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A new training activity? Bored on the Staingarth? The latest addition to Ocean Diver Training – Extreme Ironing! Photo courtesy of (would you believe) Saga Magazine |
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A new training activity? Bored on the Staingarth? The latest addition to Ocean Diver Training – Extreme Ironing! Photo courtesy of (would you believe) Saga Magazine |
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PORTLAND HARBOUR AUTHORITY BANS DIVING ON THE HOOD
Following a risk assessment and acting on the advice of its Solicitors, Portland Harbour Authority Limited have issued a Local Notice to Mariners (LNTM), imposing a total ban on diving activities on the Hood with immediate effect. In a statement issued by Portland Harbour Authority they state that “…there is no requirement for the Harbour Authority to consult on matters dealt with by LNTM”. The move has angered dive boat operators, schools and clubs who regularly visit this popular wreck
The Harbour Authority statement goes on to say that the ban has been imposed pending full consultation with the Harbour Consultation Committee, upon which all harbour users are represented. Once a final decision is made all parties will be informed through proper channels.
Thursday, January 15th, 2004
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HURRAH FOR TINTIN Exhibition
The intrepid boy-reporter Tintin should be the patron saint of journalists – except, of course, that he never takes any notes, meets a deadline or does any reporting.
But he is definitely an icon worth celebrating and, in his 75th year, the National Maritime in Greenwich is doing just that with The Adventures of Tintin at Sea exhibition, which opened on March 31st.
In retrospect, the worst thing his creator Georges Remi, better known as Hergé, ever did was to decide to continue working for the Brussels paper Le Soir after the Nazis took it over. Tintin has been branded as a Nazi ever since.
Yet, when reading the books, Tintin’s most notable quality is the way he and his intrepid friends – Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and the resourceful dog Snowy – stand up against tyranny. Their other quality, which you notice more as an adult, is the uncanny and beautiful detail of the drawings.
The Greenwich exhibition, which concentrates on the seafaring aspects of the adventures, features the first drawing of Tintin and a portrait of Hergé by one of his biggest fans – a young man called Andy Warhol.
Published in March 2004 Saga Magazine. Article by Sarah Compton, Assistant Editor (Arts) Daily Telegraph