"Fogg of his mistake, and Fogg hurries to the Reform Club just in time to meet his deadline and win the wager. Having spent almost £19,000 of his travel money during the journey, he divides the remainder between Passepartout and Fix and marries Aouda. ""Around the World in Eighty Days"" was written during difficult times, both for France and for Verne. It was during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) in which Verne was conscripted as a coastguard; he was having financial difficulties (his previous works were not paid royalties); his father had died recently; and he had witnessed a public execution,"
"half of his total fortune, from his fellow club members to complete such a journey within this time period. With Passepartout accompanying him, Fogg departs from London by train at 8:45 p.m. on 2 October; in order to win the wager, he must return to the club by this same time on 21 December, 80 days later. They take the remaining £20,000 of Fogg's fortune with them to cover expenses during the journey. Fogg and Passepartout reach Suez in time. While disembarking in Egypt, they are watched by a Scotland Yard detective, Detective Fix, who has been dispatched from London"
"to that very spot in eighty days or less. After accepting his wager, the club members bid him farewell and wish him luck on his long voyage across the world. Passepartout takes an immediate liking for his new determined master, but even so, the young valet isn't too enthusiastic about sailing away from London aboard a hot air balloon. One day before their departure, the Bank of England had been assaulted and robbed by a man whose physical appearance resembled that of Mr. Phileas Fogg. A detective named Fix investigates the crime and declares Phileas Fogg guilty of bank robbery,"
"health and a few unexpected deaths among the NFWI and Forum Club committees resulted in them giving up the lease in Belgrave Square which was sold to the actor David Niven. That same year the clubhouse was featured as ‘home to Mr Phileas Fogg’ in the Hollywood production of “80 Days Around the World”. In 1957 the club founder and President between 1925-1938, Miss Alice Williams CBE, died at the age of 94. There were a number of club meetings in early 1958 but the club felt “out-dated” to the younger women joining many other ‘professional and business ladies’ establishments"
"is now owned by Pulse Distribution and Entertainment and administered by digital rights management firm NuTech Digital. The young French Passepartout arrives in London in 1872 to become Mr. Phileas Fogg's valet on the very same day his master makes a bet that changes both of their lives. Mr. Fogg assures the members at his club that it is now possible to travel the world in 80 days or less; they disagree and so he challenges himself to set off and prove them wrong. He bets a total of £200,000 that he will sail away, tour the world, and return"
"Around the World in 80 Days (Alton Towers) Around the World in 80 Days was an attraction in the Talbot Street (now Cloud Cuckoo land) area of Alton Towers theme park, Staffordshire, England. The attraction opened in 1981, one year after the park first opened. It was the first dark ride at Alton Towers, one of the largest in the UK at the time, and was produced by Keith Sparks for the park's owner John Broome. It was a 4-minute boat ride which followed the adventures of Phileas Fogg and was loosely based on Jules Verne's novel Around the World"
"it possible to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. The other members of the club laugh at Lord Guinness's suggestion that he would take on the challenge if he were younger, prompting Fog to defend his honor by taking up the task himself. Sullivan bets Fog £5,000 that it is impossible, and additional wagers by three other club members increase this amount to £20,000. He then stuns the club by announcing that he will leave that very evening and promises to return to the club by 8:45 pm on 21 December 1872. Rigodon is less than thrilled to hear the"
"Passepartout, who has lived an irregular and well-travelled life, is looking forward to a restful employment, as Fogg is known for his regular habits which never take him further afield than the Reform Club. Ironically, on Passepartout's first day at work, Fogg makes a bet with his friends at the Club that he can circumnavigate the world within 80 days and Passepartout is obliged to accompany him. In addition to the wager, the valet has an additional incentive to complete the journey quickly: he left a gaslight burning in his room and the resulting expense of wasted gas will be"
"in Eighty Days and took riders through various different countries from around the world. Each boat could hold 9 people and there were 10 boats with 1,000 guests an hour. Each country had its own music and some animated characters. You could travel through London, Siam, Egypt, New York City, Venice, Greenland, Las Vegas, Vienna, Holland, Brazil, Paris, London Docks and Battersea. The ride station was themed around the London docks and featured an animated Phileas Fogg in a hot air balloon. Guests would board from the right hand side and exit on their left. In 1991, at the end"
"away safely to live with a distant relative. More adventures and misadventures follow the two companions as they cross the Pacific Ocean and the United States, closely watched and followed by Fix (who later ran into a group of Native Americans who were coyotes) . Upon returning to London on the 79th day of travel, Phileas Fogg is arrested by the detective and accused of robbery, then he is placed inside a cell. Fogg is stuck in the cell until it appears to be too late for him to present himself at the club in time to win the wager."
"arrives four minutes late. Nonetheless, Rigodon is hired by Fog as his butler and soon departs for the Reform Club. At the club, the main topic of conversation is the recent theft of £55,000 from the Bank of England which was discussed till the bank's governor Mr. Sullivan arrives and requests a change of topic. Sullivan's off-hand remark that the thief is still in London causes the elderly Lord Guinness to bring up an article in the ""Morning Chronicle"", detailing how it is now possible to travel around the world in eighty days. The article states that one departs London"
"Mr Fogg Mr Fogg is an electronic musician from Reading, Berkshire, England. He is the grandson of an opera singer and the great grandson of two 19th Century music-hall performers. Mr Fogg derives his name from Phileas Fogg, the main fictional character in the 1872 Jules Verne novel, ""Around the World in Eighty Days"". In an interview with BBC Radio 1's Annie Nightingale, he stated that the name arose as, 'Phileas sounds somewhat like Phil', his own Christian name. Mr Fogg's first solo material appeared at the end of 2005, and was followed by a national tour and the self-released"
"speculation regarding the physical, metaphysical and religious import of the date line. The concept behind the IDL (though not the IDL itself, which did not yet exist) appears as a plot device in Jules Verne's book ""Around the World in Eighty Days"" (1873). The main protagonist, Phileas Fogg, travels eastward around the world. He had bet with his friends that he could do it in 80 days. To win the wager, Fogg must return by 8:45 pm on Saturday, 21 December 1872. However, the journey suffers a series of delays and when Fogg reaches London, it's 8:50 pm on Friday,"
"Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days is a 7-part BBC television travel series first broadcast on BBC1 in 1989. It was presented by comedian and actor Michael Palin. The show was inspired by Jules Verne's classic novel ""Around the World in Eighty Days"", in which a character named Phileas Fogg accepts a wager to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days or less. Palin was given the same deadline, and not allowed to use aircraft, which did not exist in Jules Verne's time and would make completing the journey far too easy. He"
"(and remains) one of the largest in London, with a frontage to Pall Mall of 228 feet and a depth, in the centre, of 140 feet. It cost over a quarter of a million pounds and is described in the ""Survey of London"" as ""a polished essay in the late French Renaissance manner"". At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the Club arranged for twenty-five of their members, with their personal cars, to accompany the British Expeditionary Force to France and Belgium to act as chauffeurs and messengers for the British General Staff. Describing themselves as"
"break the 50-mph speed barrier, and after succeeding with the help of Passepartout, they head to the Royal Academy of Science. There, Fogg is insulted by the other ""brilliant minds"", in particular Lord Kelvin (Jim Broadbent) who believes that everything worth discovering has already been discovered. After a debate between the scientists about the bank thief, Phileas is pressured into a bet to see whether he can travel around the world in 80 days. If he wins, he will become Minister of Science in Lord Kelvin's place, if not, he will destroy his lab and never invent anything again. Phileas"
"the International Date Line while circumnavigating the globe in an eastward direction. Fogg and Passepartout rush to the club where they present themselves just in time to win the wager. The club members cheer for Fogg's success and all admit that he had been right and had proven so. Mr. Fogg then assures his friends that a trip around the world can really be made in no more than sixty-six days, to the dismay of Passepartout who fears another adventurous trip around the world. Around the World in 80 Days (1988 film) Around the World in 80 Days is an"
"ten and twelve miles, they repaired to a well-known café on Saint Jacques Street, where the proprietor, one Monsieur Tetu, ""afforded every luxury relished by the jolly crew"". Tetu's was well-known not just for his choice viand and Henry Hogan's bowl of punch that ""served to magnetize those from whom old age had eradicated their tender passion;"" but in the continuing melodic synonyms of the club's first historian, Hugh Becket: ""Dame Rumour has accused more than one of the handsome fellows who stretched their pedal extremities under mine host Tetu's mahogany, of being attracted thither through the mesmeric influence of"
"exclusive nature including the Travellers Club and the Lansdowne Club in London, The Liverpool Athenaeum, The Royal Scots Club in Edinburgh, Western Club in Glasgow, Phyllis Court in Henley-on-Thames, the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, Union Club of British Columbia and The Ontario Club in Canada, The Cape Town Club and Durban Club in South Africa, The Capital Club in Cairo, the University Club of San Francisco, and The Cornell Club in New York. For the first 188 years of its existence membership of the club was restricted to men only. In 2006 the members, in a move which caused"
"Jean Passepartout Jean Passepartout, a character in Jules Verne's novel ""Around the World in Eighty Days"" publish in the year 1873, is the French valet of the novel's English main character, Phileas Fogg. His surname translates literally to ""goes everywhere"", but this is an idiom for ""skeleton key"" in French. It is also a play on the English word ""passport"" and the French word ""partout"" (everywhere). At the beginning of the novel, Passepartout has just been hired by Phileas Fogg after Fogg's previous valet failed to meet his exacting standards on 1st October 1872 at twenty eight minutes past eight."
"funeral pyre with her late husband. The three visit Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, and the Wild West. After sailing across the Atlantic, and only hours short of winning his wager, Fogg is arrested upon arrival at Liverpool, by the diligent yet misguided Inspector Fix. At the jail, the humiliated Fix informs Fogg that the real culprit was caught in Brighton. Although he is now exculpated, he has insufficient time to reach London before his deadline and thus has lost everythingbut the love of the winsome Aouda. Salvation is at hand when, upon returning to London, Passepartout buys a newspaper"
"round-the-world scientific expedition. In September 1857, a committee was set up at the club with the expressed purpose for sending another expedition to look for the missing explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, who was last heard of in 1848. The 1858 expedition was to be led by fellow explorer Augustus Gregory. The club moved from Wynyard Square in 1862 in favour of new premises on O'Connell Street. By the 1880s, the club had moved to 55 Castlereagh Street. On 2 October 1890, a fire broke out in buildings adjacent to the club, resulting in significant damage as a result of the flames"
"game difficult to play."" On 26 January 1871 a meeting attended by representatives from 21 clubs was held in London at the Pall Mall Restaurant on Regent Street. The 21 clubs present at the meeting were: Blackheath (represented by Burns and Frederick Stokes, the latter becoming the first captain of England), Richmond, Ravenscourt Park, West Kent, Marlborough Nomads, Wimbledon Hornets, Gipsies, Civil Service, The Law Club, Wellington College, Guy's Hospital, Flamingoes, Clapham Rovers, Harlequin F.C., King's College Hospital, St Paul's, Queen's House, Lausanne, Addison, Mohicans, and Belsize Park. The one notable omission was the Wasps. According to one version, a"
"for repairs years before. The production crew are the same people as on ""80 Days"". Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days Around the World in 80 Days is a 7-part BBC television travel series first broadcast on BBC1 in 1989. It was presented by comedian and actor Michael Palin. The show was inspired by Jules Verne's classic novel ""Around the World in Eighty Days"", in which a character named Phileas Fogg accepts a wager to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days or less. Palin was given the same deadline, and not allowed to use aircraft, which did not"
"which Phileas Fogg traverses the planet (albeit by railroad and steamboat) in 80 days. The current holder is ""IDEC Sport"" skippered by Francis Joyon in 40 days 23 hours 30 minutes 30 seconds. The original idea for this competition has been attributed to Yves Le Cornec in 1985. The rules were defined in 1990. A committee was put in place to guarantee respect of the rules and fairplay. This committee included Peter Blake, Florence Arthaud, Jean François Coste, Yvon Fauconnier, Gabrie Guilly, Robin Knox-Johnston, Titouan Lamazou, Yves Le Cornec, Bruno Peyron, Olivier de Kersauson, and Didier Ragot. While the current"
"adds an ambitious secondary tale taking place behind (and often in between) the scenes of Verne's material. Phileas Fogg is a mysterious British gentleman who lives with his valet Passepartout at No. 7 Saville-Row in Burlington Gardens during the latter half of the 19th century. Unbeknownst to his peers, he is also the immortal foster child of a race of humanoid aliens known as the Eridani. A man of great intellect and affluence, Fogg enters into a wager with a fellow Eridanian citing that he can circumnavigate the globe in exactly eighty days. Although witnesses feel that his claim is"
"Club, or Revue). A 1960s ad shows the club as the ""Nell Gwynne"" by day and the ""Gargoyle Club"" at night. In 1978, Peter Rosengard was on holiday with his then-wife Shirley in Los Angeles. ""We had nothing to do one night, so I asked the concierge and he recommended the Comedy Store. At the time there was no live comedy in the UK, apart from working men's clubs up north, which was not really my scene. I loved what I saw in LA, so decided to open one in London, despite everybody telling me I was nuts."" In 1979,"
"Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film) Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 American action adventure comedy film based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name. It stars Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Cécile de France. The film is set the nineteenth century and centers on Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), here reimagined as an eccentric inventor, and his efforts to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. During the trip, he is accompanied by his Chinese valet, Passepartout (Jackie Chan). For comedic reasons, the film intentionally deviated wildly from the novel and included a number of"
"its first president. Its inaugural meeting was on 21 July 1877, in the Criterion restaurant, Piccadilly Circus, with those present then walking over to the club's first premises in the Caledonian Hotel at 10 Adelphi Terrace, near Strand. The club was to remain here for the next six years. When the club's lease in the Caledonian Hotel expired in 1883, new premises were bought at 20 Bedford Street (off Strand), with the club temporarily relocating to 22 King Street (near Covent Garden), whilst repairs were carried out. After the Duke of Beaufort's death in 1899, Sir Squire Bancroft took over"
"Ranelagh Club The Ranelagh Club was a world-renowned polo club located at Barn Elms in south west London, England. It was founded in 1878 as a split-off from the Hurlingham Club and by 1894 was the largest polo club in the world. The club had approximately 3000 members in 1913, including many prominent military figures and members of different royal families. On 18 July 1878, the club became the first to host a sports match under floodlights when it played the Hurlingham Club. At its height the Ranelagh Club consisted of a large clubhouse (the inherited manor house of Barn"
"to limit the number of new members. The year after it was founded, in 1816, the Club moved into its first premises in Albermarle Street. Three years later, in 1819, it moved to Charles Street and in 1828 to a purpose-built clubhouse at 116 Pall Mall, designed by the noted architect John Nash. The club house, on the corner with Waterloo Place, was built between 1826 and 1828. Its style, displaying military friezes along the top of the building, was later mirrored by the Athenaeum opposite. Both buildings had a stone step outside, facing each other across Waterloo Place. These"
"membership of 46 active party wall surveyors agreed to meet quarterly and these early meetings took place at the Little Ship Club in the City of London. Membership grew but was then limited to 100 and the Club moved its meetings to The Cafe Royal in Regent Street. The club takes its name from Ovid's Pyramus and Thisbe, lovers kept apart by their rival parents, but who whispered through a chink in a wall. The story has been retold by many including Shakespeare in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". The Club's motto, a quotation from the play, is ""The wall is"
"Recordings) - 2010 <br> Answerphone (Kicking Ink Recordings) - 2011 <br> Stay Of The Sun (Kicking Ink / Kompakt) - 2012 <br> A Little Letting Go (Kicking Ink / Kompakt) - 2012 Moving Parts album (Kicking Ink) - 2010 <br> Eleven (Kicking Ink / Kompakt) - 2012 Mr Fogg Mr Fogg is an electronic musician from Reading, Berkshire, England. He is the grandson of an opera singer and the great grandson of two 19th Century music-hall performers. Mr Fogg derives his name from Phileas Fogg, the main fictional character in the 1872 Jules Verne novel, ""Around the World in Eighty"