Wednesday 4 September 2024

5 September: Harry Name Day

In Sweden, people called Harry celebrate their name day today.

Harry is a male given name of English, Norse and Germanic origin. A diminutive form of Harold, Harrison or Harvey, it eventually came into use as a name in its own right.

10 famous people called Harry:

  1. Harry Houdini: escape artist, illusionist, and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts.

  2. Harry Secombe: Welsh comedian, actor, singer and television presenter.

  3. Prince Harry: Duke of Sussex second son of King Charles III of the United Kingdom.

  4. Harry Styles: British singer, songwriter, actor as well as member of the boy band One Direction.

  5. Harry Kane: English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the England national team.

  6. Harry Enfield: English comedian, actor, writer and director. He is known in particular for his television work, and for the creation and portrayal of comedy characters such as Kevin the Teenager.

  7. Harry S Truman: 33rd President of the United States.

  8. Harry Corbett: English magician, puppeteer, and television presenter. He was best known as the creator of the glove puppet character Sooty in 1952.

  9. Harry Patch: English supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the last surviving trench combat soldier of the First World War from any country.

  10. Harry Potter: title character in Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.



The first in a new series! It has invading aliens, gladiator-style contests, rivalry and romance.


The six richest people in Britain decide to hold a contest to settle the question of which of them is most successful. It will be a gladiator style contest with each entrant fielding a team of ten super-powered combatants. Entrepreneur Llew Powell sets out to put together his team, which includes his former lover, an employee of his company with a fascinating hobby, two refugees from another dimension (a lonely giant and a drunken sailor), two sisters bound together by a promise, a diminutive doctor, a former Tibetan monk initiate and two androids with a history. As the team train together, alliances form, friendships and more develop, while others find the past is not easy to leave behind.

Meanwhile, a ruthless race of aliens has its eyes on the Earth. Already abducting and enslaving humans, they work towards the final invasion which would destroy life on Earth as we know it. Powell’s group, Combat Team Alpha, stumble upon one of the wormholes the aliens use to travel to Earth and witness for themselves the horrors in store if the aliens aren’t stopped. Barely escaping with their lives, they realise there are more important things to worry about than a fighting competition.





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