Knighted actor who said 'Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.' |
Lord Olivier |
Lake District reservoir serving Manchester |
THIRLMERE |
Meadowland on the south bank of the Thames near Egham where a historic signing was held in 1215 |
RUNNYMEDE |
Medieval parade ridiculing (eg) an unfaithful husband |
skimmington |
Member of Les Six who composed the surrealist ballet Le Boeuf sur le toit |
Darius Milhaud |
Music for trombone, cello or bassoon may use the ____ |
tenor clef |
Princely state of north-central India, annexed by Britain in 1856 |
OLDS |
Scottish engineer, dubbed 'Colossus of Roads' by his friend Robert Southey |
thomas Telford |
Sees, but not dioceses! |
Lays eyes on |
Someone ____ something is determined to get it |
Hell-bent on |
Statesman who wrote Coningsby |
DISRAELI |
Term of address to a Portuguese girl |
SENHORITA |
Terry ____ lived and worked with Gavin Maxwell at Camusfearna and was later a co-presenter of Animal Magic with Johnny Morris |
nutkins |
The only breed of monkey to live in the wild in Europe |
Barbary ape |
The playing positions on this mixed gender basketball team's roster include 'showman' |
Harlem Globetrotters |
The Royal Northern Sinfonia is based at Sage ____, which was designed by Norman Foster and opened in 2004 |
GATESHEAD |
The ____ magazine was the first colour supplement in a UK newspaper |
Sunday Times |
The ____ of Liff, Douglas Adams's book of place names which describe feelings or items for which no English term exists |
MEANING |
The ____, Scott Joplin rag used as theme music for The Sting |
ENTERTAINER |
This duke's seat is Inveraray Castle |
ARGYLL |
Tradename for adhesive bandages |
elastoplast |
Tropical American shrub of the vervain family with flamboyant spikes of orange flowers |
LANTANA |
____ became bishop of Tours in AD371 and founded the nearby Marmoutier Abbey |
Saint Martin |