Magic Roundabout (Hemel Hempstead) Magic Roundabout (Hemel Hempstead) The "Magic Roundabout" in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, is the familiar name given to the Plough roundabout. The familiar name comes from the children's television programme, and is also used for a similar junction in Swindon and the M40 junction in Denham. The official name relates to a former public house, called "The Plough Inn", which was between the junction of what is now Selden Hill and St Albans Road. It has also been known as the Moor End Roundabout as it is adjacent to the part of Boxmoor nearest the town. Before Hemel Hempstead became
In the First Circle Solzhenitsyn's complete works. Excerpts from the full 96 chapter version were published in English by "The New Yorker" and in "The Solzhenitsyn Reader". An English translation of the full version was published by Harper Perennial in October 2009, entitled "In the First Circle" rather than "The First Circle". The Polish director Aleksander Ford made an English language film based on the novel in 1973, "The First Circle". While it adhered closely to Solzhenitsyn's plot, the film was a critical and commercial failure. The 1992 TV movie based on the novel, "The First Circle", won Canada's Gemini Award for Best Photography