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Section – OR (Other Ranks – a 'section' of the British Armed Forces) See – LO; Senior Service – RN (Royal Navy) Sergeant Major - SM; Setter – I, ME, ONE (meaning the setter of the crossword) Setter's – MY (meaning the setter of the crossword) Sex appeal – IT (after Clara Bow – the It girl) or SA; Shilling – S; Ship – SS ...
This is a list of British game shows. A game show is a type of radio, television, or internet programming genre in which contestants, television personalities or celebrities , sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes.
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.
He continued to work as a newsreader until his retirement in 1982. He also presented the BBC's coverage of the Proms, as well as Start the Week and Baker's Dozen on Radio 4, in addition to narrating the children's series Teddy Edward and Mary, Mungo and Midge for the BBC. He died in 2018. Joan Bakewell – worked on BBC Radio 4 and Newsnight on ...
British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding; CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction, for a work of crime non-fiction; Duff Cooper Prize; Hessell-Tiltman Prize, for a work of historical content and high literary merit; James Tait Black Memorial Prize, for biography; Orwell Prize for political writing
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is a research impact evaluation of British Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It is the successor to the Research Assessment Exercise and it was first used in 2014 to assess the period 2008–2013.
Nominated work Result Ref. 1958: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama: The Defiant Ones: Nominated [8] 1959: Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Porgy and Bess: Nominated 1961: Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama: A Raisin in the Sun: Nominated 1963: Lilies of the Field: Won 1965: A Patch of Blue: Nominated 1967: In the Heat of the Night ...