Elizabeth Mary Purves, OBE (born 2 February 1950) is a British radio presenter, journalist and author. Born in London, a diplomat's daughter, Purves was raised...
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1950), wife of former New York Governor George Pataki Libby Purves (born 1950), British journalist Libby Roderick (born c. 1958), American singer/songwriter...
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in June 2012. Lowden's performance was widely praised, including by Libby Purves in The Times. Onscreen, in 2012 he appeared in the ITV drama Mrs Biggs...
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geologist Laidlaw Purves (1842–1917), Scottish surgeon and golf advocate Libby Purves (born 1950), British journalist Margaret Purves (1934–2021), British...
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In 2014, Stirling appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4's Midweek with Libby Purves, Roger Bannister and Kevin Warwick. Stirling can speak Russian and is...
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traditional farming in Westleton, Suffolk where he lives with his wife Libby Purves. The couple have one surviving child, Rose, an actress and writer, who...
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wartime saga in the spirit of Gone with the Wind. Subsequently, journalist Libby Purves, who had met Rice-Davies when Mandy was published, invited her to join...
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News. p. 69. BBC Radio 4, Midweek, January 28, 2015, interviewed by Libby Purves Newman, Melinda (September 5, 1998). "Midler makes Warner Bros. debut...
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New York Times, 5 October 2009, p.B7 Morris, Rupert (6 July 1983). "Libby Purves forced to resign by Tatler ethos". The Times. p. 3. Brook, Stephen (10...
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UK publications. By 29 May, the Hampstead Theatre run had sold out. Libby Purves of The Times wrote that "even this grumpy Olymposceptic was brought to...
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and Son in which Peters starred as Mrs Henderson to critical acclaim. Libby Purves of The Times said, "Wendi Peters has a fabulous cameo as a whining petitioner...
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Coombes; Giles Abbott". BBC Radio 4 Midweek (Interview). Interviewed by Libby Purves. London: BBC. Retrieved April 9, 2018. Sterngold, James (December 4,...
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ingenuousness, with a glorious tenor voice." Also reviewing for Candide Libby Purves noted that "Fra Fee from Dungannon is a real find: innocent elfin face...
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University Conservative Association. He was a contemporary of journalist Libby Purves, whom he once partnered to a College Ball. Milligan joined The Economist...
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Timpson's retirement in 1986. Other presenters during this period included Libby Purves in the late 1970s. John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor joined the rotating...
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and mid-week programme by deputising for main presenters Ian Hislop, Libby Purves and Michael Aspel for three years between 1985 and 1987 some time later...
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1988 were covered by Joan Bakewell, Victoria Glendinning, P. D. James, Libby Purves and Gay Search. After Mason's death in 1971 Longland took over responsibility...
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fellow-That's Life presenter Chris Serle. Heiney is married to fellow-journalist Libby Purves. Rachael Heyhoe-Flint – former presenter on PM. She was best known as...
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trusts. There was never any impropriety on the part of The Duke of York". Libby Purves wrote in The Times in January 2015: "Prince Andrew dazzles easily when...
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non-fiction book by Marilynne Robinson Mother Country (novel), a 2002 novel by Libby Purves Mother Country: Britain's Black Community on the Home Front 1939–45,...
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hosted an edition of Midweek on BBC Radio 4 to replace regular host Libby Purves during her temporary absence. In 1967, Mullard recorded "I Love You,...
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where well-known, serious presenters from Radio 4 (including Evan Davis, Libby Purves and Laurie Taylor), attempted to make and deliver a stand-up comedy routine...
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patron of The British Art Music Series along with James MacMillan and Libby Purves. Wilson is also an arranger and orchestrator and has produced a number...
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Preceded by Harry Aubrey Fieldhouse Editor of Tatler 1965 Succeeded by Ian Howard Preceded by Libby Purves Editor of Tatler 1983–1988 Succeeded by Emma Soames...
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Warburg Fay Weldon (chair) Angela Carter Terence Kilmartin Peter Porter Libby Purves Shortlist Malcolm Bradbury Rates of Exchange Secker & Warburg John Fuller...
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cockney comedian Arthur Mullard as a stand-in host for regular presenter Libby Purves. In 1986 he became a regular contributor to Radio 4's Colour Supplement...
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aimeecrocker.com The Exhausting and Exhilarating Tale of Aimée Crocker by Libby Purves at the-tls.co.uk Meet Aimée Crocker: Sacramento's Bohemian Princess &...
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Frank Cottrell-Boyce Howard Jacobson Mary Kenny Cardinal George Pell Libby Purves Jacob Rees-Mogg Stuart Reid[citation needed] Ronald Rolheiser Matt Thorne[citation...
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houses in the village, as did the late Geoffrey Palmer. Paul Heiney and Libby Purves live nearby. The village is the setting for Esther Freud's novel The...
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amyloid beta protein of dementia, and research on marmosets. Narrated by Libby Purves, directed by John Bird, produced by Mike Johnstone, made by Langham Productions...
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