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"content": "Retrieve Wikipedia passages that answer the question; Shane Meadows' documentary film about which band received its world premiere at Trafford Park last month and was also simultaneously broadcast live in many cinemas across the UK?",
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"content": "Formally Known As The Bollocks : The Stone Roses Reni The Stone Roses are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's most prominent lineup consists of vocalist Ian Brown , guitarist John Squire , bassist Mani , and drummer Reni . The band released their debut album, The Stone Roses , in 1989. The album was a breakthrough success for the band and garnered critical acclaim, with many critics regarding it as one of the greatest British albums ever recorded. At this time the group decided to capitalise on their success by signing to a major label. Their current record label, Silvertone, would not let them out of their contract, which led to a long legal battle that culminated with the band signing with Geffen Records in 1991. The Stone Roses then released their second album, Second Coming , which was met with mixed reviews in 1994. [1] The group soon disbanded after several lineup changes throughout the supporting tour, which began with Reni first departing in late 1995, followed by Squire in April 1996. Brown and Mani dissolved the remains of the group in October 1996 following their appearance at Reading Festival. Following much intensified media speculation, [2] The Stone Roses called a press conference on 18 October 2011 to announce that the band had reunited and would perform a reunion tour of the world in 2012, including three homecoming shows in Heaton Park , Manchester. [3] [4] Plans to record a third album in the future were also floated. [5] In June 2012, Chris Coghill, the writer of the new film which is set during the Stone Roses 1990 Spike Island show, revealed that the band \"have at least three or four new tracks recorded\". [6] [7] In June 2013, a documentary about the band's reformation directed by Shane Meadows and titled The Stone Roses: Made of Stone was released. [8] Contents History[ edit ] Formation (1983–84)[ edit ] Ian Brown (at the time the bassist) and guitarist John Squire , who knew each other from Altrincham Grammar School for Boys , formed a short-lived Clash -inspired band called The Patrol in 1980 along with singer/guitarist Andy Couzens and drummer Simon Wolstencroft . [9] [10] They played several gigs in 1980 and recorded a demo tape , but towards the end of that year decided on a change of direction. [11] Brown had got a taste of being a frontman during the last Patrol show, singing Sweet 's \"Blockbuster\" to close the set, with the band's friend/roadie Pete Garner standing in on bass, and Couzens wanting to concentrate on guitar. [11] The band members lost enthusiasm in 1981, Brown selling his bass guitar to buy a scooter, and Wolstencroft joined the pre- Smiths band Freak Party . [12] Squire continued to practise guitar [10] while working as an animator for Cosgrove Hall during the day, while Brown ran a Northern soul night in a Salford club. Squire and Couzens started a new band, The Fireside Chaps, with bassist Gary \"Mani\" Mounfield, later recruiting a singer named Kaiser and drummer Chris Goodwin, and changing their name to The Waterfront (after the film On the Waterfront ), their sound influenced by 1960s groups and contemporary bands such as Orange Juice . [10] [13] Goodwin left before the band recorded their first demo and, shortly after the demo, Squire asked Brown to join as singer. A meeting with Geno Washington at a party at Brown's flat in Hulme, in which Washington told Brown that he would be a star and should be a singer, convinced Brown to take Squire up on his offer. [14] Brown joined The Waterfront in late 1983, for a time sharing vocals with Kaiser. [15] Like the earlier attempts at bands, The Waterfront fizzled out, but in late 1983 Couzens decided to try again at starting a band, and approached Brown. [16] They decided on Wolstencroft (who had turned down the job of drummer in The Smiths) as drummer and Pete Garner as bassist (despite his admission that he could not play anything but",
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"content": "Retrieve Wikipedia passages that answer the question; \"Whose theme song was \"\"Thanks For The Memory\"\"?\"",
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"content": "Bob Hope & Shirley Ross Sing \"Thanks For The Memory\" (1938) - YouTube Bob Hope & Shirley Ross Sing \"Thanks For The Memory\" (1938) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 4, 2013 Here's the Academy Award winner of 1938, \"Thanks For The Memory\". It was featured in the film \"The Big Broadcast of 1938\" and won the Oscar for Best Original Song. It became Bob Hope's theme; he used it for the rest of his career. The song has had dozens of lyric changes over the years; this is the movie version, sung by Hope and Shirley Ross. The song is about a separated married couple who are beginning to think they've made a big mistake. Pretty, wistful, and a little sad--it's a great song. As always, I don't own the music or the images, and make no profit. \"Fair Use\" Please check out my channel--I have one video that can only be viewed there. Category",
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"content": "Retrieve Wikipedia passages that answer the question; What structure, designed by John Paxton for Prince Albert, was destroyed by fire on the 30th November 1936?",
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"content": "BBC - London - History - Crystal Palace: A History Crystal Palace You are in: London > History > Crystal Palace > Crystal Palace: A History The Crystal Palace Crystal Palace: A History BBC London's Gary Holland goes back to the year 1854 to find out all about the Palace and the people behind this amazing south London site The Crystal Palace was a huge glass and iron structure originally built in 1851 for the Great Exhibition held in London's Hyde Park. Prince Albert, head of the Society of Arts, had the idea of an exhibition to impress the world with Britain's industrial achievements. Penge Palace, Sydenham Countries including France, the United States, Russia, Turkey and Egypt all attended with exhibits falling into four main categories - Raw Materials, Machinery, Manufacturers and Fine Arts. The Palace was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton and after the Great Exhibition finished in October 1851 he had the idea of moving it to Penge Place Estate, Sydenham as a 'Winter Park and Garden under Glass'. Penge Place, now called Crystal Palace Park, was owned by Paxton's friend and railway entrepreneur Leo Schuster. August 1852 saw the rebuilding work begin and in June 1854 Crystal Palace was re-opened in its new location by Queen Victoria. The whole building was enormous - 1,848 feet long and 408 feet wide including two huge towers and many fountains with over 11,000 jets rising into the air. Cricketer WG Grace at the Palace in 1899 The palace and the grounds became the world's first theme park offering education, entertainment, a rollercoaster, cricket matches, and even 20 F.A. Cup Finals between 1895 -1914. The site attracted 2 million visitors a year and was also home to displays, festivals, music shows and over one hundred thousand soldiers during the First World War. Part of the gardens included a prehistoric swamp complete with models of dinosaurs. They were the first prehistoric animals ever built and came only around 30 years after dinosaurs were discovered. The dinosaur park has recently re-opened after a £4m refurbishment project. However, the Palace fell into financial ruin and a series of fires spelt the end of this historic building. \"This is the end of an age\" Sir Winston Churchill, 1936 Crystal Palace was cursed by bad luck and financial crisis. In 1861 the Palace was damaged by strong winds and on Sunday 30th December 1866 a fire broke out destroying the North End of the building along with many natural history exhibits. In 1892 one person died from a hot air balloon accident and eight years later another was trampled to death by an escaped elephant. Although the palace saw many successful years and millions of visitors financial problems plagued the Palace. Its sheer size meant it was impossible to maintain financially and it was declared bankrupt in 1911. A trust was set up and they soon employed Henry James Buckland as Manager of Crystal Palace. After the fire in 1936 'disaster' However, it was the night of 30th November 1936 that saw the most devastation. Henry Buckland and his daughter Crystal, named after his love of Crystal Palace, were out walking their dog and noticed a small fire at the Palace. This soon escalated and a huge fire broke out across the building. By morning most of the Palace was destroyed. There had been 88 fire engines, 438 officers, men from 4 fire brigades and 749 police officers on duty that historic night. Some of the original remains that can still be seen today are classed as Grade II* listed. They include terraces, sphinxes and the huge bust of Sir Joseph Paxton. Other fascinating features include sets of stairs, remains of the aquarium and the base of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's south water tower. TALES FROM THE PALACES Thursday 22 September - Thursday 24 November 2005 A warm, funny and sometimes moving ten-part series filmed over a year with the conservation teams inside Britain's Historic Royal Palaces: Hampton Court, The Tower of London, Kensington Palace, The Banqueting House and Kew Palace. last updated: 09/04/2008 at 14:56 created: 27/07/2004",
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"content": "Retrieve Wikipedia passages that answer the question; Which is the only Anglican cathedral located in the present day county of Lancashire?",
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"content": "Welcome to the website of the Diocese of Blackburn, the Church of England in Lancashire. The Diocese, originally part of the Manchester Diocese was created in 1926 http://www.blackburn.anglican.org/ ... Jenkinson 01254 503276 or email [email protected] ... [email protected]. St Marys House Cathedral Close Blackburn BB1 5AA Tel ... http://www.blackburn.anglican.org/more_info.asp?current_id=289 Blackburn BB1 5AA Cathedral Clergy. The Dean - Very Rev'd Christopher Armstrong [email protected] ... [email protected] or i_am_not ... http://www.blackburncathedral.com/contact.asp Blackburn Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral Church of Blackburn Saint Mary the ****** with St Paul, is a cathedral situated in the heart of Blackburn town ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Cathedral Blackburn Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Blackburn BB1 5AA or email [email protected] Haiku must be based on the theme of Anne Frank and her diary, her http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/projects/ema/getfile.php?src=82/Anne+Frank+haiku+competition.pdf ... Cathedral Close Blackburn Postcode BB1 5AA Phone 01254 51491 Website http://www.blackburn.anglican.org/ ... You may need to pay an additional bus or ... http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/nonrail/cathedrals/blackburncathedral.html Blackburn Cathedral Blackburn BB1 5AA Cathedral Close www ... Tuesday-Thursday10am-2.30pm,on 01254 503082 or e-mail [email protected] http://www.blackburncathedral.com/UserFiles/File/Concert%20Diary%202008_9.pdf ... PR1 8DY Revd: Joe Fielder, 01772-491900 email: [email protected] You can also visit the Blackburn Diocese website on: http://www.blackburn.anglican.org, or ... http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/services/sss/student_services/multi_faith_centre/anglican.php ... please contact Sarah Earnshaw on 01254 503070 ext 218 or email [email protected] ... Youth; Diocese of Blackburn; Contact Us; Vacancies; Shop Online http://www.bdeducation.org.uk/scriptural-challenge.html Church House Cathedral Close Blackburn Lancashire BB1 5AA. Tel: 01254 503070. Email: [email protected] ... To raise or provide and apply funds and ... http://www.charitiesdirect.com/charities/blackburn-diocesan-board-of-education-1020101.html",
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"content": "Retrieve Wikipedia passages that answer the question; Which daily newspaper was founded in 1855 and was the first London penny paper? It was the means of sending Henry Morgan Stanley to Africa to continue Livingstone's work.",
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"content": "NEWSPAPERS - Online Information article about NEWSPAPERS NEWSPAPERS del.icio.us it! NEWSPAPERS. The word \" newspaper,\" as now employed, covers so wide a field that it is difficult, if not impossible, to give it a precise definition. By the English \" Newspaper Libel and Registration Act \" of 1881 it is defined as \" any paper containing public news, intelligence or occurrences, or any remarks or observations therein printed for sale, and published periodically or in parts or numbers at intervals not exceeding twenty-six days \"; and the British Post Office defines a newspaper as \" any publication \"—to summarize the wording—\" printed and published in numbers at intervals of not more than seven days, consisting wholly or in part of political or other news, or of articles relating thereto or to other current topics, with or without advertisements.\" In ordinary practice, the \" newspapers,\" as distinguished from other periodicals (q.v.), mean the daily or (at most) weekly publications which are principally concerned with reporting and commenting upon general current events. For the laws regulating the conduct and contents of newspapers see PRESS LAws and allied articles. The two real essentials of a \" newspaper \" are that it contains \" news,\" and is issued at regular intervals. But the course of history has involved considerable changes both in the mode of issue and in the conception of what \" news \" is. For purposes of modern usage we have to distinguish historically between the product of a printing-press which is manifolded by that means, and a mere manuscript sheet which is only capable of being copied by hand. \" News\" again varies both according to the appetite and according to its method of collection and presentation. A distinction ought perhaps to be made between literary and pictorial news, but this is almost impossible in practice. 1. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS So far as very early forms of what we now recognize as corresponding to a \" newspaper \" are concerned, involving public reports of news, the Roman Ada Diurna and the Chinese Peking Gazette may be mentioned here, if only on account of their historical interest. The Ada Diurna (\" Daily Events \") in ancient Rome (lasting to the fall of the Western Empire), were short announcements containing official intelligence of battles, elections, games, fires, religious rites, &c., and were compiled by the actuarii officers appointed for the purpose; they were kept as public records, and were also posted up in the forum or other places in Rome, and were sometimes copied for despatch to the provinces. Juvenal speaks of a Roman lady passing her morning in reading the paper, so that it appears that private copies were in vogue. In China the Peking Gazelle, as foreigners call it, containing imperial rescripts and official news, has appeared regularly ever since the days of the Tang dynasty (A.D. 618-905). Even older than it, as is alleged, is the monthly Peking News (Tsing-Pao)—now in appearance an octavo book of 24 pages in a yellow cover—which, according to M. Huart, French Consul at Canton, was founded early in the 6th century. But it is not of any real moment to do more than refer to such publications as these, which have little in common with the ideas of Western civilization. The -\" newspaper \" in its modern acceptation can only be properly dated from the time when in Western Europe the invention of printing made a multiplication of copies a commercial possibility in any satisfactory sense. On the point of terminology, Mr J. B. W. Williams, in his History of English Journalism to the Foundation of the Gazette (1908), the first scholarly account of the early evolution of the Press in England, describes the Oxford Gazette of 1665 (the original of the London Gazette) as the first English \" newspaper \" in the precise sense, i.e. a \" paper \" of news;' for it was a half-sheet in folio, two pages, and not a \" pamphlet \" as previous periodicals of news had been. A pamphlet (q.v.) was one or more 1 For the earliest known use of the term \" newspaper \" he cites a letter in 1670 to Charles",
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"content": "Retrieve Wikipedia passages that answer the question; Which actor said, in the film ‘World’s Greatest Dad’, ‘I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone’?",
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"content": "Robin Williams: 'I was shameful, did stuff that caused disgust – that's hard to recover from' | Film | The Guardian The G2 interview Robin Williams: 'I was shameful, did stuff that caused disgust – that's hard to recover from' His new film, World's Greatest Dad, is a glorious return to form. But a mournful Robin Williams would rather talk about his battle with drugs and alcohol – and recovering from heart surgery Robin Williams. Photograph: Ken Hively/Los Angeles Times/ContourPhotos.com Monday 20 September 2010 03.00 EDT First published on Monday 20 September 2010 03.00 EDT Share on Messenger Close In the normal order of things, an interview with a Hollywood actor observes the form of a transaction. The actor wants to promote their film, and ideally talk about little else – least of all anything of a personal nature. The newspaper is mildly interested in the new film, but hopes they can be tempted to talk about other matters – best of all their private life. Sometimes the agreement is explicit, but most of the time it is mutually understood, and so the interview tends to proceed rather like a polite dance, with each party manoeuvring in its own interests. On this occasion, however, the convention appears to have been turned on its head. Robin Williams's new film, World's Greatest Dad , is brilliant. Having starred in a lot of unspeakably sentimental dross in recent years, here he is at last in something clever and thoughtful; a dark, slightly weird comedy that touches on all sorts of interesting themes that I'm hoping he'll talk about. Williams, however, has other plans. It is almost impossible to get anything coherent out of him about the film, or any of the issues it raises. He is vague, tangential and at times more or less incomprehensible – until the conversation turns to more personal matters, at which point he becomes lucid and forthcoming. What Williams really wants to talk about, it turns out, is his relapse into alcoholism, his rehab and his open-heart surgery. Unfortunately, it takes me some time to cotton on to this, so I keep asking questions about World's Greatest Dad . Williams plays Lance, a failed writer, failed teacher and single father of perhaps the most irredeemably dislikable teenager ever to appear on screen. His son Kyle is addicted to hardcore internet pornography and is almost universally loathed – until he accidentally dies. His father fakes a suicide note, and when it is leaked, the school magazine reprints the letter, its poignancy prompting a posthumous revision of everyone's former low opinion of the boy. Soon a juggernaut of confected grief is roaring out of control. Unable to resist the allure of his new popularity, Lance proceeds to fake a whole journal, passing it off as his son's and fuelling the insatiable hunger for loss. A bidding war breaks out between publishing houses, the journal becomes a bestselling book, and Lance winds up on a daytime TV show, like a pseudo celebrity, peddling his mythical son's tragedy to the nation. The film is a devastatingly funny indictment of the modern grief industry, but when I ask Williams if he thinks it's getting worse, he says mildly, \"Well, I think people want it. In a weird way, it's trying to keep hope alive.\" So does he not share the film's judgment on mawkish sentimentality? \"Well, you just try and keep it in perspective; you have to remember the best and the worst.\" It seems as if he's about to engage with the question – \"In America they really do mythologise people when they die,\" he agrees – but then he veers off at a tangent, putting on Ronald Reagan's voice but talking about the ex-president in the third person: \"Maybe he was kind of lovable, but you realised half way through his administration he really didn't know where he was.\" I wonder if Williams had experienced a little bit of the film's theme himself, when his great friend Christopher Reeve died. Was it hard, I ask, to see fans mourning Superman , when to Williams he was a real person, a real friend? \"He was a friend,\" Williams says solemnly. \"And also knowing him, especially afte",
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