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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]

51 relations: A Child of Our Time, After Dark (TV series), Amanda Holden (writer), Antonina Miliukova, Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player, Bigger Deal: A Year Inside the Poker Boom, Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football, Cello Concerto (Tchaikovsky/Leonovich), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, Cholera, Da Ponte operas, David Blundy, Death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, George Bernard Shaw, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Heads Up with Richard Herring, Hemel Hempstead Evening Post-Echo, Holden (surname), International Federation of Poker, L'arbore di Diana, Late Night Poker, Laurence Olivier, List of After Dark editions, List of alumni of Merton College, Oxford, List of atheist authors, List of Old Oundelians, List of University of Oxford people, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Peter Beck (schoolmaster), Politics of Harry Potter, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Q Planes, Republicanism in the United Kingdom, Richard Meredith (author), Richard Smith (screenwriter/director), Robert Long (soldier), Simon Regan, Sonnet 33, Southport, Summa (Pärt), Susan Graham, Texas hold 'em, That Hamilton Woman, The Cincinnati Kid, The Nutcracker Story, The Spirit of the Age, Today (UK newspaper), Vivien Leigh, Whispers (radio series), ..., 2005 in poetry. Expand index (1 more) »

A Child of Our Time

A Child of Our Time is a secular oratorio by the British composer Michael Tippett (190598), who also wrote the libretto.

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After Dark (TV series)

After Dark was a British late-night live discussion programme broadcast on Channel 4 television between 1987 and 1997, and on the BBC in 2003.

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Amanda Holden (writer)

Amanda Juliet Holden (born 19 January 1948) is a British musician, librettist and translator.

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Antonina Miliukova

Antonina Ivanovna Miliukova (Антонина Ивановна Милюкова) was the wife, and after 1893, the widow, of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

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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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Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football

Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football is a 2003 non-fiction book by the British biographer and investigative journalist Tom Bower about business dealings in English association football.

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Cello Concerto (Tchaikovsky/Leonovich)

The Cello Concerto of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a conjectural work based in part on a 60-bar fragment found on the back of the rough draft for the last movement of the composer's Sixth Symphony, the Pathétique.

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Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer

Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, (born 20 May 1964), styled Viscount Althorp between 1975 and 1992, is a British nobleman, peer, author, journalist, and broadcaster, and was the younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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Da Ponte operas

The term Da Ponte operas describes the three operas composed by Mozart based on libretti by Lorenzo da Ponte.

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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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Death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

On,Russia was still using old style dates in the 19th century, and information sources used in the article sometimes report dates as old style rather than new style.

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George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist.

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Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling.

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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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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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Holden (surname)

Holden is a surname.

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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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L'arbore di Diana

L'arbore di Diana (The Tree of Diana), is an opera in two acts composed by Vicente Martín y Soler, with an original libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.

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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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List of After Dark editions

After Dark was a British late night television discussion programme, produced by Open Media.

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List of alumni of Merton College, Oxford

Merton College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.

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List of atheist authors

This is a list of atheist authors.

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List of Old Oundelians

The following is a list of some notable Old Oundelians, alumni of Oundle School in Northamptonshire, England.

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List of University of Oxford people

This page serves as a central navigational point for lists of more than 2,350 members of the University of Oxford, divided into relevant groupings for ease of use.

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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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Peter Beck (schoolmaster)

Francis Peter Beck CVO (27 June 1909 – 17 May 2002) was an English soldier and schoolmaster.

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Politics of Harry Potter

There are many published theories about the politics of the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling, which range from them containing criticism of racism to anti-government sentiments.

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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

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Q Planes

Q Planes (known as Clouds Over Europe in the United States) is a 1939 British comedy spy film starring Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier and Valerie Hobson.

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Republicanism in the United Kingdom

Republicanism in the United Kingdom is the political movement that seeks to replace the United Kingdom's monarchy with a republic.

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Richard Meredith (author)

Richard Meredith is a British writer of adventure travel novels best known for Driven Together, his account of the 2007 first car crossing of the new Asian Highway.

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Richard Smith (screenwriter/director)

Richard Smith is a Scottish screenwriter and film director.

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Robert Long (soldier)

Sir Robert Long (c. 1517 – c. 1581) was born in Wiltshire, eldest surviving son and heir of Sir Henry Long of Draycot, and his wife Eleanor Wrottesley.

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Simon Regan

Simon Regan (7 August 1942 – 8 August 2000) was a British journalist best known for founding ''Scallywag'' magazine, which deliberately took risks with libellous articles about public figures.

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Sonnet 33

Shakespeare's Sonnet 33 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.

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Southport

Southport is a large seaside town in Merseyside, England.

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Summa (Pärt)

Summa is a composition by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.

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Susan Graham

Susan Graham (born July 23, 1960, Roswell, New Mexico) is an American mezzo-soprano.

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Texas hold 'em

Texas hold 'em (also known as Texas holdem, hold 'em, and holdem) is a variation of the card game of poker.

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That Hamilton Woman

That Hamilton Woman, (also known as Lady Hamilton and The Enchantress), is a 1941 black-and-white historical film drama, produced and directed by Alexander Korda for his British company during his exile in the United States.

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The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid is a 1965 American drama film.

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The Nutcracker Story

The Nutcracker Story is a documentary film made for The South Bank Show, written and directed by Margy Kinmonth and produced by Foxtrot Films Ltd in association with ITV productions & Channel 4 International.

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The Spirit of the Age

The Spirit of the Age (full title The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary Portraits) is a collection of character sketches by the early 19th century English essayist, literary critic, and social commentator William Hazlitt, portraying 25 men, mostly British, whom he believed to represent significant trends in the thought, literature, and politics of his time.

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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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Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh (born Vivian Mary Hartley, and also known as Lady Olivier after 1947; 5 November 19138 July 1967) was an English stage and film actress.

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Whispers (radio series)

Whispers was a British radio panel game which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 over three series from 2003 to 2005.

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2005 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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References

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

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