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The Wheel Spins
''The Wheel Spins'' (a.k.a. ''The Lady Vanishes'') is a 1936 mystery novel by British writer Ethel Lina White. Plot Iris Carr, a young English society woman, is staying at a small hotel in ‘a remote corner of Europe’. Her friends leave on the train to Trieste. Iris is glad to be alone, but then starts to miss them. The remaining guests are also glad to see them leave, due to their noisy ways and monopolising of the hotel facilities. After going for a long walk and getting lost in the local mountains, Iris decides to leave also, but waiting at the railway station, she is struck or hit on the back of the head and loses consciousness. She wakes up in the waiting room, but as she can’t speak the local language, no-one can tell her what happened. She concludes that it must have been sunstroke, but manages to get on the crowded train. She finds herself in a compartment with only one English speaker, Miss Winifred Froy. Miss Froy explains that she was a teacher of the children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel Lina White
Ethel Lina White (2 April 1876 – 13 August 1944) was a British crime fiction, crime writer from Abergavenny, Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire, Wales. She was best known for her novel ''The Wheel Spins'' (1936), on which the Alfred Hitchcock 1938 film ''The Lady Vanishes'' was based. Early years Born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire, in 1876, Ethel Lina White was the daughter of William White, builder and inventor of the Hygeian Rock Building Composition, and Ethel C White, both of Clifton, Bristol. She was one of nine children. Her father's invention, a compound of bitumen and cement was the first waterproof building material, and used in the construction of the London Underground, which brought wealth to the family. White grew up in Fairlea Grange, which was built in the 1880s by her father, and started writing as a child and contributing essays and poems to children's papers. She passed the Government Examination (Second Class) in freehand drawi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuppence Middleton
Tuppence Amelia Middleton (born 21 February 1987) is a British actress. In 2010, she was nominated for the ''London Evening Standard'' Film Awards for Most Promising Newcomer. Middleton appeared in various films before making her breakthrough in Morten Tyldum's historical drama ''The Imitation Game'' (2014), and subsequently appeared in The Wachowskis' science fiction film '' Jupiter Ascending'' (2015), Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's historical drama '' The Current War'' (2017), David Fincher's film ''Mank'' (2020), and the historical drama films ''Downton Abbey'' (2019) and '' Downton Abbey: A New Era'' (2022). She made her first television appearance in '' Bones'' (2008) and subsequently appeared as a guest in ''New Tricks'' (2010), ''Friday Night Dinner'' (2011), and '' Lewis'' (2013). She also appeared as Jem in the ''Black Mirror'' episode " White Bear" (2013), as Miss Havisham in '' Dickensian'' (2015–2016), as Russian princess Hélène Kuragina in '' War & Peace'' (2016), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 British Novels
Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funeral of George V, State funeral of George V of the United Kingdom. After a procession through London, he is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. * February 4 – Radium E (bismuth-210) becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. * February 6 – The 1936 Winter Olympics, IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. * February 10–February 19, 19 – Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Amba Aradam – Italian forces gain a decisive tactical victory, effectively neutralizing the army of the Ethiopian Empire. * February 16 – 1936 Spanish general election: The left-wing Popular Front (Spain), Popular Front coalition takes a majority. * February 26 – February 26 Incident (二・二六事件, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Hartman
Kim Lesley Hartman (born 11 January 1952) is an English actress, best known for her role as Private Helga Geerhart in the BBC television sitcom '''Allo 'Allo!'' (1982–1992). She was educated at The King's High School for Girls, Warwick. and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, London. In addition to '''Allo 'Allo!'', Hartman's television credits also include '' Casualty'' and '' The Brittas Empire'', '' The Kelly Monteith Show'', '' Fifteen Storeys High'', '' Miss Jones and Son'' and ''Grange Hill'' (3 series). Her stage work includes the West End stage production of '''Allo 'Allo!'', Margaret in '' My Mother Said I Never Should'', Vera in '' Stepping Out'', Josie in ''Steaming'' (New Zealand), Philippa James in ''Double Double'', Sheila in '' Relatively Speaking'', Jacqueline in '' Don't Dress for Dinner'' (West End 1991 and New Zealand tour 1993), Alison in ''Mum's the Word'', Doris Wagstaff in the farce ''Dry Rot'', Brigit in ''Sitting Pretty'', Judith Bliss in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audible (store)
Audible is an American online audiobook and podcast service that allows users to purchase and stream audiobooks and other forms of spoken-word content. This content can be purchased individually or under a subscription model in which the user receives "credits" that can be redeemed for content monthly and receive access to a curated on-demand library of content. Audible is the United States' largest audiobook producer and retailer. The service is owned by Audible, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. History The company's first product was an eponymous portable media player known as the Audible MobilePlayer; released in 1997, the device contained around four megabytes of on-board flash memory storage, which could hold up to two hours of audio. To use the player, consumers would download an audiobook from Audible website. On March 11, 1999, Microsoft invested $11 million into the company. On October 24, 1999, Audible suffered a setb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AudioGO
AudioGO (formerly BBC Audiobooks) was a British publisher of audiobooks and a range of spoken word and large-print titles. It was majority owned by AudioGO Ltd, and minority owned by BBC Worldwide. It was formed in 2010, when AudioGO purchased a majority share in BBC Audiobooks, and traded until it went into administration in 2013. AudioGO published unabridged audio novels, and the BBC Radio Collection which incorporated dramatisations and non-fiction output derived from BBC Radio programmes. Novels were published under the imprint ''AudioGO'', and BBC-sourced content under the ''BBC Audio'' imprint, the latter making up about 20% of new titles as at 2010. Catalogue AudioGO had about 8,500 titles in its catalogue at the time it went into administration in 2013. Thereupon AudioGO's catalogue of non-BBC titles was sold to Audible.com. The BBC titles, formerly known as the BBC Radio Collection, and considered by industry experts to be the most valuable asset, were licensed to R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finty Williams
Tara Cressida "Finty" Williams (born 24 September 1972) is an English actress. She is best known as the voice of '' Angelina Ballerina''. Her mother, Judi Dench, voiced Angelina's ballet teacher, Miss Lilly. Biography Williams was born on 24 September 1972 in London, the only child of Judi Dench and Michael Williams. "Finty" is a nickname coined by her father that stuck, and is the first name Williams uses both personally and professionally. Williams trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, graduating in 1994. She has one son named Sam (b. 6 June 1997). Her mother, Judi Dench, has said that Williams did not tell her she was going to be a grandmother until days before the birth. Williams' picture appears in the opening credits of the British romantic comedy television series, starring her mother, '' As Time Goes By''. Williams was charged with drunk driving in 1998 and 2005. In both instances she was found guilty; she received no jail sentence, but her driv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audiobook
An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements. Spoken audio has been available in schools and public libraries and to a lesser extent in music shops since the 1930s. Many spoken word albums were made prior to the age of cassettes, compact discs, and downloadable audio, often of poetry and plays rather than books. It was not until the 1980s that the medium began to attract book retailers, and then book retailers started displaying audiobooks on bookshelves rather than in separate displays. Etymology The term "talking book" came into being in the 1930s with government programs designed for blind readers, while the term "audiobook" came into use during the 1970s when audiocassettes began to replace phonograph records. In 1994, the Audio Publishers Association established the term "audiobook" as the industry standard. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Blethyn ( Bottle; born 20 February 1946) is an English actress. Known for her character work and versatility, she is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and a Cannes Film Festival Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmys. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama in 2003. Blethyn pursued an administrative career before enrolling at the Guildford School of Acting in her late 20s. She subsequently joined the Royal National Theatre, gaining attention for her performances in plays such as '' Benefactors'' (1984), for which she received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play. She made her Broadway debut in the revival of the Marsha Norman play '' 'Night Mother'' (2004). She made her feature film debut with a small part in Nicolas Roeg's '' The Witches'' (1990). She starred in the Mike Leigh film '' Secrets & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Raikes
Raymond Montgomery Raikes (13 September 1910 – 18th March 1999) was a British theatre producer, director and broadcaster. He was particularly known for his productions of classic dramas for BBC Radio's "World Theatre" and "National Theatre of the Air" series, which pioneered the use of stereophonic sound in radio drama broadcasts. He received two Prix Italia awards in 1965 for his stereophonic productions of ''The Foundling'' by A. R. Gurney and '' The Anger of Achilles'' by Robert Graves. Early life and education Raikes was born at Putney, London, son of Charles Stanley Montgomery Raikes (1879–1945), of Northlands, College Road, West Norwood and Katherine Alice (died 1959), daughter of William Charles Nigel Jones, JP, of Nass, Gloucestershire, from a landed gentry family. Charles Raikes was of independent means and landed gentry background, a descendant of the newspaper proprietor Robert Raikes the Elder and a cousin of Alice Elgar (née Roberts), wife of the composer E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Theatre
__NOTOC__ ''Saturday Night Theatre'' was a long-running radio drama strand on the BBC Home Service and its successor, BBC Radio 4. Launched in April 1943 the strand showcased feature-length, middlebrow single plays on Saturday evenings for more than 50 years. The plays featured included stage plays, book adaptations and original dramatisations. For most of its history, programmes ran for 90 minutes and were largely entertainment-centred, such as thrillers, comedies and mysteries. History ''Saturday Night Theatre'' was noted as the major drama of the week on BBC Radio 4 from 1943 until it was scrapped in 1996. Audiences reached a peak of 6.75 million in 1955, but by the end the average audience levels had fallen to between 50,000 and 100,000 - although with another 500,000 listening to the Monday afternoon repeat. Shorter plays continued to be broadcast on Radio 4 on Saturday evenings from 1996 until the relaunch of the channel's schedule in April 1998 by James Boyle, when sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio
BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927. The service provides national radio stations covering the majority of musical genres, as well as local radio stations covering local news, affairs, and interests. It also oversees online audio content. Of the national radio stations, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, 2, BBC Radio 3, 3, BBC Radio 4, 4, and BBC Radio 5 Live, 5 Live are all available through analogue radio (Medium wave, MW or FM broadcasting, FM, also BBC Radio 4 broadcasts on longwave) as well as on DAB Digital Radio and BBC Sounds. The BBC Asian Network, Asian Network broadcasts on DAB and selected AM frequencies in the English Midlands. BBC Radio 1Xtra, BBC Radio 4 Extra, 4 Extra, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, 5 Sports Extra, BBC Radio 6 Music, 6 Music and the BBC World Service, World Service broadcast only on DAB and BBC Sounds, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
