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Article - Law Of Attraction: The Ultimate Guide To The Law Of Attraction
What is the Law of Attraction? Law of attraction has many different labels, "Success consciousness", "Law of Magnetism&...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nursery Rhyme: Encyclopedia - Nursery Rhyme
A nursery rhyme is a traditional song or poem taught to young children, originally in the nursery. Learning such verse assists in the dev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charabanc: Encyclopedia - Charabanc
A charabanc (pronounced sha-ra-bang) is a kind of open-topped bus common in Britain during the early part of the 20th century. It was esp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Working Class Culture: Encyclopedia - Working Class Culture
Working class culture is a range of cultures created by or popular among working class people. The cultures can be contrasted with high c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carry On Films: Encyclopedia - Carry On Films
The Carry On films were a long-running series of British popular low-budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coconut Shy: Encyclopedia - Coconut Shy
A coconut shy (or coconut shie) is a traditional game frequently found as a sidestall at funfairs and fêtes. The game consists of throwi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comedy Film: Encyclopedia - Comedy Film
A comedy film is a film laced with humor or that may seek to provoke laughter from the audience. Along with drama, horror and science fic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anarchic Comedy Film: Encyclopedia - Anarchic Comedy Film
Anarchic comedy (or wacky comedy) is a genre of cinema using nonsensical, stream-of-consciousness humor which often lampoons some form of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia - The Beatles
The Beatles were a British rock/pop group from Liverpool, England. The group shattered many sales records and charted more than fifty top...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adeline Genée: Encyclopedia - Adeline Genée
Adeline Genée (6 January 1878 - April 23, 1970) was a Danish/British ballet dancer. Adeline Genée - Early years. Anna Kirstina Margare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circus Skills: Encyclopedia - Circus Skills
Circus Skills is a group of pursuits that were traditionally used as a form of entertainment in circus, sideshow, busking or variety/vaud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Jester: Encyclopedia - Court Jester
A jester or fool is a specific type of clown mostly associated with the Middle Ages. Jesters typically wore brightly colored clothing in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piccadilly Circus: Encyclopedia Ii - Piccadilly Circus - Location And Sights
Piccadilly Circus is surrounded by several major tourist attractions, including the Shaftesbury Memorial, Criterion Theatre, London Pavil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krapp's Last Tape: Encyclopedia Ii - Krapp's Last Tape - Some References
The main theme of the play is endings, with the very title implying that Krapp will not live to (or want to) record another tape. The pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morecambe And Wise: Encyclopedia Ii - Morecambe And Wise - The Show
A typical Morecambe and Wise show, as scripted by Braben, was effectively a sketch show crossed with a sit-com, although shows could also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Words For British: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Words For British - Slang
Alternative words for British - Limey. Limey is an old American and Canadian slang nickname for the British, initially specifically sai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of France - Folk Music
Main article: French folk music As Europe experienced a wave of roots revivals, France found its regional cultures reviving traditional m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ogopogo: Encyclopedia Ii - Ogopogo - Earliest Modern Sightings
The first sightings of Ogopogo's existence date back as far as 1860 as the area was being colonized by the first European settlers, sixty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Can-can: Encyclopedia Ii - Can-can - Origins
The cancan first appeared in the working-class ballrooms of Montparnasse in Paris in around 1830. It was a more lively version of the gal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alex Lester: Encyclopedia Ii - Alex Lester - The Best Time Of The Day!
The programme currently starts at 3am, ending at 6am, and has become something of a national institution with an enormous and fiercely lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lonnie Donegan: Encyclopedia Ii - Lonnie Donegan - Skiffle
Donegan was the first person to become famous playing skiffle in the United Kingdom, and went on to have an influential hit in Britain an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metropolitan Board Of Works: Encyclopedia Ii - Metropolitan Board Of Works - Scandals
However the MBW had very little affection from the people of London. Its status as a joint board insulated its members from any influence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alistair Griffin: Encyclopedia Ii - Alistair Griffin - A New Direction
Throughout 2004, Alistair performed live at over 50 gigs up and down the UK and appeared on numerous television programmes, including Top...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Road To Wigan Pier: Encyclopedia Ii - The Road To Wigan Pier - Part One
George Orwell set out to report on working class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Orwell spend a cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Waste Land: Encyclopedia Ii - The Waste Land - Composition History
The Waste Land - Writing. Eliot probably started work on the poem that was to become The Waste Land late 1920 or early in 1921. On 7 Fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sweeney Todd: Encyclopedia Ii - Sweeney Todd - Early History
Todd first appeared in a penny dreadful called The People's Periodical, in issue 7, dated November 21, 1846. The story in which he appear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jack Cardiff: Encyclopedia Ii - Jack Cardiff - Cinematography
In 1935 Cardiff graduated to camera operator and occasional cinematographer, working mostly for London Films. He was the first to shoot a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Muppet Show: Encyclopedia Ii - The Muppet Show - History
Since 1969, Sesame Street had given Jim Henson's creations invaluable exposure; however, Henson began to perceive that he was being pigeo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Split Enz: Encyclopedia Ii - Split Enz - Britain 1977-1980
The decision move to England stemmed from their support slot on Roxy Music's first Australian tour in 1974. The Enz caught the attention ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalston: Encyclopedia Ii - Dalston - Entertainment
Dalston has always been an important transport nexus and shopping centre. It was also, at one time, an important entertainment centre, wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brummagem: Encyclopedia Ii - Brummagem - History
The word appeared in the Middle Ages as a variant on the older and coexisting form Birmingham - spelt Bermingeham in the Domesday Book - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dan Leno: Encyclopedia Ii - Dan Leno - Life And Career
Dan was born in London, England where his parents had been music hall entertainers. He made his debut at the Cosmotheca Music Hall in Pad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mabel Mercer: Encyclopedia Ii - Mabel Mercer - Early Life And Career
Mercer was born in Staffordshire, England. Her mother was a young, white English music hall performer, and her father was a black America...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strangeways Here We Come: Encyclopedia Ii - Strangeways Here We Come - About The Album
The Smiths recorded what was to be their final studio album at the Wool Hall studios in Bath, England. Although still firmly an indie rec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - History
Main article: History of The Beatles John Lennon formed a group, The Blackjacks, who became The Quarrymen, in March 1957. On July 6 that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Thirty-nine Steps: Encyclopedia Ii - The Thirty-nine Steps - The Novel
John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was ill in bed with a duodenal ulcer, an illness which remained with him all his life. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carry On Films: Encyclopedia Ii - Carry On Films - Classic Carry On
In 1963 Talbot Rothwell took over the role of screenwriter. The films became more ambitious, often parodying well-known films or genres. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Jester: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Jester - History
The origins of the jester are possibly in prehistoric tribal society. Pliny the Elder mentions a royal jester (planus regium) when recoun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nursery Rhyme: Encyclopedia Ii - Nursery Rhyme - Popular Culture
Stand up comic Andrew Dice Clay has performed "vulgar" versions of old standards in his act. The humor was often based on shock value and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carry On Films: Encyclopedia Ii - Carry On Films - Classic Carry On
In 1963 Talbot Rothwell took over the role of screenwriter. The films became more ambitious, often parodying well-known films or genres. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geordie: Encyclopedia Ii - Geordie - The Geordie Dialect
Geordie derives much less influence from French and Latin than does Standard English, being substantially Angle and Viking in origin. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popular Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Culture - 18th And 19th Century Popular Culture
The growth of modern industry from the late 18th Century onward led to massive urbanization in many Western countries and the rise of new...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greenwich Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Greenwich Theatre - Building History
The building was originally a music hall created in 1855 as part of the neighbouring Rose and Crown public house, but the Rose and Crown ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - History
In March 1957, John Lennon formed a skiffle group, The Blackjacks, who later became The Quarrymen. On 6 July of that year, Lennon met Pau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tommy Atkins: Encyclopedia Ii - Tommy Atkins - Overview
Tommy Atkins has been used as a generic name for a common soldier for many years. The precise origin is a subject of debate, but it is kn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Of Montreal: Encyclopedia Ii - Of Montreal - Style
The band's style has been known to change very much between albums. At first, the band embraced a more simple, quirky lo-fi indie pop sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Blake Artist: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Blake Artist - Early Life
Blake was born in Dartford, Kent into a lower-middle class family. Following the outbreak of World War II, Blake youth was evacuated from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Callaghan: Encyclopedia Ii - James Callaghan - Parliamentary Career
Callaghan was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport in 1947 where his term saw the introduction of zebra crossin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popular Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Culture - 18th And 19th Century Popular Culture
The growth of modern industry from the late 18th Century onward led to massive urbanization in many Western countries and the rise of new...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comedy Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Comedy Film - History
The very first movies to be produced was Thomas Edison's kinetoscope of his assistant Fred Ott in Record of a Sneeze. This could also be ...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Topic Pages Ii - 6
This is a sitemap for popular topic pages at Global Oneness. Click on a link and you will find multiple articles related to the topic: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Jester: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Jester - The Art Of The Jester
The court jester was often summoned to try to lift the monarch out of an angry or melancholic mood. Medieval medicine considered human he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geordie: Encyclopedia Ii - Geordie - Derivation Of The Term
One explanation is that it was established during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. The Jacobites declared that the natives of Newcastle we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geordie: Encyclopedia Ii - Geordie - Geordie In The Media
In recent times, the Geordie accent has featured prominently in the national media, arguably more so than ever before, perhaps encouraged...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krapp's Last Tape: Encyclopedia Ii - Krapp's Last Tape - Synopsis
Krapp, an aging man (with a fondness for bananas), finds a tape, "box three, spool five", in which the voice of his younger self recounts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lonnie Donegan: Encyclopedia Ii - Lonnie Donegan - Early Life And Trad Jazz
He was born Anthony James Donegan in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of a professional violinist. His ethnic mix was Scottish/Irish. He moved ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metropolitan Board Of Works: Encyclopedia Ii - Metropolitan Board Of Works - Abolition
The last weeks of the MBW were its most inglorious period. The London County Council had been elected on January 21, 1889 with April 1 se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popular Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Culture - Sources
Popular culture has multiple origins. A principal source is the set of industries that make profit by inventing and promulgating cultural...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popular Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Culture - 20th And Early 21st Century Popular Culture
In modern urban mass societies, popular culture has been crucially shaped by the development of industrial mass production, the introduct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of France - Popular Music
Main article: French popular music French popular music in the 20th century included singers like superstar Edith Piaf as well as Monique...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Split Enz: Encyclopedia Ii - Split Enz - New Zealand 1971-74
The origins of Split Enz lay in the friendships that developed amongst a group of young students in the late 1960s and early 1970s. After...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Split Enz: Encyclopedia Ii - Split Enz - Australia 1975-1976
By the end of 1974, their following in New Zealand was strong and very dedicated, but the chances of further progress there were obviousl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strangeways Here We Come: Encyclopedia Ii - Strangeways Here We Come - Track Listing
All songs written by Morrissey/Marr. Strangeways Here We Come - LP. "A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours" "I Started Something I C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Split Enz: Encyclopedia Ii - Split Enz - The Eighties
The album that allowed Split Enz to taste international success for the first time was 1980's True Colours, produced by David Tickle. Nei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of France - Classical Music Era And Modern French Classical Music
Main article: Classical music era During the French Revolution and the subsequent Napoleonic wars, the Paris Conservatory was established...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of France - Classical Music
Main article: French classical music Music of France - Opera. Main article: French opera The first French opera may be Akébar roi du M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metropolitan Board Of Works: Encyclopedia Ii - Metropolitan Board Of Works - Activities
Metropolitan Board of Works - Sewage. A major problem was sewage: most of London's waste was allowed to flow into the Thames resulting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metropolitan Board Of Works: Encyclopedia Ii - Metropolitan Board Of Works - Background
London's growth had rapidly accelerated with the increase in railway commuting from the 1830s onwards. However London's local government ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mabel Mercer: Encyclopedia Ii - Mabel Mercer - Honors
In January 1981, she was honored by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York with "An American Cabaret," the only musical event of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morecambe And Wise: Encyclopedia Ii - Morecambe And Wise - History
Eric and Ernie first joined forces in 1941 when booked separately to appear in Jack Hylton's revue, Youth Takes a Bow. War service broke ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morecambe And Wise: Encyclopedia Ii - Morecambe And Wise - Collaborators
In the later and most successful part of their career, which spanned the 1970s, they were joined behind the scenes by Eddie Braben, a scr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of France - Music History
Main article: Music history of France French music history dates back to organum in the 10th century, followed by the Notre Dame School, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morecambe And Wise: Encyclopedia Ii - Morecambe And Wise - Catchphrases And Visual Gags
Some of the duo's catchphrases include: "What do you think of it so far?" (said by Morecambe, who would use a prop—such as a statue or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mabel Mercer: Encyclopedia Ii - Mabel Mercer - Late Career
Mercer was absent from the performing scene for 41 years. When she returned, it was to be in England, on July 4, 1977. The BBC filmed thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alistair Griffin: Encyclopedia Ii - Alistair Griffin - Fame Academy
Having failed to make the final 13 contestants and thereby the television stages of Fame Academy in 2002, Alistair re-applied the followi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popular Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Culture - 20th Century Popular Culture
In modern urban mass societies, popular culture has been crucially shaped by the development of industrial mass production, the introduct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Callaghan: Encyclopedia Ii - James Callaghan - Late Career
Callaghan resigned as leader of the Labour Party in September 1980, shortly after the 1980 party conference had voted for a new system of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Callaghan: Encyclopedia Ii - James Callaghan - As Prime Minister
Wilson announced his surprise resignation on March 16, 1976 and unofficially endorsed Callaghan as his successor. His popularity with all...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Callaghan: Encyclopedia Ii - James Callaghan - Early Life And Career
Callaghan was the son of a Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer of Irish ancestry, who died when Callaghan was aged 9. He was educated at Ports...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popular Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Culture - Sources
Popular culture has multiple origins. A principal source is the set of industries that make profit by inventing and promulgating cultural...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Muppet Show: Encyclopedia Ii - The Muppet Show - Home Video
Select episodes can be currently be found on VHS and DVD. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, a division of The Walt Disney Company, released...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piccadilly Circus: Encyclopedia Ii - Piccadilly Circus - Overview
Built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly (the "circus" refers to "circular open space at a str...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ogopogo: Encyclopedia Ii - Ogopogo - The Name
Ogopogo, contrary to popular belief, did not come from an Indian name for the creature. In Ogopogo: The Okanagan Mystery, author Mary Moo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Muppet Show: Encyclopedia Ii - The Muppet Show - Spin-offs
The Muppet Show characters went on to star in The Muppet Movie, which was the first film to feature puppets interacting with humans in re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carry On Films: Encyclopedia Ii - Carry On Films - Regular Actors
There was a core group of regulars throughout the series (listed here with the number of films they were in): Kenneth Williams (26) Joan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carry On Films: Encyclopedia Ii - Carry On Films - Revival
During the 1980s the Carry On films were viewed by many as representing the worst side of British attitudes to women and to sex. However,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - Studio Style Evolution
Many observers have noted that understanding the success of The Beatles and their music begins and ends with an appreciation for the dive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Jester: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Jester - Books
Welsford, Enid: The Fool : His Social and Literary History (out of print) (1935 + subsequent reprints): ISBN 1299142745 Otto, Beatr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Jester: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Jester - The Jester As A Symbol
In Tarot, "The Fool" card of the Major Arcana (card 0, in Rider-Waite numbering, card 22 in Belgian decks, and sometimes unnumbered) repr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Jester: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Jester - The Jester In Literature
Jesters are frequently featured in historical fiction and fantasy. Significant examples include: Wamba the jester in Ivanhoe by Sir Walt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - In Film
The Beatles had a limited but largely successful film career, beginning with A Hard Day's Night (1964), a loosely scripted comic farce, s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - Influences And Music
As youths, the members of The Beatles were enthusiastic followers of Elvis Presley, first and foremost, and later, of British rock-and-ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - Song Samples
1963 songs I Want to Hold Your Hand 1965 songs Help!, Yesterday, Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), Nowhere Man, In My L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - Song Catalogue
In 1963 The Beatles gave their song publishing rights to Northern Songs, a company created by Brian Epstein and music publisher Dick Jame...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - Band Members
The Beatles - Early members. Stuart Sutcliffe: bass, vocals (1960–1961). Pete Best: drums (1960–1962). ... See also:The Beatles...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piccadilly Circus: Encyclopedia Ii - Piccadilly Circus - History Of Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus connects to Piccadilly, a thoroughfare whose name first appeared in 1626 as Pickadilly Hall, named after a house belong...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piccadilly Circus: Encyclopedia Ii - Piccadilly Circus - Underground Station And The Piccadilly Line
The Piccadilly Circus station on the London Underground is located directly beneath Piccadilly Circus itself, with entrances at every cor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - In Film
The Beatles had a limited but largely successful film career, beginning with A Hard Day's Night (1964), a loosely scripted comic farce, s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - Studio Style Evolution
Many observers have noted that understanding the success of The Beatles and their music begins and ends with an appreciation for the dive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Words For British: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Words For British - Other Languages
In much the same way as the word 'England' is used (incorrectly) to refer to 'Britain', the term 'English' is used interchangeably with '...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alistair Griffin: Encyclopedia Ii - Alistair Griffin - Discography
Alistair Griffin - Singles. ‘Bring It On/Lover's Prayer’(UMTV) January 2004 (# 5 UK official singles charts) ‘Bring It On/Lover's...   » Read the article