Monthly Archives: May 2011
Read all about it, North American style
My friend Dominic Howard sent me these pictures a while back and I have been so busy I forgot to post them on the blog! Better late than never, so here they are. They are original editions of the Winnipeg … Continue reading
Filed under Contemporary reports, Cyril Anderson, Dams Raid crews
Do keep up, dear
Once upon a time the Hollywood magazine Variety was regarded as the voice of show business, regularly breaking dozens of stories in a famously sensationalist style which used a language all its own: Now, it seems, it employs ‘reporters’ who … Continue reading
Filed under Dambusters remake, Indescribable, Stephen Fry
Meet the bomb-bouncers at Cheltenham
If you enjoyed the ‘bouncing bomb’ documentary on Channel 4 earlier this month then you will be pleased to know that the engineers involved, Hugh Hunt and Hilary Costello, will be speaking at the Cheltenham Science Festival on Sunday 12 … Continue reading
Filed under Bouncing Bomb, Modern documentaries
Cheese rolling, Dambuster style
Monday 16 May is the 68th anniversary of the Dams Raid. And what better way to mark the day than with a nice plate of bread and cheese. This would seem to fit the bill nicely: I wonder – if … Continue reading
Filed under Britishness, Oddities
Hello, good evening and welcome
If this is your first visit to the only Dambusters blog on the interwebnet, you are very welcome. You may well have arrived here after watching the Channel 4 documentary on Monday 2 May, in which modern engineers rebuilt a … Continue reading
