Cor blimey, prof. What made you do it?

Article Abstract:

Cambridge University, England, receives a great deal of money, but this is generally not passed on to individual departments, according to Colin Sumner, who gave up his job as lecturer at the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge University to take up a chair of law at the University of East London. His colleagues could not really understand his decision, but he feels that it was a sensible move to make. He would not have been promoted at Cambridge, and was very frustrated by the fact that colleagues at new universities were receiving much larger salaries.

Interview, Law teachers, Law school faculty, Sumner, Colin

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Gone to the great gig in the sky

Article Abstract:

There are a number of places in London, England, where rock heroes died. Queen singer Freddie Mercury's former home in Kensington continues to attract many fans. T Rex singer Marc Bolan died in 1977 in a car crash on Queen's Ride in Barnes Common, while Beatles' manager Brian Epstein committed suicide at his home in Belgravia in 1967. Graham Bond jumped under a tube train at Finsbury Park tube station in 1974, while Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark died at his home near Sloane Square in 1991.

Homes and haunts, Rock singers

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Gor blimey, guv, all it needs is muffin men and sweeps

Article Abstract:

The Crown Commissioners have replaced Regent Street, London street furniture with blue, Regency style pieces adorned with crowns at a cost of 4 million pounds sterling. Black would have replaced the Regency atmosphere more subtly. The architecture of the buildings provides London's character. Street furniture should be inconspicuous to enhance the area. Westminster City Council likes the effect but the Royal Fine Art Commission and English Heritage do not approve.

Design and construction, England, Bus shelters, Architecture, British, British architecture, Street signs

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