The Independent 1995 Giles Smith |
Title | Subject | Authors |
A touch of class. (continued popularity of the Rolling Stones) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
'Bookers? Not for the loikes of oi.' Criticism doesn't hurt fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett, or his six million adoring fans.(Interview) | Retail industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles Smith |
But seriously, Bob. (comedian Bob Monkhouse)(Interview) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
Cheeky devil. (singer-songwriter Randy Newman plays the Devil)(Interview) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
Crooners, clubbers - it's all a blur. (musical tastes of young people) | Retail industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles Smith |
Diminuendo. (actor Dudley Moore)(Interview) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
Er, say that again, Prime Minister? (John Major's speeches fail to impress) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
Forgive, but never forget. (former pop star Dean Friedman)(Interview) | Retail industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles Smith |
Here's to you, Mrs Underwood. (mother of rugby players Tony and Rory Underwood) (Interview) | Retail industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles Smith |
It's a dog's life - but not as we know it. (Sue McCourt, breeder of Skye terriers) (Interview) | Retail industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles Smith |
Keeping an eye on the mane chance. (showjumper Oliver Skeete)(Interview) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
Mistress of the disturbed. (actress Theresa Russell)(Interview) | Retail industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles Smith |
Planet Earth welcomes Mr Charles. (television star Craig Charles) (Interview) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
Queues. Bossy stewards. Bad sightlines. Heat. rain. More queues. But even the players say nothing beats the Wimbledon rush. | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
Return of the Yeo-Yeo kid. (Conservative politician Tim Yeo) (Interview) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
Sex, drugs and megabucks. (export potential of UK pop music industry) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
Sorting the twiddle from the twaddle. (record producer Gus Dudgeon) (Interview) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
Taking class out of the classics. (Raymond Gubbay, promoter of classical music concerts)(Interview) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
The Gilbert & George of fashion. (fashion designers Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce) (Interview) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
The prisoner and the neurosurgeon. (Kevin Callan, who spent four years in prison wrongly convicted of murder)(Interview) | Retail industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles Smith |
They're all making plans for Nigel. (actor Nigel Hawthorne) (Interview) | Retail industry | Giles Smith |
'They're up there, guiding us, that's that.' (astrologer Russell Grant)(Interview) | Retail industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles 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 industry | Giles Smith |
This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.