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Nicolas Bentley

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Nicolas Clerihew Bentley (14 June 1907 – 14 August 1978) was a British author and illustrator, best known for his humorous cartoon drawings in books and magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. [1]

29 relations: Auberon Waugh, Bath, Somerset, Byline, Clerihew, Daily Mail, Damon Runyon, Editorial cartoon, Edmund Clerihew Bentley, G. K. Chesterton, George Mikes, Heatherley School of Fine Art, Highgate, Hilaire Belloc, How to be an Alien, J. B. Morton, London Fire Brigade, London Underground, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Patrick Hastings, Private Eye, Royal Dutch Shell, Royal United Hospital, Ruari McLean, Shepton Mallet, T. S. Eliot, Time and Tide (magazine), University College School, World War II, 1926 United Kingdom general strike.

Auberon Waugh

Auberon Alexander Waugh (17 November 1939 – 16 January 2001) was an English journalist, and eldest son of Evelyn Waugh.

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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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Byline

The byline on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name of the writer of the article.

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Clerihew

A clerihew is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.

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Damon Runyon

Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and short-story writer.

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Editorial cartoon

An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is a drawing containing a commentary expressing the artist's opinion.

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley

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G. K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic.

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George Mikes

However he adopted the normal Western word order for his name after settling in England. George Mikes (15 February 1912 – 30 August 1987) was a Hungarian-born British journalist, humourist and writer, best known for his humorous commentaries on various countries.

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Heatherley School of Fine Art

The Heatherley School of Fine Art was named after Thomas Heatherley who took over as principal from James Mathews Leigh (when it was named "Leigh's").

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Highgate

Highgate is a suburban area of north London at the north-eastern corner of Hampstead Heath, north north-west of Charing Cross.

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Hilaire Belloc

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 187016 July 1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian.

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How to be an Alien

How to be an Alien (1946) is a humorous book by George Mikes, illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.

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J. B. Morton

John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton, better known by his preferred abbreviation J. B. Morton (7 June 1893 – 10 May 1979) was an English humorous writer noted for authoring a column called "By the Way" under the pen name 'Beachcomber' in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975.

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London Fire Brigade

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the statutory fire and rescue service for London.

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London Underground

The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) is a collection of whimsical poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber.

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Patrick Hastings

Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings (17 March 1880 – 26 February 1952) was a British barrister and politician noted for his long and highly successful career as a barrister and his short stint as Attorney General.

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Private Eye

Private Eye is a British fortnightly satirical and current affairs news magazine, founded in 1961.

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Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known as Shell, is a British–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom.

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Royal United Hospital

The Royal United Hospital (RUH) is a major acute-care hospital, located in the Weston suburb of Bath, England, which lies approximately west of the Bath city centre.

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Ruari McLean

John David Ruari McLean CBE, DSC (10 June 1917 – 27 March 2006) was a leading British typographic designer.

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Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet is a town and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset in South West England.

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T. S. Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot, (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965), was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets".

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Time and Tide (magazine)

Time and Tide was a British weekly political and literary review magazine founded by Margaret, Lady Rhondda in 1920.

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University College School

University College School, generally known as UCS Hampstead, is an independent day school in Frognal, northwest London, England.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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1926 United Kingdom general strike

The 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted 9 days, from 3 May 1926 to 12 May 1926.

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References

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

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