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JONESTOWN — After a decade and a half at the helm, Jonestown’s mayor plans to step aside at the end of the year.
Tickets to see C S Zinwan, "India's most famous magician", were starting at forty-five rupees and fifty paise, which was four point five times the cost of a balcony ticket to the Sunday cinema matinee - the maximum my mother permitted for frivolous entertainments.
THERE are people who see a glass half-full with flat beer and say thanks. They are called alcoholics. There are people who see a glass filled to its mid point with water and proclaim it's half-full. They are called optimists.
I recall a strange and hazy time about four and a half years ago, fretting in the sweltering heat of Hinton James 244, sitting on my bed while the rest of the residents scurried outside.
If there were an Academy Award for Best Growling in a Motion Picture (and there should be), Clint Eastwood would be the prohibitive favorite every time out.
An MSU home game without screaming chants from the Izzone? The Offbeat has been to louder funerals. So with a student-less crowd last night, the Spartans were forced to seek inspiration elsewhere. They found it on the court.
David Jacobson, 76, of Orleans, thinks comedy today leaves much to be desired. “The humor today is not to my taste at all,” he said. “It’s a big put down and foul language and it’s just not funny any more.” He’s just released on DVD a film he made 40 years ago that shows rare footage of two great comedians, Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, who had a career that spanned almost five decades, ...
A favourite pastime in Papua New Guineans chewing betel nut is to be banned on its streets.
Science and Innovation Minister, Lord Drayson, yesterday announced the re-appointment of Dr Graham Spittle as Chair of the Technology Strategy Board. Lord Drayson said: "I am pleased to announce that Graham Spittle will serve a new term as Chair.
The Titanic was unsinkable, said its builders. How wrong they were. Jacob Zuma has been quoted as saying that the African National Congress will rule South Africa until the second coming of Jesus.
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