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Brewer's: Ale

is the Scandinavian öl, called ealo in our island. Beer, written bere, even in the reign of James I, is the Anglo-Saxon beor, from bere (barley). A beverage made from barley is mentioned…

Brewer's: Cooper

Half stout and half porter. The term arises from the practice at breweries of allowing the coopers a daily portion of stout and porter. As they do not like to drink porter after stout,…

Brewer's: Refreshments

of public men, etc. BRAHAM'S favourite refreshment was bottled porter. BYRON almost lived on uncanny foods, such as garlic pottage, raw artichokes and vinegar, broths of bitter herbs,…

Portishead Biography

Portishead hip hop band Winner of Great Britain's Mercury Music Prize (1995), Portishead samples hip hop rhymes with dark undertones, while also adding a layer of Beth Gibbons' desperate voice.…

William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act II, Scene III

Scene IIIThe sameKnocking within. Enter a PorterPorterHere's a knocking indeed! If a man were porter of hell-gate, he should have old turning the key.Knocking withinKnock, knock, knock! Who's…

Keith Piper Biography

Keith PiperAge: 76 Division III football coach whose Denison University teams were the last in the nation to run the single-wing offense more than 40 years after it went out of fashion;…

John Popper Biography

John Poppermusician, singer, song writerBirthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Harmonica man John Popper wanted to become a musician after seeing the film The Blues Brothers (1980). Popper tried the…

Welcome to Woop Woop

Director:Stephan ElliottWriter:Michael ThomasGoldwyn Films; R; 102 minutesRelease:11/98Cast:Johnathon Schaech, Rod Taylor, Susie Porter and Dee Smart Director Elliott, who earned a name for…

The Devil's Dictionary: Commonwealth

by Ambrose Bierce COMMERCECOMPROMISECOMMONWEALTH -n. An administrative entity operated by an incalculable multitude of political parasites, logically active but fortuitously efficient…