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Lamb
Lamb or The Lamb may refer to: * A young sheep * Lamb and mutton, the meat of sheep Arts and media Film, television, and theatre * ''The Lamb'' (1915 film), a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in his screen debut * ''The Lamb'' (1918 film), a silent short comedy starring Harold Lloyd * ''The Lamb'' (2014 film), a 2014 Turkish-German film * ''The Lamb'' (2017 film), a 2017 American animated film * ''Lamb'' (1985 film), a 1985 drama starring Liam Neeson * ''Lamb'' (2015 American film), a 2015 American film by Ross Partridge * ''Lamb'' (2015 Ethiopian film), a 2015 Ethiopian film * ''Lamb'' (2021 film), a supernatural drama film starring Noomi Rapace * '' LaMB'', a 2009 animated telefilm * The Lambs, an American theatrical organization * ''The Lambs'' (film), a 1996 Swiss drama film * ''The Lamb'', an uncompleted film project by Garth Brooks about the fictional musician Chris Gaines * "Lambs", an episode of the television series ''Teletubbies'' Literature * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheep
Sheep (: sheep) or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus '' Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. An adult female is referred to as a ''ewe'' ( ), an intact male as a ''ram'', occasionally a ''tup'', a castrated male as a ''wether'', and a young sheep as a ''lamb''. Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia, with Iran being a geographic envelope of the domestication center. One of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural purposes, sheep are raised for fleeces, meat ( lamb, hogget or mutton), and milk. A sheep's wool is the most widely used animal fiber, and is usually harvested by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard MacLaverty
Bernard MacLaverty (born 14 September 1942) is a Northern Irish fiction writer and novelist. His novels include '' Cal'' and '' Grace Notes''. He has written five books of short stories. Biography MacLaverty was born in no. 73 Atlantic Avenue in the Newington area of north Belfast,Aine Toner"Author Bernard MacLaverty: 'I don’t know why, but when I start to create, Belfast peeps around the corner'" ''Belfast Telegraph'', 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025 Northern Ireland. He was educated at Holy Family Primary School in Newington and then at St Malachy's College. After school, he studied at Queen's University Belfast where he worked as a medical laboratory technician; later he showed Seamus Heaney some poetry he had written, prompting the renowned poet to advise MacLaverty to stick to short stories. He lived in Belfast until 1975, when he moved to Scotland with his wife, Madeline, and four children (Ciara, Claire, John and Jude). He initially lived in Edinburgh and then the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lamb, Bloomsbury
The Lamb is a listed building, Grade II listed public house, pub at 94 Lamb's Conduit Street, in the London Borough of Camden, London. The Lamb was built in the 1720s and the pub and the street were named after William Lambe (philanthropist), William Lamb, who repaired the ''Holborn Conduit'', later renamed Lamb's Conduit Street#Lamb's Conduit, Lamb's Conduit in his honour, a few metres to the south, in 1577. The Lamb was refurbished in the Victorian era and is one of the few remaining pubs with 'snob screens' which allowed the well-to-do drinker not to see the bar staff, and vice versa. Charles Dickens lived locally and is reputed to have frequented The Lamb. Other writers associated with the pub include Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Hughes, who was a regular at the pub, arranged to meet Plath there in the early days of their relationship.Connie Ann Kirk, ''Sylvia Plath: a Biography'' (Greenwood, 2004) p. 73 See also * List of pubs in London References Building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamb (island)
Lamb, sometimes called Lamb Island or The Lamb, is a small uninhabited island measuring approximately , between the islands of Fidra and Craigleith in the Firth of Forth, off the east coast of Scotland. The Lamb is flanked by two "sheep dogs", North and South Dog Islands, which are basically small skerries. Like the other Islands of the Forth off North Berwick, the Lamb is a result of volcanic activity millions of years ago. Access The Lamb can be reached by canoes and small boats from North Berwick, although there are no landing facilities and little to attract visitors when compared to Fidra island or the Bass Rock. Wildlife Following a two-year operation involving 35 visits with canoes and infra-red cameras, a single invasive rat was removed from the island in 2022. Ownership Lamb island was historically part of the Scottish feudal barony of Dirleton. The Lamb, along with North and South Dog Islands, was previously owned by Camilo Agasim-Pereira, Baron of Dirleton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Sampson
Edgar Melvin Sampson (October 31, 1907 – January 16, 1973), nicknamed "The Lamb", was an American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist. Born in New York City, he began playing violin aged six and picked up the saxophone in high school. He worked as an arranger and composer for many jazz bands in the 1930s and 1940s. He composed two well-known jazz standards: "Stompin' at the Savoy", and "Don't Be That Way". Life and career Born in New York City, Sampson began his professional career in 1924 with a violin piano duo with Joe Colman. Through the rest of the 1920s and early 1930s, Sampson played with many bands, including those of Charlie "Fess" Johnson, Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart and Fletcher Henderson. In 1934, Sampson joined the Chick Webb band. It during his period with Webb that Sampson created his most enduring work as a composer, writing "Stompin' at the Savoy" and "Don't Be That Way". He left the Webb band in 1936 with a reputation as a composer and arra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
666 (Aphrodite's Child Album)
''666'' (subtitled ''The Apocalypse of John, 13/18'') is the third and final studio album and only double album by Greek progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child, released in June 1972 by Vertigo Records. An ambitious double-LP concept album, ostensibly an adaptation of Biblical passages from the Book of Revelation, ''666'' was composed by keyboardist Vangelis and lyricist Costas Ferris. Conflict within the band and with their record company over the album's uncommercial style led to its release being delayed for more than a year. Though it was eventually released to a lukewarm critical and commercial reception, it later attracted a cult following among fans and musicians and became the group's most acclaimed project. It has appeared on various lists of the greatest progressive rock albums of all time.''Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock'', 2005. Conception and production The concept for ''666'' was created by Vangelis and film director Costas Ferris, who served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love
Love is a feeling of strong attraction and emotional attachment (psychology), attachment to a person, animal, or thing. It is expressed in many forms, encompassing a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, or the deepest Interpersonal relationship, interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love of food. Love is considered to be both positive and negative, with its virtue representing kindness, compassion, and affection—"the unselfish, loyal, and benevolent concern for the good of another"—and its vice representing a morality, moral flaw akin to vanity, selfishness, amour-propre, and egotism. It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, oneself, or animals. In its various forms, love acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'' is a studio double album and sixth overall by the English progressive rock band Genesis (band), Genesis. It was released on 22 November 1974 by Charisma Records, and is their last to feature original lead vocalist Peter Gabriel. It reached No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 41 on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. A rock opera, the album tells the story of Rael (portrayed by Gabriel), a troubled and rebellious youth from New York City who is unexpectedly taken on a surreal and introspective journey of self-discovery. He faces a series of bizarre and symbolic experiences that lead to his transformation and spiritual awakening. Genesis worked on new material at Headley Grange for three months in 1974 after touring their previous album, ''Selling England by the Pound''. The album was marked by increased tensions within the band as Gabriel, who devised the story, insisted on writing all of the lyrics, temporarily left to work with filmmak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lamb (Tavener)
''The Lamb'' is a choral work written in 1982 by British composer John Tavener (1944–2013). It is a setting of music to the William Blake poem " The Lamb" from Blake's collection of poems '' Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' (1789). It is one of Tavener's best known works. Written for unaccompanied SATB choir, the music is minimalistic and combines chromaticism with more conventional harmony. ''The Lamb'' was premiered in Winchester Cathedral on 22 December 1982. It was also performed at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, on Christmas Eve of the same year. This gave the piece widespread exposure, and it has since become a common part of church services, especially around Christmas. ''The Lamb'' featured in the soundtrack for Paolo Sorrentino's film '' The Great Beauty'' and has been a set work for the Edexcel A level music examination. History John Tavener was a composer of religious works. His early education centred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lamb (album)
''The Lamb'' is the third studio album by American musician Lillie West, under music project Lala Lala. It was released on September 28, 2018 under Hardly Art. Release On July 13, 2018, the first single "Destroyer" was released. On August 21, 2018, West released the second single from the album, "Water Over Sex". West explained the song and the release of the album: "The Lamb was written during a time of intense paranoia after a home invasion, deaths of loved ones and general violence around me and my friends. I started to frequently and vividly imagine the end of the world, often becoming too frightened to leave my house." The third single "Dove" was released on September 10, 2018, along with the announcement of the new album. On September 28, 2018, the music video for "Scary Movie" was released. Tour In support of the album, West announced an American tour from November 2018 to February 2019. Critical reception ''The Lamb'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from crit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamb (album)
''Lamb'' is the debut studio album by English electronic music duo Lamb. It was released on 30 September 1996 by Fontana Records. In the United States, ''Lamb'' was released in 1997 and distributed by Fontana's parent label Mercury Records. The album was reissued on LP by Music on Vinyl on 10 March 2014. Critical reception In ''Melody Maker'', Sharon O'Connell lauded Lamb's fusion of the "kinetics" of drum and bass with "the sensuality of soul" on ''Lamb'', describing the album's musical style as a "sumptuously organic" take on drum and bass incorporating varied instrumentation and the "gorgeous, haunted voice" of lead singer Lou Rhodes. Martin James of ''Muzik'', noting Rhodes's folk music lineage and her bandmate Andy Barlow's roots in "the breakbeat tradition", highlighted the duo's juxtaposition of "genres, sonics and emotions" throughout ''Lamb''. ''The Guardian''s Dan Glaister credited Rhodes's "fragile vocals" for giving the music "an original context", while Matt Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamb (electronic Band)
Lamb were an English electronic music duo from Manchester, whose music is influenced by trip hop, drum and bass and jazz. The duo consists of producer Andy Barlow and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes. They achieved commercial success with the hit singles '' Górecki'' and ''Gabriel''. Biography On the basis of three songs, Barlow and Rhodes signed a six-album deal with Mercury Records in 1995. They released their first album, the self-titled '' Lamb'' in September 1996, and followed this up with another three albums and a cache of singles over the next eight years, culminating in the release of a greatest hits album, '' Best Kept Secrets'', in June 2004. While they seemed destined for stardom, it seemed to evade them and during the early 2000s they lost momentum and played live only sporadically. Still, a 2004 tour produced memorable shows. Lamb performed what was billed as their final live appearance at the Paradiso in Amsterdam in September 2004 and after their 2003 album '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
