HW: Two questions

[Jon Browne]

In article <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980120164443.15329B-100000 at exeter>, Hardman
DK <D.K.Hardman at CITY.AC.UK> writes
>> Well, Richard Branson discarded that image for his "high adventuring
>> multibillionaire" schtick long ago... Virgin are a massive corporation
>> (hell, they even had a Virgin airline going at one point).
>
>If memory serves correct, and maybe someone can confirm this for me,
>Branson sold off Virgin records, so it's actually now Virgin only in name
>but actually owned by someone else. But Virgin Atlantic is still going
>strong, and is Branson's. (I've flown them, and very good they were
>too...).


true, but he's missing the label so he launched V2 Records. One of their
signings, I believe, is a re-formed Slapp Happy (Dagmar Krause et al.)
who will be putting out their first release in about 20 years.

BTW he also runs the trains in areas down here. You'll be releived to
know the service is as useless as ever.
--
Jon