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Cover Her Face
''Cover Her Face'' is the debut 1962 crime novel of P. D. James. It details the investigations into the death of a young, ambitious maid, surrounded by a family which has reasons to want her gone – or dead. The title is taken from a passage from John Webster's ''The Duchess of Malfi'': ''"Cover her face. Mine eyes dazzle; she died young,"'' which is quoted by one of the characters in the novel. Plot summary The story opens with a dinner party hosted by Mrs. Eleanor Maxie at Martingale, a manor house in the (fictional) Essex village of Chadfleet. Mrs. Maxie's son and daughter, Stephen Maxie and Deborah Riscoe, are both at the party. Serving at table is Sally Jupp, chosen from a local refuge for unmarried mothers to help in the house by Mrs Maxie and now living in with her infant son, Jimmy. Also present at the meal are Stephen's former romantic interest, Catherine Bowers; Alice Liddell, warden of St Mary's Refuge; and Dr Epps, the family doctor. Deborah later visits Stephen a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mozley
Charles Alfred Mozley (29 May 1914 – 11 January 1991) was a British artist who was also a teacher. He was a prolific book illustrator and designer of book covers, posters and prints. Biography Mozley was born in Darnall, Sheffield, and, while still a schoolboy, attended the Sheffield School of Art. An exhibition of his artworks were held at the Hibbert Brothers Gallery in the city in 1933. After spending 1933 teaching in Sheffield, Mozley won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, RCA, in 1934. When he left the RCA in 1937, Mozley taught life drawing, anatomy and lithography at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. He also quickly established himself as a freelance artist. At the start of the Second World War, Mozley joined the British Army and worked for military intelligence and on camouflage designs. In 1940, Mozley submitted a number of works to the War Artists' Advisory Committee. The Committee purchased one of these pieces, ''A Kentish Lane, 1940'' and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Marsden
Roy Marsden (born ''Roy Anthony Mould''; 25 June 1941) is an English actor who portrayed Adam Dalgliesh in the Anglia Television dramatisations (1983–1998) of P. D. James's detective novels, and Neil Burnside in the spy drama '' The Sandbaggers'' (1979–1980). Early life and education Marsden was born on 25 June 1941, as Roy Anthony Mould. Marsden attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and spent four terms there, and while there, he attempted to unionise the students (but was thwarted). After one argument he poured a bottle of urine down the front of the director's suit; Marsden recalled, "Two weeks later, he phoned me up and asked if I'd got a job or an agent. I said no, so he arranged for me to start work at a theatre in Nottingham, and who should be the student assistant manager there but Anthony Hopkins. I persuaded him to go to RADA." Acting career Stage In the early 1960s, Marsden worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and began to accumula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Debut Novels
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han. * The Xian Emperor returns to war-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siân Phillips
Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Siân Phillips ( ), is a Welsh actress from Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Wales. Her early career consisted primarily of stage roles, including the title roles in Ibsen's '' Hedda Gabler'' and George Bernard Shaw's '' Saint Joan.'' In the 1960s, she started taking on more roles in television and film. She is particularly known for her performance as Livia in the 1976 BBC television series '' I, Claudius,'' for which she was awarded a BAFTA and a Royal Television Society award. She was nominated for a Tony Award and Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Marlene Dietrich in '' Marlene''. Early life Phillips was born on 14 May 1933 in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, South Wales, the daughter of Sally (''née'' Thomas), a teacher, and David Phillips, a steelworker who became a policeman. She is a Welsh-speaker: in the first volume of her autobiography ''Private Faces'' (1999) she notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Ellis
Anthony Robin Ellis (born 8 January 1942) is a British actor and cookery book writer best known for his role as Captain Ross Poldark in the 29 episodes of the 1975 BBC classic series ''Poldark (1975 TV series), Poldark'', adapted from a series of books by the British author Winston Graham. He also appeared in ''A Touch of Class (Fawlty Towers), Fawlty Towers'', ''Cluedo (British game show), Cluedo'', ''The Good Soldier (1981 film), The Good Soldier'' (an adaptation of the Ford Madox Ford novel), ''Elizabeth R'' (playing Essex), ''The Moonstone (1972 TV series), The Moonstone'', ''Bel Ami (British TV series), Bel Ami'', ''Sense and Sensibility (1971 TV series), Sense and Sensibility'' (which also featured Clive Francis), ''Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series), The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes'', ''She Loves Me'' (in which he sings) and ''Blue Remembered Hills'' (written by Dennis Potter). In 2015–17 and 2019 he appeared in the ''Poldark (2015 TV series), Poldark'' series remake as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Grant
Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming and vulnerable romantic leading man, and has since transitioned into a character actor. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Hugh Grant, several accolades including a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. He received an Honorary César in 2006. In 2022, Time Out (magazine), ''Time Out'' magazine listed Grant as one of Britain's 50 greatest actors of all time. , his films have grossed over US$4 billion worldwide. Grant made his feature film acting debut in ''Privileged (film), Privileged'' (1982), followed by the romantic drama ''Maurice (1987 film), Maurice'' (1987) for which he gained acclaim as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. He then acted in a string of successful period dramas such as ''The Remains of the Day (film), The Remains of the Day'' (1993), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neville Teller
Neville Teller (born 1931) is a British dramatist and abridger. A prolific contributor to BBC Radio, his first broadcast was an abridgement of ''The Wheel Spins'' in 1956. Early life and education Neville Teller was born in London in 1931. He attended Owen's School in Islington and went on to study modern history at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He has three sons and now lives in Israel. Career Teller began contributing to BBC Radio in the 1950s and became a prolific writer of radio drama and readings. He has written or adapted around 50 radio plays and well over 250 abridged readings for broadcast on BBC radio. Alongside his radio work, Teller pursued a parallel career in the commercial and public sectors: he held positions in marketing, the media, and the civil service while continuing to write for radio. He was also active in professional organizations related to his field, serving as chairman of the Society of Authors' broadcasting committee and of the Audiobook Publishing Asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. Since 2019, the station controller has been Mohit Bakaya. He replaced Gwyneth Williams, who had been the station controller since 2010. Broadcasting throughout the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM broadcast band, FM, Longwave, LW and Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, and on BBC Sounds, it can be received in the eastern counties of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, northern France and Northern Europe. It is available on Freeview (UK), Freeview, Freesat, Sky (UK & Ireland), Sky, and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it List of most-listened-to radio programs#Top stations in the United Kingdom, the UK's second most-popular radio station after BBC Radio 2. BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainthorpe Hall
Rainthorpe Hall is a Grade I listed Elizabethan country mansion and estate near Tasburgh in Norfolk, England, about south of Norwich. The property is notable for its medieval stonework, wood carvings, rare 17th-century leather wall-coverings, 19th-century Victorian mirrors and extensive collection of stained glass dating back to the 13th century. The estate grounds extend to around 50 acres. History of Rainthorpe Hall The settlement of Rainthorpe (Rainestorp) is first recorded in Domesday Book under the tenancy of Roger de Rames. It was then a hamlet with a population of 9 households. There is evidence that the Hall dates back to the 15th century or earlier in some form and that most of the original structure was destroyed by a fire around 1500. The current hall dates back to 1503. In 1579, the lawyer Thomas Baxter purchased the property and set about adding to it and altering it to include two new wings to form the E-shape characteristic of Elizabethan houses of this type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Thomson
Kim Ellen Thomson (born 1964) is a British actress who has appeared on stage, television and film since the early 1980s in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Early life Thomson was born on 1964, although other sources have said in 1960"Kim Thomson." ''Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television''. Vol. 76. Gale, 2007, pages 333–335. and 1964, in Scotland or Bath, Somerset, England to a Scottish father and Irish mother. Her parents split when she was three years old, and she was raised in Surrey by her father's parents, who were originally from Alloa. At the age of six, she was sent to a boarding school for five years. Much later she went on record to say boarding schools should be abolished. She trained as an actress at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career Her most memorable role was that of Lesley Bainbridge in the BBC sitcom '' Brush Strokes'', which at its peak, was watched by over 15 million people with the British tabloids avidly following the story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Glover
Julian Wyatt Glover (born 27 March 1935) is an English actor with many stage, television, and film roles. Classically trained, he is a recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award and has performed many times for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Glover's well-known film roles have included playing villains in several major motion picture franchises: General Maximilian Veers in '' The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980), Aristotle Kristatos in '' For Your Eyes Only'' (1981), and Walter Donovan in ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989). He has also appeared as Brian Harcourt-Smith in '' The Fourth Protocol'' (1987), voiced the giant Acromantula spider Aragog in '' Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' (2002), and appeared as conductor Andris Davis in the psychological drama '' Tár'' (2022). Glover has also appeared frequently on television, especially in the UK, including guest appearances in series such as '' The Avengers'', '' The Saint'', '' Thriller'', ''Doctor Who'', ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
