Royal NavyObituaryAdmiral Sir Sandy Woodward obituaryCommander of the Royal Navy taskforce that retook the Falkland Islands after the Argentinian invasion in 1982Admiral Sir John Woodward, known as "Sandy", who has died aged 81, led the naval expeditionary force which, against all the military odds, recaptured the Falkland Islands from the Argentinian invaders in 1982.
Woodward, then a rear admiral, was in the right place – at sea in the north Atlantic exercising his First Flotilla of destroyers and frigates – at the right time, when the Royal Navy was hurriedly assembling a taskforce to sail for the south Atlantic. Read More...
TheatreObituaryJohn Gunter obituarySet designer behind the look of many memorable theatre and opera productionsJohn Gunter, who has died aged 77, nine years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, was responsible for the look of some of the most memorable shows in postwar British theatre: Edward Bond’s stark, poetic and brutal Saved (1965) at the Royal Court, the DH Lawrence trilogy at the same theatre in 1968, Richard Eyre’s glorious 1982 revival of Guys and Dolls at the National Theatre (the stage was a riot of neon-lit Broadway billboards and adverts), and Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell (1989), starring Peter O’Toole, at the Apollo in the West End. Read More...
Reports that 1883 star Sam Elliott died last week are not true. A death hoax is actually overshadowing another event in the actor's life.
Thursday (Aug. 9) is Elliott's birthday. The screen veteran turns 79 years old, and while it's not clear how or if he's celebrating, he is capable of celebrating. Snopes flushed out the truth from a very complicated web of lies on the internet.
A YouTube channel called 640. Read More...
