I'm trying to remember the name of a film. It is probably 5 years old or thereabouts - about the making of a low budget film - with not much going for it - which mistakenly gets nominated for an...
I have a six monthly BP checkup and fasting blood taken - I see a specialist nurse and the doctor alternately. Yesterday, the nurse explained that my thyroid level was ok but "the thyroid gland was...
Someone gave this as the answer to 14d in the September Saga. The clue was " Fluke deal with millions invested on overdrawn euros". I understand thermatode is a worm like parasite hence Fluke but I...
I had to replace my very basic small Nokia phone. I bought a similar one and the sim card from the old one was put into the new phone so that i could keep the same account and number. I thought that...
Can anyone tell me the name of a film which concerned three men finding a lot of money? At first they decided to wait for a long time before sharing it . But one of the men was greedy and impatient...
I'd like to make this - sliced spuds baked in stock or stock and milk. Which would be the best variety potato to use? The BBC Good Food recipe says a floury sort such as Maris Piper or Desiree but I...
Please can anyone help with these? 4d - Final bridge plan requires complete diversion - (7) - E???L?Y 11ac - Prepared to raise your cholesterol? - (4-5) - ????-F?I?D (deepfried?) 9d - The doctor's...
I live in a Conservation area - a feature of which is alleyways either side of which are very beautiful but very old, high stone walls. One of these walls separates my garden from a public alleyway....
Last two and I can't see that they have been asked before - 7d - Piled up double the dirt about a pompous fellow in Ohio ((4,4,1,4) ?I?H ?U?K ? M??? and 24ac - Navigator's instrument - old, cannot...
Can someone suggest the best way to get to Shakespeares Globe by bus please? I would be getting off my bus from Oxford at either Marble Arch or Victoria. We hope to go sometime this week - not Easter...
I don't know where to put this - I've just come across a receipt for something I bought from an antiques shop and which cost me £45 in 1993. I have no recollection at all about this - but I'm ancient...
Help with these much appreciated. 1d Whelks and the like force setter and solver to repeat ??S?S and 13d Expedition losing leader, climbing down a long way ?E?P and 22d He acted treacherously in Troy...
Help with these please - I don't think they've been asked before. 1d She, being the king's sister, proscribes music in Home Counties bash (7) T???N?E is it trounce? 17d Clever irony is involved in a...
I have OA in both knees and an appointment coming up to discuss a possible knee replacement. I'm not at all sure that this is what I want and, depending on the advice given, would have to consider...
Can anyone suggest either a good website or preferably a store where I might find some swim/beachwear. I live in Oxford and can get to Milton Keynes/London easily. Thanks.
10ac Cut back, not convinced T?N?U?E
21ac Gibbon composed poetry about Jehovah S???A??
24ac A famous person losing track, being abrasive A???I??
Thanks for any help....
I've only just got around to watching the Doris Lessing programme in the Imagine strand. There was some lovely piano music playing at the end. Anyone know what it was?