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Britain Will Never be Taken Seriously with a Genuine Charlatan as PM, by Patrick Cockburn

The Unz Review 25 Sep 2021
More aggressive and satirical is Flanders and Swann’s “A Song of Patriotic Prejudice”, first sung in 1956, which is full of abuse of other nations (especially those of the Irish, Scots and Welsh), and is too robust to get a hearing today ... Michael Flanders said the absence of an ...
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Shelagh Thomlinson, 90: Vivacious hostess of barn concerts and cat lover

The Times/The Sunday Times 11 Sep 2021
Among the performers was the composer Donald Swann, the Welsh-born half of Flanders and Swann, who played on the barn’s grand piano, and the cellist Amaryllis ...
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TOM UTLEY: If only I'd studied carpentry instead of Latin, I'd have saved a fortune ...

The Daily Mail 10 Sep 2021
Life for me of late has become one long, losing battle against my beloved wife’s schemes for tarting up the house ... Oh, and while he was here, thought Mrs U, wouldn’t it be a good idea to get him to redo our bedroom, too? ... But no ... Clanging ... I couldn’t help thinking of that wonderful song by Flanders and Swann, The Gas Man Cometh, with its chorus ... .
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Clive Myrie: Becoming Mastermind host is a big, big job

BBC News 20 Aug 2021
It's hard to imagine BBC News journalist Clive Myrie being fazed by any unfamiliar situation ... The same is true of his delivery when hosting BBC One's flagship news bulletins ... The concept sounds simple enough ... His specialist subjects were Agatha Christie's Poirot, William Pitt the Younger, and Flanders and Swann ... Related Topics ... Features ... .
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Michael White’s classical news: I Fagiolini; Express G&S; City Music Foundation; Suite on Verses by Michelangelo

Islington Tribune 24 Jun 2021
The very model of fun – Express G&S. ON the whole I’d rather spend two hours in dental surgery than at a dutiful staging of Gilbert & Sullivan ... think Hercule Poirot with singing ... So here’s hoping this will be as good ... Details and booking ... Details ... And as the repertoire runs from Monteverdi to Flanders & Swann, it covers a lot of ground ... .
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Does the U.S. Senate Resemble Ancient Rome?

The Atlantic 02 Jun 2021
Over the weekend, this space held the third installment in the “Lessons of Rome” chronicles by my friend Eric Schnurer ... First, from a reader with extensive experience in national government ... this was from the fabulous mid-20 th century British comedy duo Flanders and Swann , whose records I loved listening to as a boy.]... [JF note ... By killing them ... .
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If you had to draw a Mastermind contestant it would be Jonathan, as he nervously scampered up to the chair after being dressed by his mammy for the day

Belfast Telegraph 29 Apr 2021
You find yourself this week confronted by a man who is a little delicate and in need of some quiet time in a darkened room ... It was a poignant night for him as after 18 years he was calling it a day ... And niche ... Leg shaking like a Jack Russell awaiting a vicar’s finely-turned ankle, he rattled off 11 correct answers on the songs of Flanders and Swann ... .
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Golden oldies help 24-year-old Jonathan Gibson take Mastermind crown

The Times/The Sunday Times 27 Apr 2021
A 24-year-old history student has become the youngest Mastermind champion — thanks in part to his father’s passion for the songs of Flanders and Swann.
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Meet Jonathan Gibson, the youngest Mastermind champion (who knocked the Telegraph’s man out of record books)

The Daily Telegraph 27 Apr 2021
Jonathan Gibson, 24, won the BBC contest after answering every question correctly on his specialist subject, the musical comedy duo Flanders and Swann, and barnstorming his way through the general knowledge round ... While the choice of Flanders and Swann, ...
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Jonathan Gibson: who is youngest ever Mastermind winner from Glasgow - and was he on ...

The Scotsman 27 Apr 2021
The student, who is studying a PhD at the University of St Andrews, won the 2021 quiz show with his specialist subject on Flanders and Swann ....
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Mastermind crowns Glasgow student as youngest ever champion

AOL 27 Apr 2021
... of the BBC quiz show having scored a perfect 11/1 in his specialist subject; comedy song writing partnership Flanders and Swann. .
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Mastermind champion breaks record to become youngest ever winner in 49-year history

Metro UK 26 Apr 2021
Jonathan Gibson has been declared the youngest winner of the beloved quiz (Picture. BBC) ... In the last ever episode of John Humphreys hosting the series, Jonathan scored a perfect 11/11 in his specialist subject, comedy song writing duo Flanders and Swann ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... BBC). His specialist subject was Flanders and Swann (Picture. BBC) ... BBC.
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Last grilling from master interrogator John Humphrys who took no prisoners - as student becomes ...

The Daily Mail 26 Apr 2021
The 24 year old student from Glasgow won by four points in the Grand Final - scoring a perfect 11/11 in his specialist subject on comedy song writing duo Flanders and Swann ... the life of President Carter to the songs of Flanders and Swann – he is laying down the question cards.
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Glasgow student becomes youngest Mastermind champion

Irish Independent 26 Apr 2021
... Gibson, 24, won by four points in the Grand Final – scoring a perfect 11/11 in his specialist subject on comedy song writing duo Flanders and Swann.
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Glasgow student is youngest Mastermind champion at 24

BBC News 26 Apr 2021
Jonathan Gibson won the final by four points - scoring a perfect 11 out of 11 in his specialist subject, the comedy song-writing duo Flanders and Swann ... Related Topics. .
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