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Miles Kington

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Miles Beresford Kington (13 May 1941 – 30 January 2008) was a British journalist, musician (a double bass player for Instant Sunshine and other groups) and broadcaster. [1]

44 relations: Alexander Cockburn, Alphonse Allais, Bath, Somerset, BBC, BBC Radio 4, Bertrand Russell, Bilton Grange, Boarding school, Border Breweries (Wrexham), Canelo (publisher), Conkwell, County Down, Double bass, Downpatrick, Enoch Powell, Fatwa, Franglais, Gap year, GCE Ordinary Level, Glenalmond, Glenalmond College, Great Railway Journeys, Greenwich Village, Instant Sunshine, Kennet and Avon Canal, Limpley Stoke, List of Edinburgh festivals, Memorial bench, Michael Palin, Pancreatic cancer, Preparatory school (United Kingdom), Punch (magazine), Rugby, Warwickshire, S. J. Perelman, Salman Rushdie, Southwark Playhouse, Steam Days, Terry Jones, The Independent, The Oldie, The Times, Tom Stoppard, Trinity College, Oxford, Wrexham.

Alexander Cockburn

Alexander Claud Cockburn (6 June 1941 – 21 July 2012) was an Irish-American political journalist and writer.

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Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais (20 October 1854 – 28 October 1905) was a French writer and humorist, who was born in Honfleur, Calvados, and who died in Paris.

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Bath, Somerset

Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.

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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate.

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Bilton Grange

Bilton Grange is a preparatory school located in Dunchurch, near Rugby, Warwickshire.

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Boarding school

A boarding school provides education for pupils who live on the premises, as opposed to a day school.

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Border Breweries (Wrexham)

Border Breweries (Wrexham) Ltd was a brewery firm formerly based in Wrexham, Wales, which at its peak was a significant element of the Welsh brewing industry.

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Canelo (publisher)

Canelo is an independent British publisher which launched in 2015.

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Conkwell

Conkwell is a hamlet in Winsley parish, Wiltshire, England, near the county border of North East Somerset.

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County Down

County Down is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland in the northeast of the island of Ireland.

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Double bass

The double bass, or simply the bass (and numerous other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.

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Downpatrick

Downpatrick is a small-sized town about south of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Enoch Powell

John Enoch Powell (16 June 19128 February 1998) was a British politician, classical scholar, author, linguist, soldier, philologist and poet.

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Fatwa

A fatwā (فتوى; plural fatāwā فتاوى.) in the Islamic faith is a nonbinding but authoritative legal opinion or learned interpretation that the Sheikhul Islam, a qualified jurist or mufti, can give on issues pertaining to the Islamic law.

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Franglais

Franglais (also Frenglish) is a French portmanteau word referring initially to the pretentious overuse of English words by Francophones, and subsequently to the macaronic mixture of the French (français) and English (anglais) languages.

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Gap year

A gap year, also known as a sabbatical year, is a year’s break, aimed at promoting a mature outlook with which to absorb the benefits of higher education.

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GCE Ordinary Level

The O Level (Ordinary Level; official title: General Certificate of Education: Ordinary Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education.

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Glenalmond

* Glenalmond or Glen Almond (Gleann Amain) is a glen which stretches for several miles to the west of the city of Perth in Perth and Kinross, Scotland and down which the River Almond flows.

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Glenalmond College

Glenalmond College (formerly Trinity College, Glenalmond) is a co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years.

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Great Railway Journeys

Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC Television.

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Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village often referred to by locals as simply "the Village", is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan, New York City.

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Instant Sunshine

Instant Sunshine is a comedy musical cabaret group who sing to an acoustic guitar accompaniment.

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Kennet and Avon Canal

The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of, made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal.

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Limpley Stoke

Limpley Stoke is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.

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List of Edinburgh festivals

This is a list of arts and cultural festivals regularly taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Memorial bench

Kirsty MacColl memorial bench in Soho Square, London; a close-up of the engraved lyrics A memorial bench or memorial seat is a piece of furniture which commemorates a person who has died.

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Michael Palin

Michael Edward Palin (pronounced; born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter.

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Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer arises when cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a mass.

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Preparatory school (United Kingdom)

A preparatory school (or, shortened: prep school) in the United Kingdom is a selective, fee-charging independent primary school that caters primarily for children up to approximately the age of 13.

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Punch (magazine)

Punch; or, The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells.

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Rugby, Warwickshire

Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon.

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S. J. Perelman

Sidney Joseph "S.

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Salman Rushdie

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist.

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Southwark Playhouse

Southwark Playhouse is a theatre in London, located between Borough and Elephant and Castle tube stations.

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Steam Days

Steam Days is a 1986 BBC 2 television documentary series written and presented by Miles Kington.

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Terry Jones

Terence Graham Parry Jones (born 1 February 1942) is a Welsh actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter and film director.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Oldie

The Oldie is a British monthly magazine written for older people "as a light-hearted alternative to a press obsessed with youth and celebrity", according to their website.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Tom Stoppard

Sir Tom Stoppard (born Tomáš Straussler; 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter.

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Trinity College, Oxford

Trinity College (full name: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight)) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Wrexham

Wrexham (Wrecsam) is the largest town in the north of Wales and an administrative, commercial, retail and educational centre.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Kington

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