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radionewshub: Sir Elton John and It’s A Sin creator Russell T Davies have paid tribute to Paul O’Grady – remembering him as “ferocious in the fight against Aids” – after his death aged 67.
In_site_updates: Elton John and Russell T Davies remember Paul O’Grady as ‘ferocious in the fight against Aids’ -
IRNRadioNews: At 5 with Andy: Sir Elton John, Russel T Davies and the Queen Consort are among those paying tribute to Paul O'Grady
mjjhoskin: So, who's a Christian author later than Sir John Davies who helpfully takes up the theme of Nosce Teipsum / γνῶθι σεαυτόν. If I like your answer, I'll footnote your Tweet in an article.
deloreana85: Dr. Davies to be more than tedious and Sir John, as Willoughby. His own previous formality, there are not deceived by nature
TTibaq: Cast down thy self, and only strive to raise
The glory of thy Maker's sacred Name:
Use all thy powers, that Blessed Power to praise,
Which gives thee power to be, and use the same.
(Sir John Davies)
TTibaq: They err that say they did concur by chance;
Love made them meet in a well-ordered dance.
(Sir John Davies)
FeinsteinKen: Maybe this is the most important thing I ever figured out. The problem is people don’t know who Sir John Davies was.
VoiceOfAnfield: In the last couple of weeks I've been mourning the loss of a couple of old school friends as well as Dickie Davies and John Motson. I will NOT be shedding any tears for Sir Bernard Ingham
OtagoVolts: TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT | Volts Elimination Final
The Otago Volts do battle against Canterbury tomorrow at Sir John Davies Oval in Queenstown. Let's get this lads!
GenevieveWGaunt: National Theatre reading directed by Sir Trevor Nunn. Playing Marilyn Monroe for 2nd time in a couple months on stage- this time at the end of her life. Wonderful cast & play by Torben Betts. Cast: Janie Dee, John Hopkins, Lukwesa Mwamba, Edward Baker Duly, Jordan Lee Davies.
POLITlCSUK: Keir Starmer also received a £50,000 donation from Sir Trevor Chinn who is a retired media mogul. He was knighted in John Major's leadership. He was also the chairman of Boris Johnson mayorship fund.
Continued below.
rainshux: Davies was there, and Sir John Dashwood then made another woman! she had so justly offended the most encouraging assurances
John_Rega: Calling all European competition policy & tech buffs: So many questions out there, from evolving approaches to mergers, to the DMA.
Come 7 February to hear Olivier Guersent in conversation with Sir Jonathan Faull, with questions from John Davies.
Sir_Benfro: Former Pembrokeshire County Council leader John Davies has launched a scathing attack on the way in which public services are being 'curtailed by bureaucratic strategies.'
lookingeast_: O light which mak’st the light, which makes the day!
Which set’st the eye without, and mind within;
Lighten my spirit with one clear heavenly ray,
Which now to view it self doth first begin
— Sir John Davies
turbarius: Brehon Law was formally abolished in 1603/4. Comments from the Attorney General John Davies:
Sir John Davies, A Report of Cases and Matters in Law: Resolved and Adjudged in the King's Courts in Ireland, translated into English (Dublin, 1762).
sir_eccles: Could have sworn I thought John Rhys-Davies died a few years ago.
poemtoday: Dancing Feet – Brief Poems by Sir John Davies
poemtoday: IN CASTOREM
Of speaking well why doe we learne the skill,
Hoping thereby honour and wealth to gaine;
Sith rayling Castor doth, by speaking ill,
Opinion of much wit and gold obtaine?
Sir John Davies
poemtoday: Two poems by Elizabethan poet, Sir John Davies ...
czopanser: The final lost BBC2 'Late Night Horror' 'The Kiss of Blood' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by John Hawkesworth. Director Richard Martin.
Cast Diane Cilento, Roy Dotrice, Christopher Benjamin, David Graham, Deddie Davies, Bart Allison and Malcolm Rogers.
davemasontv: It’s 75 years old and has been to Bath 25 times, since 1956. Panelists are John Selwyn Gummer, Caroline Flint, Sir Howard Davies Chair from NatWest, actor Adjoa Andoh.
DerekWinnert: The 1984 adventure film Sword of the Valiant is a rerun of the story from Mallory's epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Director Stephen Weeks wanted Mark Hamill as Gawain, but producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus insisted on Miles O'Keeffe.
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: We know John Davies is centre- stage in this photo between Bill Edwards on the left and Sir Colin Cowdrey.
But who are the other two gents ? Can anyone help us ?
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
welshcricketpod: John Davies (centre) current secretary and Treasurer of the South Wales Junior Cricket League with Bill Edwards and Sir Colin Cowdrey at one of the early dinners of the league.
Hear all about this and more on our latest episode:
rfdzw: Errol John Le Cain (1941 ~ 1989) 1970 illustration for the medieval English poem "Sir Orfeo" about a king who regains his wife through the power of music. Retold by Anthea Davies.
baccolini4: Brand new to
Kingston Hospital Radio
Launching this Thursday (29th) at 6.45pm with Acts 1 and 2 of Sir John In Love with the John Addis Choir and the New Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Meredith Davies. Acts 3 and 4 on Thursday the 6th of October
Hosted by Doug Potter
baccolini4: Brand new to
Kingston Hospital Radio
Launching this Thursday (29th) at 6.45pm with Acts 1 and 2 of Sir John In Love with the John Addis Choir and the New Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Meredith Davies. Acts 3 and 4 on Thursday the 6th of October
Hosted by Doug Potter
baccolini4: Kingston Hospital Radio
Thursday about 6.45pm Launching this Thursday with Acts 1 and 2 of Sir John In Love with the John Addis Choir and the New Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Meredith Davies. Acts 3 and 4 on Thursday the 6th of October
Hosted by Doug Potter
SBlandfo: Almost nothing that Nigel Lawson, Tim Martin, Sir Richard Learlove, John Longworth or Gisela Stuart said in Vote Leave’s leaflet was valid at the time - and almost all of it has since proved to be totally wrong
Cloodicus: The Rings of Power premiere last night was absolutely incredible for many reasons, but I will never get over having a conversation with Sir John Rhys-Davies while Jeff Bezos just strolled on by us... surreallll
oatsgulwick: Between such animal and human heat
I find myself perplexed. What is desire?
The impulse to make someone else complete?
That woman would set sodden straw on fire.
Was I the servant of a sovereign wish,
Or ladle rattling in an empty dish?
(Roethke, ex. 4 for Sir John Davies)
thisisgoradio: David Bowie's been named Britain's most influential artist of the last 50 years.
He's been followed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Sir Steve McQueen & It's A Sin writer Russell T Davies.
Musicians including Spice Girls, Elton John & Stormzy are also featured in the Sky Arts list.
legal_issue: "Litigation is not a war or even a game. It is designed to do real justice between opposing parties and, if the court does not have all the relevant information, it cannot achieve this object"
- Rt. Honourable sir John Donaldson MR in Davies v Electronic Lilly & Co. [1987]
thfcadityav2: And he hasn't been bad for City but I am not touching Ake with a left pole , would absolutely love their other CBs in Sir John Stones Laporte and Dias to wear a Spurs shirt but Ben Davies is genuinely a much better player for me ffs
deloreana85: Sir John's. I am sure, but much good," said about Dr. Davies to her being able to be more than to be amused her to him, but
robots_gbot: Dr. Davies to Sir John Dashwood was right, my dear! one who watched, and entered the subjection of the falsehood of parting
bigboatbot: Davies to himself an accent of Lady Middleton was to be told, she was not to Allenham, satisfied with Sir John's joking intelligence
azforeman: My reading of Sir John Davies' epigram on "Rufus at the Theater" in Early Modern Pronunciation is now available publicly
deloreana85: Marianne, who had you owe it was carried about Dr. Davies to Sir John, who had been,--saw him pain on herself, with her
azforeman: If you wonder why I had occasion to ponder this, it was while recording Sir John Davies' snark (ca. 1590) at a courtier who got real finicky about theater seats but had no standards when it came to hookers.
Available a couple days early to my patreons
Tbag__1: Will no leak like Michael Owusu go come tell we say Sir John give am two eggs Wey he turn am into poultry farm
CityAM: ‘Brexit is a mistake and London will be damaged’ warns Sir Howard Davies as NatWest chair claims ‘Boris Johnson hates the Treasury’
fourthestategh: Sir John's will in pictures ... 1/2
lips_pi: The late Sir John’s full Will.
FeinsteinKen: Richard Martin was of the Middle Temple. So was… John Marston. So was… Sir John Davies. So was… John Hoskins. We all know what Shakespeare play was performed at the Middle Temple. Follow the clues. Find the historical truth.
StatsGH: Former NPP secretary and head of forestry commission, Sir John died 691 days ago.
His will reveals that, he owned three different lands at the Achimota Forest. All these lands were registered under some company names.
The lands were sold long ago.
WHY DO WE DESERVE THIS?
nulasuchet: NatWest’s Sir Howard Davies: ‘I’m quite pessimistic. Brexit was a significant mistake’
FeinsteinKen: I’m interested in the actual connections. Not the rhetorically useful gotchas. People don’t know who Sir John Davies and Richard Martin were. That’s not MY problem. My job is to trace what actually happened.
AschRonald: depends on who you talk to, some would actually say the six counties, and for me as a historian (early modernist) Ulster seems as good as anything else after all Sir John davies did not plan the Northern Ireland plantation, and there is no "bloody hand" of NI
c_twes: "Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly"
- Former Attorney General of Ireland, Sir John Davies
AttatRichman: “Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
—SIR JOHN DAVIES, ELIZABETHAN POET AND LAWYER AND FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL OF IRELAND”
Excerpt From
The Personal MBA
Kaufman, Josh
This material may be protected by copyright.
T0nynewquay: Today's Notable Birthdays 5/5/22 : Karl Marx(D), Sir Gordon Richards(D), Lance Henriksen(82), Tammy Wynette(D), Sir Michael Palin CBE(79), John Rhys-Davies(78), Roger Rees(D), Richard E. Grant(65), Peter Howitt(65), Iam McCulloch(63), James Cracknell OBE(50), Sage Stallone(D),...
bs_on3: George Mursell Garrett, Sir John Goss, Thomas Attwood Walmisley, Henry Walford Davies & John Silverton - Psalms 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131
arushibhalla7: One of my favorite quotes from the book - Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman would be "Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly" by Sir John Davies.
This quote keeps you grounded when you are too excited about any new project and makes you think logically.
What's your fav quote?
deletedbyMPs: DT Sir Edward Leigh MP: Today I went personally to see the Health Secretary alongside Sir John Hayes and Gareth Davies MP. We very forcibly…
Dorianlynskey: "Richard Burgon has appeared 11 times, Barry Gardiner three times and John McDonnell twice… Backbenchers Crispin Blunt, Sir David Amess, Daniel Kawczynski and Philip Davies also appeared on RT."
Malekisgone: Here is a video of the late John Ogdon, he talks about his childhood, family and music, he also appears with composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies talking and playing piano
mambwlski: In time for the big one this evening down in the big city, the Welsh legends collection is now available to order.
- Sir Gareth Edwards
- Phil Bennett
- JPR Williams
- Mervyn Davies
- Ray Gravell
- Barry John
Orders can be taken direct or on Etsy
_AshleyCousins: Sir Elton John
David Walliams
Sigourney Weaver
Naomie Harris
Ray Davies
GO.
markettownmabel: Malcolm Rifkind, Theresa May, Sir John Major, Dominic Grieves, David Davies. Why aren't Tory back benchers listening to them?
kuczynski_ewa: Unfortunately I share a birthday with Adele (whose music I really dislike); I also share a birthday with John Rhys-Davies who played Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (which I've seen more times than I've had hot dinners) & Sir Michael Palin (my favourite Python).
budhavara: Jefferson here predicts the great falling away, which was spoken of Biblically. He quotes Sir John Davies ("Minerva is in fables said, from Jove without a mother to proceed") to illustrate his point, as most legends are eventually dismissed. He then praises Christ's message.
chasewpatterson: The oldest know version is found in the Fables of Babrius, in Two Parts, which below is translated into English Verse from the text of Sir G. C. Lewis, by the Rev. John Davies and published in 1860
schottmusic: And the answer is... Bottom row: Alexander Goehr, Audrey Crawford, John Dow and second row: Sir Harrison Birtwistle, John Ogdon, Elgar Howarth, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. The photograph was taken by Laelia Goehr, Alexander Goehr's mother in 1955.
BrehonAcademy: "There is no nation of people under sun that are (WERE) better lovers of justice than the Irish."
- "Sir" John Davies
MrBrian1961: Other star birthday's today, Ernie Wise, OBE, (left), 1925-1999, tv comedian, Rodney Bewes, 1937-2017, Likely Lads actor, John Alderton, 81, Please Sir actor, Trevor Ward-Davies, 1944-2015, 'Dozy' of Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich band chart-topping fame. COYS
brexit_sham: "Gove wants to privatise the NHS, Johnson wants to charge people for health services and Duncan Smith advocates moving to a social insurance system. The NHS is about as safe with them as a pet hamster would be with a hungry python..." - former Tory Prime Minister, Sir John Major.
FeinsteinKen: Oh and Sir John Davies the poet.
NatalieHats: Expenses:
Geoffrey Cox
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Ben Wallace
James Cleverly
Victoria Atkins
John Glen
Dr Liam Fox
John Whittingdale
Philip Davies
Robert Goodwill
Laurence Robertson
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown,
Anne Marie Morris
Greg Knight
Damian Collins
Geraint Davies
Clive Betts
jrmakd: MPs fill pockets using rent expenses loophole
‘The MPs who own London homes but rent on expenses include …Philip Davies, who is married to Esther McVey, and the former ministers John Whittingdale, Sir Geoffrey Cox and Liam Fox’
BremainInSpain: MPs fill pockets using rent expenses loophole
‘The MPs who own London homes but rent on expenses include …Philip Davies, who is married to Esther McVey, and the former ministers John Whittingdale, Sir Geoffrey Cox and Liam Fox’
docrussjackson: Sir Greg Knight, £16,000pa for 108 hrs
Ben Everitt, £15,000pa for 60-80 hrs
Andrew Bridgen, £12,000pa for 96 hrs
Philip Davies, £12,000pa for 60-120 hrs
Sir Graham Brady, £10,000pa for 12 hrs
Chris Skidmore, £10,000pa for 48-96 hrs
John Redwood, £5,000pa for 12 hrs
gedyponzales: Their term for colonization was ‘plantation’; in the words of Sir John Davies, the settlers were ‘good corn’; the natives were ‘weeds’. But this was more than mere social gardening. In theory, plantation was just another word for colonization,
Kofi_Akwaboah: And btw, is Sir Alex Feeguson in anyway related to John Henry Davies
azforeman: "I know my life's a paine, and but a span,
I know my Sense is mockt with every thing;
And to conclude, I know my selfe a man,
Which is a proud, and yet a wretched thing."
— Sir John Davies (1599)
JohnnyDownes: The 10 MPs that voted against the new Jobs Tax;
John Baron,
Philip Davies
Esther McVey
Ben Everitt
Marcus Fysh
Craig Macinlay
Dehenna Davison
Sir Christopher Chope
Richard Drax
Sir John Redwood
Ten good men and true.
GullLynne: Tories who voted against the NI rise
Sir Christopher Chope
Philip Davies
Dr Neil Hudson
Esther McVey
John Redwood
Who'd have thought 4 out of that 5 had a conscience? (I don't know anything about Dr Hudson)
Am1tMalde: Five Conservatives - Sir Christopher Chope, Philip Davies, Neil Hudson, Esther McVey and John Redwood - voted against the changes, 37 Tory abstentions
JohnEP1912: for completeness, the based Tory dissenters:
Chope, Sir Christopher - Christchurch
Davies, Philip - Shipley
Hudson, Dr Neil - Penrith and The Border
McVey, Esther - Tatton
Redwood, John - Wokingham
GemmaLDillon: Social care tax rise: Boris Johnson wins Commons vote - Five Conservatives - Sir Christopher Chope, Philip Davies, Neil Hudson, Esther McVey and John Redwood - voted against the changes.
AfifaQudsia: What we can know or what we can distain
When error chokes the windows of the mind?
- Sir John Davies.
ucl_discovery: Open Access UCL Research: Known Unknowns: Sir John Davies’ Nosce Teipsum in Conversation
cancelledlist: Peter Maxwell Davies got cancelled for throwing milkshake on Sir John Mills.
BrynleyHeaven: In local news ... Richard Davies and Sir John Hayes appear on Two Plank Bridge (that is the name of the bridge, definitely not a caption competition this one)
