Tom Roper's Weblog"...an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge..." R.B. Sheridan The Rivals, 1775Ascot- September 27, 2008 No errors in transcription this time, I hope, PG. 230: Almiqdaad 305 Rainbow View 340 Al Muheer 415 Henrythenavigatorhttp://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/09/ascot.html One million years BC- September 25, 2008 Like the annoying schoolboy I used to be, particularly in Latin lessons when I would offer over-elaborate, often incorrect, translations, I put up my hand and said, 'please sir, please sir, I know, pick me', when Lorcan Dempsey asked recently...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/09/10000-million-y.html On public libraries and wrestling- September 23, 2008 There's some correspondence in Monday's Times: a letter from Caroline Moss-Gibbons, Leader of CILIP Council. ... Not so odd after all; it was in the public library, in the children's Cambrridge's that I first read classical myths and the great wrestling matches, Hercules and Antaeus, for example, or the funeral games in Greek and Latin epic. Moss-Gibbons, wrestlinghttp://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/09/on-public-libra.html CILIP FE Toolkit- September 22, 2008 I expected more fanfares, but here it is, the Self-Assessment Toolkit for Learning Resource Services in Further Education Colleges in Englandhttp://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/09/cilip-fe-toolki.html Ayr Gold Cup and Newbury- September 20, 2008 220 Ayr: Danehill Destiny 235 Newbury: Gallagher 310 Newbury: Rose Street 330 Ayr: Confuchias 345 Newbury: Moorhouse Gold A couple here. Danehill Destiny and Gallagher, look nailed on. But in the big race, the Ayr Gold Cup, there's a big...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/09/ayr-gold-cup-an.html More than noise and food: public libraries in the Times- September 19, 2008 A superficial third leader, and a news report in this morning's Times manage to muddle some serious issues about public libraries, such as the closure of forty branches last year, the fall in money spent on books, and the loss...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/09/more-than-noise.html DCMS review of public libraries- September 17, 2008 The news from the Bookseller that the Department of Culture Media and Sport plan a new review of public libraries has sent some commentators into a lather. I'm less excited. It seems unlikely that this government will survive much beyond...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/09/dcms-review-of.html Grove on Pink Floyd- September 17, 2008 There is endless fun to be had browsing Grove Music Online. Prompted by some email discussions of Rick Wright's death with the erudite and witty Guy Robinson, I looked up the entry on the Floyd. It ends with the savagely...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/09/grove-on-pink-f.html Torelli, Torelli and Torelli- September 16, 2008 Research in Grove (now Oxford Music Online) to find out more about the composer of the trumpet concerto that stayed with me for so long finds, as is so often the case, more than one composer of that name. The...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/09/torelli-torelli.html Two St Legers- September 13, 2008 Both the Yorkshire and Irish St Leger's take place this afternoon and I expect Aidan O'Brien to score a double. There's no one to touch Septimus at the Curragh, while at Doncaster Frozen Fire can win against the chief rival,...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/09/two-st-legers.html |