The story of the Mitfords is the story of Britain in the 20th century

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There are now only two members of the famous Mitford family alive, following the death of Jessica Mitford. The Mitfords encompassed various aspects of life in the UK in the 20th Century. Jessica was a Communist who moved to the United States. Pamela was courted by John Betjeman, the poet, but married a newspaper baron's son. Unity, who had fallen in love with Adolf Hitler, killed herself. Diana was the wife of Sir Oswald Mosley the UK fascist. Nancy was a socialist novelist who died in 1973, in Paris, abandoned. Tom died in World War II in Burma, whilst fighting.

Authors, Writers, Biography, Family, Mitford, Jessica Lucy

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'The sooner she goes, the better.' (United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Development Clare Short)(Column)

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Some observers believe that Clare Short, the Secretary of State for International Development, is not an asset to the UK government. They feel that she has little understanding of overseas emergencies and that she shows egomaniacal tendencies. She has some attractive personal qualities, and behaves very differently from most other politicians. However, she is unpredictable and impetuous, and seems to have a misguided commitment to traditional Labour ideologies.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Public opinion, Cabinet officers, Cabinet officials, Short, Clare

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The Nobel art of picking winners

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The 1995 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Nobel Prize for Literature have been awarded without controversy, and the awarding bodies hope that this will be the case with the remaining 1995 prizes, those for economics, physics and chemistry and peace. In the past, there has sometimes been considerable dissent about the choice of the prize-winners, especially in the case of the Nobel Prize for Medicine. The peace prize is also potentially an area of conflict.

Nobel prizes, 1995 AD

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