| Tom Stoppard Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE, FRSL (born 3 July 1937) is a British playwright. He has written plays such as The Coast of Utopia, Arcadia, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, and Rock 'n' Roll. He co-wrote the screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love. Tom_Stoppard
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| Enoch Powell Brigadier John Enoch Powell, MBE (16 June 1912 British politician, linguist, writer, academic, soldier and poet. He was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) between 1950 and February 1974, and an Ulster Unionist MP between October 1974 and 1987. He was controversial through most of his career, and his tenure in senior office was brief. Enoch_Powell
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| Antinous Antinoüs or Antinoös (Greek:November 29 110–October 30 130) was a member of the Roman Emperor Hadrian's entourage, to whom he was beloved. He was deified after his death. Antinous
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| Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a British soldier and senior commander (field marshal) during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the War. Most notably he was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the 3rd Battle of Ypres and the series of victories leading to the German surrender in 1918. Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig
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| Carey Young Carey Young (born 1970) is a visual artist who incorporates a variety of media such as video, photography, performative events and installation into her works, which investigate the increasing incorporation of the personal and public domains into the realm of the commercial. Young's projects often center on Born in Lusaka in Zambia in 1970, Young studied in England at Manchester Polytechnic, the University of Brighton and photography at the Royal College of Art in London. She has dual US/UK nationality. Carey_Young
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| Colin Davis Sir Colin Rex Davis, CH, CBE (born 25 September 1927 in Weybridge, Surrey) is an English conductor. Colin_Davis
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| Stephen Gilbert Stephen Gilbert (15 January1910 12 January 2007) was a British painter and sculptor. He was one of the few British artists to fully embrace the avante garde movement in Paris in the 1950s. Stephen_Gilbert
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| Manny Shinwell, Baron Shinwell Manny_Shinwell,_Baron_Shinwell
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| Basil Bunting Basil Cheesman Bunting (1 March 1900 – 17 April 1985) was a significant British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of Briggflatts in 1966. He had a lifelong interest in music that led him to emphasise the sonic qualities of poetry, particularly the importance of reading poetry aloud. He was an accomplished reader of his own work. Basil_Bunting
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| Hugh MacDiarmid Hugh MacDiarmid is the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve () (11 August 1892, Langholm - 9 September 1978, Edinburgh), a significant Scottish poet of the 20th century. He was instrumental in creating a Scottish version of modernism and was a leading light in the Scottish Renaissance of the 20th century. Hugh_MacDiarmid
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| Laocoön and His Sons The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group, is a monumental sculpture in marble now in the Vatican Museums, Rome. The statue is attributed by the Roman author Pliny the Elder to three sculptors from the island of Rhodes:Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus. It shows the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being strangled by sea serpents. Laocoön_and_His_Sons
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| A. S. Neill Alexander Sutherland Neill (17 October 1883 - 23 September 1973) was a Scottish progressive educator, author and founder of Summerhill school, which remains open and continues to follow his educational philosophy to this day. He is best known as an advocate of personal freedom for children. A._S._Neill
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| Richard Rodney Bennett Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, CBE (born 29 March 1936 in Broadstairs, Kent) is an English composer renowned for his film scores and his jazz performance as much as for his challenging concert works. He has lived in New York City since 1979. Richard_Rodney_Bennett
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| Henry Moore Foundation Henry Moore Foundation is a registered charity in England, established for education and promotion of the fine arts Henry Moore. The charity was set up with the assistance of Mr. Moore in 1977. The Foundation supports a wide range of projects, including student bursaries, fellowships for artists and financial grants to various arts institutions. It operates from Perry Green, Hertfordshire and at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, England. Henry_Moore_Foundation
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| Sketchbook sketchbook is a "a book or pad with blank pages for sketching," and is frequently used by artists for drawing or painting as a part of their creative process. Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University in 2006 suggested that there were two broad categories for classifying sketches Observation: Invention: See also sketch (drawing) and oil sketch. Sketchbook
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| Frank Cousins Frank Cousins PC (8 September 1904 British trade union leader and Labour politician. He was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, and became a full-time official in the road transport section of the Transport and General Workers' Union in July 1938. He was appointed National Secretary of Road Transport (Commercial) Group in October 1948, contested the TGWU Assistant General Secretaryship in 1948 and 1955, securing the position on the latter attempt. Frank_Cousins
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| Christabel Bielenberg Christabel Bielenberg (18 June 1909 - 2 November 2003) was a British writer who was married to a German lawyer, Peter Bielenberg. She described her experiences living in Germany during the Second World War in two booksThe Past is Myself (1968) and The Road Ahead. Christabel_Bielenberg
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| Dennis Silk Dennis Raoul Whitehall Silk, CBE, (born October 8, 1931), is a former schoolmaster and international cricketer. He was also a close friend of the poet Siegfried Sassoon, about whom he has spoken and written extensively.Silk was born in Eureka, California. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, representing Cambridge University at cricket. Dennis_Silk
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| Gunnis Dictionary of Sculpture in Britain Gunnis_Dictionary_of_Sculpture_in_Britain
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