On March 16, 1986 a young television journalist named John McCarthy set off for a month’s assignment for Worldwide Television News (WTN) in the divided city of Beirut.
At Heathrow he reassured his tearful girlfriend Jill Morrell: ‘It’s only a month, Jilly.’ They were planning to buy a house and get married.
Soon after John arrived in Beirut, two British teachers Leigh Douglas and Philip Padfield and an Irish teacher named Brian Keenan were kidnapped.
The British ambassador urged British citizens to leave. John, with a few days of his assignment remaining, had a nagging feeling that things were closing in around him.
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Sinead O Connor claims Prince was involved in Devil business and accuses him of being violent with her during a pillow fight at his Hollywood home in the 1990s
The 54-year-old singer says she was summoned to the late music icon s home for a meeting in 1991
She has claimed in her new memoir that the irises of Prince s eyes disappeared as he guarded the front door to his property in Hollywood
Discussing the moment in an interview with The Times, she said: That is as true as God. I believe he was involved in Devil business
Sinead also claims in the book that she endured a violent confrontation with Prince
O Connor, 54, made the bombshell allegations in her forthcoming memoir
The book set for release next month was previewed in a New York Times profile on Tuesday - four years after Prince s death from a drug overdose
The Irish singer said Prince had invited her to his Hollywood home after her 1991 cover of his song Nothing Compares 2 U became an international hit
O Connor claimed Prince chastised her for swearing in interviews [and] harangued his butler to serve her soup though she repeatedly refused it
She also said he sweetly suggested a pillow fight, only to thump her with something hard he d slipped into his pillowcase, the Times reported
Camden music venue KOKO set to reopen in spring 2022
17th March 2021
KOKO, one of London’s top live music venues, will re-open in spring next year after nearly three years of closure.
The restored building will boast a new acoustic venue, along with a roof terrace and a members-only section. The make-over will also include a radio station, cocktail bar, and penthouse.
The club closed its doors for refurbishment back in March 2019, with plans to open again in spring 2020. However, the revamp was scuppered when a major fire damaged the building in January 2020.
News of the 2022 reopening was revealed by Nick Lewis, KOKOs new Head of Music, who said: