John Birch was organist and master of the choristers at Chichester Cathedral, where he served from 1958-80, then at The Temple Church, London, until 1997, following in the footsteps of George Thalben-Ball, Walford Davies and EJ Hopkins. He was only the fourth organist there since 1841.
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Leading article: Better to maintain the mystery of Springfield
Thursday 12 April 2012
And so the mystery is solved. After 20-plus years and more than 500 episodes, the creator of The Simpsons has finally cracked and admitted that it was Springfield, Oregon, all along. Since the very beginning, fans have speculated as to which of the 34 US towns that bear the name – not to mention the one in Essex – could claim to be "the real Springfield", home of the world's most famous yellow family. Now they know.
Amol Rajan: Sooner or later, every voice is heard and heeded
Thursday 15 March 2012
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Troops stunned but determined to 'crack on' with job
Friday 09 March 2012
Battalion waiting to go out to Afghanistan undaunted by deaths, say commanders
Ray Honeyford: Headmaster who sparked controversy with an attack on multiculturalism
Monday 20 February 2012
Ray Honeyford, the head teacher of a Bradford inner-city school, sparked national controversy in 1984 when he questioned multiculturalism in schools.
Salisbury's discards and veterans plot to enjoy their day in the sun
Friday 06 January 2012
Playing a first-ever third-round tie – against Sheffield United, 90 places higher up the ladder – is a joy for the lowest-ranked team left in the FA Cup. By Robin Scott-Elliot
A day in the sun for plain old Salisbury
Friday 06 January 2012
Playing a first-ever third-round tie – against Sheffield United, 90 places higher up the ladder – is a joy for the lowest-ranked team left in the FA Cup
Arts review of 2011 - Visual Art: Calm down – it's just another Leonardo...
Sunday 18 December 2011
Beyond the overbearing and clunking blockbusters, the year's best shows were far-flung, small and perfectly formed
Hannons' horse-trading puts flesh on the dream
Thursday 01 September 2011
So here they all were again, the agents and trainers and pin-hookers, appraising adolescent horses against their own, sober budgets and the deranged monologue of the auctioneers. While some had already been skirmishing overseas, in France or America, for many British and Irish professionals yesterday marked the resumption of a cycle as perennial and perplexing as migration: the yearling sales, this gruelling, addictive ritual, where over the coming weeks millions of pounds will ferment in the interstices of romance and commerce.
To live near the best schools, be prepared to pay a £77,000 premium
Sunday 28 August 2011
That's the average amount parents are forking out to buy a house in the right catchment area to ensure their children get a good education. Chiara Cavaglieri reports
UK boy killed by polar bear named
Friday 05 August 2011
A 17-year-old boy who was killed by a polar bear in northern Norway was named by the British Schools Exploring Society (BSES) today as Horatio Chapple.
Constable and Salisbury: The Soul of Landscape, Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum, Salisbury
Sunday 29 May 2011
Salisbury, the city where Constable spent his honeymoon and returned after his wife's death, is welcoming his paintings back
Crashing pilot steers clear of nursery school
Saturday 30 April 2011
A pilot averted potential disaster by steering his stricken gyrocopter away from a nursery school in Wiltshire where the royal wedding was being celebrated.
Man killed in gyrocopter crash
Thursday 28 April 2011
The light aircraft crashed in a field near Old Sarum Airfield, north of Salisbury, Wiltshire a spokesman for Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said.
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