Alphabet associations - I

[Don Petter]

and only 22 hospitalised apparently

A very pleasant evening, with no problems observed by me, in spite of a record crowd, as it was a mild Saturday night. Typical scaremongering BBC headline, it seems - the text refers to most of the 22 injuries being 'minor' and the two serious ones being from falls. Not bad for 60000 people and six bonfires at what is certainly a rumbustious event. Yes, the Pope does still go up, together with Guy Fawkes himself and, at the Cliffe site, a very large Colonel Gadaffi, though I didn't see the conflagration as by that time I was on the way home to a traditional (for us) jacket tattie supper.

[Norfolk Born]

1977?
and is the 'destination' a planet?

Yes
No

[Don Petter]

Walton recorded B's Feast twice but no Rs seem to be on the menu yet

Also Stravinsky and Rake's Progress, which is an R? (But strictly it should be three, as the premiere at the Fenice is also available on CD.)

[Norfolk Born]

Hitler came to power in one of the years concerned.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A tRio, perchance?:
Constant Lambert's The Rio Grande
Flying Down to Rio (Astaire & Rogers debut as a partnership)
ex -Monkee Mike Nessmith's Rio

[mercia]

oh, well done
I was miles off

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Thank you, mercia; if I'm correct, it's purely down to Norfy's "Hitler" prompt.

[Norfolk Born]

You are indeed correct - please set an 'S' at your convenience!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

My convenience is a little cramped, so I'll set it here, please:

A character from Star Trek,
a habitual TV Art Critic,
A writer of children's book and Vanessa Redgrave's one time understudy
... all have what S in common?

[antongould]

Margaret Drabble was one of, probably many, to be understudy to the great Vanessa!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Margaret Drabble was one of, probably many, to be understudy to the great Vanessa!

So far, so good: follow that line, anton.

[antongould]

I'm out this morning - but might the line lead to Yorkshire?

[Norfolk Born]

The art critic could be James Scarborough...

[Norfolk Born]

...and the author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.

[mercia]

oh, I've been on the trail of Black Beauty, obviously the wrong stable