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ALCATRAZ – TAXING TIME ON A KREEPY ROCK
david ellis with malcolm andrews HOLLYWOOD has a way of treating bygone gangsters somewhat kindly – even when not actually glorifying their antics, it seems to always want to give them something of an ill-deserved glamour and romance. But it can’t put a glamorous or romantic edge to some of their nicknames. Alvin Karpis, murderer […]
ALCATRAZ – TAXING TIME ON A KREEPY ROCK
david ellis with malcolm andrews HOLLYWOOD has a way of treating bygone gangsters somewhat kindly – even when not actually glorifying their antics, it seems to always want to give them something of an ill-deserved glamour and romance. But it can’t put a glamorous or romantic edge to some of their nicknames. Alvin Karpis, murderer […]
ENGLISH NAVY LORD’S BIZARRE DUEL PERSONALITY
david ellis A RUSTING old anchor on a waterfront lawn at English Harbour on the tiny island of Antigua in the Caribbean attracts only mild attention from most visitors… after all, this harbour was once one of Britain’s major naval centres, so there are plenty such items of maritime history to be found here. But […]
ENGLISH NAVY LORD’S BIZARRE DUEL PERSONALITY
david ellis A RUSTING old anchor on a waterfront lawn at English Harbour on the tiny island of Antigua in the Caribbean attracts only mild attention from most visitors… after all, this harbour was once one of Britain’s major naval centres, so there are plenty such items of maritime history to be found here. But […]
BRIDGING OCEANS JUST THE TRICK AT 90
david ellis PENNSYLVANIAN Ed Halluska got so smitten with the game of bridge after just one session, that he gave up his engineering job to learn all about it and become a professional bridge instructor. That in turn led to he and his wife Helen deciding to go on a cruise that was advertised as […]
BRIDGING OCEANS JUST THE TRICK AT 90
david ellis PENNSYLVANIAN Ed Halluska got so smitten with the game of bridge after just one session, that he gave up his engineering job to learn all about it and become a professional bridge instructor. That in turn led to he and his wife Helen deciding to go on a cruise that was advertised as […]
TIM’S PERCHED, READY TO LURE THE BIG ONES
david ellis WHEN angler Tim Baily says he keeps “a few small fry for the plate,” we have to wonder at the size of his plate. Because to Tim, “small fry” are anything up to seven kilograms (which, if you’ve still not come to grips with metrics, is around 15 pounds or so.) But then […]
TIM’S PERCHED, READY TO LURE THE BIG ONES
david ellis WHEN angler Tim Baily says he keeps “a few small fry for the plate,” we have to wonder at the size of his plate. Because to Tim, “small fry” are anything up to seven kilograms (which, if you’ve still not come to grips with metrics, is around 15 pounds or so.) But then […]
On track for an unforgettable journey
david ellis with frank linn IF urged to put our money on the city to take out the title of World’s Most Traffic-congested, we’d have to put it on Bangalore, just beating out Bangkok and Cairo. On a recent visit to this bourgeoning Silicon Valley of India, our driver from the airport to the rather […]
On track for an unforgettable journey
david ellis with frank linn IF urged to put our money on the city to take out the title of World’s Most Traffic-congested, we’d have to put it on Bangalore, just beating out Bangkok and Cairo. On a recent visit to this bourgeoning Silicon Valley of India, our driver from the airport to the rather […]
