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Beaconsfield High School
Beaconsfield High School (commonly known as Becky High) is a girls' grammar school in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The school takes girls from the age of 12 through to the age of 18 (A-levels). In order to gain admission into Beaconsfield High School, students from Buckinghamshire primary schools are required to take the 11+ examination and score an average of 121/141 across at least one exam, although students who score in the region of 117 will be considered for 'appeal'. The school has approximately 1,100 pupils with around 180 in each year group. The school has around 60 classrooms and built a new 'sixth form area' in 2010 which provided around 12 new classrooms, a fully equipped computer room, a new canteen with a larger seating area and a new common room. Academics In September 1997, the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) awarded the school specialist school status as a Technology College. It has been awarded a second specialism as a Language College. The school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammar School
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school, differentiated in recent years from less academic secondary modern schools. The main difference is that a grammar school may select pupils based on academic achievement whereas a secondary modern may not. The original purpose of medieval grammar schools was the teaching of Latin. Over time the curriculum was broadened, first to include Ancient Greek, and later English and other European languages, natural sciences, mathematics, history, geography, art and other subjects. In the late Victorian era grammar schools were reorganised to provide secondary education throughout England and Wales; Scotland had developed a different system. Grammar schools of these types were also established in British territories overseas, where they have evolv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomorrow's World
''Tomorrow's World'' is a former British television series about contemporary developments in science and technology. First transmitted on 7 July 1965 on BBC1, it ran for 38 years until it was cancelled at the beginning of 2003. The ''Tomorrow's World'' title was revived in 2017 as an umbrella brand for BBC science programming. Content ''Tomorrow's World'' was created by Glyn Jones to fill a half-hour slot in the 1965 BBC summer schedule. Jones and his wife conceived the show's name the night before the ''Radio Times'' went to press. In its early days the show was edited by Max Morgan-Witts and hosted by veteran broadcaster and former Spitfire pilot Raymond Baxter. For some years it had an instrumental theme tune composed and performed by John Dankworth. During the 1970s the programme attracted 10 million viewers per week. The programme was usually broadcast live, and as a result saw the occasional failure of its technology demonstrations. For example, during a demonstratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Woodhead
Jane may refer to: * Jane (given name), a feminine given name * Jane (surname), related to the given name Film and television * ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd * ''Jane'' (2016 film), a South Korean drama film starring Lee Min-ji * ''Jane'' (2017 film), an American documentary film about Jane Goodall * ''Jane'' (2022 film), an American psychological thriller directed by Sabrina Jaglom * Jane (TV series), an 1980s British television series Music * ''Jane'' (album), an album by Jane McDonald * Jane (American band) * Jane (German band) * Jane, unaccompanied and original singer of "It's a Fine Day" in 1983 Songs * "Jane" (Barenaked Ladies song), 1994 * "Jane", a song by Ben Folds Five from their 1999 album ''The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner'' * "Jane" (Century song) * "Jane", a song by Elf Power * "Jane", a song by EPMD from '' Strictly Business'' * "Jane" (Jefferson Starship song), 1979 * "Jane", a song by the Loved Ones fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Treays
Jane Treays is a British documentary film maker. Early career In 1984, Treays was a researcher working on documentaries for the BBC. She worked on the series ''Our House''. In 1988, she produced ''The Diary of Jack Dancy'' for Timewatch. In 1995, she produced ''Situation Vacant'', about the endurance test for the Royal Marines (a six-part series for BBC Two). Films * ''I Don't Want to Be Remembered as a Chair'' (1990, Timewatch), about the Shakers * ''Painted Babies'' (1996), about child beauty pageants, which was watched by 3.5 million people * ''Under the Sun'' (BBC Two, 1998), about a male prostitute in Melbourne * ''Agas and Their Owners'' (BBC Two, 1998), "a quaint study of English class attitude" * ''Public Enemy: Mother and Son'' (ITV, 1999), about Sante Kimes * ''One Man, Six Wives and 29 Children: Real Life'', about polygyny * ''Ken and Me'', about William Roache and Ken Barlow (2000) * '' True Stories: Men in the Woods'' (Channel 4, 2001), about flashers * ''This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebury Publishing
Ebury Publishing is a division of Penguin Random House, and is a publisher of general non-fiction books in the UK. Ebury was founded in 1961 as a division of Nat Mags and was originally located on Ebury Street in London. It was sold to Century Hutchinson in 1989; Century Hutchinson was acquired by Random House. Random House merged with Penguin Group to form Penguin Random House in 2013. Under its umbrella are the imprints BBC Books, Ebury Press, Rider, Time Out, Virgin Books Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. History Virgin established its book publishing arm ..., Ebury Spotlight and Vermilion—each with their own, distinct identity and specialist areas of publishing. References External links * Random House 1989 mergers and acquisitions {{publish-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia Thorpe
Amelia may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Amélia'' (film), a 2000 Brazilian film directed by Ana Carolina * ''Amelia'' (film), a 2009 film based on the life of Amelia Earhart Literature * ''Amelia (magazine)'', a Swedish women's magazine * ''Amelia'' (novel), a 1751 sentimental novel by Henry Fielding * ''Amelia Bedelia'', a series of US children's books * Amelia Jane, a series of books by Enid Blyton * ''Amelia Rules!'', a series of American children's graphic novels Music * ''Amelia'' (opera), music by Daron Hagen; libretto by Gardner McFall; story by Stephen Wadsworth * "Amelia" (song), a song by Joni Mitchell on her 1976 album ''Hejira'' * "Amelia", a song by The Mission, from the album ''Carved in Sand'' * "Amelia", a song by the Cocteau Twins on their 1984 album ''Treasure'' * "Amelia", a song by Prism on their 1977 album ''Prism'' * "Amelia", a 1972 song by Wayne Cochran and The C.C. Riders People * Amelia (given name), including people so named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Thomas
Clare Lucy Prosser (née Thomas; born 2 April 1989) is a British actress who has appeared in several British films and television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ... series. Some of her highest profile roles have been Aggie, one of the title character's classmates in the film ''Madeline (1998 film), Madeline'', and Ingrid Dracula, daughter of Count Dracula, the Count, in the children's television series ''Young Dracula''. She also made an appearance in BBC One show ''Holby City'', as the stepdaughter of a male patient. Personal Prosser grew up with her parents and younger sister, Sally, in Beaconsfield, and attended Beaconsfield High School, a grammar school in Buckinghamshire. She studied in New York, New York, New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Rigby
Elizabeth Frances Rigby (born 19 February 1976) is a British journalist. She has worked for Sky News since 2016 and became its political editor in 2019. She has previously worked as a newspaper journalist for the ''Financial Times'' and ''The Times''. Early life and education Rigby was born in Colchester, Essex, UK. She grew up in Buckinghamshire, and attended Beaconsfield High School, a girls' grammar school. Her father was a businessman and her mother was a headteacher. Rigby graduated with a first in social and political science from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. She went on to gain a master's degree in economics and development studies from the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of London. Career After graduation, Rigby spent a period of time teaching English in Portugal, before joining the ''Financial Times'' as a graduate trainee in 1998. Her roles at the newspaper included hedge fund correspondent, retail correspondent and consumer industries edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockey At The 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's Team Squads
This article lists the squads for the Women's hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. Squads (1.) Toni Cronk, (2.) Suzie Faulkner, (3.) Karen Smith, (7.) Kim Walker, (9.) Rebecca Sanders, (10.) Kate Hollywood, (11.) Emily Halliday, (12.) Madonna Blyth, (13.) Wendy Beattie, (14.) Nicole Arrold, (15.) Kobie McGurk, (17.) Rachel Imison, (24.) Angie Skirving, (25.) Melanie Twitt, (30.) Sarah Taylor, and (32.) Nikki Hudson. Head Coach: Frank Murray. (1.) Lana Als, (2.) Ann-Marie Alleyne, (3.) Dionne Clarke, (4.) Joana Davis, (5.) Chiaka Drakes, (6.) Deborah-Ann Holder, (7.) Maria Browne, (8.) Reyna Farnum, (9.) Tricia-Ann Greaves, (10.) Patrina Braithwaite, (11.) Allison Haynes, (12.) Cher King, (13.) Lisa Crichlow, (14.) Charlia Warner, (15.) Nicole Tempro, and (16.) Tara Howard. Head Coach: Elius Fanus. (3.) Megan Anderson, (4.) Johanna Bischof, (5.) Deb Cuthbert, (9.) Lauren MacLean, (11.) Sarah Forbes, (12.) Kelly Rezansoff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England Women's National Field Hockey Team
The England women's national field hockey team are the current Commonwealth Games champions having previously won silver 3 times. England have also won the 2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier and the 2002 Champions Challenge. History Marjorie Pollard played hockey nearly every year for England from 1921 to 1937. The team toured New Zealand in 1938 and the US in 1947. Notable players were Barbara and Bridget West, Hilda Light and Mary Russell Vick. The teams had to play in long stockings whatever the heat until they were replaced with split skirts and knee high stockings. Competitive record World Cup * 1983 – 5th place * 1986 – 5th place * 1990 – 4th place * 1994 – 9th place * 1998 – 9th place * 2002 – 5th place * 2006 – 7th place * 2010 – * 2014 – 11th place * 2018 – 7th place * 2022 – 8th place Commonwealth Games * 1998 – * 2002 – * 2006 – * 2010 – * 2014 – * 2018 – * 2022 – World League * 2012–13 – * 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Hobley
Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of Leslie that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename. Places * Fort Lesley J. McNair, American army facility * Lesley University, American academic institution People Given name * Lesley Baker (b. 1944), Australian actress * Lesley Bamberger (born 1965/1966), Dutch billionaire, owner of Kroonenberg Groep * Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), British writer and editor * Lesley M. M. Blume, American author * Lesley Turner Bowrey (b. 1942), Australian tennis player * Lesley-Ann Brandt (b. 1981), South African-born actress * Lesley Choyce (b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada * Lesley Douglas (b. 1963), British radio executive * Lesley-Anne Down (b. 1954), British actress * Lesley Ann Downey (1954–1964), British murder victim * Lesley Duncan (1943–2010), British singer-songwriter * Lesley Dunlop (b. 1956), British actress * Lesley Elliott (other), mult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All3Media
All3Media Limited is a British worldwide independent television, film and digital production and distribution company based in London, England. The All3Media group comprises more than 40 production and distribution companies from across the United Kingdom and all other parts of Europe (IDTV in the Netherlands and All3Media Deutschland in Germany), New Zealand (South Pacific Pictures) and the United States. History The company was formed in 2003 after the Chrysalis's television arm was acquired by a consortium led by ex-Granada chief Steve Morrison, former ITV Head of Programming, David Liddiment and former Operations MD at Granada, Jules Burns. In 2013, it was named top UK independent producer, with a turnover of £473m. On 8 May 2014, it was announced that Discovery, Inc. and Liberty Global would acquire All3Media, in a joint venture valued at US$930 million. On 24 September 2020, BBC Studios announced their intention to sell their stake in their German joint venture wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
