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9 Iconic Fictional Characters You Didn't Know Were Based on Real People
MediaFeed via AOL· 3 weeks agoYou'd be surprised how many of our favorite fictional characters have real-life counterparts. Here...
I tried to replicate Roger Bannister’s four-minute mile – but I only lasted a few yards
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 3 weeks agoBack on 6 May 1954, Roger Bannister ran a mile round the University of Oxford athletics track in...
University Challenge's Amol Rajan jokes about 'controversial' mascot
Yahoo TV UK· 2 months agoAmol Rajan has pointed out one team's mascot change on University Challenge. (Lifted Entertainment)...
BBC denies octopus mascot on University Challenge was ‘antisemitic’ attack
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe BBC has shut down claims that an Oxford University college mascot which appeared on a recent...
Oxford University drops plans for committee to choose new chancellor
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 week agoChancellor of Oxford University, Lord Patten of Barnes, will retire at the end of the academic year...
Oxford University accused of ‘stitch-up’ over election of new chancellor
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOxford is holding its first election for chancellor since 2003 - GETTY IMAGES CONTRIBUTOR Oxford...
Estate agent sacked after ‘world a better place with Lord Rothschild dead’ post
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAmanda Hardy apologised for her remarks and said she had been unaware of what the word 'Zionist'...
Anthony Holt, a stalwart of the King’s Singers for two decades – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAnthony Holt, who has died aged 83, was one of the leading singers of his generation. A baritone, he...
Nigel Lawson: Margaret Thatcher’s ‘unassailable’ chancellor who quit in acrimony
PA Media: Money via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoNigel Lawson was Margaret Thatcher’s “unassailable” chancellor of the Exchequer for six years, until...
Nigel Lawson: Innovative chancellor who ushered in an economic shift
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA man of powerful intellect, Nigel Lawson, who enjoyed one of the longest tenures of any post-1945...