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53 relations: Abdication, Amedeo Modigliani, Antiquarian, Baronet, Belshazzar's Feast (Walton), Beverley Nichols, Bystander (magazine), Cantata, Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Cimitero degli Allori, David Stuart Horner, Edith Sitwell, Edward VIII, English Heritage, Eton College, Florence, Genealogy, George Orwell, George Sitwell, George VI, Georgian architecture, Georgian Group, Grenadier Guards, Harry Ransom Center, Henri Matisse, James Agate, John Pearson (author), Liberal Party (UK), Ludgrove School, Maurice Utrillo, Pablo Picasso, Paranormal, Parkinson's disease, Philistinism, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Renishaw Hall, Sacheverell Sitwell, Scarborough and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency), Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, Sitwell baronets, Sutton Scarsdale Hall, The Adelphi, The Ghost Club, The Sitwells, The Times, Tower of London, Trench warfare, Victoria Glendinning, Wallis Simpson, ..., Who's Who (UK), William Walton, Ypres. Expand index (3 more) »
Abdication
Abdication is the act of formally relinquishing monarchical authority.
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Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian-Jewish painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France.
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Antiquarian
An antiquarian or antiquary (from the Latin: antiquarius, meaning pertaining to ancient times) is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past.
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Baronet
A baronet (or; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess (or; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown.
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Belshazzar's Feast (Walton)
Belshazzar's Feast is a cantata by the English composer William Walton.
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Beverley Nichols
John Beverley Nichols (9 September 1898 – 15 September 1983) was an English author, playwright, journalist, composer, and public speaker.
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Bystander (magazine)
The Bystander was a British weekly tabloid magazine that featured reviews, topical drawings, cartoons and short stories.
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Cantata
A cantata (literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb cantare, "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.
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Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
Captain (Capt) is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines and in both services it ranks above lieutenant and below major with a NATO ranking code of OF-2.
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Cimitero degli Allori
The Cimitero Evangelico agli Allori ("The Evangelical Cemetery at Laurels") is located in Florence, Italy, between 'Due Strade' and Galluzzo.
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David Stuart Horner
David Stuart Horner (July 29, 1900 - 1983) was a crime fiction novelist and the longtime partner of Osbert Sitwell.
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Edith Sitwell
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells.
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Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December the same year, after which he became the Duke of Windsor.
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English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.
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Eton College
Eton College is an English independent boarding school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, near Windsor.
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Florence
Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.
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Genealogy
Genealogy (from γενεαλογία from γενεά, "generation" and λόγος, "knowledge"), also known as family history, is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history.
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George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic whose work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
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George Sitwell
Sir George Reresby Sitwell, 4th Baronet (27 January 1860 – 9 July 1943) was a British antiquarian writer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1895.
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George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.
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Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.
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Georgian Group
The Georgian Group is a UK charity, and the national authority on Georgian architecture built between 1700 and 1837 in England and Wales.
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Grenadier Guards
The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is an infantry regiment of the British Army.
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Harry Ransom Center
The Harry Ransom Center is an archive, library and museum at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, specializing in the collection of literary and cultural artifacts from the United States and Europe for the purpose of advancing the study of the arts and humanities.
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Henri Matisse
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship.
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James Agate
James Evershed Agate (9 September 1877 – 6 June 1947) was an English diarist and an influential theatre critic between the two world wars.
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John Pearson (author)
John George Pearson (born 5 October 1930) is an English novelist and an author of biographies, notably of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, and of the Kray twins.
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Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom – with the opposing Conservative Party – in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Ludgrove School
Ludgrove School is an independent preparatory boarding school for 200 boys, aged eight years to thirteen.
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Maurice Utrillo
Maurice Utrillo, born Maurice Valadon (26 December 1883 – 5 November 1955), was a French painter who specialized in cityscapes.
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France.
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Paranormal
Paranormal events are phenomena described in popular culture, folk, and other non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described to lie beyond normal experience or scientific explanation.
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Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system.
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Philistinism
In the fields of philosophy and æsthetics, the derogatory term philistinism describes “the manners, habits, and character, or mode of thinking of a philistine”, manifested as an anti-intellectual social attitude that undervalues and despises art and beauty, intellect and spirituality.
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the wife of King George VI and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.
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Renishaw Hall
Renishaw Hall is a country house in Renishaw in the parish of Eckington in Derbyshire, England.
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Sacheverell Sitwell
Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet (15 November 1897 – 1 October 1988) was an English writer, best known as an art critic, music critic (his books on Mozart, Liszt, and Domenico Scarlatti are still consulted), and writer on architecture, particularly the baroque.
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Scarborough and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)
Scarborough and Whitby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Robert Goodwill, a Conservative.
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Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England.
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Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry
The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry (SRY) is one of the five squadrons of the Royal Yeomanry (RY), a light cavalry regiment of the Army Reserve.
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Sitwell baronets
The Sitwell Baronetcy, of Renishaw in the County of Derby, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
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Sutton Scarsdale Hall
Sutton Scarsdale Hall is a Grade I listed Georgian ruined stately home in Sutton Scarsdale, just outside Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
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The Adelphi
The Adelphi or New Adelphi was an English literary journal founded by John Middleton Murry and published between 1923 and 1955.
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The Ghost Club
The Ghost Club is a paranormal investigation and research organization, founded in London in 1862.
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The Sitwells
The Sitwells (Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell), from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, were three siblings who formed an identifiable literary and artistic clique around themselves in London in the period roughly 1916 to 1930.
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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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Tower of London
The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London.
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Trench warfare
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.
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Victoria Glendinning
Victoria Glendinning, CBE (née Seebohm; born 23 April 1937) is a British biographer, critic, broadcaster and novelist; she is an Honorary Vice-President of English PEN, a winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, was appointed a CBE in 1998 and is Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature.
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Wallis Simpson
Wallis Simpson (born Bessie Wallis Warfield; 19 June 1896 – 24 April 1986), later known as the Duchess of Windsor, was an American socialite whose intended marriage to the British king Edward VIII caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication.
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Who's Who (UK)
Who's Who is a leading source of biographical data on more than 33,000 influential people from around the world.
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William Walton
Sir William Turner Walton, OM (29 March 19028 March 1983) was an English composer.
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Ypres
Ypres (Ieper) is a Belgian municipality in the province of West Flanders.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osbert_Sitwell
