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imperial preference imperial preference
imperial preference. This was a favourite nostrum of late 19th- and early 20th-cent. imperialists to bind the empire together by levying lower tariffs on colonial imports than on others. The colonies were supposed to reciprocate. Joseph Chamberlain championed it from 1903. But there was a snag.... Read more
Newlyn School Newlyn School
Newlyn School. A name applied to the painters who worked in the Cornish fishing village of Newlyn from the 1880s, particularly those directly linked with Stanhope Forbes, who was the founder and leader of the school. One of the attractions of Newlyn was the mild climate, which made it particularly... Read more
Falkland palace Falkland palace
Falkland palace. Royal home and hunting lodge, Fife. After Falkland castle (home of the earls of Fife and dukes of Albany) came into the possession of James II, his 1450s extension became the north range of the palace, with further chambers added by his widow Mary of Gueldres. James IV renovated... Read more
Shunem Shunem
Shunem A town in the territory assigned to Issachar at Shiloh (Josh. 19: 18), near Mount Gilboa (1 Sam. 28: 4). It was a favourite stopping-off place for Elisha, and there the prophet once revived the son of his hostess from apparent death (2 Kgs. 4).... Read more
Sybille Bedford Sybille Bedford
Bedford, Sybille (1911– ), author, whose best-known novel, The Legacy (1956), is a sophisticated account of the complex matrimonial and financial affairs of a wealthy German family in the years immediately preceding the First World War. A Favourite of the Gods (1962) and A Compass... Read more
John Westland Marston John Westland Marston
John Westland Marston 1819-90, English author. Although his poetic dramas, including The Patrician's Daughter (1842) and The Favourite of Fortune (1866), were popular, he is more noteworthy for his literary criticism, most particularly his review of Swinburne's Atalanta in Calydon. His son ... Read more
Wonderful Parliament Wonderful Parliament
‘Wonderful’ Parliament, 1386. Parliament met on 1 October and demanded the dismissal of Richard II's chancellor and favourite, Suffolk ( Michael de la Pole). Richard refused and talked wildly of seeking aid from the king of France. But he was forced to agree to Suffolk's... Read more
Claudette Claudette
Claudette ♀ French: feminine diminutive form of Claude, now also occasionally used in the English-speaking world. It gained considerable prominence in the 1930s as the name of the French film star Claudette Colbert (1903–96), a Hollywood favourite for many years. Her original name... Read more
Myles Birket Foster Myles Birket Foster
Foster, Myles Birket (b Tynemouth, Northumberland [now Tyne and Wear], 4 Feb. 1825; d Weybridge, Surrey, 27 Mar. 1899). English painter and illustrator. He was trained as a wood engraver and early in his career designed many book illustrations. After c.1858, however, he devoted himself primarily to... Read more
Hornton stone Hornton stone
Hornton stone. A limestone named after quarries at Hornton in north-west Oxfordshire. It is typically a rich rusty brown in colour, but green and greyish-blue tints also occur. It was a favourite stone of Henry Moore, the celebrated Madonna and Child (1943–4) in St Matthew's, Northampton,... Read more

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