Guinness 2000 Book of Records: Millennium Edition (Guinness World Records)

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Guinness Record Book Collecting". guinness.book-of-records.info. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018 . Retrieved 12 January 2019. In fact, St. Laurence’s Catholic Church had had its origin in the private chapel of Mr Laurence Trent Cave of Ditcham Park in the 1880s and, having bought the land in Station Road for its construction, he had had it consecrated in 1891 and given responsibility for it to the Benedictine Monastery of St. Laurence at Ampleforth Abbey in North Yorkshire. In 1946, it was the ex-Anglican, Fr. Henry Clarke, who replaced the (Benedictine) incumbent priest-in-charge, and he remained there until 1972. How Star Wars Producers Screwed Alec Guinness Out Of Millions". CINEMABLEND. 1 October 2014 . Retrieved 17 December 2020. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019 . Retrieved 31 March 2022. Soon after their arrival, they began to explore the neighbourhood and walked down Harrow Lane to Petersfield or, in the case of Alec, cycled into town to the shops. Merula, who had taken on a small number of goats, used to walk them down to the Harrow Inn, much to the bemusement of the locals.

Raine, Jonathan (1 September 2006). "Steven Petrosino Chugs". YouTube. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011 . Retrieved 29 April 2007. Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Meryl Streep, Vince Gill, Rita Wilson, Bryn Terfel, Rosanne Cash, Bruno Mars, Jennifer Hudson [25] Sir Alec Guinness, who has died aged 86, was one of the best known and loved English actors of the 20th century. He was also a profoundly unostentatious and reserved man, and although he undertook a great variety of roles, all were informed at heart with the wisdom of the sad clown. It was this spiritual severity, together with those cool, clear, wide-open eyes, capable of melting on screen to the most reassuringly serene of smiles, which lent his performances force and authenticity. The History of the Book". Guinness Record Book Collecting. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012 . Retrieved 10 February 2012.Guinness first used the ancient Irish harp symbol in its branding in 1862 when the buff oval bottle label was introduced. Nearly 200 years later, in 1984, Ireland's office of the attorney general recommended trademarking the harp, which is the country's coat of arms. His greatness did without Olivier's showmanship, Ralph Richardson's abandoned cussedness or Gielgud's resonant lyricism. Tynan admired, but was inclined to patronise, Guinness's poetry and versatility. At 24, in 1951, the critic was engaged by Guinness as Player King, in his second Hamlet. Guinness invested much amour propre in this production. Tynan called it "Hamlet with the pilot dropped", and said it was cast with "exuberant oddness". The future looks bright for Ghostwriter after taking Newmarket’s Royal Lodge Stakes for Clive Cox on September 30. Sutcliffe, Tom. "Sir Alec Guinness (1914–2000)." The Guardian, 7 August 2000. Retrieved: 26 August 2009. le Carré, John (8 March 2002). Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: A Conversation with John le Carré (DVD). Disc 1. {{ cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: location ( link)

Fionn Davenport (2010). Ireland. Lonely Planet. p.193. ISBN 9781742203508. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016 . Retrieved 13 March 2016. There is an Inspiral-shaped hole in the field for the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket after last year’s joint-champion juvenile filly was ruled out of the Classic last week, but in her absence, it is a more open and engaging puzzle for punters to solve with Aidan O’Brien’s Tenebrism, the Cheveley Park Stakes winner, heading the market at around 3-1. Two years earlier, Sea The Stars outbattled Delegator to secure the first of six Group One triumphs in as many months. U.S. Newswire. August 4, 2004. "American Screenwriters Association Honors Sting with David Angell Humanitarian Award." Parsons, Louella (1955, October 4), "Anne Baxter Signs for 'The Come On.'" San Francisco Examiner, I-19.While serving in the Royal Navy, Guinness had planned to become an Anglican priest. In 1954, while he was filming Father Brown in Burgundy, Guinness, who was in costume as a Catholic priest, was mistaken for a real priest by a local child. Guinness was far from fluent in French, and the child apparently did not notice that Guinness did not understand him but took his hand and chattered while the two strolled; the child then waved and trotted off. [59] The confidence and affection the clerical attire appeared to inspire in the boy left a deep impression on the actor. [60] When their son was ill with polio at the age of 11, Guinness began visiting a church to pray. [61] A few years later, in 1956, Guinness converted to the Catholic Church. His wife, who was of paternal Sephardi Jewish descent, [62] followed suit in 1957 while he was in Ceylon filming The Bridge on the River Kwai, and she informed him only after the event. [63]

At the request of the U.S. Mint, in 1984, the book stopped accepting claims of large hoardings of pennies or other currency. [48] He knew his own vulnerabilities and exploited them with courage. That lent the danger to his best performances. He had resented, for instance, the Oliviers' assumption, in the mid-1930s, that he was Gielgud's boyfriend. Not because he could not have been, or was ashamed or offended to be cast in that role, but because he was not, and they had no reason to assume it. In 1938, Guinness became a scrupulous husband and father - though his sexuality was complex.Record Breakers' McWhirter dies". BBC News. 20 April 2004. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013 . Retrieved 9 June 2014. Randall, John; Tony Morris (1985). Horse Racing: The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp.14–24. ISBN 0-85112-446-1. Regier, Willis Goth (November 2007). In Praise of Flattery. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0803239692. It is difficult to take her stamina on trust at relatively short odds, and all the more so when there are a host of alternatives, ranging from fillies with Group One form as juveniles – Discoveries, Malavath, Zellie and Wild Beauty – to lightly-raced fillies with scope for significant improvement.

Yet, ironically, its failure turned out to be a major factor in Guinness's career, leading him away from the classics and Shakespeare into films, ultimately television, and new plays. Tynan found Guinness less potent in the classical arena because he expected actors to perform like concerto soloists. Invited by his friend Tyrone Guthrie to join the premiere season of the Stratford Festival of Canada, Guinness lived for a brief time in Stratford, Ontario. On 13 July 1953, Guinness spoke the first lines of the first play produced by the festival, Shakespeare's Richard III: "Now is the winter of our discontent/Made glorious summer by this sun of York." [22] [23] Guinness began his stage career in 1934. Two years later, at the age of 22, he played the role of Osric in Hamlet in the West End and joined the Old Vic. He continued to play Shakespearean roles throughout his career. He was one of the greatest British actors who, along with Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, made the transition from theatre to films after the Second World War. Guinness served in the Royal Naval Reserve during the war and commanded a landing craft during the invasion of Sicily and Elba. During the war he was granted leave to appear in the stage play Flare Path about RAF Bomber Command. Daultrey, Stephen (15 October 2015). "Stephen Daultrey: Our Gamer's Edition editor shares his favourite records from the new book". Guinness World Records . Retrieved 12 August 2023. While still only 20, Guinness was a flowery Osric, in Gielgud's Hamlet at the New Theatre. Thereafter, until the outbreak of the second world war, his career alternated between working with Gielgud, or with Tyrone Guthrie at the Old Vic, where he impressed with a modern-dress Hamlet in autumn 1938. Even the Sunday Times's formidable critic, James Agate, conceded that Guinness's refusal to play the role in a traditional way had "a value of its own".

The event, which so far has always been held at Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, is a "spring tradition in New York" [3] and a "fixture on the Manhattan charity circuit." [6] At the 1997 and 2006 events, the Empire State Building was lighted green on the night of the concert. [7] [8] Newmarket 2.25: Seven lightly-raced runners for the Pretty Polly Stakes with any amount of improvement to come. Crenelle’s race-fitness may just tip the balance in her favour. For Merula in particular, a keen artist, the most attractive aspect of the house was the possibility of having a purpose-built studio with a large north-facing skylight. Merula Guinness painting Merula Guinness painting Alec Guinness warned James Dean one week before his death: "Please do not get into that car!" "– via www.youtube.com.