Smyth, who may or may not have just abruptly quit Madness (of which more later), has just finished recording his debut solo album, A Comfortable Man, a forensic account of the death of his 28-year relationship with his wife.
I really thought that, once Id left, I wasnt gonnae take it any further. Then, abruptly, Carlyle brightens.
From a very young age, I was aware of how short life is and how abruptly it can end.
But that stillness ends abruptly at the Atlantic Ocean, where there is drama in spades.
George Clooney's much-hyped second world war thriller The Monuments Men has surprised Hollywood by abruptly cancelling its planned pre-Christmas release and moving it to an as-yet-unspecified date in the first quarter of 2014.
Irish, whose director of rugby, Brian Smith, left abruptly in January, were happy to scrape home after seeing two other players yellow-carded.
During the wet summer of 2012, Betty's signal abruptly ceased on the Yorkshire Dales.
I found myself floundering when I tried to answer these, either overcomplicating matters or abruptly changing the subject ("Oh look – a squirrel!").
The director of rugby, Brian Smith, departed abruptly at the start of the year and until Saturday Irish had won two home games in the Premiership.
It may not be good for much, but Pudsey the Dog: The Movie marks the point at which Cowell's hegemony over all things mass-media abruptly halts; past this beetling shoreline, it's darkness, chaos and dragons.
In 2013, the Day of the Horse celebrations ended abruptly when Berdymukhamedov toppled off his steed seconds after winning a race and was immediately surrounded by black-clad security guards.
