Employers "Monitor" Web Usage At Work Dec 4, 2008
Lord's Cricket Ground, London, UK, 29th October 2008. Providing acess to everyone. (ITProPortal)
Mushy gets England job Oct 24, 2008
Legendary England spin bowler Derek Underwood, who recently began his term of office as President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the owners of London's Lord's Cricket Ground, has been among those voicing concerns about the depth of English spin bowling. And there are others who argue that left-armer Monty Panesar owes his place as the sole specialist spinner in England's current Test side as much because of the lack of alternatives as the Northamptonshire bowler's own quality. (iAfrica.com)
Credit Crunch Threatens U.K. Art Fairs, $183 Million Auctions, Dealers Say Oct 13, 2008
On the same day, another 50 contemporary-art galleries will open their booths at Scope Art Fair in London at Lord's Cricket Ground at the north-west corner of Regent's Park. Canceled Fair. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Jolly good show, but not like Beijing Sep 16, 2008
While London won't be building whimsical venues like the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube, it will use several famous landmarks: Hyde Park for triathlon, Horse Guards Parade for beach volleyball, Lord's Cricket Ground for archery, and Greenwich Park for the equestrian events. Wimbledon will stage the tennis, and soccer matches will be held in storied stadia like Wembley, Old Trafford in Manchester, and Hampden Park in Glasgow. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Olympics will be different for London Aug 25, 2008
Lord's Cricket Ground will have to be tweaked for archery. Earl's Court, which will house volleyball, is an exhibition hall, not a sports arena, and parts of it date from the late 1930s. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Mandela, legacy celebrated on his 90th birthday Jul 19, 2008
But as he celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday, Nelson Mandela was anything but invisible, a figure of reverence whose nine decades have been marked and observed at a huge rock concert in London's Hyde Park, a gala dinner for his children's charity in the august, chandeliered Long Room at Lord's cricket ground, and a host of tributes. His birthday yesterday was a quiet affair in his ancestral village of Qunu in the southeast of his country. (Boston Globe)
England places hopes in fragile national treasure Jul 17, 2008
That his time might come at Leeds was being discussed even before the first test at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Events there made it a certainty. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Cricket: South Africa saves first test at Lord's against England Jul 15, 2008
Tom Hevezi/The Associated Press South Africa's Neil McKenzie after being out for 138 runs during the final day of the first test against England at Lord's cricket ground Monday. Text Size. (International Herald Tribune)
CRICKET: Pietersen again batters S. Africa Jul 13, 2008
England's Kevin Pietersen hitting a ball from South Africa's Dale Steyn during the first day of the first test at Lord's cricket ground Thursday. (Tom Hevezi/The Associated Pres). (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Switch-hitting makes its debut: Legal, but is it fair? Jun 22, 2008
The initial ruling from the Marylebone Cricket Club - the private club based at Lord's Cricket Ground in London that was once cricket's supreme authority and still retains responsibility for the laws - was that switch-hitting was legal. Decisions on "leg" and "off" will be based on the batsman's original stance. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Allan Stanford shows a case containing $20 million in banknotes for one Twenty20 game victory Jun 12, 2008
An American tycoon landing his helicopter on the hallowed turf of Lord's Cricket Ground in London before showing off a case containing $20 million in banknotes. An intercontinental tug-of-war over who should be allowed to play in the finals of a new international tournament. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
How Hugh said no to soap on a rope May 31, 2008
Another of Elliott's clients had a section of turf from Lord's cricket ground transported to his country home and planted in the front garden. Slightly more amusing was the client who wanted to deliver a goldfish to a girl in Monte Carlo with a message. (Sydney Morning Herald)
* McCullum sparks a NZ revival against England May 17, 2008
New Zealand's Brendon McCullum is bowled by England's Monty Panesar, not pictured, for 97 during the first day of the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's cricket ground in London on Thursday. PHOTO: AFP. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Furniture designed by architects: Pricey, impractical and very desirable Mar 2, 2008
One of Britain's most accomplished architects, Levete designed the futuristic Media Center at Lord's Cricket Ground in London and the iconoclastic Selfridges department store in Birmingham with Jan Kaplicky, her co-principal in their practice, Future Systems. The qualities of her architecture are visible in the Around the Corner furniture. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
* Lord's cricket ground to receive huge facelift Feb 29, 2008
Lord's cricket ground to receive huge facelift ... Lord's cricket ground is set for a 200 million (US$394. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Lord's to undergo redevelopment Feb 28, 2008
LONDON: Lord's Cricket Ground is set for a 200-million-pound facelift, owners Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) announced here Wednesday. The north-west London venue, the self-styled 'home of cricket', is one of the sport's most famous grounds with the Victorian pavilion - whose exterior will remain unaltered despite the proposed changes to other parts of the ground - a particular landmark. (India Times)
I say, old chap, there's a colonial running Lord's Feb 8, 2008
Now the owner of Lord's cricket ground and the custodian of the rules of the game has departed further from tradition. Under Bradshaw's leadership, it has issued a debenture scheme to raise money to redevelop the home of cricket. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Britain's Energy Minister Says Coal is Key Feb 7, 2008
Protesters from environmental group Greenpeace interrupted Wicks as he addressed a coal conference at the Lord's cricket ground in London. "Coal power stations are out-of-date climate-wreckers," the group said in a statement. (Planet Ark, United States)
What do stadiums say about us? Nov 8, 2007
Some can, like Lord's cricket ground, be written into the mythology of teams from other nations. Some, like Chile's Estadio Nacional, can become associated with political oppression. (BBC News -- UK)
The 50 sexiest places to be fed Oct 21, 2007
Don't bother with the main dining room and instead cadge seats at the green onyx-topped oyster bar, built around a white curvy three-metre-long display designed by Future Systems (famous for their iconic Media Centre at Lord's cricket ground) and laden with a fine selection of shellfish. From there guzzle oysters and champagne to your heart's content while viewing all the goings-on in the bustling, increasingly star-studded, oak-panelled dining room. (Guardian Unlimited)
After the monsoonAid worker sets out for northern Indian region devastated by floods Aug 12, 2007
There is a joke going round Delhi that the most important weather forecast at the moment is not that about the monsoon but about the test cricket match between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London. This kind of black humour captures a part of India's disparities. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Cleared of lying, but still questions for Met chief to answer Aug 3, 2007
It reached officers who were on a day off at Lord's cricket ground, a detective at Marylebone police station who heard there had been a "massive cock-up ... involving a Brazilian tourist". A Met secretary even overheard the words "they got the wrong man" and "Brazilian". (Guardian Unlimited)
Daniel Radcliffe celebrates $47m 18th birthday Jul 27, 2007
He spent most of Monday at Lord's cricket ground with friends watching the rain-hit last day of the Test against India. While at least one of them was seen holding a can of Foster's, Daniel had nothing in his hands but an umbrella. (NEWS.com.au)
Harry Potter and the goblets of booze Jul 26, 2007
But before the actor's wild party, he was drinking strictly non-alcoholic beverages with friends at Lord's cricket ground watching the rain-hit last day of the Test against India. His publicist Vanessa Davies defended the boy's clean-cut reputation yesterday. (Ninemsn)
Radcliffe's plans for fortune Jul 25, 2007
" Daniel - whose millions had been held in a trust set up by his parents - spent his birthday watching the England cricket team play India at London's Lord's cricket ground with a group of friends. He said, "People expected me to have some massive extravagant bash with lots of celebrities, but that is so not my thing. Just to come here for the day was a bit of a dream really. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Bond between Lord's & Dada Jul 18, 2007
In his weaker moments, however, he probably wonders if there is a karmic connection between himself and England, or to be more sinister, the Lord's Cricket Ground. Maybe it will be better to go back to his beginning, the real beginning and not the surreal one in 1991-92 Down Under. (India Times, India)
Curriculum promises teacher freedom Jul 12, 2007
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion is expected to join ministers and officials from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for the launch of the curriculum at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Speaking earlier this year when draft plans were outlined, the QCA stressed classic topics of the English education system were not being scrapped. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
School curriculum set for reform Jul 12, 2007
As if to reassure traditionalists, today's launch of the new curriculum is being held at that bastion of English tradition: Lord's cricket ground. The reform of the secondary curriculum is in response to prolonged criticism from teachers that it is over-prescribed and rigid. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Under-prepared Windies struggle in the rain against England May 17, 2007
In focus: England's fast bowler Steve Harmison watched by team-mate Liam Plunkett (right) during bowling practice at London's Lord's cricket ground yesterday. AP. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Globe actors take camper van in search of Elizabethan roots May 14, 2007
The tour will be authentic in every detail except for the camper van, and the finale at a national institution which didn't exist in the Bard's day - the sacred turf of Lord's cricket ground. From June to September the Globe players will, like the King's Men setting off from Shakespeare's theatre in the 16th century, bowl up at the gates of castles, mansions, and gardens, and an Oxford college, with the props, costumes and musical instruments for Romeo and Juliet packed into a few hampers. (Guardian Unlimited)
Pads make a comeback at Lord's Feb 15, 2007
The show was staged at Lord's cricket ground, but genteel cricket whites were nowhere to be seen. Instead, beneath a helmet of backcombed, Elnett-sprayed hair, a pair of linebacker shoulders came marching down the catwalk, courtesy of the padding in a cropped black jacket - worn, of course, with a black mini, sheer black tights and high heels. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
'It's just so tacky' Jan 31, 2007
Media Centre, Lord's Cricket Ground, London. Future Systems' forward-looking glass-fronted blob was praised by Stirling prize judges in 1999 as "a breath of architectural fresh air". (Guardian Unlimited)
Ashes go home - for now Jan 22, 2007
The urn's permanent home is in the MCC museum at Lord's cricket ground in London. Australia won this summer's Ashes Test series 5-0. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Australia/Local)
Art Buchwald dies at 81, announcing it with a grin Jan 19, 2007
"Northern Europe buffeted by heavy rain and strong winds, killing 18LONDON (AP) -- Hurricane-force winds and heavy downpours hammered northern Europe on Thursday, killing 18 people and disrupting travel for tens of thousands -- including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, whose plane was forced to circle for 15 minutes before landing amid winds gusting to 77 mph.The storms were among the fiercest to batter northern Europe in years, ripping off part of the roof at Lord's Cricket Ground in... (North County Times)
Fierce winds cause deaths, chaos in northern Europe Jan 19, 2007
The storms were among the fiercest to batter northern Europe in years, ripping off part of the roof at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, toppling a crane in the Netherlands and overturning trucks on Europe's busiest highway. Among those killed was a 2-year-old boy hit by fallings bricks from a toppled wall in London. (Buffalo News -- National)
Europe Mops Up After Storm Kills 41 Jan 19, 2007
"German meteorologists recorded gusts up to 118 mph, forcing dozens of flight cancelations, shutting schools and prompting the national railroad to suspend services across a swath of the country."We are still at a standstill nationwide," with only a few trains running, Hans-Georg Zimmermann, the spokesman of the national railroad, Deutsche Bahn, told n-tv television.Hartmut Mehdorn, chief executive of Deutsche Bahn, said: "We have never yet had such a situation in Germany. "At Berlin's central... (The Morning Star)
Deadly storms batter Europe Jan 19, 2007
The storms were among the fiercest in years, ripping off part of the roof at Lord's Cricket Ground in London and a several-ton steel support on the facade of Berlin's new central train station. The victims included a 2-year-old boy hit by a toppled brick wall in London and a 73-year-old man and 18-month-old child killed by doors ripped from their hinges in winds gusting to 118 mph in Germany. (Los Angeles Times)
