Hippodrome, London Hippodrome, London The Hippodrome is a building on the corner of Cranbourn Street and Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, London. The name was used for many different theatres and music halls, of which the London Hippodrome is one of only a few survivors. "Hippodrome" is an old word referring to places of entertainment where horse races and the like were staged. The London Hippodrome was opened in 1900. It was designed by Frank Matcham for Moss Empires chaired by Edward Moss and built for £250,000 as a hippodrome for circus and variety performances. The venue gave its
The Meaning of Liff Meaning of Liff" appears before a lightning bolt strikes the last F and converts it to an E. A revised and expanded edition of the original book, with about twice as many definitions, was published in 1990 as The Deeper Meaning of Liff (UK Edition: , US Edition: ), though the original remains in print. Some of the new words in "Deeper" had previously appeared in a Liff piece by Adams, Lloyd and Stephen Fry in "The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book" (1986). The main differences between the two editions (for either version of the book) are those