Internet mentions : (for The Press Cuttings Collection see here)
(A selection from the huge amount of Internet mentions...)
Vince Hagedorn's pancake landing received wide Internet coverage - nearly
100 articles last time I looked. Here
is the Scottish TV report, including an interview with Mr Hagedorn.
Ed.
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There is now an entry
for the plaque in Hertford on the waymarking website.
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12th Februry 2010
Although this
blog entry mentions W E Johns in passing, it is informative about
the"weeding" of books in public libraries and I think relevant
to this section.
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12th December 2009
Novelist Hilary Mantel has written an interesting article entitled "A
Life of Biggles" in The Guardian of 12th December.
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11th November 2009
UK
Commentators blogs refer to the report on what might be the remains
of Cambyses' army.
"If they really have found the remains of Cambyses' army, it would
be one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time. The dry
desert should have hopefully preserved weapons and armour - and what of
the paymasters' bullion, and the loot ?
There's only one slight problem. According to Capt W.E. Johns, the lost
army was discovered by Biggles, Algy and Ginger in the late 1930s. It
was also discovered by oil prospectors in 2000."
(refers to an article
in the mailonsunday)
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29th October 2009
Newquay
Zoo have made a wartime garden. Part of the display includes an issue
of "The Passing Show". The writer sounds interested in discovering
another side to WEJ.
(Johns' gardening comments are popular, perhaps with people who do not
even know about Biggles, and appear in several blogs. This one is particularly
popular:
"One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation
it provides. ~W.E. Johns, The Passing Show")
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6th October 2009
In his "Airminded"
blog, Brett Holman comments about our website:
"Via the site, one can keep up with W. E. Johns, Biggles, Worrals
et al in the press, or explore the wider world of Bigglesiana on the web.
(Which introduced me to a site devoted to Popular Flying, a magazine edited
by Johns which featured articles by a number of airpower writers familar
to me, such as J. M. Spaight, E. Colston Shepherd, Arch Whitehouse and
Nigel Tangye.)"
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30th September 2009
Under the heading, "Who wrote 'The Adventures of Biggles', this article
by Kevin Patrick discusses the comic books, saying that the title was
intended to capitalise on the popularity of the radio series then running
in Australia.
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14th August 2009
Bishop David Chillingworth (of Dunkeld and Dunblane)'s blog
entry on Vince Hagedorn's escape read:
"Well done, Sir. And all of us who get through the day by tuning
into one or other of our fantasy worlds salute you. Today I’ve been
in ‘pale and drawn from too many dawn patrols’ mode - oil-stained
flying jacket - looking down on the trenches and reflecting, ‘Poor
bloody infantry.’ "
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23rd July 2009
In an interview on Mariah's
blog, writer Storyheart mentions Biggles as an early hero:
"What was your favorite book growing up? What about now? Do you have
a favorite genre or do you like them all?"
"I have always loved adventure books, when young my hero was Biggles
by Capt W.E. Johns somebody perhaps the US would never have heard of."
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