Midsommer Murders
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Well, it is true that it's very tongue-in-cheek. I also agree with Gaynor's observation that only in Oxford is the murder rate higher
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Midsommer Murders
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Another thing we like is that it has a long list of guest stars each episode. Many of the guest stars are the who's who of British television who may no longer be "first string," or starring in their own series--but are still very, very good at their trade.
Midsommer Murders
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We watch Midsommer Murders on Netflix. Until recently they had all episodes from Series 1 through Series 12. I think they've recently dropped some of their earlier years as they added more recent ones (I'm talking about live streaming--they still probably have all series on DVD).
Midsommer Murders
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Midsommer Murders
One of our favourite UK television programmes is Midsommer Murders. Midsommer is a fictitious, mostly rural county in England bordering Wales. It is full of tiny hamlets and villages where, during each episode, the residents murder each other, and, where DCI Baranaby and Detective Sergeant Jones sleuth their way through the quaint countryside in search the culprit(s). It is a tongue-in-cheek portrayal of the darker side of humanity.
Anyway, one of the things we like is the theme music..
Celia Sheen (who recently lost her battle with cancer) plays a Theremin as the lead instrument. The Theremin is an instrument with only two antennae. The musician moves his or her hands in proximity to the antennae without touching any strings or keys. The antennae senses the position of the hands and creates a hauntingly beautiful sound. The Theremin was invented in 1920 and was frequently used in Science Fiction flicks in the 1950's.
I have posted a video of Celia Sheen playing the theme music to Midsommer Murders.
updated by @harold-powell: 11/11/15 10:38:18PM
Welsh Coast Magazine
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Fflur Davydd, a Carmarthen girl, author and singer, is always saying the West is Best!
The latest Cambria Magazine
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I just purchased the download version. Thanks for the recommendation.
British English vs. American English. Is There a Difference? Give us your thoughts.
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I've noticed that too. "Yard" can mean an enclosed industrial space in the US just as in the UK. Most people say "yard" when they arereferringto their lawn--the grass covered area kept trimmed and manicured. "Garden" can have the same meaning as in the UK but when most people use it they are referring to the place where they grow vegetables. Out in Hollywood a yard and a lawn are the same thing: Concrete with the latter spray-painted green or covered with artificial turf.
British English vs. American English. Is There a Difference? Give us your thoughts.
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Feeding porkers food waste is strictly illegal today but I imagine they thoroughly enjoyed it!
You would have to padlock the lid to keep raccoons out--but that wouldn't deter their weightier cousins the bears. We had a black bear visit Jefferson City in 1993 and where do you suppose he went? Straight to Walmart where he ripped the lids of the large commercial waste bins and sat down for lunch.
British English vs. American English. Is There a Difference? Give us your thoughts.
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GB: positive discrimination > US: affirmative action
GB: nick (verb 1) > US: to steal
GB: nick (verb 2) > US: to arrest
GB: nick (noun) > US: jail (interestingly, the US organization setting standards for jails is called NIC)
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As a sign of the times, the term "trash collector" is being considered by some as a pejorative. Newspaper "help wanted" ads might use "environmental waste management engineer" instead. When I was a kid the common term for the job was "garbage man" which itself fell prey to the more lofty phrase of "trash collector." The general rule is: As soon as everyone figures out what the new term means you must change it. Oh, and by the way, in those insensitive times of the 1960's the garbage man hauled garbage to the town "dump."
There was a time in America, too, when the primary component of household waste was coal "dust" or "ash" removed from the fireplace or coal furnace. The "dust" or "coal ash" was carted to the town dump and piled up in massive, highly radioactive (*according to some) mountains of refuse. Dickens wrote about this in his last completed novel. The good news is much of it was recycled into soap and provides a possible explanation as to why some facial cleansers were said to produce a glowing complexion.
There are some who claim that "fly ash" produced from burning coal is 100 times more radioactive than the waste generated by a modern nuclear reactor:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste&page=2
