Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Androidâ„¢ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Jean Rook

Index Jean Rook

Jean Kathleen Rook (13 November 1931 in Kingston upon Hull – September 1991) was an English journalist dubbed The First Lady of Fleet Street for her regular opinion column in the Daily Express. [1]

28 relations: Anna Raeburn, Barry Humphries, BBC Two, Bedford College, London, Bromide (language), Bryan Magee, Cliché, Clive James, Daily Express, Elizabeth Taylor, Engineer, Glenda Slagg, Indira Gandhi, Journalist, Kingston upon Hull, Lynda Lee-Potter, Malet Lambert School, Margaret Thatcher, Margo MacDonald, Private Eye, Sheffield Star, Sheffield Telegraph, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun (United Kingdom), The Yorkshire Post, Usher (occupation), Visions Before Midnight, Yorkshire.

Anna Raeburn

Anna Raeburn (born 3 April 1944) is a British broadcaster and journalist who is known for her role as an "agony aunt", giving advice on relationships and more general life problems.

New!!: Jean Rook and Anna Raeburn · See more »

Barry Humphries

John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author.

New!!: Jean Rook and Barry Humphries · See more »

BBC Two

BBC Two is the second flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

New!!: Jean Rook and BBC Two · See more »

Bedford College, London

Bedford College was founded in London in 1849 as the first higher education college for women in the United Kingdom.

New!!: Jean Rook and Bedford College, London · See more »

Bromide (language)

Bromide in literary usage means a phrase, cliché, or platitude that is trite or unoriginal.

New!!: Jean Rook and Bromide (language) · See more »

Bryan Magee

Bryan Edgar Magee (born 12 April 1930) is a British philosopher, broadcaster, politician, author, and poet, best known as a popularizer of philosophy.

New!!: Jean Rook and Bryan Magee · See more »

Cliché

A cliché or cliche is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.

New!!: Jean Rook and Cliché · See more »

Clive James

Vivian Leopold James, AO, CBE, FRSL (born 7 October 1939), known as Clive James, is an Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist, best known for his autobiographical series Unreliable Memoirs, for his chat shows and documentaries on British television and for his prolific journalism.

New!!: Jean Rook and Clive James · See more »

Daily Express

The Daily Express is a daily national middle market tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom.

New!!: Jean Rook and Daily Express · See more »

Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-born American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian.

New!!: Jean Rook and Elizabeth Taylor · See more »

Engineer

Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are people who invent, design, analyze, build, and test machines, systems, structures and materials to fulfill objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety, and cost.

New!!: Jean Rook and Engineer · See more »

Glenda Slagg

Glenda Slagg is a fictional parodic columnist in the satirical magazine Private Eye.

New!!: Jean Rook and Glenda Slagg · See more »

Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician, stateswoman and a central figure of the Indian National Congress.

New!!: Jean Rook and Indira Gandhi · See more »

Journalist

A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information to the public.

New!!: Jean Rook and Journalist · See more »

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

New!!: Jean Rook and Kingston upon Hull · See more »

Lynda Lee-Potter

Lynda Lee-Potter (2 May 1935 – 20 October 2004) was a British journalist.

New!!: Jean Rook and Lynda Lee-Potter · See more »

Malet Lambert School

Malet Lambert is a secondary school for 11- to 16-year-old pupils in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

New!!: Jean Rook and Malet Lambert School · See more »

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.

New!!: Jean Rook and Margaret Thatcher · See more »

Margo MacDonald

Margo Symington MacDonald (née Aitken; 19 April 1943 – 4 April 2014) was a Scottish teacher, broadcaster and politician.

New!!: Jean Rook and Margo MacDonald · See more »

Private Eye

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

New!!: Jean Rook and Private Eye · See more »

Sheffield Star

The Star, often known as the Sheffield Star, is a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England, from Monday to Saturday each week.

New!!: Jean Rook and Sheffield Star · See more »

Sheffield Telegraph

The Sheffield Telegraph is a weekly newspaper published in Sheffield, England.

New!!: Jean Rook and Sheffield Telegraph · See more »

The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

New!!: Jean Rook and The Daily Telegraph · See more »

The Sun (United Kingdom)

The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

New!!: Jean Rook and The Sun (United Kingdom) · See more »

The Yorkshire Post

The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds in northern England.

New!!: Jean Rook and The Yorkshire Post · See more »

Usher (occupation)

An usher is a person who shows people where to sit, especially at a theatre or when attending a wedding.

New!!: Jean Rook and Usher (occupation) · See more »

Visions Before Midnight

Visions Before Midnight is a selection of the television criticism written by Clive James during his first four years (1972–1976) as The Observers weekly television critic.

New!!: Jean Rook and Visions Before Midnight · See more »

Yorkshire

Yorkshire (abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.

New!!: Jean Rook and Yorkshire · See more »

References

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

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »