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With a hardhat atop his head, Kevin Erb stood at a project site Friday afternoon, gesturing to show off a field of newly planted greenery covering thousands of square feet in the middle of Lancaster city. But the project engineer wasn’t leading a tour of the newest city park or community garden. In fact, he wasn’t even on the ground. Erb was one of several construction officials to climb a ladder to the roof of a new fire station under construction on West King Street, where work is l...

Died: March 30, 2021 MYRA Frances, who has died of cancer aged 78, was an actress who became a taboo-busting pioneer when she shared British television’s first romantic kiss between women. That was in Girl (1974), James Robson’s play for BBC Birmingham’s Second City Firsts series of short standalone dramas by relatively new writers. Frances played Christine Harvey, the seemingly stern army corporal who appears opposite Alison Steadman’s discharged pregnant squaddie, Jackie. As J...

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May we present Photos of the Week #8 for 2021. For our Featured Image this week we’ve chosen a shot taken on a spot of land between the North and South islands of New Zealand. When @Peter 640 and a friend made a plan to visit the D’Urville Island Scenic Reserve, they had no idea what they would encounter. As things worked out, it was better than expected. My God it’s pretty and NO ONE is there! We took a punt across and had an amazing 48 hours! I love a crazy plan that comes together! The...

Our history is us: we have way more to lose than facts We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss April 27, 2021 — 12.05am Normal text size Credit:Fairfax Media In order for a country to progress, we constantly need to refer to our past to light our path (“Fears nation risks memory loss as cuts run deep in National Archives”, April 26). If we allow our heritage, culture and history to disappear, valuing only those memories relating to war and con...

The Sydney Morning Herald is a home. It opens its front door and we know we will be nourished with knowledge and involvement. The loneliness disappears and we find friends on each page as the stories fill our hearts. We are left overjoyed with news of someone once lost but now found. We are educated in complicated finance, made aware of real estate, technology and environmental issues; everything is there. Thank you Herald for the education, the political and sport coverage and other stories,...

Lions, Bones & Bullets to Screen at Monte-Carlo TV Festival Lions, Bones & Bullets, narrated by Peter Egan ( Harry Potter, Chariots of Fire). The character-driven doc feature, produced by Jagged Peak Films, reveals the underbelly of what the world thought was “lion trophy hunting” but in reality, is the mass production, commercialization and domestication of Africa’s wildlife for traditional Chinese medicine. Told through an adventure story, author Richard Peirce travels from lion farms ...

by Alistair Hardaker Leeds based studio Northforge have written, animated and delivered a new film ‘Break the Cage’ for  the charitable organisation International Animal Rescue.  The film, which utilises both 3D and more traditional line animation, is hoped to shed light on the situation faced by caged bears in Armenia, which the company said are illegally caught or trapped by poachers and used as tourist attractions. The company engaged the services of Leeds-based composer Jamie Wright a...

A royal likeness? Why Prince Philip remained elusive on screen We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Jennifer Vineyard Save Normal text size Advertisement There have been numerous portrayals of Prince Philip over the course of his long life, which ended Friday at age 99. Actors including Tobias Menzies, Matt Smith, James Cromwell and Christopher Lee all played the part. However, according to one of Philip’s biographers, no one ever capt...

Why Prince Philip was elusive on screen 13 Apr, 2021 07:00 AM 8 minutes to read Tobias Menzies portrayed Prince Philip in The Crown. Photo / Netflix New York Times By: Jennifer Vineyard Portrayals of Philip in The Crown and elsewhere missed the mark, according to his biographer. Here, she assesses the best-known attempts. There have been numerous portrayals of Prince Philip over the course of his long life, which ended Friday at age 99. Actors including Tobias Menzies, Matt Sm...