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Arney (surname)
Arney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Angela Arney, British writer *George Arney (1810–1883), New Zealand lawyer * George Arney (journalist), British journalist *Helen Arney Helen Arney is a British presenter, stand-up comedian and musician. She has toured with the '' Uncaged Monkeys'' alongside comedian Robin Ince and Professor Brian Cox. Described as a "geek songstress" by the Edinburgh Reporter, Arney plays the ..., British physicist * Kat Arney, British science communicator {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Arney
Angela Arney (b. Hampshire, England) was a British writer of romance novels since 1984. She was the nineteenth elected Chairman (1997–1999) of the Romantic Novelists' Association. Biography Angela Arney was born and has lived for most of her life in Hampshire, England, and went to school in Winchester. However, since 2001, she lives in Marchwood, near Southampton. Angela has a son (who she wrote ''The Second Wife'' about), a daughter, and four grandchildren. Angela has been a successful published writer of 16 short romantic suspense stories as well as 7 long romance novels since 1984. She was the nineteenth elected Chairman (1997–1999) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, the Plenary Speaker at the Winchester Writers' Conference in 1999, Writer in Residence for the week-long Kent Festival of Literature September 2000, a tutor at most of the annual Winchester Conferences for Writers, and also taught at Southampton University. She has also been a judge for "A Synopsis and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Arney
Sir George Alfred Arney (1810 – 7 April 1883) was the second Chief Justice of New Zealand. Early life Arney was born in 1810 in Salisbury, England. His parents were William Arney, a barrister, and Maria Charlotte Arney. He was educated at Winchester and Brasenose College, Oxford. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1832 and a Master of Arts in 1833. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1829, and received his call to the bar in 1837. He married Harriet Parr in 1835, but his wife died only seven years later. New Zealand He was appointed by the Colonial Office on the advice of Justice Lord Coleridge on 2 September 1857, and arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, on the brig ''Gertrude'' on 19 February 1858. He was Chief Justice from 1858 to 1875. He was appointed Administrator of the Government under Governor Sir George Bowen on 1 October 1869 and assumed office on 21 March 1873. Arney administered the country for three months between the departure of Sir George Bowen and the arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Arney (journalist)
Mishal Husain and George Arney George Arney is a journalist for BBC and was until 2009 one of the hosts of '' The World Today'' and '' Outlook'' on the BBC World Service. He was educated at Clifton College and Cambridge. Life Arney was a BBC producer and a BBC correspondent in Pakistan in the 1980s. He hosted BBC Radio 4's ''Crossing Continents''. He has written a book book on Afghanistan. He was BBC correspondent in Pakistan from 1986 to 1988, and BBC correspondent in Sri Lanka from 1994 to 1996. Arney has written for newspapers and journals including ''The Guardian'' and ''The Economist''. In 2007 he was named International Radio Personality of the Year by the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB). Personal life Arney is separated from wife Razia Iqbal Razia Iqbal (born 1962) is a journalist employed by BBC News. She is a special correspondent, reporting for outlets across the BBC. From 2011 Iqbal has also presented ''Newshour'' on the BBC World Service. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Arney
Helen Arney is a British presenter, stand-up comedian and musician. She has toured with the '' Uncaged Monkeys'' alongside comedian Robin Ince and Professor Brian Cox. Described as a "geek songstress" by the Edinburgh Reporter, Arney plays the ukulele as one third of the Festival of the Spoken Nerd, accompanied by stand-up mathematician Matt Parker and television scientist Steve Mould. She and Parker are also commentators on nearly every episode of ''You Have Been Warned'' ('' Outrageous Acts of Science''). After performing songs which she felt were "just quirky and different" at a science show organised by Robin Ince, she realised that she could "add science and music together in a meaningful way". Appearances At the 2012 Boring Conference, Arney gave a presentation entitled “Features and Specifications of the Yamaha PSR-175 Portable Keyboard (Discontinued).” Arney presented a section of an episode of the BBC's natural history series Coast in 2015. Arney was guest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
