The Lord Layard interview

Interview: Creative Director Richard Taylor of Weta, ‘Lord of the Rings’

Richard Taylor: That cuts to the heart of the approach for something like this. You have to set ground rules otherwise the world starts to break and loses its plausibility. Specifically, Peter wanted what I call ‘the chessboard of Middle Earth’ to have a complete believability on a flora and fauna level, so that the audience would be more accepting of the fantasy elements that are going to be s...

Telethinking: with Right Honorable Lord Roger Swinfen and Lady Pat Swinfen. Interview by Vicki Glaser.

he Right Honorable Lord Swinfen is a member of the House of Lords (elected hereditary peer). He takes an active interest in the work of Parliament and sits on the Subcommittee of the Select Committee on the European Union, which focuses on matters of foreign affairs, defense, and international development. He is a Fellow of the Industry and Parliament Trust. Lord Swinfen is a UK patron of World...

The Gardens of the Lord

Lord Lister

i hp; medical man who wishes to gain a clear idea of the broad foundations upon which modern medicine and surgery are based should read two great books which are almost twin classics; Rene Vallery Radot's Life of Pasteur" (English translation by Mrs. Devonshire), and Sir Rickman Godlee's "Lord Lister," the re-appearance of which in a third edition we cordially welcome. Both are finely written s...

Lord Memorial Prize Essay

. Although it may well be unreliable and illogical, is a well-known habit to form firm, lasting, and definite first impressions. That they are often ^accurate and always superficial is to be admitted, but nevertheless they frequently form the basis of our later estimations and prejudice our views for good or evil, the more so when the situation is a new one to us, or one whose arrival we have b...