The Independent 1995 Giles Smith - Abstracts

The Independent 1995 Giles Smith
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A touch of class. (continued popularity of the Rolling Stones)Retail industryGiles Smith
'Bookers? Not for the loikes of oi.' Criticism doesn't hurt fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett, or his six million adoring fans.(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Brilliant but fallible, swashbuckling but reserved: David Gower is the sort of hero that sport no longer admits. And more's the pity ....(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Bryan Gould shows flashes of frustration. Admitting a sneaking regard for Mrs Thatcher, he says: 'I could have done better than I did.' (former Labour politician)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
But seriously, Bob. (comedian Bob Monkhouse)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Cheeky devil. (singer-songwriter Randy Newman plays the Devil)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Crooners, clubbers - it's all a blur. (musical tastes of young people)Retail industryGiles Smith
'Did I want the bigger money, the fancy cars, the nice houses, the prettier girls? Or did I want to go for the more substantial stuff that you know is going to sustain you longer?' (singer kd lang)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Diminuendo. (actor Dudley Moore)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Er, say that again, Prime Minister? (John Major's speeches fail to impress)Retail industryGiles Smith
Forgive, but never forget. (former pop star Dean Friedman)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
He like playing for people who don't like him. Good job too. The fans have gone; the hat is no more, but Gilbert O'Sullivan carries on regardless.(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Here's to you, Mrs Underwood. (mother of rugby players Tony and Rory Underwood) (Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Here was a potentially extraordinary marriage: Gullit, with his looks and honours, and Chelsea. (international football star Ruud Gullit signs up with Chelsea Football Club)Retail industryGiles Smith
'I like a pseudo-humble level of existence. I didn't have any aspirations to become a star. I was just into it. Axl, on the other hand, had a vision ...' (Slash, guitarist with rock band Guns N'Roses)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
It's a dog's life - but not as we know it. (Sue McCourt, breeder of Skye terriers) (Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
It's the bin end of the week and Steely Dan are acting oddly. They're dying for a chinwag. (Donald Fagen and Walter Becker)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Jim Dale's career story would make a convincing 'Carry On' film: from comic to pop idol to Broadway star. Now he's a youthful 60 but he's still so ... well, rude.(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Keeping an eye on the mane chance. (showjumper Oliver Skeete)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Mistress of the disturbed. (actress Theresa Russell)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
'No daytime DJ can come in in the morning and put on some great band he heard the night before. Unless they're on the playlist.' (deciding which records get played)Retail industryGiles Smith
Planet Earth welcomes Mr Charles. (television star Craig Charles) (Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Queues. Bossy stewards. Bad sightlines. Heat. rain. More queues. But even the players say nothing beats the Wimbledon rush.Retail industryGiles Smith
Return of the Yeo-Yeo kid. (Conservative politician Tim Yeo) (Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Sex, drugs and megabucks. (export potential of UK pop music industry)Retail industryGiles Smith
Sorting the twiddle from the twaddle. (record producer Gus Dudgeon) (Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
Taking class out of the classics. (Raymond Gubbay, promoter of classical music concerts)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
The Gilbert & George of fashion. (fashion designers Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce) (Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
The prisoner and the neurosurgeon. (Kevin Callan, who spent four years in prison wrongly convicted of murder)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
'There never was a golden age of marriage. People talk about going back to basics. There are no basics to go back to in this field. (David French resigns from Relate)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
'There's this man who comes with an inflatable parrot. And all night he's bobbing up and down with his bloody parrot. Me, me, me! is what it's all about.' (Sir John Drummond, BBC executive responsible for the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
'There was always a little snigger in the voice when they said 'I'll have an E, please, Bob'.' (quiz show host Bob Holness)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
They're all making plans for Nigel. (actor Nigel Hawthorne) (Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
'They're up there, guiding us, that's that.' (astrologer Russell Grant)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
'We always depended on the plug. Do you think Bing Crosby would give me his time just for the pleasure of my company? Bullshit.' (chat show host Michael Parkinson)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
'When I read books I certainly don't read for the plot. I read for language. I read for those sentences I try to make. A little bit of tension goes a long way.' (novelist Carol Shields)(Interview)Retail industryGiles Smith
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