Oldpilot55
5th January 2008, 09:09
Apologies if this is old news but Stephen Fry (on QI) was asking questions about Madonna buying and closing Compton Abbas. Although she only moved in a few years back she finds the noise intrusive...well maybe not as noisy as her traditional mode of transport.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4157736.stm
Oldpilot55
5th January 2008, 09:28
Oops..it is very very old news..just found the previous posts..2002!!
ozzieausterdriver
5th January 2008, 10:28
Have some strong views on this one - if people don't like the noise from pre-existing airfields then why buy a house near one??
DaveW
5th January 2008, 11:17
From the 2002 posts, it is pretty obvious it was a made-up story then, based on objections from the classical musician Julian Bream - not Madonna.
Bream was attempting to sell his house last year, according to a puff-piece in one of the Sundays, so may not be there any longer.
robin
5th January 2008, 11:24
Still a shock to hear it on the telly, though. It took me a while to realise it was old news.
And there I was thinking that Stephen Fry was the fount of all knowledge, brain the size of a planet etc etc
smarthawke
5th January 2008, 21:45
After I saw a Pilatus PC12 (and gold braided crew) at Compton in August, I was speaking to someone who said they'd been talking to the Compton operator. Apparently, Madonna and Guy Ritchie were invited up to the airfield and Mr Ritchie liked it so much, he was learning to fly there!
I don't know if that story is any more correct than the buy-out rumour but may be true. Anyone from Compton here?!
mark147
5th January 2008, 22:06
Still a shock to hear it on the telly, though. It took me a while to realise it was old news.
Well it was a repeat of an episode first broadcast on 6th November 2003...
robin
5th January 2008, 22:08
...must have missed that bit of info.
Humaround
6th January 2008, 16:14
"And there I was thinking that Stephen Fry was the fount of all knowledge, brain the size of a planet etc etc"
I met John Lloyd, who devised and (I think) still produces QI (as well as co-writing the sublime "Meaning of Liff" with Douglas Adams). I remarked that the erudite Mr Fry seemed ideal to chair QI, with his apparent facility for trivia...
JL: "Well, it's very carefully scripted, you know..."
Obviously not THAT carefully in this instance... :hmm:
stickandrudderman
8th January 2008, 10:52
And the award for the most belated post of 2008 goes to........!