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John Rebus

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Detective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in the Inspector Rebus series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin, ten of which have so far been televised as Rebus. [1]

63 relations: Alcohol, Alexander Morton, BBC Four, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Two, Beer, Beggars Banquet, Bill Shankly, Black and Blue, British Army, Cardenden, Conservative Party (UK), Detective fiction, Divorce, Douglas Henshall, Edinburgh, Fife, Heavy industry, Hibernian F.C., Hide and Seek (Rankin novel), Hypnosis, Ian Rankin, Ian Stewart (musician), Inspector Rebus, James MacPherson (actor), Jock Stein, John Hannah (actor), Ken Stott, Knots and Crosses, Labour Party (UK), Leslie Grantham, Let It Bleed, List of Inspector Rebus characters, Loner, Lothian and Borders Police, Mentorship, Northern Ireland, Peter Mullan, Politics, Prefabricated home, Raith Rovers F.C., Rebus (TV series), Retirement, Robbie Coltrane, Ron Donachie, Rosyth Dockyard, Saab 900, Saints of the Shadow Bible, Scottish devolution referendum, 1979, ..., Scottish National Party, Sectarianism, Shereen Nanjiani, Special Air Service, Strip Jack, Taggart, Terraced house, The Oxford Bar, The Rolling Stones, The Troubles, Tooth and Nail (novel), Understudy, Whisky. Expand index (13 more) »

Alcohol

In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (–OH) is bound to a carbon.

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Alexander Morton

Alexander "Sandy" Morton (born 24 March 1945 in Glasgow) is a Scottish actor.

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BBC Four

BBC Four is a British television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite, and cable.

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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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BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English-language radio network.

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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.

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Beer

Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea.

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Beggars Banquet

Beggars Banquet is the seventh British and ninth American studio album by English rock band The Rolling Stones.

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Bill Shankly

William Shankly, OBE (2 September 1913 – 29 September 1981) was a Scottish football player and manager, who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool.

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Black and Blue

Black and Blue is the 13th British and 15th American studio album by the band the Rolling Stones, released in 1976.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Cardenden

Cardenden is a Scottish town located on the south bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran, Fife.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Detective fiction

Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder.

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Divorce

Divorce, also known as dissolution of marriage, is the termination of a marriage or marital union, the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state.

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Douglas Henshall

Douglas James Henshall (born 19 November 1965) is a British television, film and stage actor.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Fife

Fife (Fìobha) is a council area and historic county of Scotland.

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Heavy industry

Heavy industry is industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, and huge buildings); or complex or numerous processes.

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Hibernian F.C.

Hibernian Football Club, commonly known as Hibs, is a Scottish professional football club based in Leith in the north of Edinburgh.

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Hide and Seek (Rankin novel)

Hide and Seek is a 1991 crime novel by Ian Rankin.

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Hypnosis

Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.

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Ian Rankin

Ian James Rankin, (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.

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Ian Stewart (musician)

Ian Andrew Robert Stewart (18 July 1938 – 12 December 1985) was a Scottish keyboardist and co-founder of the Rolling Stones.

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Inspector Rebus

The Inspector Rebus books are a series of detective novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin.

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James MacPherson (actor)

James MacPherson (born 18 March 1960) is a British actor, best known for his role as Detective Chief Inspector Michael Jardine in the STV drama, Taggart.

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Jock Stein

John "Jock" Stein CBE (5 October 1922 – 10 September 1985) was a Scottish football player and manager.

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John Hannah (actor)

John David Hannah (born 23 April 1962) is a Scottish film and television actor.

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Ken Stott

Kenneth Campbell Stott (born 19 October 1954) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1995 in the play Broken Glass at Royal National Theatre.

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Knots and Crosses

Knots and Crosses is a 1987 crime novel by Ian Rankin.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Leslie Grantham

Leslie Michael Grantham (30 April 1947 – 15 June 2018) was an English actor, best known for his role as "Dirty" Den Watts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

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Let It Bleed

Let It Bleed is the eighth British and tenth American studio album by English rock band the Rolling Stones, released in December 1969 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States.

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List of Inspector Rebus characters

This is a list of characters from the Inspector Rebus series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin.

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Loner

A loner is a person who avoids or does not actively seek human interaction.

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Lothian and Borders Police

Lothian and Borders Police was the territorial police force for the Scottish council areas of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian between 1975 and 2013.

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Mentorship

Mentorship is a relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable person.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan (born 2 November 1959) is a Scottish actor and filmmaker.

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Politics

Politics (from Politiká, meaning "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group.

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Prefabricated home

Prefabricated homes, often referred to as prefab homes or simply prefabs, are specialist dwelling types of prefabricated building, which are manufactured off-site in advance, usually in standard sections that can be easily shipped and assembled.

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Raith Rovers F.C.

Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife.

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Rebus (TV series)

Rebus is a British television detective drama series based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin.

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Retirement

Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life.

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Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane, OBE (born Anthony Robert McMillan; 30 March 1950) is a Scottish actor and author.

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Ron Donachie

Ron Donachie (born Ronald Eaglesham Porter, 26 April 1956) is a Scottish actor.

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Rosyth Dockyard

Rosyth Dockyard is a large naval dockyard on the Firth of Forth at Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, owned by Babcock Marine, which formerly undertook refitting of Royal Navy surface vessels and submarines.

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Saab 900

The Saab 900 is a compact luxury automobile which was produced by Saab from 1978 until 1998 in two generations.

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Saints of the Shadow Bible

Saints of the Shadow Bible is the nineteenth instalment in the bestselling Inspector Rebus series of crime novels, published in 2013.

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Scottish devolution referendum, 1979

The Scottish referendum of 1979 was a post-legislative referendum to decide whether there was sufficient support for a Scottish Assembly proposed in the Scotland Act 1978 among the Scottish electorate.

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Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party (SNP; Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba, Scots Naitional Pairtie) is a Scottish nationalist and social-democratic political party in Scotland.

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Sectarianism

Sectarianism is a form of bigotry, discrimination, or hatred arising from attaching relations of inferiority and superiority to differences between subdivisions within a group.

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Shereen Nanjiani

Shereen Nanjiani (born 4 October 1961) is a Scottish radio presenter with BBC Radio Scotland.

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Special Air Service

The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army.

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Strip Jack

Strip Jack is a 1992 crime novel by Ian Rankin.

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Taggart

Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network.

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Terraced house

In architecture and city planning, a terraced or terrace house (UK) or townhouse (US) exhibits a style of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the 16th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls.

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The Oxford Bar

The Oxford Bar is a public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) was an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century.

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Tooth and Nail (novel)

Tooth and Nail is a 1992 crime novel by Ian Rankin, originally entitled Wolfman.

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Understudy

In theater, an understudy, referred to in opera as cover or covering, is a performer who learns the lines and blocking or choreography of a regular actor or actress in a play.

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Whisky

Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash.

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References

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

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