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"The Biggest Aspidistra in the World" is a comic song first recorded by English singer Gracie Fields in November 1938, for inclusion in the film Keep Smiling. The song was written by Tommie Connor and Jimmy Harper (aka James S. Hancock), co-credited to music publisher Will Haines, and the recording was arranged by George Scott-Wood .
Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship of the money-god and status , and the dismal life that results.
"Aspidistra" was the codename (inspired by the above song) of a very powerful British radio transmitter used for propaganda and deception purposes against Nazi Germany during World War II. [16] The 1980s British television show The Adventure Game featured a moving aspidistra called the Rangdo of Arg, operated by Kenny Baker. [17] [18]
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The 813-karat diamond was mined from Canadian mining firm Lucara in a Botswana mine during late November of last year. ... 10 desserts around the world that'll cost you over $1,000
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Positioned on Broadway, in Manhattan, New York City, is the Charging Bull Statue, also called the Bull of Wall Street. The 7,100-pound bronze sculpture is 11 feet high and 16 feet long.
Aspidistra is a plant genus (from the Greek aspidion, a small round shield). Aspidistra may also refer to: Aspidistra elatior, an Aspidistra species used as a houseplant; Aspidistra (transmitter), a radio transmitter codenamed Aspidistra and used by Britain in the Second World War to beam propaganda to Germany; An Aspidistra in Babylon, novel ...