"bouncers. However, on at least one occasion, the show's floor manager was assaulted by one of the returning guests. In 1987, it become the first British television programmes to examine seriously the AIDS virus. Central subsequently produced a drama series on the topic, called ""Intimate Contact"". During the 1992 General Election campaign, Conservative MP Edwina Currie poured a glass of orange juice over Labour's Peter Snape shortly after an edition of the show had finished airing. Speaking about the incident later, Currie said ""I just looked at my orange juice, and looked at this man from which this stream of"
"Edwina Currie Edwina Currie (""née"" Cohen; born 13 October 1946) is a British former politician, serving as Conservative Party Member of Parliament from 1983 until 1997. She was a Junior Health Minister for two years, resigning in 1988 during the salmonella in eggs controversy. By the time Currie lost her seat as an MP in 1997, she had begun a new career as a novelist and broadcaster. She is the author of six novels, and has also written four works of non fiction. In September 2002, publication of Currie's ""Diaries (1987–92)"" caused a sensation, as they revealed a four-year affair"
"of any affair while in office and a successful libel action against playwright David Hare, who had said a sexually voracious murderer played by Charlotte Rampling in his film ""Paris by Night"" (1988) was an ""Edwina Currie-like"" figure. Currie had also produced several novels with explicitly erotic content – and political background – such as ""A Parliamentary Affair"". Following publication of her diaries, Express Newspapers lawyers re-examined documents in a libel case to see if there was anything in the diaries which would allow them to reopen the case and recoup damages. In March 2000, Currie had been awarded £30,000"
"final equalisation was achieved in 2000. That same month, Currie voted against the death penalty for murder, having previously voted in favour of it in 1983. In June 1994, she contested the European Parliament seat of Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, but lost the seat to Labour's Eryl McNally by 94,837 votes to 61,628 votes. After fourteen years as a member of the House of Commons, Currie lost her parliamentary seat of South Derbyshire in the 1997 General Election. She attempted to be selected as a Conservative candidate for the European Parliament election of 1999, but was unsuccessful. Currie is the"
"Surfacing (novel) Surfacing is a novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. Published by McClelland and Stewart in 1972, it was her second novel. ""Surfacing"" has been described by commentators as a companion novel to Atwood's collection of poems, ""Power Politics"", which was written the previous year and deals with complementary issues. The novel, grappling with notions of national and gendered identity, anticipated rising concerns about conservation and preservation and the emergence of Canadian nationalism. It was adapted into a movie in 1981. The book tells the story of a woman who returns to her hometown in Canada to find her"
"found it to be unsafe. ""Scapegoat"", a BBC Northern Ireland drama about the conviction of Hay Gordon, was broadcast in 2009. Curran presided over the trial of Robert McGladdery for the murder of 19-year-old Pearl Gamble, near Newry, in 1961. McGladdery protested his innocence but was found guilty and hanged at Crumlin Road jail in Belfast on 20 December 1961; it was the last hanging in Northern Ireland. A fictionalized account of the trial and execution of McGladdery, ""Orchid Blue"", was written by Eoin McNamee and published in 2010 (McNamee had previously written a Booker Prize-nominated novel, ""Blue Tango"", about"
"but that elusive, lyrical honesty the existentialists used to call authenticity."" Thurlow's ""Runaway"" (Simon & Schuster, 2013), Emily Mackenzie's story of life as a child prostitute in London's Soho in the early 1970s, spent five weeks in the ""Sunday Times"" Top Ten best-seller lists. Published in the wake of the Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal, Runaway was seen as having made an important contribution to the debate on the deficiencies of Britain's child care system. In 2011, Thurlow became a director of www.yellowbay.co.uk, a publishing house dedicated to ""edgy, daring and radical new writing"". First digital/print-on-demand publications include Kindle best-selling"
"200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ""The Guardian"" opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. Her novel ""Operation Gadgetman!"" was also adapted into a 1996 TV movie directed by Jim Goddard and starring Marina Sirtis. Malorie Blackman Malorie Blackman, OBE (born 8 February 1962), is a British writer who held the position of Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She primarily writes literature and television drama for children and young adults. She has used science fiction to explore social and ethical issues. Her critically and popularly acclaimed ""Noughts and Crosses"" series"
"the time. She is increasingly considered a major fiction writer of the late nineteenth century, and an early modernist innovator. She is often remembered for her ""Wild Geese"" poems (1902). Her books were: Some critics identify a theme of noble landlord and noble peasant in her fourth book, ""Hurrish"", a Land War story set in the Burren County Clare which was read by William Ewart Gladstone and said to have influenced his policy. It deals with the theme of Irish hostility to English law. In the course of the book a landlord is assassinated, and Hurrish's mother, Bridget, refuses to"
"the University of Glasgow in 1998, an honorary DSc by City University in 2012, and an honorary doctorate from University of Essex in 2014. Currie has been author, joint author or editor of several publications on economic policies and systems: David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone David Anthony Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone (born 9 December 1946) is a British economist specialising in regulation, and a cross-bench member of the House of Lords. Currie has been the inaugural chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) since 2012. Currie was born in Streatham, south London, and attended Battersea Grammar School."
"loser, ""how does ""she"" stop being a loser?"" Surfacing (novel) Surfacing is a novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. Published by McClelland and Stewart in 1972, it was her second novel. ""Surfacing"" has been described by commentators as a companion novel to Atwood's collection of poems, ""Power Politics"", which was written the previous year and deals with complementary issues. The novel, grappling with notions of national and gendered identity, anticipated rising concerns about conservation and preservation and the emergence of Canadian nationalism. It was adapted into a movie in 1981. The book tells the story of a woman who returns"
"inserted into them. Two are fantasy; two are for younger readers. Several have won prizes and awards. Frances M Hendry Frances Mary Hendry (born 1941) is a British writer of children's historical fiction. Born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland she now resides in Nairn, where many of her books are set. Hendry was a teacher for 23 years and wrote plays and pantomimes for the Nairn Drama Club. She submitted a story to the first BBC ""Quest for a Kelpie"" writing competition and won first prize — the book took its name from the competition. She has subsequently had 16"
"was among more than 20 high-profile people who signed a letter to Members of Parliament in 2015 to oppose David Cameron's plan to amend the Hunting Act 2004. She has expressed a variety of views on scientific issues such as climate change but has been opposed to legislation reducing emissions. Her views on the subject appear to have hardened over time. In 2007, she wrote that she did not want to belittle the issue but was sceptical of the claims that specific actions would prevent catastrophe, then in 2008 that her doubts had been ""crystalised"" by Nigel Lawson's book ""An"
"for her mistakes, the therapist gasses Lorenza to death. Sporting Chance Sporting Chance is a science fiction novel, written by Elizabeth Moon. Published in 1994, it is the second novel in the Familias Regnant fictional universe, and the second in the Heris Serrano trilogy. It follows on the heels of ""Hunting Party"" and is followed by ""Winning Colors"". In the aftermath of ""Hunting Party"", the Prince was found engaged in the highly illegal and immoral sport of man-hunting. In an attempt to cover this up, Lady Cecelia and Captain Heris Serrano are enlisted by the Crown into quietly returning the"
"not completed; it is just forced to stop. A Game of Hide and Seek A Game of Hide and Seek is a 1951 novel by Elizabeth Taylor. ""A Game of Hide and Seek"" was published again in 1986 by Virago Press and Penguin Books, with an introduction by Elizabeth Jane Howard. The novel is set in England between WWI and WWII and focused on the characters of Harriet Claridge and Vesey Macmillan. The novel explores their relationship, its effect on those around them, as they seek each other's love for more than 25 years. The story starts in their childhood."
"investigation. In January 2013, Curry was appointed Editor-in-Chief of ""The Parliamentary Review"". David Curry David Maurice Curry (born 13 June 1944) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Skipton and Ripon from 1987 to 2010. Curry, the son of a teacher, was educated at the Ripon Grammar School where he was head boy in 1962, and then at Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he received a BA degree in Modern History in 1966. He also attended the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar. He began his career as"
"Clash (novel) Clash is a 1929 novel by the English socialist politician Ellen Wilkinson. It focuses on the clash between career and personal relationships, against the backdrop of the 1926 general strike. It was Wilkinson's first novel. It was republished by Trent Editions with a new introduction by Ian Haywood and Maroula Joannou in 1998. and is still in print. Ellen Wilkinson, the first woman Labour MP, is best remembered for leading a march of the unemployed from her constituency in Jarrow to London in 1936. Her first novel Clash is set a decade earlier, during the General Strike when"
"a way to combine her interests and relax from her job as an academic. Her novels are set in Paris and feature the adventures of Chief Inspector Adamsberg and his team. Her interest in the Middle Ages is manifest in many of her novels, especially through the person of Marc Vandoosler, a young specialist in the period. ""Seeking Whom He May Devour"" was shortlisted by the British Crime Writers' Association for the Gold Dagger award for best crime novel of the year in 2005. In 2006 her next novel, ""The Three Evangelists"", won the inaugural Duncan Lawrie International Dagger. She"
"she starts to rely on him. Together, they face many obstacles and dangers, and discover that their father is in jail. It is up to the children to free their father. The novel is frequently taught in elementary school units on the Gold Rush. Cariboo Runaway Cariboo Runaway is a young adult novel by Canadian writer Sandy Frances Duncan, published in 1976. Set in the Cariboo region of British Columbia during the Cariboo Gold Rush of 1864, the novel follows Elva Parkhurst, a young girl from Victoria who disguises herself as a boy in order to find her father after"
"make her Ireland's first female President. In the Rainbow Coalition between 1994 and 1997, he became Minister of State at the Departments of Education, Justice and Health. At the 2002 general election he lost his seat in Dáil Éireann when he failed to be elected in Dublin Mid-West. He immediately announced his retirement from politics. He currently resides in County Kildare, where he trains greyhounds. He occasionally lectures and gives talks on issues relating to The Troubles. Austin Currie Joseph Austin Currie (born 11 October 1939) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister of State for"
"the University of Oxford and University of London, and was the 2014-15 Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge. She now teaches at Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall. Koning's first novel, ""A Mild Suicide"" (Lime Tree) is set in Edinburgh in 1977 and was short-listed for the David Higham Prize for Fiction. Her second novel ""Undiscovered Country"" (Penguin) won the Encore Award and contended for the Orange Prize for Fiction. That novel explores aspects of colonialism, an awareness from her early childhood in Venezuela. ""Fabulous Time"" (Viking) is another novel with colonial themes and is"
"against them following a 1997 article entitled ""How Edwina is now the vilest lady in Britain."" In September 2004, Currie took part in a sponsored cycle ride across Poland, near to the area where ancestors of hers lived, for Marie Curie Cancer Care. In June 2005, in her role as a patron of the British Heart Foundation, Currie championed a campaign to raise awareness of the effect of heart disease on women. In May 2007, the patient charity MRSA Action UK announced Currie as their patron. Edwina Currie was quoted by the media championing the campaign against hospital superbugs. In"
"her later novels. Her work often combines romanticism with social criticism. In her novel, ""Puck"", a talking dog narrates his views on society. ""Views and Opinions"" includes essays in her own voice on a variety of social topics. She was an animal lover and rescuer, and at times owned as many as thirty dogs. Although successful, she did not manage her money well. A civil list pension of £150 a year was offered to her by the prime minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, on the application of Alfred Austin, George Wyndham, and Walburga, Lady Paget, which she reluctantly accepted after request"
"singing to become a writer and stage director. Her first novel, ""Long Gone Anybody"", was published by Black Swan in 2004, and short-listed for the Pendleton May Award and Geoffrey Faber Award. Her second novel, ""Cold Comfort"", published by Black Swan in 2006, featured on Radio 4’s ""Today"" programme as one of the first fictional novels dealing with the effects of climate change. She is currently completing her third. She was an Associate Tutor in Creative Writing at the University of Sussex, and has tutored for the Arvon Foundation as well as mentoring for The Literary Consultancy. Her first music"
"Pacific). Her third novel, ""The Lost Dog"", was published in 2007. It was one of 13 books on the long list for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for fiction. From 1989 to 1992 she was a founding editor of the ""Australian Women's Book Review"". Her fourth novel, ""Questions of Travel"", won several awards, including the 2013 Miles Franklin Award, the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (ALS Gold Medal), and the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for fiction. It was also shortlisted for the 2014 Dublin Impac Literary Award. Her 2017 novel, ""The Life to Come"", was shortlisted for the 2018"
"The Wanting Seed The Wanting Seed is a dystopian novel by the English author Anthony Burgess, written in 1962. Although the novel addresses many societal issues, the primary subject is overpopulation and its relation to culture. Religion, government, and history are also addressed. A significant portion of the book is a condemnation of war. Burgess once said, ""I have spent the last 25 years thinking that ""The Wanting Seed"" could, in my leisurely old age, be expanded to a length worthy of the subject."" The novel begins by introducing the two protagonists: Tristram Foxe, a history teacher, and his wife,"
"as a historiography and the context they are put into, what is important to remember is that: ""Ultimately...Winterson rejects linear temporality and endorses an apocalyptic urge to escape history and the power structures of a male-dominated society."" Sexing the Cherry Sexing the Cherry (1989) is a novel by Jeanette Winterson. Set in 17th century London, ""Sexing the Cherry"" is about the journeys of a mother, known as The Dog Woman, and her protégé, Jordan. They journey in a space-time flux: across the seas to find exotic fruits such as bananas and pineapples; and across time, with glimpses of ""the present"""
"European Parliamentary election of 1979. After the latter she withdrew from political life to pursue her writing career. But her books, especially the novel 'The Banker's Daughter' (Sidgwick and Jackson 1989, Blake 1994, Lioness Books on Amazon Kindle 2014) and her biography of John Major, (Macdonald 1991, Futura 1992, Dynasty Press on Kindle 2015) have benefited from her political experience, the latter especially on the hustings upon which she was able to write with personal empathy of John Major's early political career. Her critical commentaries on political events and personalities have continued in her blogs from Paris and London. In"
"Club, and was one of the selected books in the 2002 edition of ""Canada Reads"", championed by actress Megan Follows. An acclaimed stage adaptation of the novel by the Tamasha Theatre Company was produced at the Hampstead Theatre in London in 2006 and later revived in 2007. The book exposes the changes in Indian society from independence in 1947 to the Emergency called by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Mistry was generally critical of Indira Gandhi in the book. She, however, is never referred to by name by any of the characters, and is instead called simply ""the Prime Minister""."
"Frances M Hendry Frances Mary Hendry (born 1941) is a British writer of children's historical fiction. Born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland she now resides in Nairn, where many of her books are set. Hendry was a teacher for 23 years and wrote plays and pantomimes for the Nairn Drama Club. She submitted a story to the first BBC ""Quest for a Kelpie"" writing competition and won first prize — the book took its name from the competition. She has subsequently had 16 books published, most of which are historical fiction for young adults; historically accurate, with imaginary young people"
"its Liberal MP, Phillip Smiles. Smiles won narrowly, and Read retired from politics although she contested North Shore one more time unsuccessfully in the by-election held in 1994 in which she was defeated in a rematch by her old Liberal rival Julian Skinner. A crime novel written by Read, ""The More Things Change"", was published in 1996 by Random House. In the novel the body of a member of parliament is found floating in the pool in parliament house. Set in Sydney, the journalist Kate Corbett investigates the murder, uncovering endemic corruption and vice along the way. The original manuscript"
"as humorous and intelligent. He had delivered liberal policy reform, for example relaxed censorship in the 1960s. Fine Gael, after trying and failing to get former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald and former Tánaiste Peter Barry to run, ultimately nominated the former Northern Ireland civil rights campaigner and SDLP member Austin Currie. Currie had been elected to the Dáil in the 1989 general election and had been a minister in Brian Faulkner's power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland from 1973–1974. However Currie had little experience in the politics of the Republic. The Labour Party, along with the Workers' Party, nominated Mary Robinson, SC,"
"The Second Lady The Second Lady is a political thriller by Irving Wallace. Commercial Reception The Second Lady was a New York Times bestseller; it was on the list for nine weeks, peaking at #8.[1] Film Adaptation The novel was adapted into a Hindi feature film Sharara (film) (1984) starring Hema Malini .[2] References 1. ^ ""Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1980"" . Hawes.com . Retrieved February 1, 2017. 2. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/2000/07/28/stories/09280225.htm External links ISBNDB Link This article about a thriller novel of the 1980s is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it ."