Tag: ian
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Ian Rankin: Why, after 25 books, Rebus is still the Rankin crime fighter | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] Growing up in a tough Fife mining community, Ian had no pretensions about writing (Image: Getty) Shortly after I joke that Sir Ian Rankin’s social media gives the impression visitors to Edinburgh are pretty much guaranteed to bump into him, a US tourist shuffles over to tell the author his bestselling Inspector Rebus novels…
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Disasters like Ian pose extra risk for fragile older people – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Older people with limited mobility and those with chronic health conditions requiring the use of electrically powered medical devices were especially vulnerable when Hurricane Ian slammed into Southwest Florida, and experts warn such risks to society’s oldest are growing as disasters increase with the impact of climate change. Almost…
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Hurricane Ian drowning victim was “the best big brother” – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Craig Steven Markgraff Jr., a construction worker and the “best big brother ever,” was last seen clinging to a tree as rising waters from Hurricane Ian lashed areas dozens of miles inland from Florida’s Gulf Coast. One of the storm’s first publicly identified victims in Florida, the 35-year-old man’s…
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10 days later, Cubans still recovering from Hurricane Ian – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] LA COLOMA, Cuba (AP) — Soldiers fix roofs and raise power poles under a blazing sun, while teachers salvage wet school books and residents cook over wood fires in La Coloma, a fishing and industrial town on Cuba’s coast that took the brunt of Hurricane Ian. Ten days after the storm left still unquantified…
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James Bond backstory was changed by Sean Connery after Ian Fleming disapproval | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Today, at 4:15pm on ITV, James Bond hits the small screen once again in Sean Connery‘s second 007 film From Russia With Love. The movie was released in 1963, just a year after the first-ever James Bond movie – 1962’s Dr No. It took until the end of this film for Ian Fleming to…
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Next James Bond frontrunner believes new 007 ‘must be true to Ian Fleming’s character’ | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] We’ll soon be coming up on a year since Daniel Craig’s bowed out as James Bond so spectacularly in No Time To Die. Just who his replacement will be in the next reboot continues to be a hot topic, as does the matter of diversity. To date, six actors have officially played 007 himself…
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Virat Kohli took on legacy of Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni, he substantially built on it: Ian Chappell | Cricket News
[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Former Australia skipper Ian Chappell has said that Virat Kohli was an exception as a captain as he did not curb his enthusiasm as the leader of the Men in Blue. Earlier this month, Kohli stood down as India’s Test skipper a day after the country suffered a 1-2 series defeat against South…
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Astral Media co-founder Ian Greenberg dies at 79
[ad_1] Astral Media’s President and CEO Ian Greenberg attends the company’s AGM in Toronto on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Greenberg, the media mogul who alongside his brothers helped turn Astral Media into a Canadian radio and television powerhouse, has died at 79. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young TORONTO – Ian Greenberg, the Montreal media…
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Next James Bond: ‘If 007 producers true to Ian Fleming, they’d undo No Time To Die ending’ | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Then, 12 years later, Connery was back again for unofficial Thunderball remake Never Say Never Again, the title commenting on the fact he’d previously said he’d “never” play Bond again. Express.co.uk caught up with 007 expert Mark Edlitz, the author of The Many Lives of James Bond, and asked how he thought the producers…
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Ian Blackford net worth exposed – SNP chief is a multi-millionaire
[ad_1] While his exact net worth is unknown, several of his business ventures are on record in addition to his yearly salary as an MP. The basic MP salary that Mr Blackford takes home annually is worth £81,932. Furthermore, until early December 2019 he served as a non-executive chairman for an internet provider, called Commsworld.…