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September 12, 2008
Technology was both curse and blessing for retailer
...in 1988, by which time they had brought teenage daughter Elaine into the business. So Kiddicare would probably have remained a well-run local specialist retailer hadit not been for Scott Weavers, Elaine’s boyfriend and later her husband. Weavers-Wright... By Jonathan Guthrie
August 10, 2009
Differing looks at love and loss
...circles round the issues of God and bereavement but never addresses either directly for more than a second or two. Andrew Scott's performance is brilliant. He underplays consistently, sometimes mumbling entire phrases in what seems a natural delivery...one of the characters in Little Gem seems to speak of having "a genital tidy", which turns out to be quite appropriate. Elaine Murphy's play at first made my heart sink, blending as it does two clichés: the Irish monologic storytelling-style... By Ian Shuttleworth
August 9, 2009
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
...circles round the issues of God and bereavement but never addresses either directly for more than a second or two. Andrew Scott’s performance is brilliant. He underplays consistently, sometimes mumbling entire phrases in what seems a natural delivery...of the characters in Little Gem seems to speak of having “a genital tidy”, which turns out to be quite appropriate. Elaine Murphy’s play at first made my heart sink, blending as it does two clichés: the Irish monologic storytelling-style... By Ian Shuttleworth
June 13, 2009
City overlooked as gongs reward entrepreneurs
...chairman of the National Federation of Women's Institutes . Peter Methven , president of the British Marine Federation. Elaine Morgan , author. James Morris , former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales. Michael...David Patton , chairman, Patton Group, the builders. Sandra Pell , chairman, Suffolk Waste Management Group. Brough Scott , horseracing journalist. Philip Sharp , technical manager, QinetiQ, the defence company. Gillian Watson , equestrian... By James Boxell
February 24, 2007
Theatre
...production, and they're right to do so. Not that it isn't flawed or hasn't been overpraised. As Arkadina, Kristin Scott Thomas could be more convincing as an important actress, while Carey Mulligan as Nina and Mackenzie Crook as Konstantin...too. Any connoisseur of acting will want to see Imelda Staunton and Eileen Atkins, and their colleagues Aidan McArdle, Elaine Cassidy and Ian McElhinney are completely excellent. True, much of this oh-so-Irish play isn't actually believable... By Alastair Macaulay
December 27, 2005
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
...Charles Daish), already in place. But she soon met and fell for the dashing but impecunious Earl of Erroll (William Scott-Mason in the Charles Dance role) and this affair was to end in tragedy with, as is revealed in the opening moments, Erroll being murdered...of an armed gang on a London estate not dissimilar to Broadwater Farm, and before you can say "Lord Gifford", Harris (Elaine Cassidy) is on the case, sniffing out police corruption, her focus being the suspicious young black officer DI Philips...
January 27, 2006
‘If something bad happens, everybody helps’
...else, to belong to the community. And that means working both to preserve the town’s past while embracing change. Take Elaine Gay, who has spent 79 of her 87 years in Pleasant Valley, 20 minutes south of town. She’s known locally for her book...cover a football game or golf match, using the airport and the internet to connect him to his work. Similarly, avid skier Scott Tracy, 36, is based in Steamboat and travels as the west coast salesman for a Missouri company. On the one hand, Tracy... By Kelly Dwyer
March 3, 2007
Ted Scott F&C Stewardship Growth Fund
Ted Scott joined F&C in 1984, the same year it launched the UK's first ethical...Growth Fund. Last year the fund returned 22.7 per cent for investors. Scott manages this fund, the Stewardship Income Fund, which was launched in 1997... By Elaine Moore
March 16, 2009
Npower to cut electricity bills
...customers. Those on a standard tariff will benefit from just over £35 being taken off their bills, down to £1,245 a year. Scott Byrom, utilities manager at moneysupermarket.com, said the cut would be cold comfort for those still struggling to pay their... By Elaine Moore
February 13, 2009
Energy companies slow to pass on cuts
...increasingly clear the levels of price reduction people want to see will not take place in this round of price cuts,” said Scott Byrom, utilities manager at moneysupermarket.com. British Gas has already announced it is cutting gas costs by 10 per cent... By Elaine Moore