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On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...
Practising writing clues from early in the morning until midnight, seven days a week, Halpern forgot about his degree. He’d read it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert – so chose to do 20,000 hours. An entire crossword would be written, and the best clue only chosen to go in its replacement puzzle – the others would be discarded.
Fiction. The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins with 10 weeks at the top of the list, followed by Me Before You by Jojo Moyes with 7 weeks.
Released on Thursday, the list contains all of the people who made an impact in 2016, ranging from world leaders and local activists to top 40 artists. Time magazine reveals 2016 list of '100 Most ...
List of most expensive paintings. Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ( c. 1500) This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The record is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission ), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi ( c. 1500 ). The painting was sold in November 2017, [1] [2 ...
Survey respondents see Asia as a key for the future. The top five-ranked countries in the Movers subranking – India, Singapore, China, Thailand and Japan – come from the region. Singapore also ...
Disasters and accidents January 2016 East Asia cold wave At least eighty-five people are killed in Taiwan and tens of thousands stranded in airports as an unprecedented cold snap hits several Asian countries including China and South Korea. (Focus Taiwan) (CNN) January 2016 United States blizzard The death toll from the blizzard in the Eastern United States rises to at least 30. (AP) British ...
Here’s our selection of the 15 most shocking season finales of all time…. (As is to be expected, MAJOR SPOILERS lie ahead! You have been warned!) 15) Unforgotten, season four. Viewers were ...