Craig Brown

Nov 18, 2024 | thisismoney.co.uk | Craig Brown

This Friday marks the anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. As they set off for Dallas that morning, President Kennedy said to his wife Jackie: ‘You know, we’re heading into nut country today.’Hundreds of books have been written about what happened next. And – given the great tangled mass of contradictory conspiracy theories – even more have been written about what never happened.

Nov 7, 2024 | nationalworld.com | Craig Brown

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowA broadband provider has announced it will reunite one lucky family with a loved one this festive period, as it launches its ‘Christmas Connections’ competition.

Oct 14, 2024 | thisismoney.co.uk | Craig Brown

At the Cheltenham Literary Festival, Lady Anne Glenconner, a former Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret, informed a packed audience that fish knives are ‘common’. She should know. As job descriptions go, being a former Lady-in-Waiting is itself very common, and being a former Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret is very common indeed – only a couple of notches up from being a former Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of York. Lady Anne also ticks several other boxes marked ‘common’.

Oct 12, 2024 | tbrnewsmedia.com | Craig Brown

Home Community Steve Zaitz’s ‘Blue, Sweat, and Tears’ exhibit celebrates Northport’s athletic spirit By Craig BrownSteve Zaitz is passionate about high school sports and community as can be seen by his photography, which is on display at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street in Northport. The exhibition started Sunday, Oct. 6, and will continue through Oct. 19. There are photos of young athletes playing football, baseball, lacrosse, basketball and so many other competitions.

Oct 9, 2024 | thisismoney.co.uk | Craig Brown

When I was a boy, I owned half a dozen LPs, or (for those under 50) Long Playing records. One of my favourites was BBC Stereo Sound Effects Volume 7, which featured a selection of noises, some familiar, others less so. Side One included a jet aircraft taking off and landing, a thunderstorm with heavy rain, children in a playground, an orchestra tuning up and – a familiar sound in the 1970s, though less so now – ‘strikers picketing’.