Arthur J. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by Ernest William Hornung E. W. Hornung , a brother in law to Arthur Conan Doyle , the creator of Sherlock Holmes . Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate ... & Son 1968 hardback edition. 185 pages Theatre The story of A. J. Raffles was first performed on Broadway ... . Raffles, the Gentleman Thief , continuing radio series by Imagination Theater , scripted by M. J ... unchronicled wife. Graham Greene wrote a Play theatre play called The Return of A. J. Raffles ... thriller in which A. J. Raffles, a master of gamesmanship, explores the corrupt world of international ... Orwell Use dmy dates date June 2011 DEFAULTSORT Raffles, A. J. Category Literary characters ... Characters in British novels of the 20th century es A. J. Raffles fr Arthur J. Raffles it A. J. Raffles pt Arthur J. Raffles sh A. J. Raffles ... has Dr. Watson to chronicle his adventures, Raffles has Bunny Manders Harry Bunny Manders a former schoolmate saved from disgrace and suicide by Raffles, whom Raffles persuaded to accompany him on a burglary . While Raffles often takes advantage of Manders relative innocence, and sometimes ... on utterly. In several stories, Manders saves the day for the two of them after Raffles gets into situations he cannot get out of on his own. One of the things that Raffles has in common with Holmes .... ref The last Laugh ref Plot details The Raffles stories have two distinct phases. In the first phase, Raffles and Bunny are men about town who also commit burglaries. Raffles is a famous gentleman ... they are caught and exposed on an ocean voyage while attempting another theft Raffles dives overboard ... in this period, written after Raffles had been killed off, were collected in A Thief in the Night ... to the house of a rich invalid. This turns out to be Raffles himself, back in England in disguise ... thieves trying to earn a living while keeping Raffles s identity a secret. They finally volunteer for the Second ... more details
Broadway 1903 to 1904, revival 1910 Raffles The Amateur Cracksman 1917 film , silent film of original stage play starring John Barrymore . Raffles 1925 film Raffles 1925 film , a silent adaptation starring House Peters, Sr. House Peters Raffles 1930 film Raffles 1930 film , a sound adaption starring Ronald Colman The Return of Raffles , a 1933 film starring George Barraud Raffles 1939 film Raffles 1939 film , another adaptation, starring David Niven Raffles TV series Raffles TV series a 1977 television adaptation starring Anthony Valentine Raffles, Gentleman Thug , a comic strip and its main character, a parody of A. J. RafflesRaffles Lord Lister , a fictional German pulp hero originally with similarities to A. J. Raffles The Doings of Raffles Haw Raffles Haw , a fictional character in a moralistic ...Raffles may refer to People Sir Stamford Raffles 1781 1826 , a British statesman, Lieutenant Governor of Java and founder of Singapore. Schools Raffles College of Design and Commerce , a private education provider in Sydney, Australia Raffles Design Institute Singapore , a private education provider in Singapore Raffles Girls Primary School , an all girls primary school in Singapore Raffles Girls School Secondary , an all girls secondary school in Singapore Raffles Institution Secondary , the all boys secondary section of the oldest school in Singapore Raffles Institution Junior College , the junior ... to be called Raffles College Raffles International Christian School , a school in Indonesia http raffles iao.vn vi Raffles IAO , a school in Vietnamese Business Raffles City , a shopping mall in Singapore The Raffles Hotel in Singapore, named after Stamford Raffles Fairmont Raffles Hotels International Raffles International , a chain of hotels, owner of the Raffles Hotel Raffles cigarette , a cigarette brand made by Philip Morris International Philip Morris Fiction A. J. Raffles , a fictional gentleman thief in a series of books by E. W. Hornung Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman play Raffles, the Amateur ... more details
08 3534 7. cite book last Noltie first H. J. title Raffles Ark Redrawn Natural History Drawings from ...Infobox Person name Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles image StamfordRaffles.jpeg birth date birth date ... religion Anglican Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles , Royal Society FRS 6 July 1781 5 July 1826 ... was also an amateur writer and wrote a book entitled History of Java 1817 . Early life Raffles was born on the ship Ann off the coast of Port Morant, Jamaica , to Captain Benjamin Raffles d. June 1797 and Anne Raffles n e Lyde . His father was a Yorkshire man who had a burgeoning family and little ... money the family had went into schooling Raffles. He attended a boarding school. In 1795, at the age of 14, Raffles started working as a clerk position clerk in London for the British East India Company ... Napoleon s war, Raffles had no choice but to leave the country. He mounted a military expedition ... five days, during which Raffles was appointed the Lieutenant Governor by Lord Minto before hostilities ... Coalition in Europe. File COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gedenksteen van T.S. Raffles de oprichter van s Lands Plantentuin voor zijn vrouw O.M. Raffles langs de Kanarielaan in s Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg West Java TMnr 10016615.jpg thumb The memorial to Olivia Mariamne, Raffles first wife, erected ... founded in Buitenzorg now Bogor , West Java During his governorship, Raffles introduced partial self ... conditions of the island, Olivia died on 26 November 1814, an event that devastated Raffles. In 1815 ... at St. Helena , but found him unpleasant and unimpressive. Interlude in England In 1817, Raffles ... right Raffles in 1817 Raffles arrived in Bencoolen Bengkulu on 19 March 1818. Despite the prestige ... the murder of a previous Resident, Thomas Parr, gained it any attention back home in Britain. Raffles ... colonies in such close proximity to the Dutch in Java. The competition in the area, between Raffles ... Dutch Treaty of 1824 . Raffles looked into alternatives in the area namely Bangka, which had been ... more details
coord 1 17 40.8 N 103 51 16.6 E display title Infobox hotel hotel name Raffles Hotel logo logo width image Singapore Raffles Hotel.jpg image width 250px caption location 1 Beach Road, Singapore 189673 ... Brothers architect Regent Alfred John Bidwell operator Fairmont Raffles Hotels International Raffles ... 3 parking website http www.raffles.com footnotes Raffles Hotel Simplified Chinese Chinese ... s founder Stamford Raffles Sir Stamford Raffles . Managed by Fairmont Raffles Hotels International ... TROPENMUSEUM Entree van het Raffles Hotel Medan TMnr 60018239.jpg thumb left Raffles Hotel in 1932 ... hotels 255 title Famous Hotels Raffles accessdate 2007 02 01 ref No Asians were permitted as hotel ... , the current main building of Raffles Hotel was completed in 1899. ref name Edwards cite ..., and further buildings and rooms. The Great Depression spelled trouble for Raffles Hotel and, in 1931 ... company called Raffles Hotel Ltd was established. Upon the start of the Japanese occupation ... of the Raffles Hotel dancing one final waltz . ref name Grand Oriental Hotels cite book last Meade ... pages 172 ref During World War II , the Raffles was renamed nihongo Syonan Ryokan sh nan ryokan ... occupied Singapore , and ryokan inn ryokan , the name for a traditional Japanese inn. ref name Raffles Hotel 1992 cite book last Liu first Gretchen title Raffles Hotel year 1992 publisher Landmark Books location Singapore isbn 981 3002 63 8 ref Image Rafflesnorthbridge.JPG thumb Raffles North Bridge ... dollar S 160 million. ref name Raffles Hotel 1992 The renovation was carried out by Ssangyong Engineering ... ref In announcing the 18 July 2005 sale of parent company Raffles Holdings , Colony Capital LLC chief executive Thomas J. Barrack said in part as the purchaser, We deeply respect the historical significance of the Raffles Hotel Singapore and we consider it our responsibility to protect that legacy ... that a Qatar sovereign wealth fund has bought Raffles Hotel for US 275 million S 384 million . In addition ... more details
Raffles952 side.jpg for rationale Horse infobox horsename Raffles image Raffles952 side.jpg alt Gray horse with heavy white hair coat, probably taken late fall or winter caption Raffles as an older stallion ... January 13, 2008 Raffles was an Arabian horse Arabian stallion horse stallion foaled in 1926 and imported to the United States by Roger Selby in 1932. Raffles was bred by Lady Wentworth of the Crabbet Arabian Stud . Background Raffles was a son of the Crabbet foundation sire Skowronek , out of a Skowronek ... War Horse to Show Horse 3rd Rev. Ed. p. 82 ref She partially succeeded, as Raffles only matured ... Rev. Ed. p. 81 ref However, Raffles never produced any offspring in England, and it is generally thought ... ref Selby had previously purhased Raffles dam, Rifala in 1928. ref name Conn178 ref name Archer16 Archer The Arabian Horse p. 16 ref There is an alternative theory to why Raffles was given to Selby ... throwaway, a gift of a perfectly fertile Raffles was a replacement. ref name Legends ref name ... later in 1932. ref name CrabbetSelby Life in the United States Upon his arrival in America, Raffles ..., Jimmie Dean, after Raffles tested sterile at Ohio State University, Dean wondered if anxiety and tension was the source of the trouble. According to Dean, Raffles had endured poor handling, was distrustful ... in her own right, they spent many months gentling Raffles and gaining his trust. Thelma in particular ... Yet another version claimed that Raffles was such an outstanding riding horse that he could not be spared ..., he did well in the show ring. Awards and honors Raffles earned included the 1933 three gaited championship ... stall. ref http www.arabs iowa.com AFH Raffles.htm Arabian Foundation Horse Raffles ref He recovered ... Influence , September October 1984 accessed online October 17, 2007 ref Raffles died on May ... padding top 0 padding bottom 0 1 Raffles ref http www.allbreedpedigree.com Raffles3 All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Raffles accessed on October 16, 2007 ref br 1926 gray stallion 2 Skowronek ... more details
The Raffles Programme is a six year Integrated Programme in Singapore that starts in Raffles Institution or Raffles Girls School and culminates in Raffles Institution Junior College and the Advanced Level UK GCE A Level Examinations . The curriculum serves to seek to nurture the best and brightest into men and women of scholarship who will be leaders of distinction, committed to excellence and service in the interest of the community and nation. ref name values cite web url http www.raffles.sg values.html accessdate 2009 03 30 title Mission and Goals author Raffles Institution coauthors Raffles Girls School ref References reflist External links http www.raffles.sg Raffles Programme website Category Education in Singapore singapore stub edu stub ... more details
The Raffles Relics is a short story by Ernest William Hornung featuring A.J. Raffles a gentleman thief in late Victorian era Victorian Britain. It was featured in the 1905 collection A Thief in the Night short story collection A Thief in the Night . After being exposed as a thief, Raffles and his friend Bunny Manders are living in seclusion in Ham, London Ham , Surrey . When Raffles hears of a display of his tools, and other artefacts related to him, at Scotland Yard s Black Room , he decides he has to take a look. Once there, having convinced the security that he is just an innocent member of the public, he is unable to resist stealing back many of his possessions as a memento. The book ends with Raffles volunteering to fight in the Second Boer War which has just broken out. DEFAULTSORT Raffles Relics Category 1905 short stories ... more details
Infobox film name The Return of Raffles image caption director Mansfield Markham producer Mansfield Markham writer E.W. Hornung stories br W.J. Balef starring George Barraud br Camilla Horn br Claud Allister music cinematography Geoffrey Faithfull br Emil Sch nemann editing Reginald Beck studio Markham distributor released February 1937 runtime 71 mins country FilmUK awards language English budget preceded by followed by The Return of Raffles is a 1933 British crime film directed by Mansfield Markham and starring George Barraud , Camilla Horn and Claud Allister . ref http www.imdb.com title tt0023389 ref It is based on the A.J. Raffles stories by EW Hornung and inspired by the success of the 1930 American film Raffles 1930 film Raffles , to which it serves as a loose sequel . Cast George Barraud A.J. Raffles Camilla Horn Elga Claud Allister Bunny A. Bromley Davenport Sir John Truwode Sydney Fairbrother Lady Truwode H. Saxon Snell Von Spechen References references DEFAULTSORT Return Of Raffles Category 1933 films Category British films Category 1930s crime films Category 1930s drama films Category English language films 1930s UK film stub ... more details
englishname Raffles Place chinesename poj pengim pinyin l if sh f ng malayname Pesara Raffles tamilname Image Raffles Place.jpg thumb right 250px Centre square of Raffles Place Raffles ... Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles , intended Singapore to become a great commerce commercial Marketplace emporium . At the heart of this dream was Raffles Place. Charted by Garrison Engineer Lieutenant R.N. Philip Jackson surveyor Philip Jackson s map of Raffles 1822 Jackson Plan Town Plan , Raffles Place was located on the south bank of the Singapore River. Where a hill originally stood at Raffles ... Boat Quay . Known as Commercial Square then, Raffles Place was no more than a quiet Village green ... trading companies. In 1858, Commercial Square was renamed Raffles Place. The sea came right up to the buildings ... area designated for commerce, more businesses flocked to Raffles Quay, most notably retail stores and banks ... of the first banks to operate in Raffles Place were HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank . Image Raffles Place Sculpture 2, Dec 05.JPG thumb left 150px Modern day Raffles Place, the financial heart of Singapore ... establishing itself here in 1955 at 31 Raffles Place, and Bank of China at the adjacent Battery Road ... in Singapore . Raffles Place was the subject of carpet bombing during World War II when seventeen ... Japanese Occupation years, the commercial development of Raffles Place took place almost continuously ... High Street , North Bridge Road and Orchard Road , leaving Raffles Place the primary domain of finance .... Image Raffles Place Skyscrapers 4, Jan 06.JPG thumb 150px right The three List of tallest buildings in Singapore tallest buildings in Singapore , located at Raffles Place, are, from left to right, Republic ... are 280 metres in height. Notable buildings Several key buildings are located in Raffles Place, including UOB Plaza , OUB Centre , Republic Plaza, Singapore Republic Plaza , One Raffles Quay and OCBC ... of Raffles Place. Image Raffles Place MRT Interchange Station Entrance 3, Dec 05.JPG thumb right 150px ... more details
Raffles Holdings Sgx R03 was the parent company of Raffles International . It is owned by Temasek Holdings which is the investment arm of the Singapore government. In 2005 , Raffles Holdings hotel business ranked 17th or 18th in the world in terms of market capitalization and number of rooms, all marketed under the Raffles and Swiss tel brand names. History The company was incorporated on August 26, 1995. On July 18, 2005 Raffles Holdings announced its sale to Colony Capital, LLC for about US 1 billion, including outstanding debt. The deal, worth 1.72 billion Singapore dollars, includes all 41 hotels and resorts. Its most prominent establishment is the luxurious 103 suite Raffles Hotel Raffles Hotel in Singapore , built in 1887. CapitaLand CapitaLand Ltd. , Southeast Asia s largest property developer that owned 59.7 percent of Raffles Holdings, would gain the equivalent of US 362 million from the sale and plans to pay shareholders a special dividend of 23 U.S. cents a share. The cash price for the hotels is 1.45 billion Singapore dollars, or US 859 million. The transaction is subject to approval by shareholders. CapitaLand has said it will vote in favor of the sale. Explaining the reason for the sale, Raffles Chief Executive Jennie Chua said To grow, the hotel business would need significant investments and potential cash calls and that s something we would not like to do, at a press conference. Category Hospitality companies Category Companies of Singapore Category Companies established in 1995 ... more details
Raffles Surgicentre is a private hospital in Singapore . It is located on 182 Clemenceau Avenue. References references Singapore hospital stub Hospitals in Singapore coord missing Singapore Category Hospitals in Singapore Category Hospitals with year of establishment missing ... more details
COI date July 2010 Raffles Dubai is a 19 storey hotel that is built in the shape of a pyramid . The design was an inspiration taken from traditional Egyptian architecture . It is located at the Wafi food and entertainment complex, 15 minutes away from the Dubai International Airport . ref http dubai.raffles.com Raffles Dubai Official Site Retrieved 06.03.2008 ref History Raffles Dubai was built by the Wafi Group , a Dubai based diversified business conglomerate that invested more than 140 million US dollars on its first hotel project. The Wafi group entered into an agreement where the hotel would be managed and operated by the Singapore based hospitality chain Raffles Hotels and Resorts . The agreement also marked Raffles entry into the Middle East and expanded its presence to 41 hotels in 35 destinations. ref name ame http www.ameinfo.com 58409.html Wafi Group signs with Raffles International 2005, Retrieved March 6, 2008 ref The hotel s signature pyramid shape was conceived by architect Bryn Lummus and developed locally by lead architects Arif & Bin Toak. The interior of the hotel was designed by the Dubai based LW Design group. Construction began in April 2005 and the hotel began its operations in 2007. The Raffles Dubai is noteworthy as it is the first Raffles hotel to be newly built, as most hotels operated by the company are mostly buildings with historical importance which were bought over by Raffles Hotels and Resorts. Special features The Egyptian themed pyramid shape ... raffles dubai new hotel at wafi city.html Raffles Dubai, The New Hotel at Wafi City Will You Like it? 2006 ... March 6, 2008 ref Among one of the 11 restaurants and bars within Raffles Dubai, elements of fire ... deck. Each Presidential Suite at Raffles Dubai has a theme, Earth natural hues of creams and browns ... and Water elaborate fountains See also http www.raffles.com dubai Raffles Dubai Official Website Raffles Hotels and Resorts Raffles Hotel Fairmont Raffles Hotels International Footnotes Reflist ... more details
Image RafflesHospital.JPG thumb right 300px Raffles Hospital in Singapore. Raffles Hospital Simplified Chinese Chinese is a tertiary care private hospital and the flagship of the Raffles Medical Group http www.rafflesmedicalgroup.com , a leading private healthcare provider in Singapore and South East Asia. It is located at the junction of North Bridge Road and Ophir Road, 20 minutes away from Changi Airport . On 12 September 1997, two companies, Raffles Medical Group and Pidemco Land formed a joint venture company to convert Blanco Court into the present Raffles Hospital RH . Raffles Hospital is officially opened on 16 March 2002 by DPM Lee Hsien Loong. The hospital is a L shaped building covering convert 540,000 sqft m2 abbr on of floor space over 13 floors. It is a retrofitted building that has retained the main superstructure of its predecessor, Blanco Court. Four floors from the third to the sixth, are used as car parks. The lobby features huge granite columns and a cascading water feature. The central courtyard, on the eighth floor, has a pond and a bamboo and palm grove. The whole building is designed around this central courtyard. The corridors are all 2.2 m wide and look into the courtyard. This allows light to flood into the rooms. The hospital also houses a meditation room and is adorned with many art pieces. The bedrooms walls, designed to provide soothing comfort, are lined with laminates in honey tones of maple. The headrests in the rooms double as a place to store drips and tubes when not in use, making these hospital bedrooms more hotel like. The toilets ... bedroom and six bedroom facility. ref cite web title Raffles Hospital url http infopedia.nl.sg articles ... is equipped with a 24 Hour Emergency and Raffles Medical at Raffles Hospital. The 16 specialist ... by the Japanese expatriate community in Singapore. Specialists of Raffles subscribes to the Group ... skills for their treatment and care. On 13 December 2008, Raffles Hospital joined 220 healthcare ... more details
Taxobox image Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus.jpg status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Cuculiformes familia Cuculidae subfamilia Phaenicophaeinae small disputed small genus Rhinortha genus authority Nicholas Aylward Vigors Vigors , 1830 species R. chlorophaea binomial Rhinortha chlorophaea binomial authority Thomas Stamford Raffles Raffles , 1822 synonyms Cuculus chlorophaeus small Raffles, 1822 small br Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus small Raffles, 1822 small Raffles s Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea is a species of cuckoo family biology family Cuculidae . It was formerly often placed in Phaenicophaeus with the other malkohas, but it is a rather distinct species, with several autapomorph ies and sexual dimorphism which its presumed relatives all lack . It might not even be very closely related to the true malkohas, but form a very basal evolution basal lineage of cuckoos in any case, its placement in a monotypic genus Rhinortha is well warranted. It is found in Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , Myanmar , Singapore , and Thailand . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest s. References BirdLife International 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 47839 all Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. Category Cuculidae cuculiformes stub es Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus fr Malcoha de Raffles it Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus ms Burung Cenuk Kerak nl Rhinortha pt Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus ta ... more details
Hugh Raffles is an anthropologist whose work explores relationships among people, animals, and things. His writing has appeared in academic and popular venues, including Granta , Public Culture , Natural History magazine Natural History , Orion , American Ethnologist , the New York Times , and The Best American Essays . Infobox writer name Hugh Raffles File HR KUSP.jpg thumb 320px Hugh Raffles at KUSP, Santa Cruz, CA, April 2010 Life Raffles grew up in London, England, and moved to New York in the early 1990s. He lives in New York City and teaches at The New School . Awards and criticism Raffles was the recipient of the 2003 Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology and of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award for In Amazonia A Natural History . In 2009, Raffles was awarded a Whiting Writers Award . In 2010, Insectopedia was the winner of the 2011 Orion Book Award and received a Special Award from the Society for Humanistic Anthropology. The book was selected by the New York Times as a Notable Book of 2010. Writing in the New York Times Book Review , Philip Hoare described Insectopedia as impossible to categorize, wildly allusive and always stimulating. ref http www.nytimes.com 2010 05 02 books review Hoare t.html?pagewanted 1 Philip ... publisher Pantheon year 2010 first Hugh last Raffles isbn 1400096960 cite book url http books.google.com ... Press year 2002 first Hugh last Raffles isbn 9780691048857 References reflist External links http www.cabinetmagazine.org issues 25 raffles.php The Language of the Bees An Interview with Hugh Raffles, Cabinet , Issue 25, Spring 2007. http bigthink.com ideas 19409 Big Think interview with Hugh Raffles ... interview with Hugh Raffles http www.fundacioforum.org 141 eng pregunta det.asp?Id 64&id seccio 2 ... . NAME Raffles, Hugh ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Raffles, Hugh Category Living people Category British anthropologists ... more details
Infobox lighthouse image name Raffles Lighthouse.jpg caption location Pulau Satumu, Singapore coordinates coord 1 09.606 N 103 44.405 E type landmark yearbuilt 1855 yearlit automated yeardeactivated foundation construction shape White round tower marking height 29 m elevation 32 m lens currentlens intensity range Visible for 20 nautical miles characteristic Three white flashes every 20 seconds admiralty F1693 NGA 21500 ARLHS SIN 004 Image Raffles Lighthouse locator map.png thumb left Lighthouse is located on Pulau Satumu , indicated by the arrow, south of Singapore. Raffles Lighthouse Simplified Chinese Chinese lang ms Rumah Api Raffles is a lighthouse located in the Straits of Singapore , about 14 kilometres south of the main island of Singapore . The Raffles Lighthouse was first mooted in 1833, but the foundation stone was only laid in 1854 when William John Butterworth governor William John Butterworth was the Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843 to 1855. The stones on which Raffles Lighthouse stands come from the granite quarries on Pulau Ubin . The lighthouse was named after Sir Stamford Raffles , the founder of modern Singapore in 1819. The lighthouse was erected on a 1.3 hectare rocky island called Pulau Satumu , the southernmost off shore island of Singapore. Pulau Satumu means one tree island &mdash sa refers to satu one and tumu is the Malay language Malay name for the large mangrove tree, Rhizophoraceae Bruguiera confugata . The light source was a wick ... islands, including Pulau Satumu on which Raffles Lighthouse is located ref http www.nparks.gov.sg ... view of Pulau Satumu Raffles Lighthouse , Pulau Biola , Pulau Senang , Pulau Pawai and Pulau ... articles SIP 147 2005 01 18.html Singapore Infopedia Raffles Lighthouse http www.lhdepot.com database uniquelighthouse.cfm?value 3698 Lighthouse Depot Raffles Lighthouse with photo http ... of Raffles Lighthouse and Pulau Satumu cite rowlett sgp http wlol.arlhs.com index.php?mode zones&zone ... more details
File Road Junction geograph.org.uk 118122.jpg thumb right The minor road from the Raffles Estate and new housing areas meet the A595. Looking north east towards Carlisle centre. Raffles or the Raffles Estate is a suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria Carlisle , Cumbria , United Kingdom . The estate consists mainly of council housing council built and Housing association properties, and in 1994 had a population of 5,800. Nearby areas include Belle Vue, Cumbria Belle Vue , Newtown, Sandsfield Park and Morton West. History Raffles was built during the 1920s and 1930s and was highly sought after as a place to live by council tenants of the time. ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk local cumbria hi people and places history newsid 8357000 8357384.stm title The Raffles Estate Then and Now work BBC Cumbria publisher BBC date 13 November 2009 accessdate 21 May 2010 ref However, by 1994 things had changed. A report from April 1994 which appeared in The Independent on Sunday condemned the estate as a no go area with a high level of crime. One resident was reported to have said If you ve got a problem in Raffles, get a shotgun . ref cite news url http www.independent.co.uk news uk nogo britain where what why 1370749.html title No Go Britain Where, what, why publisher Independent Newspapers Ltd work The Independent on Sunday date 17 April 1994 accessdate 21 May 2010 ref By the first decade of the 21st Century the once notorious housing estate had undergone significant redevelopment and modernisation. ref cite news url http www.newsandstar.co.uk news business new homes for rent on carlisle s raffles estate 1 514285?referrerPath news business title New homes for rent on Carlisle s Raffles estate ... phase being finished in 2009. Raffles is still not without its problems, however. In 2010 Carlisle ... name HumbleHelen References reflist External links http www.raffleschurch.com raffles community church Welcome.html Raffles Community Church coord 54.89137 N 2.96708 W type city 2000 region GB display ... more details
About the building in Singapore the building in Shanghai Raffles City Shanghai Infobox building name Raffles City image Raffles City.jpg alternate names Raffles International Centre initial name native name location North Bridge Road , Downtown Core , Singapore architectural style High rise building type Office br Hotel br Shopping mall roof convert 158 m ft abbr on tower floor count 42 tower , 4 floors and 3 basements mall floor area 35,000 tower br 27,600 mall status Occupied start date 1980 completion date 1985 elevator count 79 lifts, 26 escalators architect I. M. Pei with br Architects 61 developer Tincel Properties management CapitaLand owner CapitaCommercial Trust br CapitaMall Trust main contractor SsangYong Group website http www.rafflescity.com rafflescity.com latd 1 latm 17 lats 37 latNS N longd 103 longm 51 longs 11 longEW E iso region SG coordinates display title Raffles City Simplified Chinese Chinese , before 2007 is a large complex located in the Civic District ... state. Built on the former site of Raffles Institution , the first school in Singapore , and located beside the historic Raffles Hotel , its aluminium finish and simple geometric designs gave a stark ... are complemented by the rectangular 42 storey Raffles City Tower , an office block. Renovations In the 1990s ... The Stamford and Raffles The Plaza now Fairmont Singapore when Raffles International took over the hotels ... s, CapitaCommercial Trust and CapitaMall Trust jointly acquired the development from Raffles Holdings ... CMT, CCT profit to be lifted by up to 7 from Raffles City asset enhancement url http www.channelnewsasia.com ..., was held from 2 to 9 July 2005 at the Raffles City Convention Centre on the fourth floor ... Interior view File raffles city zz.JPG The refurbished end File Raffles City development 2.JPG ... www.rafflescity.com.sg Official site of Raffles City Shopping Centre Category Shopping malls in Singapore ... completed in 1986 Category Downtown Core Singapore Category Office buildings in Singapore pt Raffles ... more details
Turf race infobox class Group 1 horse race Raffles Cup image caption location Kranji Racecourse br Singapore flagicon Singapore inaugurated 1991 race type Thoroughbred Flat racing website http www.turfclub.com.sg Singapore Turf Club distance 1800 meters 1.12 miles 9 furlongs track Grass, left handed qualification Three years old & up weight Weight for age br Fillies & Mares 1.5 kg allowance purse Singapore dollar S 500,000 bonuses The Raffles Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually in the first week of November at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore . Contested on Grass turf over a left handed course, the domestic Group One race is run over a distance 1800 meters 1.12 miles 9 furlong s and is open to horses age three and older. The Raffles Cup was inaugurated in 1991 at the Bukit Timah Race Course and raced there through 1999 when the track was closed to be replaced by the new Kranji Racecourse. It was raced at 1600 meters from 1991 through 2000 then in 2001 it was changed to its present distance of 1800 meters. Named for Stamford Raffles Sir Stamford Raffles , founder of Singapore, the Raffles Cup is the second leg of the Singapore Triple Crown . It comes after the Kranji Mile and is followed by the Singapore Gold Cup . Records Speed record 1 48.0 Chevron 2008 Most wins by an owner 3 Auric Stable 1993, 1994, 1995 Most wins by a jockey 3 Kim Clapperton 1993, 1994, 1995 Most wins by a Horse trainer trainer 4 Teh Choon Beng 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 Winners class sortable border 1 cellpadding 0 style border collapse collapse font size 90 bgcolor 77dd77 align center width 38px Year br width 135px Winner br width 140px Jockey br width 140px Trainer br width 170px Owner br Time 2010 Better Than Ever Saimee Jumaat L Laxon 1 47.38 2009 Cheyenne Dancer D Beasley M Freedman 1 47.07 2008 Chevron Saimee Jumaat Charles Leck Redcap Stable 1 48.0 2007 Lim s Objective K. B. Soo John F ... FeatureRaces tabid 154 Default.aspx The Raffles Cup at the Singapore Turf Club Category Graded ... more details
For other film versions Raffles the Amateur Cracksman Raffles 1925 film Raffles 1930 film Infobox film name Raffles image RafflesPoster.jpg caption director Sam Wood producer Samuel Goldwyn writer E. W. Hornung novel br John Van Druten br Sidney Howard starring David Niven br Olivia de Havilland music cinematography editing studio Samuel Goldwyn Productions distributor United Artists released Start date 1939 12 29 runtime 72 minutes country Film US language English budget gross Raffles 1939 in film 1939 is a film starring David Niven and Olivia de Havilland , and is one of several film adaptations of an 1899 novel by E. W. Hornung , Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman . Sidney Howard wrote the screenplay for the 1930 version, died in 1939, and was given credit as co author of the screenplay with John Van Druten . F. Scott Fitzgerald may also have worked on the script, but this is unconfirmed. ref Cite web url http www.tcm.com tcmdb title title.jsp?stid 87567 title Notes for Raffles 1939 publisher tcm.com accessdate 2007 11 26 ref Plot no plot date September 2010 Cast David Niven as A. J. Raffles Olivia de Havilland as Gwen Manders Dame May Whitty as Lady Kitty Melrose Dudley Digges actor Dudley Digges as Inspector Mackenzie Douglas Walton actor Douglas Walton as Bunny Manders E.E. Clive as Barraclough Lionel Pape as Lord George Melrose Peter Godfrey director Peter Godfrey as Harry Crawshay In popular culture The main character is parodied in The Simpsons episode Homer the Vigilante as cat burglar Molloy. References reflist External links IMDb title 0032963 Raffles tcmdb title id 87567 title Raffles Sam Wood DEFAULTSORT Raffles 1939 Film Category 1930s crime films Category Heist films Category 1939 films Category American films Category Black and white films Category Films directed by Sam Wood fr Raffles, gentleman cambrioleur 1930s drama film stub Crime film stub ... more details
For the film adaptation Mr. Justice Raffles film Infobox short story See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Mr. Justice Raffles title orig translator author E.W. Hornung country flagicon United Kingdom UK language English language English series A. J. Raffles genre Crime fiction publication type publisher pub date 1909 english pub date preceded by A Thief in the Night short story collection A Thief in the Night followed by Mr. Justice Raffles was a 1909 novel written by E.W. Hornung . It featured his popular character A. J. Raffles a well known cricketer and gentleman thief . It was the fourth and last in his four Raffles books which had begun with The Amateur Cracksman in 1899. ref http www.fantasticfiction.co.uk h e w hornung mr justice raffles.htm ref Unlike the three previous works, the book was a full length novel and featured darker elements than the earlier collections of short stories. In it a jaded Raffles is growing increasingly cynical about British ..., by giving them loans and then charging huge amounts of interest. Raffles takes it upon himself to teach Brigstock a lesson. At the end of Hornung s second Raffles short story collection The Black Mask , Raffles and his companion Bunny Manders volunteer for service in the Second Boer War in 1899 ... the falls, while Hornung set Mr. Justice Raffles before the events of the Boer War . The comparison between the resurrections of Holmes and Raffles is made interesting by the fact that Doyle and Hornung ... the loss of the carefree gentlemen thief of the early stories. It was the last Raffles work written ... of Raffles. However this tended to focus on the lighter, earlier tales of the gentleman thief. It was not until 1977 that Mr. Justice Raffles was adapted, as part of the popular British Raffles TV series Raffles television series . References references External links gutenberg no 9806 name Mr. Justice Raffles Category 1909 novels ... more details
Hornung E. W. Hornung . ref http www.silentera.com PSFL data R RafflesTheAmateurCrack1925.html Raffles at silentera.com database ref Synopsis A. J. RafflesRaffles House Peters is an English gentleman ...For other film versions, see Raffles the Amateur Cracksman , Raffles 1930 film and Raffles 1939 film . Infobox film name Raffles image Raffles 1925.jpg image size caption 1925 theatrical poster director King Baggot producer Universal Studios Universal Jewel production company writer Harvey F. Thew starring House Peters, Sr. House Peters br Miss DuPont br Hedda Hopper br Fred Esmelton br Walter Long actor Walter Long music cinematography Charles J. Stumar editing distributor Universal Studios Universal Pictures released Start date 1925 5 24 runtime 72 minutes 6 reel Motion picture terminology reels country United States language Silent film Silent br English intertitle s budget gross preceded by followed by Raffles 1925 in film 1925 is a feature length silent film silent adventure film adventure crime film crime romance film romance film motion picture starring House Peters, Sr. House Peters , Miss DuPont , Hedda Hopper , Fred Esmelton and Walter Long actor Walter Long . The film was directed ... that the infamous cracksman is aboard ship. Raffles warns a lady passenger to keep an eye on her necklace ... a party at their home and Raffles attends. Another guest, noted criminologist Captain Bedford ... by this, Raffles steals it. He has also stolen the heart of Gwendolyn Amersteth Miss DuPont , the daughter ... away to be married. Raffles returns the pearls and promises to retire from being a burglar. Cast House Peters, Sr. House Peters as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman Miss DuPont as Gwendolyn Amersteth ... References reflist External links http www.imdb.com title tt0015569 Raffles at the Internet Movie Database http www.movieposterdb.com poster dd3341d0 poster for the 1925 version of Raffles Category ... Films directed by King Baggot Category 1920s romance films it Raffles film 1925 ... more details
gross Raffles 1930 in film 1930 is a film produced by Samuel Goldwyn , starring Ronald Colman as the A. J. Raffles popular title character , a gentleman who is also secretly a notorious jewel thief. Kay Francis plays the woman who Raffles falls in love with. It is based on the 1906 play Raffles, the Amateur ...For other film versions, see Raffles the Amateur Cracksman , Raffles 1925 film and Raffles 1939 film . Infobox film name Raffles image Poster of Raffles 1930 film .jpg caption director George Fitzmaurice br Harry d Abbadie d Arrast uncredited and replaced by Fitzmaurice producer Samuel Goldwyn writer ... work oscars.org ref An Raffles 1925 film earlier film version was released in 1925 by Universal Studios and a Raffles 1939 film 1939 film version , also produced by Goldwyn, starred David Niven in the title role. Plot Gentleman jewel thief Raffles Ronald Colman decides to give up his criminal ways ... repay, Raffles decides to take on one more job for Bunny s sake. He joins Bunny and Gwen as guests ... and succeeds in stealing the jewelry, only to have Raffles take it away from him. Crawshaw is caught ... that Raffles is the famous jewel thief. When the necklace is not found, Mackenzie insists that all ... that he intends to let Crawshaw escape, expecting the crook to go after Raffles and thereby incriminate him. She follows Raffles back to London to warn him. Crawshaw does as Mackenzie anticipated. However, Raffles convinces Crawshaw that it is too dangerous to pursue his original goal with all the policemen around and helps him escape. Then, Raffles publicly confesses to being the Amateur Cracksman. When Lord Melrose shows up, Raffles reminds him of the reward he offered for the necklace s return ... and escapes, after arranging with Gwen to meet her in Paris. Cast Ronald Colman as A.J. Raffles Kay ... talking version. References reflist External links imdb title 0021281 Raffles Category 1930 films Category ... films Category Transitional sound films Category Samuel Goldwyn Productions films de Raffles 1930 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Raffles, the Gentleman Thug is a comic strip featured in the British publication Viz comics Viz , the central character of which is a 19th century nobleman given to immense erudition and wanton violence . Raffles inhabits the formal world of the Victorian era Victorian gentleman, but behaves as a 21st century hooligan , though he always maintains his elegant style. The comic strip parodies British yob culture , placing Raffles in anachronistic modern situations which he usually employs extreme violence to resolve. Raffles is always accompanied by his loyal friend Bunny and has other acquaintances such as Dave Courtney Dave , 6th Earl of Bermondsey a notorious section of South East London and Clarence, 3rd Earl of Burberry a reference to Burberry , stereotypically the fashion brand of choice for Britain s chav s . Raffles character is inspired by E. W. Hornung s A. J. RafflesRaffles the Thief . Language The Raffles strip is noted for its substitution of formal language in common slang phrases. For example Kick the little bastard becomes Lapidate the little illegitimate Tits oot for the lads tag line of Viz character Sid the Sexist becomes Remove your decoll tage from its corsetry for the delectation of the gentlemen present Fanny magnet when describing his new car becomes Vaginal lodestone You big girl s blouse becomes You sizable ladies chemise Historical references Raffles has found himself in many situations featuring famous characters and events from the 19th century and early 20th century Playing cricket against the world famous W. G. Grace , cheating him and then beating him up in the toilets Knocking out the Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick during a visit to a fairground freak show after accusing him of looking at his bird Fighting in World War I , bullying war poet Rupert Brooke and acting like a football hooligan during the 1914 Christmas ... you had enough? Have you had enough you fucking Moldavian bastard, your Excellency. Raffles chalked ... more details
infobox television show name Raffles image caption format Drama runtime 60 minutes per episode starring Anthony Valentine br Christopher Strauli br Victor Carin br Victor Brooks country UK network ITV first aired 25 February 1977 num episodes 14 Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung . The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and written by Phillip Mackie. The episodes were largely faithful adaptations of the stories in the books, though occasionally two stories would be merged together to create one episode such as The Gold Cup which featured elements from both A Jubilee Present and The Crimonologist s Club . Cast A. J. Raffles Arthur Raffles Anthony Valentine Harry Bunny Manders Christopher Strauli Inspector Mackenzie Victor Carin Albany Porter Victor Brooks Episodes The Amateur Cracksman 10 September 1975 one off television drama The First Step 25 February 1977 A Costume Piece 4 March 1977 The Spoils of Sacrilege 11 March 1977 A Jubilee Present The Gold Cup 18 March 1977 The Chest of Silver 25 March 1977 The Last Laugh 1 April 1977 Set a Trap to Catch a Cracksmen 8 April 1977 To Catch a Thief 15 April 1977 A Bad Night 22 April 1977 Mr. Justice Raffles 29 April 1977 Home Affairs 6 May 1977 The Gift of the Emperor 13 May 1977 An Old Flame 20 May 1977 References and notes Reflist External links imdb title 0075563 Raffles Category ITV television programmes Category Period television series ... more details
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