Saturday 17 October 2009

Amazing Artwork - John Pugh

John Pugh specialising in painting 3D murals on the side of buildings. You can enjoy his amazing talent by following his work published in the Journal over the next eight days.

Artist John Pugh

Main Street, Los Gatos, California. Even the woman peering into the ruin is part of the mural.

Who Am I?

Today's 'Who Am I?' asks you to identify a mystery celebrity from the ten clues set out below. Who do you think the mystery celebrity is?

01 I was born on 29 September 1956.
02 My middle name is Newbold.
03 Until I retired , I was an athlete.
04 I won the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984.
05 I studied economics, and social history, at Loughborough University.
06 In 1979, I beat three World Records in 41 days.
07 I became Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Cambourne in 1992, for the Conservative party.
08 I was awarded the MBE in 1982.
09 I was created a life peer in 2000.
10 I was given a Special Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2005.

Well, can you work out who this mystery person is?

The Golden Years


Today's Smile

A father was reading Bible stories to his young son. He read, "The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but his wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt."
His son asked, "What happened to the flea?"

Odd Box

Another weird and wonderful collection of video clips from the BBC's Odd Box, presented by Dominic Byrne.

Click on the video link below:



http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_8309000/8309788.stm