In Iain M. Banks ' fictional Culture universe, an Orbital ( sometimes also simply called an O or a small ring ) is a purpose-built space habitat forming a massive ring ( though much smaller than a ringworld ) rotating to simulate gravity.

RADA has a number of notable associate members including Jane Asher, Sir Michael Gambon, Robert Bourne, Kenneth Branagh, Jon Cryer, Richard Digby Day, Trevor Eve, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Fox, Iain Glen, Gerald Harper, Sir Ian Holm, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Derek Jacobi, Patricia Kneale, Paul McGann, Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Trevor Nunn, Peter O ' Toole, Dame Diana Rigg, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Lord Snowdon, Shelley Thompson, Alan Rickman, Timothy Dalton and Sir Roger Moore.

The blog made accusations against the council's Labour leader Iain Malcolm, David Potts, the former Conservative leader who now serves as an Independent councillor, Labour councillor Anne Walsh and Rick O ' Farrell, the council's head of enterprise and regeneration.

Past LBC presenters include: Adrian Allen ; Carol Allen ; Dominic Allen ; Mike Allen ; Toby Anstis ; Dickie Arbiter ; Tre Azam ; Phillip Bacon ; Bill Bailey ; David Bassett ; * Jeni Barnett ; Simon Bates ; Jeremy Beadle ; Alison Bell ; Bill Bingham ; Therese Birch ; Frank Bough ; Tommy Boyd ; Gyles Brandreth ; Bill Buckley ; Paul Callan ; Douglas Cameron ; Mike Carlton ; Mike Carson ; Clare Catford ; Marcus Churchill ; Nick Conrad ; Andy Crane ; Jamie Crick ; Jono Coleman ; Steve Crozier ; Tim Crook ; Gino D ' Acampo ; Dan Damon ; Peter Deeley ; Anne Diamond ; Mike Dickin ; Richard Dallyn ; Jenny Eclair ; Richard Fairbrass ; Caroline Feraday ; John_Forrest_ ( Producer-Director ); Mariella Frostrup ; George Gale ; Krishnan Guru-Murthy ; Boy George ; Charlie Gibson ; Charles Golding ; Angie Greaves ; Eric Hall ; Bob Harris ; Brian Hayes ; Chris Hawkins ; Phillip Hodson ; Bob Holness ; Eamonn Holmes ; Jon Holmes ; Fred Housego ; Rufus Hound ; Howard Hughes ; Sue Jameson ; Bob Johnson ; Bryn Jones ; Steve Jones ; Barry Jordan ; Charlie Jordan ; Lesley Judd ; Henry Kelly ; Allan King ; Gary King ; Jenny Lacey ; Iain Lee ; Richard Littlejohn ; Wendy Lloyd ; Sir Nicholas Lloyd ; Adrian Love ; Dave Luddy ; Kelvin MacKenzie ; Richard Mackney ; Mike Mendoza ; Daisy McAndrew ; Rod Lucas ; Carol McGiffin ; Monty Modlin ; Nathan Morley ; Douglas Moffatt ; Bel Mooney ; Jane Moore ; Elliot Moss ; Pete Murray ; Paddy O ' Connell ; Rod Lucas ; Tom Parker-Bowles ; Michael Parkinson ; Frank Partridge ; John Perkins ; David Prever ; Martin Popplewell ; Gill Pyrah ; Anna Raeburn ; Angela Rippon ; Rowland Rivron ; Richard Robbins ; Paul Ross ; Kenny Sansom ; Adrian Scott ; Valerie Singleton ; Penny Smith ; Jon Snow ; Julia Somerville ; Laurence Spicer ; Dr Pam Spurr ; Janet Street-Porter ; Peter Stringfellow ; Carol Thatcher ; Sandi Toksvig ; Petroc Trelawny ; Michael Van Straten ; Robbie Vincent ; Becky Walsh ; Sandy Warr ; Brian Widlake ; James Williams, Matthew Wright, and Martin Young ;.

Thanks in no small part to Cobbing's Writers Forum and its associated writers ' workshop, London was a hub for many young poets, including Bill Griffiths, Allen Fisher, Iain Sinclair, Gilbert Adair, Lawrence Upton, Peter Finch, Ulli Freer, Gavin Selerie, Frances Presley, Elaine Randell, Robert Sheppard, Adrian Clarke, Clive Fencott, Maggie O ' Sullivan, cris cheek, Tony Lopez and Denise Riley.

The club, led by the management of Michael O ' Neill and with the goal threat of Iain Russell, finished fourth in the following season's Second Division and under new arrangements this entitled them to a place in promotion play-offs, although a 6 – 1 aggregate mauling at the hands of Airdrie United put paid to any hopes of another immediate return to the second tier.

Iain O ' Brien and Shane Bond have played during this period, but have since retired from international cricket.

The Acocks Green Ward is currently represented by two Labour councillors, Stewart Stacey and John O ' Shea, plus one Liberal Democrat councillor at Birmingham City Council ; Iain Bowen.

Following his death on 22 April 2002, the show continued with a variety of presenters including Colin Paterson, Claudia Winkleman, Iain Lee, Jasmine Lowson, Paddy O ' Connell, Jo Whiley, Joe Mace and Amanda Byram.

Nonetheless, Spike has managed to obtain interviews with a variety of big-name authors over the years, including J. G. Ballard, Will Self, Jeff Noon, Iain Banks, Hubert Selby Jr, Gitta Sereny, P. J. O ' Rourke, Quentin Crisp, Nick Hornby, and Julie Burchill.

His brother Iain was born in 1943 and his sister Fiona in 1947.

George Iain Duncan Smith ( born 9 April 1954 ; often referred to by his initials " IDS ") is a British Conservative politician.

Iain Macleod was born at Clifford House, Skipton, Yorkshire on 11 November 1913.

Two politicians were born in Skipton: the former Conservative MP and Chancellor of the Exchequer Iain Macleod in 1913, and the Labour MP Joan Humble in 1951.

* Iain Banks ( born 1954 ), Scottish writer

Jason Iain Flemyng ( born 25 September 1966 ) is an English actor.

* Iain Stewart ( geologist ), Professor in Geology, Television Presenter and Actor was born and raised in East Kilbride.

Notable sports personalities born in Blackburn include: rock climber John Sumner in 1936 ; and England rugby union players Will Greenwood in 1972 and Iain Balshaw in 1979.

* Iain Baker ( born Iain Richard Foxwell Baker, 29 September 1965, Carshalton, Surrey )-keyboards, programming and now on NME Radio.

Iain Smith ( born 1 May 1960 ) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Fife until defeated by the SNP's Rod Campbell in 2011.

* Murray Iain Rose Australian Olympic swimmer, winner of four Gold Medals, was born in Nairn in 1939.

* Iain Kelso ( born 1975 ), Canadian film score composer

Iain Coleman ( born 18 January 1958 ) was the Labour Member of Parliament for Hammersmith and Fulham in London from 1997 to 2005.

Iain Malone Luke ( born 8 October 1951, Dundee ) is a former Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.

The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son Archibald Iain Thomas Blair Cochrane, Lord Cochrane ( born 1991 ).

* Iain Wright ( born 1972 ), British politician

Matheson was born in Stornoway, Scotland, the son of Sheena, a therapist, and Iain ( Ado ), a folk musician and painter.

* Iain Smith ( producer ) ( born 1949 ), Scottish film producer

* Iain Smith ( Scottish politician ) ( born 1960 ), Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Fife

* Iain Duncan Smith ( born 1954 ), British Conservative politician

* Iain Farrington ( born 1977 ), British pianist, organist, composer and arranger

Justin Robert Currie ( born 11 December 1964 in Glasgow, Scotland ) is a Scottish singer and songwriter, best known as the founding member of the band Del Amitri and, along with Iain Harvie, is one of only two members of the group to be present throughout its entire existence.

Iain Macmillan, photographer, notably of The Beatles ' Abbey Road album cover, was born in Carnoustie and moved back there in the 1980s.

The many novels influenced by the Ripper include: A Case to Answer ( 1947 ) by Edgar Lustgarten, The Screaming Mimi ( 1949 ) by Fredric Brown, Terror Over London ( 1957 ) by Gardner Fox, Ritual in the Dark ( 1960 ) and The Killer ( 1970 ) by Colin Wilson, Sagittarius ( 1962 ) by Ray Russell, A Feast Unknown ( 1969 ) by Philip José Farmer, A Kind of Madness ( 1972 ) by Anthony Boucher, Nine Bucks Row ( 1973 ) by T. E. Huff, The Michaelmas Girls ( 1975 ) by John Brooks Barry, Jack's Little Friend ( 1975 ) by Ramsey Campbell, By Flower and Dean Street ( 1976 ) by Patrice Chaplin, The Private Life of Jack the Ripper ( 1980 ) by Richard Gordon, White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings ( 1987 ) by Iain Sinclair, Anno Dracula ( 1992 ) by Kim Newman, A Night in the Lonesome October ( 1993 ) by Roger Zelazny, Ladykiller ( 1993 ) by Martina Cole, Savage ( 1993 ) by Richard Laymon, The Pit ( 1993 ) by Neil Penswick, Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem ( 1994 ) by Peter Ackroyd, Pentecost Alley ( 1996 ) by Anne Perry, and Matrix ( 1998 ) by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry.

However, before its opening, The Dome was excoriated in Iain Sinclair's diatribe, Sorry Meniscus-Excursions to the Millennium Dome ( Profile Books: London 1999, ISBN 1-86197-179-6 ), which accurately forecast the hype, the political posturing and the eventual disillusion.

As a result of the squeeze in the education budget, Margaret Thatcher acted on the late Iain Macleod's wishes by ending the provision of free school milk for 8-to 11-year-olds ( the preceding Labour Government having removed it from secondary schools three years before ), for which the tabloid press christened her " Thatcher the Milk Snatcher ".

* Transition ( novel ), by Iain Banks

Editorship of The Spectator has often been part of a route to high office in the Conservative Party in the UK ; past editors include Iain Macleod, Ian Gilmour and Nigel Lawson, all of whom became cabinet minister or a springboard for a greater role in public affairs, as with Boris Johnson ( 1999 to 2005 ), the Conservative Mayor of London.

Look to Windward, Iain M. Banks, London: Orbit, 2000, ISBN 1-85723-981-4 ( paperback ), ISBN 1-85723-981-4 ( C-format ), ISBN 1-85723-969-5 ( hardback )

* Use of Weapons, Iain M. Banks, London: Orbit, 1990, ISBN 0-356-19160-5, ISBN 0-7088-8358-3, ISBN 0-7088-8350-8, ISBN 1-85723-135-X ( UK ), ISBN 0-553-29224-2 ( US )

The actor also narrated at least one TV documentary about The Dambusters and contributed forewords to many books on the subject, including The Dam Busters by Jonathan Falconer ( 2003 ), Filming The Dam Busters by Jonathan Falconer ( 2005 ) and most recently Bouncing-Bomb Man: The Science of Sir Barnes Wallis by Iain Murray ( 2009 ).

* Provan, Iain W., " Ideologies, Literary and Critical Reflections on Recent Writing on the History of Israel ", Journal of Biblical Literature 114 / 4 ( 1995 ), p585-606.

She is survived by her husband, fellow NASA flight surgeon Dr. Jonathan Clark ( who was part of an official NASA panel that prepared the final 400-page report about the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ), and son Iain.

* Inversions ( novel ), a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks

* Iain Baird ( Television Historian ), Television in The World of Tomorrow

Cynthia has been educated in France, and it gradually becomes apparent that she and her mother have secrets in their past, involving the land agent from the great house, Mr. Preston ( Iain Glen ), who is rumoured to be a gambler and a scoundrel.

The first, Iain, served as SNP Member of Parliament for Argyll from 1974 till 1979 ( and was a founder member of the Social Democratic Party in 1981 ), and his second son Neil was Professor of Law and Vice-Principal of the University of Edinburgh and elected an SNP Member of the European Parliament in 1999.

Sven-Göran Eriksson, David Dimbleby, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Charles Kennedy, Iain Duncan Smith, Mark Lawson, David Starkey, Des Lynam, Michael Howard, Harry Potter, James Naughtie, Kenneth Clarke, Andrew Marr, Bill Oddie, Michael Palin, Andrew Neil, Adrian Chiles, President Josiah Bartlet, Boris Johnson, John Simpson ( on radio ), Rev.

* The Dream of Scipio ( book ), book by Iain Pears

* Contact ( The Culture ), a fictional organization in the work Iain M. Banks

There are four different types of posts, " Fossil Tree " ( designed by John Mills ), " The Cockerel " ( designed by Iain McColl ), Rowe Type by Andrew Rowe, and " Tracks " ( designed by David Dudgeon ).

Lloyd introduced a number of programme changes to mixed reactions-these included a ' Drive Time ' slot presented by Iain Lee ( since replaced by Paul Ross, then James and Petri and now James Whale ), a daily ' Big Quiz ' which promises ( but has yet to deliver ) huge cash prizes ( and has since been cut down to one show a week ), and a number of weekend repeats.

Balian replies that he is the blacksmith, and the man leading the knights identifies himself as King Richard I of England ( Iain Glen ), and they commence a new Crusade to retake Jerusalem.