News about Douglas Adams

Judith Miller, the antiques Roadshow specialist, was fine, but I wanted Ikea, which was getting expensive

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 14, 2024
When Cara Miller was eight years old, she started a campaign. Her bedroom drawers, which are in a massive Victorian pine chest, won't open. 'I had to wiggle them to get my clothes out,' she says. 'I was so ill.' She then asked her parents for an Ikea wardrobe.

I'm from New Zealand, and here are the things that baffle me about the UK (and why TEA drives me insane)

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 20, 2024
Katrina Conaglen, who moved there 16 years ago, has a lot to love about the United Kingdom,' from the wit to the NHS.' 'This world is often perplexing,' she says, adding: 'It is, of course, ungracious to complain about an adopted home.' However, finding the truth is better than toiling in ignorance, as opposed to spending the day at work with spinach between your teeth.'

A new tartan is produced by the Kiltmaker using AI, and it has already been accepted into the official Scottish Register

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 13, 2023
Steven Sim, a Scottish born Kiltmaker, was 'blown away' by the chatbot's intelligence, according to Scottish entrepreneur Steven Sim. The latest tartan features a prominent gold to represent AI's 'brilliance and enlightenment' that the world brings.' Several obscure references to AI and science fiction, as well as Douglas Adams' book 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,' are among the swish layouts. Mr Sim also used ChatGPT to produce sci-inspired photos of robots sporting the new tartan in 'electronic cities' that look like circuit boards.

ANDREW PIERCE: Sir Keir Starmer's verdict was "posh and out of touch."

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 15, 2023
ANDREW PIERCE: Sir Keir Starmer made a 'working class' appearance in his party conference address to highlight his 'working class' roots. No fewer than 21 times has he used the term 'working people.' However, focus groups of floating voters in Red Wall constituencies surveyed by More In Common reveal that Starmer is seen as 'posh' and 'out of touch' because of his knighthood, which he received in 2014 as the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Blockbuster boozers!Can YOU guess which movie these pubs featured in?

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 24, 2023
The pub is often described as a staple of British culture, whether it be enjoying a Sunday roast, soaking up the sun with a newly poured pint, or watching the footy with a group of mates. And this fondness in film isn't amiss, with some on screen characters often depicted in scenes in their favorite watering holes. Although their names are often invented for the sake of fiction, some of our favorite fictional pubs are actually anything but. Here are a few of the most popular bars in the silver screen world that you should actually drink in. But can you guess the blockbuster that they featured in?

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Charles Moore, a former journalist, asks whether Sir Keir Starmer is too old to be prime minister, though he wonders if Labour leader Ed Miliband will'know what he wants to hear about.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 8, 2023
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE (pictured): Charles Moore (pictured) wonders aloud if Sir Keir Starmer, who will be 61 next month, is too old to be prime minister. If Keir wins the Tories in next year, he will be the first prime minister with a general election since Clement Attlee in 1945,' says the lordship.' 'How fast will he be able to learn what he needs to know?' Charles is asked by Charles. People in their early sixties don't often experience a drastic decrease in their mental abilities, but they do report it's impossible to process and store new information.' Is Charles, 67 in October, speaking from experience?

WHAT BOOK would writer and journalist Nell Frizzell take to a desert island?

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 9, 2023
Nell Frizzell, a writer and journalist, says she's currently reading a few books, including Lauren Bravo's debut book Preloved and This Won't Hurt: How Medicine Fails Women by Marieke Bigg. Heidi is Heidi's first book she ever read to herself, in its entirety.

WHAT BOOK would actor and author Paterson Joseph take to a desert island?

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 22, 2022
Since being a writer, people have been sent random books. The one I'm reading now corresponds to a growing concern I have about Caribbeans before the colonial period. The time of my ancestors. Marjoleine Kars, a Dutch author, explores the history of the little-known Enslaved Peoples' revolt in Dutch Guyana during the turbulent 18th century. Fascinating. The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy. Douglas Adams' mind is a favorite - I wish I'd seen him. HHGTTG is yelling new stuff at a rate that I had forgotten the first three times through. As long as I can have the original cast vinyl from 1978, too, please …?

Griff Rhys Jones, 68, comedian and TV presenter, shares memories of Hartland Road, Epping, Essex

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 26, 2022
Griff Rhys Jones, 68, (pictured) comedian, writer, and television presenter, discusses Hartland Road, Epping, Essex. He recalls White Lode, a four-bedroom house in which he lived from the age of eight to 18, which he remembers. From Midhurst, Sussex, the family migrated to Essex.