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In August 1967, Stephen Bayley, a 15-year-old pupil at Quarry Bank in Liverpool, wrote a letter to the schools most famous pupil, John Lennon. Young Stephen told John, who had left Quarry Bank ten years earlier, that his English teacher was in the habit of playing Beatles records in class, and encouraging the boys to analyse the lyrics, before giving them his own interpretation. According to his best friend, Pete Shotton, John roared with laughter at the letter. His headmasters report from 1956...

Four divisions of $30,000 claiming pacers comprised the final preliminary for their Claim To Fame series at Miami Valley on Sunday (Jan. 17), with 10 of them earning spots in the $37,500 championship tilt next week. Winners in this leg were Voracity (Brett Miller, 1:51.3, $6), Ginger Tree Marty (Chris Page, 1:53.2, $3.20), So So Delightful (Trevor Smith, 1:53, $13.60) and Dont Judge A Book (William Mann, 1:51.4, $6). Voracity and So So Delightful were repeat winners in the series, but both wil...

By Staff South Portlands Economic Business & Development Awards are going to look a little different this year, and not just because the ceremony will be virtual. The citys Economic Development Committee has shaken up the award categories to reflect the pandemic, with recognition going to businesses and people specifically related to their response to COVID-19. Normally the award categories would be things like "Small Business of the Year," "New Business of the Year," and the li...

December 16, 2020 The pandemic continues to act as a great cultural accelerant, bulldozing institutions that were lurching slowly towards irrelevance. The impending awards show season may be COVID’s last big cultural casualty before the dawn of the new normal. The question is whether that damage is irreversible. For the entertainment industry, this question looms large over awards shows and, more importantly, movie theaters. As summer faded to fall, some in Hollywood optimistically believed t...

Especially, she used that spotlight to bring about change when no one else had the courage to stand up and speak out. show knew the spotlight would follow her so she did that. it was a very personal cause for her. >> yeah, she really was an incredible woman. william mann, thank you so much for your insight and sharing your thoughts today. a lot of people really touched by elizabeth taylors life and death now. we invite you to share your thoughts and memories of elizabeth taylor at cnn.com/ali or...

>> see you soon. be sure to tune in 9:00 p.m. eastern for a special edition of piers morgan tonight. remember the life and legacy of elizabeth taylor. again, 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. we cant say william mann wrote the book on elizabeth taylor behe wrote a best seller. "how to be a movie star." it was a smash in 2009 and right now the author joins us live from cape cod on the phone. mr. mann, thank you for being with us. how big a role would say elizabeth taylor played in creating this...

remarking on her death today at 79, taylors friend elton john said, we have just lost a hollywood giant. more importantly, we have lost an incredible human being. taylor had suffered for years from congestive heart failure and was hospitalized in los angeles for weeks. a former cnn colleague knew elizabeth taylor well and spoke with her many times on the air and off. were talking about larry king. he joins me now from our studios in los angeles. larry, i know you were a friend to her a...