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Ekow Eshun
Ekow Eshun (born 27 May 1968) is a British writer, journalist, broadcaster, and curator. He is the editor-in-chief of the quarterly magazine ''Tank'', a former editor of ''Arena'' magazine, and the former director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. He is Chair of the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group and Creative Director of Calvert 22 Foundation. Biography Ekow Eshun was born in London, the younger brother of writer Kodwo Eshun. His family are Fante from Ghana. His father, whom he calls "Joe", was a supporter of Kwame Nkrumah and was working at the Ghanaian High Commission when Nkrumah was overthrown in a military–police coup in February 1966. He continued to support Nkrumah, visited him in Conakry, Guinea, where he was in exile and in September 1967 took the risk of returning to West Africa, where he was arrested in Benin and returned to Ghana, where he spent two years in prison. Although three years (1971–74) of Eshun's childhood were spent in Accra, for the most pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsbury High School
(''Let us be judged by our actions'') , established = 1925 , closed = , type = Academy , religious_affiliation = , president = , head_label = Headteacher , head = Mr Alex Thomas , r_head_label =Head of Schools , r_head =Mr Anton McLean (Lower School) Ms Rachelle Regan (Upper School) , chair_label = Chair of governors , chair = Jag Minhas , founder = , specialist = , address = Princes Avenue (Upper School) Bacon Lane (Lower School) , city = Kingsbury , county = London , country = United Kingdom , postcode = NW9 9AT (Lower School) NW9 9JR (Upper School) , local_authority = Brent , ofsted = yes , urn = 137685 , staff = , enrolment = 2036 (approx.) , gender = Mixed , lower_age = 11 , upper_age = 18 , houses = , colours = , publication = , free_label_1 = Former Pupils Known As , free_1 = Old Kingsburians , fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ( United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R. Masson, Catherine Anne Pattillo, "Monetary union in West Africa (ECOWAS): is it desirable and how could it be achieved?" (Introduction). International Monetary Fund, 2001. The population of West Africa is estimated at about million people as of , and at 381,981,000 as of 2017, of which 189,672,000 are female and 192,309,000 male. The region is demographically and economically one of the fastest growing on the African continent. Early history in West Africa included a number of prominent regional powers that dominated different parts of both the coastal and internal trade networks, suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas University Challenge
''Christmas University Challenge'' is a British quiz programme which has aired on BBC Two since 2011. It is a spin-off from University Challenge that airs daily over the Christmas period, and features teams of noteworthy alumni from British universities competing in the same format as the parent show. The current holders are Balliol College, Oxford, who won Paxman's final episode on 30 December 2022. Series 2011 2011 results *Winning teams are highlighted in bold. *Teams with green scores (winners) returned in the next round, while those with red scores (losers) were eliminated. *Teams with orange scores won their match but did not achieve a high enough score to proceed to the next round. First Round Semi-finals Final The 2011 series was won by Trinity College, Cambridge whose team of Robin Bhattacharyya, Daisy Goodwin, John Lloyd, and Edward Stourton beat the University of Warwick's team of Vadim Jean, Daisy Christodoulou, Christian Wolmar and Carla Mendonça. 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Word (British TV Show)
The Last Word or Last Word may refer to: Film * ''The Last Word'' (1973 film), a Bulgarian film directed by Binka Zhelyazkova * ''The Last Word'' (1975 film), a German film * ''The Last Word'' (1979 film), a film directed by Roy Boulting * ''The Last Word'' (1995 film), a film directed by Tony Spiridakis * ''The Last Word'' (2003 film), a film starring Mary Lucia * ''The Last Word'' (2008 film), a film starring Wes Bentley and Winona Ryder * ''The Last Word'', a 2008 documentary film about Johnny Frank Garrett ** ''Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word'', a 2016 fictional film based on the documentary * ''The Last Word'' (2009 film), an Iranian film * ''The Last Word'', a former title of ''Perfect Sense'', a 2011 film starring Eva Green and Ewan McGregor * ''The Last Word'' (2017 film), a film starring Shirley MacLaine and Amanda Seyfried Literature * "The Last Word" (Knight short story), a 1957 story by Damon Knight * "The Last Word" (Greene short story), a 1988 story by G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More4
More4 is a British free-to-air television channel, owned by Channel Four Television Corporation. The channel launched on 10 October 2005. Its programming mainly focuses on lifestyle and documentaries, as well as foreign dramas. Content When the channel first launched in 2005, it mostly focused on US dramas and repeats of Channel 4 programmes. Having shown all five weekday editions of ''The Daily Show'' since More4's launch, in January 2011 the channel scaled back its commitment to one episode per week in order to increase investment in its arts programming. On 23 January 2012, More4 re-focused towards more lifestyle-based content. Documentaries which previously aired on the channel moved to Channel 4. More4's schedule runs every day from 08:55 to 04:00. More4 shows programmes from TJC during downtime. Branding 2005–2012 In September 2005, Channel 4 began running teaser trailers for the new station (although the name was neither mentioned nor seen in the adverts). Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviva
Aviva plc is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, England. It has about 18 million customers across its core markets of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada. In the United Kingdom, Aviva is the largest general insurer and a leading life and pensions provider. Aviva is also the second largest general insurer in Canada. Aviva also has a focus on the growth markets of China and South East Asia through investments and joint ventures with other firms. Aviva has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Name The name of the company upon its formation in May 2000 was CGNU plc and was created when Norwich Union merged with insurer CGU. In April 2002, the company's shareholders voted to change the company name to Aviva plc, an invented palindrome word derived from "viva", the Latin for 'alive' and designed to be short, memorable and work worldwide. The Norwich Union brand, however, was retained for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Review Show
''The Review Show'' was a British discussion programme dedicated to the arts which ran, under several titles, from 1994 to 2014. The programme featured a panel of guests who reviewed developments in the world of the arts and culture. History ''The Review Show'' began as ''Late Review'' in 1994, a strand within ''The Late Show'', an arts magazine which followed the current affairs programme ''Newsnight'', airing on Thursday nights. On 19 March 2000, it moved to a peak time Sunday evening slot within the ''Art Zone'' strand, and the title shortened to ''Review'', before moving to Friday nights from 23 February 2001 where the review show was appended to ''Newsnight'', and renamed ''Newsnight Review''. ''Newsnight Review'' was a consumer survey of the week's artistic and cultural highlights which appeared on Friday evening's edition of ''Newsnight''. The programme featured a chair and a panel of three invited guests who would review a selection of books, plays, films and exhibitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio channels, it is funded by the television licence, and is therefore free of commercial advertising. It is a comparatively well-funded public-service network, regularly attaining a much higher audience share than most public-service networks worldwide. Originally styled BBC2, it was the third British television station to be launched (starting on 21 April 1964), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour. It was envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming, and while this tendency has continued to date, most special-interest programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the BBC Proms, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. The station controller is Mohit Bakaya. Broadcasting throughout the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM, LW and DAB, and on BBC Sounds, it can be received in the eastern counties of Ireland, northern France and Northern Europe. It is available on Freeview, Sky, and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it the UK's second most-popular radio station after Radio 2. BBC Radio 4 broadcasts news programmes such as ''Today'' and ''The World at One'', heralded on air by the Greenwich Time Signal pips or the chimes of Big Ben. The pips are only accurate on FM, LW, and MW; there is a delay on digital radio of three to five seconds and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Review (radio)
''Saturday Review'' was a weekly radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ... which "offers sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events", according to the show's website. The show was presented by Tom Sutcliffe. It was replaced in 2021. References External links''Saturday Review'' website BBC Radio 4 programmes {{BBC-radio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beaver (newspaper)
''The Beaver'' is the fortnightly newspaper of the LSE Students' Union at the London School of Economics, England. ''The Beaver'' has had some of its stories being picked up by the national press. One thousand copies are published and distributed around campus every other Tuesday during term time. Articles are also published online daily. ''The Beaver'' is governed its society which is free for any LSE student to join. The paper is made up of sections News, Opinion and Features in addition to its magazine ''Flipside''. The Beaver also produces Beaver Sound'' a multimedia podcast platform. History Named after the school's mascot, the beaver, which was chosen "as representing an industrious animal with social habits", ''The Beaver'' newspaper was first published in its recognised format on 5 May 1949, and is one of the oldest student newspapers in the UK. The British Library of Political and Economic Science holds print and digital archives of the paper dating back to this first iss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evening Standard
The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, after being purchased by Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev, the paper ended a 180-year history of paid circulation and became a free newspaper, doubling its circulation as part of a change in its business plan. Emily Sheffield became editor in July 2020 but resigned in October 2021. History From 1827 to 2009 The newspaper was founded by barrister Stanley Lees Giffard on 21 May 1827 as ''The Standard''. The early owner of the paper was Charles Baldwin. Under the ownership of James Johnstone, ''The Standard'' became a morning paper from 29 June 1857. ''The Evening Standard'' was published from 11 June 1859. ''The Standard'' gained eminence for its detailed foreign news, notably its reporting of events of the American Civil War (1861–1865 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
