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divan

Tybern

What's a tybern tree?
18:41 Sun 16th Sep 20012 answers, last by tblevy 22:07 Sat 22nd Sep 2001
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lovelylad

Sweet FA

Who was Fanny Adams?
18:43 Sun 16th Sep 20011 answer, last by sgs 07:33 Mon 17th Sep 2001
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divan

Lost and found

What does 'found objects' mean in reference to a type of painting?
10:14 Wed 12th Sep 20012 answers, last by sgs 07:31 Mon 17th Sep 2001
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barrywom

Ian Brady

What do users think about the forthcoming book on serial killers by Ian Brady? Should it be published?
10:16 Wed 12th Sep 20012 answers, last by barrywom 10:13 Thu 20th Sep 2001
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barrywom

Bank holiday

Why are bank holidays called bank holidays?
07:41 Sun 02nd Sep 20011 answer, last by sgs 08:21 Mon 03rd Sep 2001
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siggy

Blue moon

Why do we say 'once in a blue moon'?
07:38 Sun 02nd Sep 20013 answers, last by princejohn 12:06 Tue 18th Sep 2001
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SIMONGR

Chick lit

Why has Beryl Bainbridge got it in for Bridget Jones? Isn't this just snobbery?
07:43 Sun 26th Aug 20012 answers, last by sgs 08:17 Mon 03rd Sep 2001
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ssmart

Carnival

Is it true that Notting Hill is the biggest carnival in the world?
10:39 Fri 31st Aug 20011 answer, last by sgs 08:16 Mon 03rd Sep 2001
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edeb

French pornography of the 15th Century

when were the cent nouvelles nouvelles written, and when were they first published?
07:57 Tue 21st Aug 20014 answers, last by sgs 08:15 Mon 03rd Sep 2001
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barrywom

Play up Pompey

Why is Portsmouth known as Pompey?
15:20 Wed 15th Aug 20015 answers, last by sgs 11:02 Fri 31st Aug 2001
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mother

Oral history

I'd like to find ot more about oral history. Where are the main resources, what kinds of collections are there?
07:22 Sun 26th Aug 20011 answer, last by sgs 13:45 Mon 27th Aug 2001
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boatman

Thesaurus

What's another word for thesaurus?
08:21 Sun 26th Aug 20013 answers, last by potent 06:45 Tue 28th Aug 2001
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lovelylad

Cornish pasty

I overheard someone saying something like 'with tree, pole and pen, so will you know Cornish men' (??). What were they on about? I'm from Cornwall and I've never heard that rhyme before.
07:08 Thu 16th Aug 20014 answers, last by sgs 13:42 Mon 27th Aug 2001
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mother

British Library

Does the British Library only have books?
13:35 Mon 27th Aug 20011 answer, last by sgs 13:39 Mon 27th Aug 2001
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Michalis

Perrier Award at Edinburgh Fringe

Who won the Perrier Comedy Award at last year's Edinburgh fringe festival?
12:56 Thu 02nd Aug 20012 answers, last by sgs 13:38 Mon 27th Aug 2001
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sgs

Art funding

Does the Arts Council do anything useful?
09:40 Tue 24th Jul 20016 answers, last by boatman 11:59 Wed 24th Oct 2001
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siggy

British beef

Why do we say 'what's the beef'?
07:49 Tue 07th Aug 20012 answers, last by sgs 10:00 Mon 20th Aug 2001
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boatman

Julian and Sandy

There's a proper name for the kind of undergound gay language popularised by the Julian and Sandy radio characters. Does anyone know what it was called?
07:40 Fri 17th Aug 20012 answers, last by artisan 13:36 Sun 03rd Mar 2002
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mad hatter

Brave New World

Who wrote Brave New World?
17:31 Fri 10th Aug 20013 answers, last by edeb 08:05 Tue 21st Aug 2001
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mother

Lost your marbles?

In the light of the dispute between Greece and the UK over the so-called Elgin Marbles, should the British Museum really be thinking of buying more classical artefacts? They're looking for funding to...
11:39 Thu 09th Aug 20013 answers, last by edeb 22:52 Thu 23rd Aug 2001

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