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...It’s often at its best at its most acerbic — Gillian Kirkpatrick is very enjoyable as the nosy, caring neighbour — and there is fine work from Shanay Holmes as Robert’s ex and Maddison Bulleyment as the...
...Meanwhile, Simone de Beauvoir seems to become less appealing a figure with every year that passes, but perhaps Kate Kirkpatrick’s new biography will reverse the trend (Bloomsbury, June) using, as it does...
...Without it, we would never have known that Danny Dyer, who plays a pub landlord in the gritty British soap opera EastEnders, is apparently a descendant of King Edward III....
...historic-uk.com Photograph of the Rose Suite: Rod Kirkpatrick/F Stop Press ——————————————- Letter in response to this article: Cadet branch of the Plantagenets / From Mr Steven Irvine...
...David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect, a book on the company’s rise, points out that healthcare and finance are “naturally very private and closed” and not at all social....
...George V stayed here, as did Edward VIII, and Tsar Nicholas II. Apart from that, this place seems to have been, up to now, rather unloved....
...Vividly portrayed is the uncomfortable figure of Edward Heath, one of the grumpiest men ever to have occupied 10 Downing Street....
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