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49 relations: Alan Yentob, Allegory, Andrew Denton, Avro Lancaster, Aztec Empire, Aztecs, Balham, BBC, Black comedy, Booker Prize, Channel 4, Collective (BBC), Costa Book Awards, County Leitrim, Durham Miners' Gala, Edron Academy, Enough Rope, Faber and Faber, Genetics, Hay Festival, Imagine (TV series), James Joyce Award, Jardines del Pedregal, Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin), Ludmila's Broken English, Martin J. Goodman, Mexico City, Moctezuma II, Niall Lucy, Nobel Peace Prize, Norman Borlaug, Old Reynella, South Australia, Otomi, Ox-Tales, Pound sterling, Powell's Books, Psychoactive drug, Reynosa, RTRFM, Rufus Norris, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sonoran Desert, The Guardian, The Triffids, University College Dublin, University of Adelaide, Vernon God Little, Young Vic, 2003 Whitbread Awards.
Alan Yentob
Alan Yentob (born 11 March 1947) is an English television executive and presenter.
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Allegory
As a literary device, an allegory is a metaphor in which a character, place or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
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Andrew Denton
Andrew Christopher Denton (born 4 May 1960) is an Australian television producer, comedian, Gold Logie-nominated television presenter and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's weekly television interview program Enough Rope and the ABC game show Randling.
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Avro Lancaster
The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber.
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Aztec Empire
The Aztec Empire, or the Triple Alliance (Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, ˈjéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥), began as an alliance of three Nahua altepetl city-states: italic, italic, and italic.
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Aztecs
The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521.
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Balham
Balham is a neighbourhood of south London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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Black comedy
Black comedy, also known as dark comedy or gallows humor, is a comic style that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss.
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Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize and commonly known simply as the Booker Prize) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the UK.
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Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.
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Collective (BBC)
Collective was an "interactive culture magazine" hosted by the BBC's website bbc.co.uk and run using the "DNA" software developed for h2g2.
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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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County Leitrim
County Leitrim (Contae Liatroma) is a county in the Republic of Ireland.
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Durham Miners' Gala
The Durham Miners' Gala is a large annual gathering held on the second Saturday in July in the city of Durham, England.
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Edron Academy
The Edron Academy (El Colegio Británico) A.C. is a non-profit school in Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City.
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Enough Rope
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (often shortened to Enough Rope) is a television interview show originally broadcast on ABC1 in Australia.
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Faber and Faber
Faber and Faber Limited, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the United Kingdom.
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Genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.
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Hay Festival
The Hay Festival of Literature & Arts is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, for ten days from May to June.
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Imagine (TV series)
Imagine is a wide-ranging arts series first broadcast on BBC One in 2003, hosted and executive produced by Alan Yentob.
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James Joyce Award
The James Joyce Award, also known as the Honorary Fellowship of the Society, is an award given by the Literary and Historical Society (L&H) of University College Dublin (UCD) for those who have achieved outstanding success in their given field; recipients have ranged from respected academics, lauded political figures, skilled actors and, like James Joyce himself, writers.
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Jardines del Pedregal
Jardines del Pedregal (Rocky Gardens) or simply El Pedregal (full name: El Pedregal de San Angel) is an upscale residential colonia (neighborhood) in southern Mexico City hosting some of the richest mansions of the city.
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Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)
The Literary and Historical Society (L&H) is the oldest debating society in University College, Dublin (UCD), which according to its constitution is the 'College Debating Union'.
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Ludmila's Broken English
Ludmila's Broken English is the second novel by Booker Prize winner DBC Pierre.
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Martin J. Goodman
Martin J. Goodman (born in Leicester in 1956) is an English journalist and writer.
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Mexico City
Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Ciudad de México,; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America.
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Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II (c. 1466 – 29 June 1520), variant spellings include Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma, Motēuczōmah, and referred to in full by early Nahuatl texts as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (Moctezuma the Young),moteːkʷˈsoːma ʃoːkoˈjoːtsin was the ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 1520.
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Niall Lucy
Niall Lucy (11 November 1956 - 5 June 2014) was an Australian writer and scholar best known for his work in deconstruction.
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Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
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Norman Borlaug
Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist and humanitarian who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution.
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Old Reynella, South Australia
Old Reynella is a metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
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Otomi
The Otomi (Otomí) are an indigenous people of Mexico inhabiting the central Mexican Plateau (Altiplano) region.
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Ox-Tales
Ox-Tales refers to four anthologies of short stories written by 38 of the UK's best known authors.
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Pound sterling
The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.
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Powell's Books
Powell's Books is a chain of bookstores in Portland, Oregon, and its surrounding metropolitan area.
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Psychoactive drug
A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that changes brain function and results in alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, or behavior.
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Reynosa
Reynosa is a border city in the northern part of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
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RTRFM
RTRFM (call sign: 6RTR) is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, the state capital of Western Australia.
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Rufus Norris
Rufus Norris (born 16 January 1965) is a British theatre and film director, who is currently the Artistic Director of the National Theatre.
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Sierra Madre Oriental
The Sierra Madre Oriental (Spanish) is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico.
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Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which covers large parts of the Southwestern United States in Arizona and California and of Northwestern Mexico in Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Triffids
The Triffids were an Australian alternative rock and pop band, formed in Perth in Western Australia in May 1978 with David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist.
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University College Dublin
University College, Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD; An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a research university in Dublin, Ireland.
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University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia.
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Vernon God Little
Vernon God Little (2003) is a novel by DBC Pierre.
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Young Vic
The Young Vic is a theatre on the Cut, located near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth.
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2003 Whitbread Awards
Winner.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBC_Pierre
