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100 relations: Achilles tendon, Adrian Henri, Almeida Theatre, Ambit (magazine), Andrew Motion, Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, Bank run, Bath, Somerset, BBC, BBC News, BBC Radio 4, British Academy, Bush Theatre, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cholmondeley Award, Coronation of Elizabeth II, Costa Book Awards, Daily Mirror, Dame, David Beckham, Dylan Thomas Prize, Eavan Boland, Education for Leisure, Elizabeth II, English Electric, Eric Gregory Award, Everyman (play), Extinction, Eyjafjallajökull, Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Forward Prizes for Poetry, Gillian Clarke, Glasgow, Gorbals, Grace Nichols, Harry Patch, Henry Allingham, Heriot-Watt University, Homerton College, Cambridge, Honorary title (academic), Jackie Kay, Jeanette Winterson, John Agard, King Edward VI High School, Stafford, King James Version, Knife legislation, Labour Party (UK), Lannan Literary Awards, ..., Last Post (poem), LGBT, Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool poets, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Pride, Melvyn Bragg, Monkton Combe School, National Poetry Competition, Nesta (charity), Order of the British Empire, PEN Pinter Prize, Peter Benson (author), Philosophy, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Poetry Society, Richard Wright (artist), Royal National Theatre, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Royal Society of Literature, Sasha Johnson Manning, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Poetry Library, Seamus Heaney, Sixty-Six Books, Somerset Maugham Award, Sonnet, Stafford, Stafford Rangers F.C., T. S. Eliot Prize, Ted Hughes, The South Bank Show, The World's Wife, Troy, Turner Prize, U. A. Fanthorpe, United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal, University of Dundee, University of Hull, University of Liverpool, University of St Andrews, University of Warwick, Vicki Feaver, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, Woman's Hour, 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2011 Costa Book Awards. Expand index (50 more) »
Achilles tendon
The Achilles tendon or heel cord, also known as the calcaneal tendon, is a tendon of the back of the leg, and the thickest in the human body.
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Adrian Henri
Adrian Henri (10 April 1932 – 20 December 2000) was a British poet and painter best remembered as the founder of poetry-rock group the Liverpool Scene and as one of three poets in the best-selling anthology The Mersey Sound, along with Brian Patten and Roger McGough.
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Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325-seat studio theatre with an international reputation, which takes its name from the street on which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington.
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Ambit (magazine)
Ambit is a quarterly literary periodical published in the United Kingdom.
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Andrew Motion
Sir Andrew Motion (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009.
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Assessment and Qualifications Alliance
AQA (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance) is an awarding body in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Bank run
A bank run (also known as a run on the bank) occurs when a large number of people withdraw their money from a bank, because they believe the bank may cease to function in the near future.
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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 News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.
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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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British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.
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Bush Theatre
The Bush Theatre is based in Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles; 17 July 1947) is a member of the British royal family.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor (born 10 July 1977) is a British actor.
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Cholmondeley Award
The Cholmondeley Award is an annual award for poetry given by the Society of Authors in the United Kingdom.
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Coronation of Elizabeth II
The coronation of Elizabeth II as Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) took place on 2 June 1953, at Westminster Abbey.
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Costa Book Awards
The Costa Book Awards are a set of annual literary awards recognizing English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland.
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Daily Mirror
The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper founded in 1903.
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Dame
Dame is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of knighthood in the British honours system and the systems of several other Commonwealth countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, with the masculine form of address being Sir.
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David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham (born 2 May 1975) is an English retired professional footballer.
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Dylan Thomas Prize
The Dylan Thomas Prize is a leading prize for young writers presented annually.
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Eavan Boland
Eavan Boland (born 24 September 1944) is an Irish poet, author, professor, and activist who has been active since the 1960s.
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Education for Leisure
"Education for Leisure" is a poem by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy which explores the mind of a person who is planning to commit a murder.
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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
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English Electric
The English Electric Company Limited was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice of World War I at the end of 1918.
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Eric Gregory Award
The Eric Gregory Award is a literary award given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission.
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Everyman (play)
The of Everyman (The Summoning of Everyman), usually referred to simply as Everyman, is a late 15th-century morality play.
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Extinction
In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.
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Eyjafjallajökull
Eyjafjallajökull (English Island Mountain Glacier, is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, north of Skógar and west of Mýrdalsjökull. The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano with a summit elevation of. The volcano has erupted relatively frequently since the last glacial period, most recently in 2010.
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Fellow of the British Academy
Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences.
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland judges to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".
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Forward Prizes for Poetry
The Forward Prizes for Poetry are awards for poetry, presented annually at a ceremony in London.
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Gillian Clarke
Gillian Clarke (born 8 June 1937 in Cardiff) is a Welsh poet, playwright, editor, broadcaster, lecturer and translator.
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Glasgow
Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.
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Gorbals
The Gorbals is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, on the south bank of the River Clyde.
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Grace Nichols
Grace Nichols (born 1950) is a Guyanese poet, who moved to Britain in 1977.
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Harry Patch
Henry John Patch (17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009), dubbed in his later years "the Last Fighting Tommy", was a British supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe and the last surviving combat soldier of the First World War from any country.
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Henry Allingham
Henry William Allingham (6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009) was a British supercentenarian, the oldest British man ever, First World War veteran and, for one month, the verified oldest living man in the world.
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Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University is a public university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Homerton College, Cambridge
Homerton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.
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Honorary title (academic)
Honorary titles in academia may be conferred on persons in recognition of contributions by a non-employee or by an employee beyond regular duties.
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Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay MBE FRSE (born 9 November 1961) is a Scottish poet and novelist.
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Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson, CBE (born 27 August 1959) is an award-winning English writer, who became famous with her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against conventional values.
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John Agard
John Agard (born 21 June 1949 in British Guiana) is an Afro-Guyanese playwright, poet and children's writer, now living in Britain.
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King Edward VI High School, Stafford
King Edward VI High School, is a mixed secondary school located in the Highfields area of Stafford, England.
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King James Version
The King James Version (KJV), also known as the King James Bible (KJB) or simply the Version (AV), is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.
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Knife legislation
Knife legislation is defined as the body of statutory law or case law promulgated or enacted by a government or other governing jurisdiction that prohibits, criminalizes, or restricts the otherwise legal manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, possession, transport, or use of knives.
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Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.
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Lannan Literary Awards
The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of CATS and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the Lannan Foundation.
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Last Post (poem)
"Last Post" is a poem written by Carol Ann Duffy, the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, in 2009.
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LGBT
LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
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Liverpool Playhouse
The Liverpool Playhouse is a theatre in Williamson Square in the city of Liverpool, England.
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Liverpool poets
The Liverpool Poets are a number of influential 1960s poets from Liverpool, England, influenced by 1950s Beat poetry.
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Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, in Manchester, England, is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester, seat of the Bishop of Manchester and the city's parish church.
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Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University (often referred to as Manchester Met, Man Met, or MMU) is a new, public university located in Manchester, England.
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Manchester Pride
Manchester Pride is an annual LGBT pride festival and parade held each summer in the city of Manchester, England.
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Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, (born 6 October 1939), is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian.
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Monkton Combe School
Monkton Combe School is an independent boarding and day school of the British public school tradition, near Bath, England.
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National Poetry Competition
The National Poetry Competition is an annual poetry prize established in 1978 in the United Kingdom.
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Nesta (charity)
Nesta (formerly NESTA, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is an innovation foundation based in the UK.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.
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PEN Pinter Prize
The PEN Pinter Prize and the Pinter International Writer of Courage Award both comprise an annual literary award launched in 2009 by English PEN in honour of the late Nobel Literature Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, who had been a Vice President of English PEN and an active member of the International PEN Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC).
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Peter Benson (author)
Peter Benson is the author of novels, plays and short stories, and has been described by the London Evening Standard as having 'one of the most distinctive voices in modern British fiction'.
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Philosophy
Philosophy (from Greek φιλοσοφία, philosophia, literally "love of wisdom") is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
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Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
The British Poet Laureate is an honorary position appointed by the monarch of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Prime Minister.
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Poetry Society
The Poetry Society is a membership organisation, open to all, whose stated aim is "to promote the study, use and enjoyment of poetry".
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Richard Wright (artist)
Richard Wright (born London, 1960) is an English artist and musician.
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Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT) is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House.
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Royal Society of Edinburgh
The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters.
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Royal Society of Literature
The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent".
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Sasha Johnson Manning
Sasha Johnson Manning (born 1963) is an English composer specialising in vocal pieces.
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Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council (Comhairle Ealain na h-Alba, Scots Airts Cooncil) was a Scottish public body responsible for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland.
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Scottish Poetry Library
The Scottish Poetry Library was founded in 1984 by poet Tessa Ransford (1938–2015).
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Seamus Heaney
Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator.
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Sixty-Six Books
Sixty-Six Books was a set of plays premiered at the Bush Theatre in 2011, to mark the theatre's reopening on a new site and the 400th anniversary of the King James Version.
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Somerset Maugham Award
The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each year by the Society of Authors.
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Sonnet
A sonnet is a poem in a specific form which originated in Italy; Giacomo da Lentini is credited with its invention.
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Stafford
Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands of England.
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Stafford Rangers F.C.
Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.
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T. S. Eliot Prize
The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is a prestigious prize that was, for many years, awarded by the Poetry Book Society (UK) to "the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland" in any particular year.
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Ted Hughes
Edward James Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet and children's writer.
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The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show.
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The World's Wife
The World's Wife is a collection of poems by Carol Ann Duffy published in 1999.
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Troy
Troy (Τροία, Troia or Τροίας, Troias and Ἴλιον, Ilion or Ἴλιος, Ilios; Troia and Ilium;Trōia is the typical Latin name for the city. Ilium is a more poetic term: Hittite: Wilusha or Truwisha; Truva or Troya) was a city in the far northwest of the region known in late Classical antiquity as Asia Minor, now known as Anatolia in modern Turkey, near (just south of) the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida.
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Turner Prize
The Turner Prize, named after the English painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist.
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U. A. Fanthorpe
Ursula Askham Fanthorpe, CBE, FRSL (22 July 1929 – 28 April 2009) was an English poet.
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United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal
The United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal was a major political scandal that emerged in 2009, concerning expenses claims made by members of the United Kingdom Parliament over the previous years.
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University of Dundee
The University of Dundee (abbreviated as Dund. for post-nominals) is a public research university based in the city and royal burgh of Dundee on the east coast of the central Lowlands of Scotland.
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University of Hull
The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a public university based in the city of Liverpool, England.
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University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews (informally known as St Andrews University or simply St Andrews; abbreviated as St And, from the Latin Sancti Andreae, in post-nominals) is a British public research university in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
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University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a plate glass research university in Coventry, England.
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Vicki Feaver
Vicki Feaver (born Nottingham 1943) is an English poet.
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War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
The War in Afghanistan (or the U.S. War in Afghanistan; code named Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan (2001–2014) and Operation Freedom's Sentinel (2015–present)) followed the United States invasion of Afghanistan of October 7, 2001.
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Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton took place on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom.
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Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.
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2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 and 18 December.
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2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams.
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2011 Costa Book Awards
The shortlists were announced on 16 November 2011.
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