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Peake

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(Biography) Mervyn. 1911–68, English novelist, poet, and illustrator. In his trilogy Gormenghast (1946–59), he creates, with vivid imagination, a grotesque Gothic world
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Our house stood within a few rods of the Chesa- peake Bay, whose broad bosom was ever white with sails from every quarter of the habitable globe.
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Horizon: Tim Peake Special - How to Be an Astronaut BBC Four, 8.50pm A video diary filmed by Tim Peake as he prepared to become the first British astronaut on board the International Space Station.
Sunday's Television; Freeview
Freeview Horizon: Tim Peake Special - How to Be an Astronaut BBC Four, 8.50pm A video diary filmed by Tim Peake as he prepared to become the first British astronaut on board the International Space Station.
Sunday's Television
TNG is an Australian resources company focused on the evaluation and development of its 100%-owned Mount Peake Vanadium-Titanium-Iron Project, located in the highly prospective Arunta Geological Province some 80km north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
TNG Limited (ASX: TNG)
TIM PEAK SPACECRAFT AND VR EXPERIENCE ULSTER FOLK & TRANSPORT MUSEUM, CULTRA 20 February - May 12 2019 Tim Peake's Spacecraft, presented by Samsung and the Science Museum Group, is touring the UK and will land at the Ulster Transport Museum on 20 February.
TIM PEAK SPACECRAFT AND VR EXPERIENCE; WHAT'S ON
VISITORS flocked to see the iconic spacecraft that brought British astronaut Tim Peake back to earth from the International Space Station (ISS) when it was launched at the National Museum Cardiff last week.
Tim Peake's spacecraft launched at National Museum Cardiff
MAXINE Peake has been honoured for her outstanding contribution to British theatre and said her success is down to Manchester's Royal Exchange.
Maxine: Work at Exchange helped me hit my peak..
Being a bit of a theatre luvvie, I took a look at the posters and was heartened to see it was showing Happy Days starring Maxine Peake. Now, a part of me thought: could this be the TV sitcom Happy Days, and if so, if Maxine was the lead, then is she playing the Fonz?
FROM THE BARBER'S CHAIR
Matthew Peake, 21, was disqualified even though he was laying on top of the van - for "aiding and abetting" dangerous driving in the stunt.
Prankster's road ban after doing push-ups on the roof of a moving van at shopping centre; The man was seen clinging on top of the Volkswagen van while his friend was driving it
BRITISH astronaut Tim Peake has thanked his mum and dad for their "unwavering support" as he was presented with the freedom of his home city.
Major Peake given freedom of city
HUMANS will be on Mars within 20 years, according to astronaut Tim Peake.
Humans on Mars within next 20 years

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