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Anthony Holden

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Anthony Holden (born 22 May 1947) is an English writer, broadcaster and critic, particularly known as a biographer of artists including Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, Leigh Hunt, Lorenzo da Ponte and Laurence Olivier, and of members of the British Royal family, notably Charles, Prince of Wales. [1]

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A. E. Housman

Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.

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Al Alvarez

Alfred Alvarez (born 5 August 1929) is an English poet, novelist, essayist and critic who publishes under the name A. Alvarez and Al Alvarez.

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Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional football club based in Islington, London, England, that plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

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Beowulf

Beowulf is an Old English epic story consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines.

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Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player

Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player is a book by Anthony Holden.

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Bigger Deal: A Year Inside the Poker Boom

Bigger Deal: A Year Inside the Poker Boom is Anthony Holden's followup to his 1990 book Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player.

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Boston University

Boston University (commonly referred to as BU) is a private, non-profit, research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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British royal family

The British royal family comprises Queen Elizabeth II and her close relations.

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Charles, Prince of Wales

Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Clive Hollick, Baron Hollick

Clive Richard Hollick, Baron Hollick (born 20 May 1945) is a British businessman with media interests, and a supporter of the Labour Party.

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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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David Blundy

David Michael Blundy (21 March 1945 – 17 November 1989), was a British journalist and war correspondent killed by a sniper at the age 44 in El Salvador.

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David Mamet

David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter and author.

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Frank Kermode

Sir John Frank Kermode, FBA (29 November 1919 – 17 August 2010) was a British literary critic best known for his work The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction, published in 1967 (revised 2000), and for his extensive book-reviewing and editing.

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Graham Young

Graham Frederick Young (7 September 1947 – 1 August 1990) was an English serial killer who used poison to kill his victims.

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the third in the Harry Potter series.

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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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Heads Up with Richard Herring

Heads Up with Richard Herring or HUWRH, was a British celebrity chat show written by and starring Richard Herring, who is best known as one half of comedy duo Lee and Herring, the stars of BBC Two shows Fist of Fun and This Morning With Richard Not Judy.

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Hemel Hempstead Evening Post-Echo

The Evening Post-Echo was a British newspaper published in Hemel Hempstead and launched in 1967.

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International Federation of Poker

The International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) is a non-profit organization whose stated purpose is to "serve as the global governing body for Match Poker".

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Ivan Sharpe

Ivan Gordon Sharpe (15 June 1889 – 9 February 1968) was an English amateur association football player.

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Late Night Poker

Late Night Poker is a British television series that helped popularize poker in the 2000s.

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Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.

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Lausanne

Lausanne (Lausanne Losanna, Losanna) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and the capital and biggest city of the canton of Vaud.

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Leigh Hunt

James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 178428 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet.

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Literary criticism

Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.

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Lorenzo Da Ponte

Lorenzo Da Ponte (10 March 174917 August 1838) was an Italian, later American opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest.

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Martin Amis

Martin Louis Amis (born 25 August 1949) is a British novelist, essayist and memoirist.

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Merton College, Oxford

Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Mugar Memorial Library

The Mugar Memorial Library is the primary library for study, teaching, and research in the humanities and social sciences for Boston University.

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New York Public Library

The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City.

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Omnibus (UK TV series)

Omnibus is an arts-based British documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom.

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Oundle School

Oundle School is a co-educational boarding and day independent school in the ancient market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire.

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Patrick Marber

Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English comedian, playwright, director, actor, and screenwriter.

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Poker

Poker is a family of card games that combines gambling, strategy, and skill.

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Poker tournament

A poker tournament is a tournament where players compete by playing poker.

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PokerStars

PokerStars is an online poker cardroom owned by The Stars Group.

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English.

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Ricky Gervais

Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and singer.

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Robert Harris (novelist)

Robert Dennis Harris (born 7 March 1957) is an English novelist.

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Salman Rushdie

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist.

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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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Shakespeare North

Shakespeare North in Prescot, Merseyside, England, is a proposed complex of buildings containing a Shakespearean playhouse and a centre for education in Shakespearean stagecraft.

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Southbank Centre

Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, England, on the South Bank of the River Thames (between Hungerford Bridge and Waterloo Bridge).

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Southport

Southport is a large seaside town in Merseyside, England.

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Stephen Fry

Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Isis Magazine

The Isis Magazine is a student publication at the University of Oxford, where the magazine was established in 1892.

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The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is the largest-selling British national newspaper in the "quality press" market category.

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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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The Young Poisoner's Handbook

The Young Poisoner's Handbook is a 1995 British-German-French-produced black comedy film based on the life of Graham Young, more commonly known as "The Teacup Murderer".

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Today (UK newspaper)

Today was a national newspaper in the United Kingdom that was published between 1986 and 1995.

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University Challenge

University Challenge is a British quiz programme which first aired in 1962.

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Victoria Coren Mitchell

Victoria Elizabeth Coren Mitchell (18 August 1972) is an English writer, presenter and professional poker player.

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Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor and comedian, best known for his film roles, in particular as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple, based on the play of the same title by playwright Neil Simon, in which he also appeared on broadway theatre.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment Corporation (known as Harrah's Entertainment until 2010).

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1988 World Series of Poker

The 1988 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1989 World Series of Poker

The 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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2005 World Series of Poker

The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7.

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2006 World Series of Poker

The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with "satellite" events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29.

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

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