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Robert Watson-Watt

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Scotsman
Developed radar to detect an enemy aircraft by radio waves.
1935

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Bernard Lovell

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Worked with radar, discoveries in astronomy

The biggest radio telescope for many years at Jodrell Bank

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Alan Turning

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British mathematician
Turning machine - a theoretical mathematical device in 1930
Influenced the development of computer science
Baby machine

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John Macleod

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Scottish physician

Co-discover of insulin

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Francis Crick

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Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953

Nobel Prize

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Sir Frank whittle

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Jet engine in 1930

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Sir Christopher Cockrell

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The hovercraft in 1950

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Concord

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Supersonic passenger aircraft- world's only
Britain and France
First flew in 1969
Carried passengers in 1976
Retired in 2003
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Harrier jump jet

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Aircraft that takes off vertically

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ATM

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Automatic teller machine

Barclays Bank in Enfield in 1967

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Sir Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe

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IVF

1978 - first-tube baby in Oldham, Lancashire

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Sir Ian Wilmot and Keith Campbell

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Dolly the sheep

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Sir Peter Mansfield

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Co-inventor of MRI

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Sir Tim Berner-Lee

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Www, 25.12.90

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Fenians

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Complete Irish independence

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Charles Stuart Parnell

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‘Home rule’ - Ireland in the UK but has its own parliament

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John Logie Baird

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Scotsman, TV in 1920.

First TV broadcast between London and Glasgow

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Isambard Kindom Brunel

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Built tunnels, bridges, railway lines and ships.
Great Western Railway, the first railway in Britain, from Paddington to the south west of England, the West Midlands and Wales.
The Clifton Suspension Bridge spans the Avon Gorge

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The Clifton Suspension Bridge

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By Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Spans the Avon Gorge

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Balance of payment

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Import of goods valued more than the price paid for export

1970s

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Sir Ludwig Guttman

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A German refugee
Worked at the Stoke Mandeville hospital
First Paralympic Games

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Sir Roger Banister

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The first man to run 1 mile under 4 mins in 1954

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Sir Jackie Stewart

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Scottish racing driver

Won Formula 1 x 3

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Bobby Moore

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Captain of English football team that won the World Cup in 1966

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Sir Ian Botham

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Captain of English cricket team

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Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean

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Gold in ice-skating in 1984 Olympics

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Sir Steve Redgrave

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Gold in rowing x 5 Olympic Games

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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

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11 gold medals in races x 5 Paralympic Games
Won London Marathon x 6
30 world records

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Dame Kelly Holmes

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2 golds in running in Olympics 2004

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Dame Ellon MacArthur

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Yachtswoman

The first woman to sail around the world singlehanded in 2004

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David Weir

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6 golds in 2 Paralympic Games

London Marathon x 6

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Ellie Simonds

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The youngest member of British team in 2008

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Sir Francis Chichester

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The first person to sail single handed around the world, 1966/67

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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

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The first person to sail around the world single-handed non-stop

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Cowes

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Isle of Wight

Sailing events

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Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button

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British Grand Prix drivers who won Formula 1 World Championship

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The Proms

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8 weeks

BBC since 1927

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Henry Purcell

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Organist at Westminster Abbey
Church music, operas
1659-95

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George Frederick Hendel

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1695-1759
German, a British citizen since 1727
The Water Music for George I
Music for the Royal Fireworks for George II
Messiah sang at Easter
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Sir Edward Elgar

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1874-1934
The Pomp and Circumstance Marches
March 1 - Land of Hope and Glory - played at the last night of the Proms

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Gustav Holst

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1874 - 1934
The Planets
Jupiter (part of the Planets) is a tune for ‘I owe to thee my country’

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

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1872 - 1958
Music for orchestras and choirs
Influenced by traditional English music

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The National Eisteddfod

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Welsh cultural festival, including competition for Welsh poetry

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The Mercury Music Prize

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September, the best album in the UK and Ireland

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Sir William Walton

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1902 - 83
Marches for the coronations of of George VI and Elizabeath II
Ballet Facade and Balthazar’s Feast sung

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Benjamin Britten

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1913 - 76
Operas Peter Grimes and Billy Budd
A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, based on a piece of music by Purcell
Founder of Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk

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47
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Mousetrap

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Dame Agatha Christie

Since 1952

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Gilbert and Sullivan

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Wrote comic operas

HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

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With Tim Rice - Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita

The Phantom of the Opera

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The Laurence Olivier Awards

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After Lord Olivier

Best director, best actor and actress

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Hans Holbein

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A painter

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Sir Anthony Van Dyck

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A painter

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Thomas Gainsborough

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18th century

Painted people in country or garden scenery

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David Allan

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1744 - 96

A Scottish artist, portraits, The Origin of Painting

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Joseph Turner

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1775 - 1851

Landscape painting

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John Constable

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1776 - 1837
A landscape painter
Dedham Vale on the Suffolk- Essex border

57
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Holman Hunt

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Pre-Raphaelites

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Dante Gabriel Rosetti

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Pre-Raphaelites

59
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Sir John Millais

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Pre-Raphaelite

60
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The Pre-Raphaelites

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Second half of the 19 th century

Detailed pictures on religious or literally themes in bright colours

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Sir John Lavery

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1856-1941
N Irish
Portraits
Royal family

62
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Henry Moore

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1898-1986
Sculptor and artist
Large bronze and abstract sculptures

63
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John Petts

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1914-91
Welsh
Engravings and stained glass

64
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Lucian Freud

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German-born

Portraits

65
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David Hockney

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1937-
Pop art (60s) contributor
66
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Tate Modern

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Former Bankside Power Station

67
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The Tuner Prize

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1984
4 works shortlisted
Tate Britain
Demien Hirst & Richard Wright

68
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Richard Wright

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An artist who rejects canvas

Winner of the Tuner Prize

69
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The White Tower

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In the Tower of London
A Norman keep
William the Conqueror

70
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Inigo Jones

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The Queens House at Greenwich
The Banqueting House in Whitehall
17 th century
Classical buildings

71
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Robert Adam

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Scottish
Dumfries House in Scotland
The Royal Crescent in Bath
Neo-classism

72
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Gothic style

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19th century
The Houses of Parliament
St Pancras Station
Town halls in Manchester and Sheffield

73
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Sir Edwin Lutyens

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20th century
The Cenotaph in Whitehall
New Dehli
Liverpool Cathedral

74
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Norman Foster

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Modern architect

75
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Sir Richard Rogers

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Modern architect

76
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Dame Zara Hadid

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Modern architect

77
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Lancelot ‘Capability ‘ Brown

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18th century
Garden designer
Worked with Edwin Lutyens

78
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Thomas Chippendale

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18th century furniture designer

79
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Claris Cliff

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Art Deco ceramics

80
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Sir Terence Conran

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20th century interior designer

81
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Mary Quant

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Fashion designer

82
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Vivienne Westwood

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Fashion designer

83
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Sir William Golding

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Novelist

The Nobel Prise

84
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Seamus Heaney

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Peot

The Nobel Prize

85
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Harold Pinter

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Playwritter

The Nobel Prize winner

86
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Ian Fleming

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James Bond

87
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Ian McEwan

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The Man Booker Prize

88
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Hilary Mantel

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The Man Booker Prize

89
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Julian Barnes

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The Man Booker Prize

90
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The Man Booker Prize

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The best novel for an author from the Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe

91
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Mr Micawber

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Always hopeful

Charles Dickens

92
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped

93
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Far From the Madding Crowd

Jude the Obsane

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Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy

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Novels focus on rural society

95
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Evelyn Waugh

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Satirical novels
Decline and Fall
Scoop
Brideshead revisited

96
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Decline and Fall
Scoop
Brideshead Revisited

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Evelyn Waugh

97
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Sir Kingsley Amis

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Lucky Jim

98
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Graham Green

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The Heart of the Matter
The Honorary Consul
Briton Rock
Our Man in Havana

99
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The Heart of the Matter
The Honorary Consul
Briton Rock
Our Man in Havana

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Graham Greene

100
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Beowulf

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Anglo-Saxon poem about battle against monsters

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Chaucer

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Canterbury Tales

102
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Middle Age

103
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John Milton

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Poet

Paradise lost - about religious views

104
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Wilfred Owen

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Anthem for doomed youth -WWI

105
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Siegfried Sassoon

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Poems about WWI

106
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Sir Walter de la Mare

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Modern poet

107
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John Masefield

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Modern poet

108
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Sir John Betjeman

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Modern poet

109
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Ted Hugh’s

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Modern poet

110
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Poet’s corner

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In Westminster Abbey

111
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Crashes Castle & Inveraray Castle

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Gardens in Scotland

112
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Mount Stewart

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Garden in N Ireland

113
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Films first shown in the UK

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1896

114
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Sir Alexander Korda

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Film director

115
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In Which We Serve

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Movie about WWII

116
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Sir David Lean

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The Lawrence of Arabia

117
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Ridley Scott

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Alien

118
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Passport to Pimlico
The Ladykiller
Carry On

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Comedies 1950s & 60s

119
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Nick Park

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Wallace and Gromit - 3 Oscars

1 Oscar - Creature Comfort

120
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David Niven

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Actor, The Pink Panther

121
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Sir Rex Harrison

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Actor ( my fair lady)

122
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Richard Burton

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Actor (a hubby of Elizabeth Taylor)

123
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Antony Hopkins

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Modern actor (Gandy, The Silence of the Lambs)

124
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The 39 Steps

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1935 by Alfred Hitchcock

125
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Brief Encounter

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1945 by David Lean

126
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Brief Ecounter

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1945 by David Lean

127
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The Third Man

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1949 by Carol Reed

128
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The Bells of St Trinians

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1954 by Frank Lander

129
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Woman in Love

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1969 by Ken Russell

130
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Don’t Look Now

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1973 by Nicholas roeg

131
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Private Eye

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Satirical magazine

132
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That Was the Week That Was

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Satire, 1960

133
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Spitting Image

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Satire, 1980s and 1990 s

134
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Franchise

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A number of people who could vote

135
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Chartist

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Campaigned for reform in 1830s & 40s
6 change so: vote for every man, elections every year, all religions equal, secret ballot, any man as an MP, MPs paid
By 1918 most of reforms adopted and vote for women over 30
1928 - women 21
1969 - men and women 18

136
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Hansard

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Official reports of proceedings in Parliament

Found in libraries and websites

137
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Directives

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European laws

Also called regulations or framework decisions

138
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EEC
EU
The Council of Europe
UN

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6 countries - the Treaty of Rome 25.03.1957. The UK a member in 1973

28 countries - bound by EU law

47 member states - no power to make laws; draws up conventions and charters, e.g. The European Convention on Human Rights

190 countries, 15 members on Security Council, the UK is one of 5 permanent members of the Security Council

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