Williams eyes Listed prize for Prima Porta

Evan Williams: saddled Prima Porta to finish sixth behind Quevega   PICTURE: David Dew   TRAINER Evan Williams is eyeing Sandown's Listed 32Red.com Mares' Hurdle on Saturday for Prima Porta, who was not beaten far behind Quevega at the Cheltenham Festival and ran the smart Cockney Sparrow closely last time. A seven-year-old daughter of American Post, Prima Porta joined Williams from John Hammond and has won three time since the switch. She was sent off a 40-1 chance for the OLBG Mares' Read more [...]

Jimi Hendrix’s London flat to become permanent museum

A permanent museum is to be created in a bland office space in a London attic. They are rooms that rock music pilgrims have been pleading to get into for decades – the rooms rented in the late 1960s by Jimi Hendrix, poignantly described by him as "the only home I ever had".The Heritage Lottery Fund will soon announce a £1.2m grant to restore the rooms to their appearance during 1968, when Hendrix paid £30 a week to share the flat with his girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham. The rooms will hold Read more [...]

Brand USA – also Tourism Alabama is part of it Top ten tourism events in …

WHen thinking about tourism to the United States, many do not think about Alabama. However this may be a mistake. The Alabama Tourism Department released its top 10 events for 2014 ranging from the grand opening of the Museum of Alabama in Montgomery to the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and the restoration of the 100-year-old Lyric Theater in Birmingham. The top 10 events in chronological order are Eagle Watch Weekends at Lake Guntersville State Park, Mardi Gras in Mobile, Read more [...]

Audrey Hepburn’s beehive listed head and shoulders above rival hairdos

She added: “This year we are celebrating 50 years of hair fashion heritage.“Over this time we’ve seen many of these iconic hairstyles copied by thousands of people in our salons.”The Duchess of Cambridge’s long brunette curls came 13th, followed by late actor James Dean’s “high top” then David Beckham’s 90s “curtains” and Cher’s waist-length straight hair.Some more questionable styles also made the list, like former footballer Kevin Keegan’s mullet at 31.His hairdo even Read more [...]

Chris Brown sells graffiti-covered house in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Recording artist Chris Brown has put his Los Angeles home, which was once covered in graffiti done by Brown, up for sale at $1.92 million.The exterior of the house has been painted over in green, but some of the singer's artwork, which is mostly of cartoon figures with pointy teeth, remain inside the house, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.The house boasts 3,000 square feet of living space, including an art studio, a loft, three bedrooms and three bathrooms.Also Read more [...]

Revised plans for 51 homes in Goodleigh Road, Barnstaple recommended for …

Comments (1) CONTROVERSIAL plans for up to 51 homes off land at Goodleigh Road in Barnstaple are due to be decided on next week. Wainhomes (South West) Holdings Limited has already had one application for 182 homes at the same site rejected earlier this year. It has since re-submitted an application for 62 homes which was then reduced further to 51. And the plans are set to be decided by North Devon Council’s Read more [...]

Plymouth Township Home Listed as a National Historic Place

A Plymouth Township home has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Interior. The Tivadar and Dorothy Balogh House, located on Joy Road, just west of North Ridge Road, was designed and built by Tivadar Balogh for himself and his family in 1959. Balogh, who died in 2006, was a well known local architect, credited with designing approximately 150 residential, institutional and commercial structures throughout Michigan, Illinois, Read more [...]

Alabama Tourism names Top 10 Events for 2014

The Alabama Tourism Department today released its top 10 events for 2014 ranging from the grand opening of the Museum of Alabama in Montgomery to the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and the restoration of the 100-year-old Lyric Theater in Birmingham. The top 10 events in chronological order are Eagle Watch Weekends at Lake Guntersville State Park, Mardi Gras in Mobile, the grand opening of the Museum of Alabama in Montgomery, the Bassmaster Classic Read more [...]