Hints and tips:
...The best one Atkins was given was when the comedian Ronnie Barker told her to look credible, not noticeable....
...I am reminded of the opening monologue of Dylan Thomas’s “play for voices” Under Milk Wood, in which Richard Burton intones: “Come closer now....
...The mid-tempo waltz “Awuraa Amma” came next, poised at exactly the right pace, and then “Salvador Da Bahia”, a Latin-tinged showstopper from the first CD; the up-tempo splurge of trombonist James Burton...
...Trumpeters Alex Sipiagin and Philip Harper were a contrast between brash modernism and spaced dynamics, Abraham Burton captured the breathy vibrato of swing-era greats on tenor sax, and trombonist Luis Bonilla...
...The first set ended with “Going Somewhere”, a straight-to-the-point boogaloo written by Burton III....
...The gold chronograph was originally a gift to the Swedish Formula One star Ronnie Peterson and was inscribed on the back “Success. Ronnie Peterson from Jack W Heuer”....
...It is inscribed to an unknown person by Ronnie Cornwell, in 1965, styling himself as “the father of the Author”. Ronnie was apparently on the run in Hong Kong at the time....
...Professional affinity also links Nadine Shenton, who lives in Hampstead in a house once owned by actor Richard Burton....
...Additional reporting by Jamil Anderlini in Beijing...
...Ronnie Corbett....
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