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To hear them talk about the film because in many ways, it reconnects me to it. every nominee this year is with the oscars participating in an entertainment spectacle that is diminishing. a few years ago, the academy awards was routinely watched by audiences of a0 million or more in the us. last year it had fallen tojust 15 million. a big effort is under way to create a show that will boost the ratings. the oscars will have rihanna performing this year. so maybe they were like, huh, the secret fo...

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WHOEVER becomes Scotland’s next first minister should refuse to allow the Stone of Destiny to be returned to England for the King’s coronation,…

Has a spindly middle finger and yellow eyes. but nothing has come close to it in a0 million years. and how rare are they? incredibly rare. 0nly how rare are they? incredibly rare. only about 2000 of that possum left in the world. the mountain pygmy possum. this story rather pales in comparison in terms of importance to the world we live in. i do not know. this is about a lady called sarah who has visited 2aa cafe is to finish a challenge to eat a scone at every single national trust site in the ...

Scone has to be baked on the day. no talk about which she prefers. personally, i only like a scone, a regular one. people mess with them. by people mess with them. by putting dried fruit in them? that is all right. giving them extra flavours. keep it simple. no cheese. especially not if you have cream and jam. does she say where she gets the best one from? this is detail we need. she does not say that. i think that might be unfair because all national trust properties... to highlight one. she mu...

It’s ready to be the King’s throne on his big day, but the oldest piece of furniture in the land has proved itself amazingly robust

Scone all this turn of destiny as it is sometimes known in scotland will be brought at some point from edinburgh over the coming weeks to beach placed under the chair which was originally designed to hold it. at that point the chair will be ready. on coronation day itself a stage, a platform will have been built in that area in front of the high altar. in the coronation chair will be there, the centre of attention, facing the high altarfor the most solemn part of the service, the crowning and th...

It is decorated with punch work which is small tiny dots that we used to create images so there are birds and figures of saints and kings and there is a lot of foliage as well and because so little survives of english art from that time it really is an exquisite example of the quality of craftsmanship that does not survive anymore. by that does not survive anymore. by coronation day the chairs preparation will be complete. there will be no attempt to restore its original gold leaf gilding, the s...

The significance of this chair is rooted in its age and the centuries of history that it embodies. theres one vital part of this historic chair which has still to be added. its the stone of scone, the ancient slab of sandstone on which scottish kings used to be crowned, which on coronation day will restjust here, underneath the seat on which king charles will be crowned. on coronation day itself, a stage, a platform will have been built in that area in front of the high altar, and the coronation...