a mi el periodista me quiere
y si no mi amistad se la pierde


Los Tigres are based in San Jose, California with roots in the Mocorito municipality of Sinaloa (one of the 32 Federal entities of Mexico).

Translations:
nombre - name
nunca - never
van - go
a - to
mira - look
amistad - friendship

Monday, 31 December 2018

Ebury Press

Ebury Press is the non-fiction specialist of Penguin Random House. They are based in a number of London locations including the Strand and Vauxhall Bridge Road.

Saturday, 29 December 2018

The London Array

The London Array is an offshore wind farm consisting of 175 wind turbines. The first turbine was installed in 2012. It was conceived as a two phase project with total capacity of 1GW.

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

The Olivier Awards

The Olivier Awards are Britain's most prestigious stage honours. They were first established in 1976 by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT).