Islands
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Origin | Montreal |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Members | Nicholas Thorburn |
| Jamie Thompson | |
| Jim Guthrie | |
| Genres | Indie Rock |
| Indie Pop | |
| Art Rock | |
| Associated acts | Jamie Thompson |
| Jim Guthrie | |
| Michael Feuerstack | |
| Subtitle | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2315205 |
About Islands
Islands was an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The group was founded in 2005 by Nicholas Thorburn and Jamie Thompson, shortly after the breakup of The Unicorns, of which both were members.
Skeletons discovered in rare 5,000-year-old tomb in Orkney
... It is believed to be a type of tomb only previously recorded 12 other times in Orkney - Islands famed for Neolithic archaeology - and considered to be the " pinnacle" of Neolithic engineering in Scotland...
Finding shipwrecks and planes lost at sea
... From Dunkirk to RathlinThe SS Lochgarry was a World War Two merchant vessel adapted for military use - originally launched in 1898, it was used for many years as a passenger and cargo vessel around the Scottish Islands...
Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway
...The Orkney Islands could change their status in the UK or even become a self-governing territory of Norway under new proposals...
Living on the frontlines of a US-China flashpoint
... With tensions high in the region, a handful of people on a few small Islands find themselves caught between two superpowers...
I can't feel fingertips after rowing in Antarctic seas
... The challenge took them via Elephant Island to Laurie Island, the second largest of the South Orkney Islands - about 604km (375 miles) north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula...
Richard Osman to embark on new series of crime novels
... " And I thought, that s quite a fun detective, a reluctant traveller, having to go around the world and saying oh god, really? I ve got to get on a private jet and fly to the Cayman Islands? - but just thinking I ve got the local pub quiz on Tuesday...
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Richard Osman to embark on new series of crime novels
Richard Osman has revealed he plans to take a break from writing his successful Thursday Murder Club novels to embark on a new crime series.
The TV star, who recently announced enjoyed huge success with his debut novel.
Osman told Bbc News his new book series will be " a sort of Thursday Murder Club meets The Da Vinci Code".
The author said he will publish The First of the new series after The Fourth Thursday Murder Club novel.
The First Book in the murder club series, which is about four elderly amateur detectives who live in a retirement village, was published in 2020.
It topped the bestseller list in the UK, spawned a successful sequel, and Steven Spielberg
A third murder club mystery, The Bullet That Missed, which Osman says is about the " the sad, Sudden Death of a news presenter" will be published in September.
Osman, 51, is already writing The Fourth book, But after That , he says he's " starting a new series" which was inspired by a recent visit to a bookshop.
" I thought, I'd love a quite funny, quite smart, Da Vinci Code, " he explained, referring to Dan Brown 's best-selling puzzle-filled thriller.
" I'd love one of those books That 's a caper around The World , But That also has some truth about The World , and also makes You Laugh and has also has some of the aesthetic of Thursday Murder Club, But it's Da Vinci Code. And I couldn't quite find one.
" So I thought I'd quite like to do That - a sort of Thursday Murder Club meets The Da Vinci Code. "
Although it sold 84 million copies in print worldwide, The Da Vinci Code received mixed reviews when it was published in 2003 as " irritatingly gripping tosh".
But Osman is a huge fan. " Whatever people say about The Da Vinci Code, I devoured it and loved it. And when people say 'oh it's so badly written' you think, so many people have tried to write That book, he [Dan Brown ] wrote it better than anybody else.
" I love what That book did, which is to take you around The World . " Brown's book roamed across France, England and Scotland.
Osman stresses, however, he has little interest in travelling the globe to research his new series.
" I'm quite a reluctant traveller, " he reveals. " I'm not in love with going around The World and seeing The Pyramids . I'm a bit happier staying At Home and watching the snooker.
" And I thought, That 's quite a fun detective, a reluctant traveller, having to go around The World and saying 'oh god, really? I've got to get on a private jet and fly to the Cayman Islands ?' - But just thinking 'I've got The Local Pub Quiz on Tuesday . ' And That felt to me like an interesting world to explore, so I'm going to explore it. "
A new series from Osman involving different characters could help showcase his range and placate some of the critics who were less keen on his Thursday Murder Club books.
" What is clear after reading both novels is That Osman is a very much a one-trick pony, whose trademark is subverting expectations about the elderly in a series of attention-grabbing asides, " Last Year .
Fans of The Thursday Murder Club need not worry though. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron aren't going anywhere.
" There will be loads and loads more, " promises Osman. " I love The Four of them as a gang and I love The Balance between them.
" You've got two working class characters, two Middle Class characters, two very strong women, two slightly more brittle men. And I love the things I can talk About Britain , through those four characters.
" The joy of writing this, is dark things happen in these books, But you can always talk about daytime TV and cakes. The minutiae of people's lives, which is actually what we spend most of The Time on, is very present in these books. "
Source of news: bbc.com
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