Daring Adventures - Richard Thompson

Where do they dare - Adventure's where

Advantages: Great mix of action, adventure, and mystery
Disadvantages: Long

With the scope and scale of WWII, storywriters have never been stuck for an idea, an example of bravery, or heroes to portray...and Hollywood wasn't slow to catch on. So, given the pleathora (oooo, that's a new word Neil, well done)(probably spelt wrong but well done anyway) of films, can Where Eagles Dare stand out from the crowd? Deep in the heart of Nazi occupied territory an allied plane has crashed, allowing the forces of evil to capture one of the few men who knows the plans for the D-Day landings. Aware of the danger, British Intelligence sends Major Smith and his squad of crack commandos to rescue the General. But who is the mysterious Lt. Schaffer who Smith insists accompany them? Who is leaking information? Why are his squad being killed off? The answers are hidden behind avarice and deceit, but can the allied force succeed ...

TheNeil 21.03.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Where Eagles Dare (DVD)

Richard the downbeat

Advantages: Songs well up to standard
Disadvantages: Unadventurous instrumentation

This double album, one half electric ('voltage enhanced') and one half acoustic ('nude'), is a return to the more downbeat, brooding mood that characterised "Shoot Out The Lights", the last album Richard made with his soon to be ex-wife Linda 14 years earlier. The songs are as good as you'd expect from one of our most underrated geniuses, like the slightly reggaeish "Razor Dance" (which he obviously loved so much as he does a different version on both discs), and the rockabilly "Am I Wasting My Time On You". Of the more sombre songs, the chilling "The Ghost Of You Walks" and the introspective "Burns Night" come out the best, and lyrically "Woods of Darney", a song about a soldier's love affair in France during World War I, is a gem. Musically, though, I found this album a little disappointing. While I can't fault the songs, I ...

JOHNV 27.08.2000 · Read full review
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Review of You Me Us - Richard Thompson

Thompson and Morgan, seedsmen

Advantages: Great range of seeds
Disadvantages: None

Thompson and Morgan's catalogue (online and print) is interesting and filled with wonderful seeds you can grow. My wife is not keen on buying plants that have already been started. "Where is the fun in that?" she muses. "Don't people know the true joy of growing from seed?" It has to be said that she has a good point and that the Thompson and Morgan website certainly helps her to fulfil her ambition of not buying ready started plants, buy providing a truly magnificent range of seeds that you can plant and thus grow yourself, from scratch. The web site is easy to navigate and has simple, easy to read and easy to understand instructions for even the Internet virgin. There's a cheery introduction by Michael Perry, the specialist project manager, which contains a promise that if you are not satisfied, then Thompson and Morgan will ...

Martinscholes 10.10.2005 · Read full review
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