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Tag Archives: Better than Wikipedia

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The Monarch of the Glen (novel)

Dec 29, 2022Eric CorbettNovelsBetter than Wikipedia

Comedy novel by Compton Mackenzie (1833–1972), portraying life in the fictional Scottish Highland estate of Glenbogle during the 1930s.

Scott Sociable

Dec 27, 2022Eric CorbettThree wheelersBetter than Wikipedia

British two-seat, three-wheeled automobile produced from 1921 to 1925 by the Scott Autocar Company Company, unusual for its offset front wheel.

Keep the Home Guard Turning

Dec 24, 2022Eric CorbettNovelsBetter than Wikipedia

Comedy novel by Compton Mackenzie (1833–1972, portraying the exploits of the Home Guard on the fictional island of Todday during the Second World War.

How Do You View?

Dec 18, 2022Eric CorbettTelevision programmesBetter than Wikipedia

British television’s first comedy series, broadcast between 1949 and 1952.

Heber Hart

Dec 15, 2022Eric CorbettLaw & taxationBetter than Wikipedia

English judge and jurist (1865–1948) who specialised in commercial and banking law.

Housing Act 1930

Dec 11, 2022Eric CorbettLaw & taxationBetter than Wikipedia

Act of Parliament making it easier for local authorities to clear slums, and obliging them to rehome the tenants of such areas.

Hush-a-bye Baby

Dec 8, 2022Eric CorbettNursery rhymes & lullabysBetter than Wikipedia

Perhaps the best-known English lullaby, the earliest known version of which was published in about 1765.

Jack and Jill

Dec 5, 2022Eric CorbettNursery rhymes & lullabysBetter than Wikipedia

English nursery rhyme, the earliest known version of which was published in about 1765.

Barlow Hall

Dec 1, 2022Eric CorbettMansions, stately homes & manor housesBetter than Wikipedia

Ancient manor house in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, birthplace of Ambrose Barlow, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

The Queen (magazine)

Oct 17, 2022Eric CorbettMagazinesBetter than Wikipedia

Weekly illustrated society magazine founded in 1861. Following a series of mergers over the years it survives in the form of the fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar.

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