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43 unusual facts about The Times


1865 Atlantic hurricane season

Its existence is known based on a newspaper report in the New Orleans Times.

1981 United Kingdom budget

A group of 364 economists wrote a letter to The Times newspaper which was strongly critical of the budget and expressed the view that there was "no basis in economic theory or supporting evidence" for its measures, and that it threatened the UK's "social and political stability".

Aki Riihilahti

Riihilahti has also become something of a cult figure because of columns he writes for newspapers, such as The Times and the Finnish Iltalehti.

Alne, North Yorkshire

The village also hosts an annual street fayre, which has been mentioned in The Times top 20 days out, that raises funds for the maintenance and improvement of the Alne recreation and sports park.

Alwoodley

Alwoodley lies in Leeds 17 which was reported to contain the most expensive housing area in Yorkshire and the Humber by The Times.

Andrew Dillon

In September 2013 he wrote an open letter to The Times in which he said companies should be sure that all expenses spent on research were necessary in order justify the high prices demanded for new products assessed by health technology assessment (HTA) bodies such as NICE.

Arana–Southern Treaty

The Times had also printed an allegation that Ouseley had a personal financial interest in the blockade, causing a political scandal.

Augustus Applegath

Inventions included methods of silk printing, a new method of printing banknotes and the printing machines on which The Times Newspaper was printed in the mid nineteenth century - the 'Four-Feeder' printed 5000 copies of the paper per hour, and from 1848 the rotary eight-feeder printed 8000 copies per hour.

Bahá'í Faith in England

The Bahá'í Faith in England started with the earliest mentions of the predecessor of the Bahá'í Faith, the Báb, in The Times on 1 November 1845, only a little over a year after the Báb first stated his mission.

Bancroft Davis

He practiced law in New York City and was the correspondent for The Times in London.

Carlo Maria Curci

He was condemned in Rome, and in a letter to The Times (September 10, 1884), he delivered an account of his disobedience to the decrees of the Roman Congregation, stating: "I am a dutiful son of the Church who hesitates to obey an order of his mother because he does not see the maternal authority in it."

Christ Embassy

The Christ Embassy and Pastor Chris Oyakhilome were featured on The Times in South Africa, Twitaholic, Politics Web a South African website, and The Drum South African website.

Compare download

The launch of compare download was also covered in The Times, Daily Express and the Daily Star.

Cool In Your Code

Shortly afterward, a British version of Cool in Your Code, in a form of a web TV show from the Times Online webservice, was created—like the New York counterpart, it profiles neighborhoods in London, according to their postal codes.

Farah Nosh

She has worked as a freelance photographer in Iraq at the time Saddam Hussein was still in power, along with a few other western journalists, in which she appeared in Life, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, Marie Claire, The Globe & Mail, The National Post and The Toronto Star.

Farndish

In 1937 The Times reported the plans being made in Farndish to mark the celebrations for the Coronation of King George VI – "a fine example of how England's villages may make this a memorable day in the lives of their people".

Frederick William Haddon

Haddon was Melbourne correspondent for The Times in 1895-1903, and was president of the Victorian Poultry and Kennel Club.

Howard Garns

Garns was alive when Number Place, renamed Su Doku, became popular in Japan in the mid-1980s, but died before it became an international phenomenon in November 2004, when it was printed by The Times of London.

It Ain't Me Babe

Clinton Heylin reports that a Times reporter at a May 1964 Royal Festival Hall concert where Dylan first played "It Ain't Me" took the lines "no, no, no, it ain't me babe" as a parody of The Beatles' "She Loves You".

Jeff Hook

The cartoon provided Hook with international recognition when it was re-published in The Times.

Geoff first gained international recognition in 1967 for his cartoon about the end of the Six Day War, "The three wiser men", which was republished widely outside of Australia, including in The Times.

John Lothrop Motley

In 1861, just after outbreak of the American Civil War, Motley wrote two letters to The Times defending the Federal position, and these letters, afterwards reprinted as a pamphlet entitled Causes of the Civil War in America, made a favourable impression on President Lincoln.

John Tyas

Tyas was the second son of John Tyas, for many years a member of the literary staff of The Times, was born in Brixton, London, educated in France and afterwards at London University School and at King's College School, London.

John Veron

In July 2009, Veron told The Times that, due to global warming, "there is no way out, no loopholes. The Great Barrier Reef will be over within 20 years or so".

Jubilee Plot

Earlier in the year The Times had begun publishing a series of features called Parnellism and Crime.

Kings of the Water

Kate Saunders in The Times (November 2009) reviewed it as follows: "Superbly written, thoughtful and unflinching, this terrific novel explores the mentality of the Afrikaner male — with wonderfully poetic use of the Afrikaans language."

MarketWatch

Through the Rupert Murdoch-controlled News Corp. ownership, MarketWatch is also affiliated with, among many other global media properties, the New York Post, The Times of London, Fox News Channel and multiple other 20th Century Fox spinoffs, and HarperCollins publishers.

Morton Bagot

In 1805 The Times noted with some amusement that the local priest had dislocated his jaw when attempting a particularly loud Amen.

Nelson Rangell

Though Rangell has recorded mostly in the contemporary/pop and smooth jazz formats garnering top radio play and a large audience, The Times notes "heard live a much more robust and idiosyncratic player emerges."

Playfair cipher

Advanced thematic cryptic crosswords like The Listener Crossword (published in the Saturday edition of The Times (UK) newspaper) occasionally incorporate Playfair ciphers.

Richard Carlile

While he was in jail he continued to write articles for The Republican which was now published by Carlile's wife Jane, and thanks to the publicity it now outsold pro-government newspapers such as The Times.

Robert Aspland

On his recovery in 1819, he brought about the formation of the Association for protecting the Civil Rights of Unitarians; and that being the year of the conviction of Richard Carlile for publishing Tom Paine's The Age of Reason, Aspland was engaged in controversy on the subject in the columns of The Times.

SP 3-125: Presidential Address Announcing His Intention to Resign the Oval Office

The Times article Mr. Nixon resigns as President; On this day by Fred Emery took a more negative stance on the speech, characterizing Nixon’s apology as “cursory” and attacking Nixon’s definition of what it meant to serve a full presidential term.

Spanair

A report in The Times on the day of the Madrid crash suggests that staff were threatening strike action due to concerns about the company's viability.

St George Botolph Lane

The last service was held in 1890, and in May 1900 a letter to The Times reported that not only had the church been condemned as structurally unsafe, but that the accumulation of human remains in the vault had become a health hazard.

St Nicholas Acons

The Proposed Union Of City Benefices in “The Times” p 10: London, The Times Newspaper, 1861 (Wednesday, Nov 20, ; Issue 24095; col C)

Szyk Haggadah

Upon official release of the 1940 vellum edition, which was limited to 250 numbered copies and sold for US$500, The Szyk Haggadah was cited by The Times of London as "worthy to be placed among the most beautiful of books that the hand of man has produced".

The Cry of the Icemark

The Guardian described it as "a supremely satisfying read which really deserves to be called a page-turner...Hill's original and quirky approach could yet make him the proper heir to Joan Aikens crown." The Times also gave it a good review saying, " It will have readers shivering with delight...From the moment that its 13-year-old heroine, Princess Thirrin, punches a werewolf on the nose you know you're in for a rollicking good read."

The Times-Picayune

In the mayoral race of 2006, The Times-Picayune endorsed right-leaning Democrat Ron Forman in the primary election and Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu in the runoff.

toward people who were cash-strapped after the evacuation" from Hurricane Gustav, which in the meantime had become part of the melange of problems associated with hurricanes and governmental agencies; a second editorial on the same day blasted the State of Louisiana's Road Home program and its contractor ICF.

For more than a decade, The Times-Picayune was also the newspaper home of Lolis Eric Elie who wrote a thrice weekly metro column.

Tong, Shropshire

St. Bartholomew's was chosen by Simon Jenkins of The Times in 1999 as one of the best 1,000 churches (out of 15,000) in England.

Virtualtourist

During the 2000s, the website grew rapidly and won a number of awards and positive mentions in the mainstream press, from sources as disparate as PC Magazine, The Times, Travel and Leisure, and The Wall Street Journal.


Anthony Finkelstein

He is a grandson of Alfred Wiener, founder of the Wiener Library and a brother of the peer Daniel Finkelstein OBE, Executive Editor of The Times and of Tamara Finkelstein, Director of Public Services at HM Treasury.

Bernard Hollowood

He was also a regular contributor of articles or cartoons to many other publications, including The Times, Geographical Magazine, Socialist Commentary, the Surrey Advertiser, News Chronicle, The Cricketer, London Opinion, The New Yorker, the Evening Standard, and the Daily and Sunday Telegraph.

Bill Emmott

Emmott writes regular columns on current affairs for The Times in London and for La Stampa in Italy.

Caistor Grammar School

In 2008, The Times journalist Robert Crampton used his Beta Male column to ask for invitations to give speeches, to improve his public speaking skills.

CKGB-FM

The station was launched in late 1933 by young Northern Ontario media entrepreneur Roy Thomson, who would later become the owner of The Times of London.

Darien Graham-Smith

He is also notable for his involvement in independent theatre: achievements include co-writing The Cat Must Die, which The Times named critics' choice at the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and directing the South London Theatre's 2005 production of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.

David Rendel

His father was a foreign correspondent for The Times, and he is a great-grandson of civil engineer Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel, and a great-great-nephew of Liberal MP Stuart Rendel.

Francis Charles Lawley

With his career in ruins he moved to the United States in 1856, becoming a correspondent for The Times covering the American Civil War with the Confederate Army, and authored several books including The Bench and the Jockey Club and The Life and Times of the Druid, as well as contributing to magazines such as St Paul's Magazine.

Hexing a Hurricane

Those appearing on screen include Chris Rose (Times-Picayune columnist), Angela Hill (WWL-TV Channel 4 news anchor), Garland Robinette, (WWL (AM) radio talk show host), Harry Anderson (actor, former resident, former local club owner), Irvin Mayfield (musician), Sallie Ann Glassman (artist, Voodoo priestess), along with various people of New Orleans.

If It Had Happened Otherwise

"If the General Strike Had Succeeded" by Ronald Knox: This essay is in the form of an article from The Times of 1931, which discloses the outcome as Great Britain under communist rule.

Janet Daley

She began writing full-time in 1987, contributing articles to The Times, The Independent, The Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator.

Jeffery Deaver

His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including The New York Times, The Times, Italy's Corriere della Sera, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Los Angeles Times.

John Wilcockson

John Wilcockson is a British sports journalist and author who has covered professional cycling for over 40 years, reporting on major cycling events for NPR and the BBC World Service, and publishing articles in The New York Times, Outside, Men’s Journal and The Times, among others.

Kadaververwertungsanstalt

The first accounts of the Kadaververwertungsanstalt appeared in the 17 April 1917 editions of The Times and The Daily Mail (both owned by Lord Northcliffe at the time), The Times running it under the title Germans and their Dead.

Kathleen Nott

Essays and reviews by Nott were also published by Encounter, Partisan Review, The Nation, The Listener, New Society, Commentary, The Times and The Spectator.

Kristin Prim

Since then, she has been featured in Exit Magazine, ELLE Italia, ELLE Korea, The Daily Mail, The Times, The Guardian, Refinery29, Fashion TV, The Huffington Post, Time Out New York, Vogue Italia, Guest of a Guest, Fashion Indie, Folha de S. Paulo, Dolly Magazine, international Vogues and ELLEs, etc. for her prominent personal style.

Marion Abramson High School

In the pre-Hurricane Katrina period, several years before 2010, The Times-Picayune published an anecdote stating that students at Abramson did not use their school bathrooms due to the poor conditions and instead traveled to a Taco Bell between classes in order to use the bathrooms there.

Mike Dempsey

He is a regular feature writer for Design Week and has written for Creative Review, Blueprint, The Times, Grafik, V&A magazine and many other publications on design and related issues.

Murder of Yvonne Fletcher

It was the idea of UK film director Michael Winner who wrote a letter to the editor of The Times newspaper suggesting a memorial be erected in Fletcher's honour.

Ronald Numbers

Former Archbishop of York John Habgood described it, in an article in The Times, as a "massively well-documented history" that "must surely be the definitive study of the rise and growth of" creationism.

Sage Group

In an interview with The Times, the CEO of Sage's UK business stated that: "Acquisitions are part of our DNA".

Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet

During World War I, Meyer wrote to The Times expressing his disapproval of the tactics used by the Germans in the war, including the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, prompted by a suggestion by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero that Britons of German origin should speak out publicly.

The Ghost Club

Formally launched in London in 1862 (attracting some lighthearted ridicule in The Times), it counted amongst its early members Charles Dickens and Cambridge academics and clergymen.

The Pursuit of Laughter

Valerie Grove of The Times attempted to distance herself from any political position in reviewing the book "I hope I can praise Diana Mosley without being suspected of fascist sympathies".

Thomas Miller Beach

He was subpoenaed by The Times, and in the witness-box the whole story came out, all the efforts of Sir Charles Russell in cross-examination failing to shake his testimony.

Tor-Kristian Karlsen

In addition to his scouting engagement, Karlsen have been working freelance for TV 2 (Norway), BBC Radio, FIFA Magazine, SportBild, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, The Independent, The Times and Four Four Two as an football expert and analyzer.

Truth in Science

On October 11, 2006, a reader, Chris Preedy, wrote a letter to The Times newspaper highlighting "scientific errors" on the Truth in Science website, including that the organization denies the evolution of bacterial flagellum.

Vote early and vote often

The British newspaper The Times of 27 August 1859 printed a letter about the use of the ballot for voting in the United States, written by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. to his friend Lord Radstock.

William Flavelle Monypenny

He joined the staff of The Times in 1893, where he was an assistant to the editor, George Earle Buckle.

William Howard Russell

Sir William Howard Russell CVO (28 March 1820 – 11 February 1907) was born in Tallaght, Co. Dublin. He was a British-Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents, after he spent 22 months covering the Crimean War including the Charge of the Light Brigade.

Zhou Weihui

She has presented her work in a large number of Western publications, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, CNN, USA Today, the BBC, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Economist, Stern, Welt am Sonntag, Asahi Shimbun, NHK, Yomiuri Shimbun, Le Monde, ND Le Figaro.