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This page provides a snapshot of Lyn Paul's career from 1995. To find out what else was happening in 1995 select any of the following options:
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Among the books
published in 1995 is
Boy George's
autobiography
Take It Like A Man.
Is Lyn Paul
the New Seeker
he has in mind
in Chapter 3?
| WEB LINKS Boy George The Devil In Sister George 100% Boy Trust The DJ: Boy George |
Farewell Paris, Hello London!On 11th March Lyn Paul is a guest on the radio show Bob Holness presents ... Farewell to the Paris (BBC Radio 2, 7.30pm - 9.30pm) - a celebration of the light entertainment programmes recorded at the BBC's Paris Studios during the previous six decades. Among the stars reminiscing about the good old days are: Roy Hudd, Humphrey Lyttelton, Frank Muir, Pete Murray, Denis Norden, Nicholas Parsons, Bill Pertwee, Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips and June Whitfield.
At Christmas Lyn forsakes the annual panto for three weeks in cabaret with Mike Berry at London's Café Royal. Recalling this time two years later in a radio interview, Lyn said:
Reviewing the opening night's show in The Times, Tony Patrick said:
Lyn also gets a glowing review in The Stage. Peter Hepple describes her as "an exceptionally powerful solo artist" who puts her material across in a "dashingly extrovert manner." (The Stage, 21st December 1995).
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| In the News - 1995 | |
| Jan | The European Union expands to include Austria, Finland and Sweden. Fred West, who was facing 12 charges of murder, is found hanged at Winson Green prison. The World Health Organisation announces that the number of reported AIDS cases has passed the 1 million mark. Unofficial estimates put the figure closer to 4 million. France restores diplomatic relations with Iraq. On 15th January British troops call a halt to their daytime patrols on the streets of Northern Ireland. Kobe in Japan is rocked by an earthquake on Tuesday, 17th January. 6,433 people are killed with nearly 27,000 more injured. |
| Feb | Stephen Fry mysteriously disappears, leaving the cast of Cell Mates, the West End play in which he was appearing, to carry on without him. On 25th February Barings Bank is declared bankrupt with estimated losses of over $1 billion. |
| Mar | Nick Leeson, the man responsible for the collapse of Barings Bank, is arrested in Frankfurt. On 9th March the fishing dispute between Canada and Spain escalates when the Canadians seize a Spanish trawler at gunpoint. President Bill Clinton holds meetings with Sinn Fein leader Jerry Adams, much to the annoyance of British Prime Minister John Major. The Queen visits South Africa for the first time since 1947. 12 people are killed and more than 5,500 injured by a sarin attack in a Tokyo subway. Invading Russian armed forces gain control over Chechnya. |
| Apr | Nicholas Ingram, a 31-year-old with dual British-American nationality, is executed in the electric chair at Jackson State prison, near Atlanta, on 8th April. On 19th April a car bomb wrecks a Federal building in Oklahoma. 168 people are killed. Terrorists strike again in Japan, releasing poisonous gas on a train and in a shopping centre in Yokohama. At a special conference on 29th April the UK Labour Party drops Clause 4 from its constitution. This had committed the party to strive for the "common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange." |
| May | In France it's third time lucky for Jacques Chirac, who is finally elected President after previous defeats in 1981 and 1988. Harold Wilson dies on 24th May. On 25th May a bill is passed in the Northern Territory of Australia which legalises euthanasia for the terminally ill. Actor Christopher Reeve is paralysed in a horse riding accident on 27th May. |
| Jun | Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating announces that there will be a referendum to decide the future of the Monarchy. On 20th June Shell abandons its plans to dump its Brent Spar oil rig at sea. On 22nd June John Major forces a showdown with Tory Eurosceptics when he resigns as leader of the Conservative Party. In Berlin the Reichstag building is wrapped in silver fabric. Thousands flock to witness this controversial "work of art" by Christo. On Thursday, 29th June, 245 miles above central Asia, the American shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir. The spacecraft remains attached for five days. |
| Jul | On 4th July John Major is re-elected as Tory leader. Burmese winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, is released from house arrest by the military junta in Myanmar. Bosnian Serbs take over Srebrenica on 11th July, despite its designation as a "safe area" by the United Nations. Up to 8,000 men are massacred. Robbie Williams leaves Take That on 17th July. Charlie Rich, the country singer best-known for his hits Behind Closed Doors and The Most Beautiful Girl, dies on 25th July. The fighting in Chechnya comes to end. The Russians and the Chechnyans sign an accord on 30th July which guarantees the province the "broadest form of statehood" short of independence. |
| Aug | In England and Wales licensing laws are relaxed, allowing pubs to open from noon on Sundays. On 16th August Bermuda votes to remain a British colony. |
| Sep | Elections are held in Hong Kong for a new Legislative Council. On 8th September David Trimble succeeds James Molyneaux as leader of the Ulster Unionists. On 28th September Israel and the PLO sign an accord agreeing phase 2 of the Israelis' withdrawal from the West Bank. |
| Oct | On 3rd October O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murder charges made against him. Sir Alec Douglas-Home dies on 9th October, aged 92. On 10th October the Israeli government releases Palestinian prisoners and begins to withdraw troops from the West Bank. The "Million Man March" takes place in Washington on 16th October. Red Rum, winner of the Grand National in 1973, 1974 and 1977, dies on Wednesday, 18th October, at the age of 30. The champion racehorse is buried by the winning post at Aintree. |
| Nov | The Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated after attending a peace rally in Tel Aviv. Human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa is executed in Nigeria on 10th November. On 11th November Nigeria's membership of the Commonwealth is suspended. An Essex teenager, Leah Betts, dies on 16th November, three days after taking an ecstasy tablet at her 18th birthday party. Alan Hull of Lindisfarne dies of a heart attack on 18th November, aged 50. The Princess of Wales admits to an adulterous affair with James Hewitt in a Panorama interview with Martin Bashir on 20th November. On Wednesday, 22nd November, after a 31-day trial, Rosemary West is sentenced to 10 terms of life imprisonment for the murder of nine young women, including her daughter Heather and stepdaughter Charmaine. |
| Dec | France is brought to a standstill by strikers protesting at government plans to cut welfare spending. On Friday, 8th December a Headmaster, Philip Lawrence, is stabbed to death when he intervenes in a fight outside his school in Maida Vale, west London. The death in police custody of Wayne Douglas on 5th December sparks rioting in Brixton on 13th December. The leaders of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia sign the Dayton peace accord in Paris on Thursday, 14th December, bringing to an end three-and-a-half years of conflict in the Balkans. The Queen urges Prince Charles and Princess Diana to get divorced. Dean Martin dies on Christmas Day. His tombstone is engraved with the words "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime." |
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Boxing: Frank Bruno wins the WBO World Heavyweight Championship. |
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Man Booker Prize Winner: Pat Barker The Ghost Road |
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