by Peter Gill
Newson, Leslie, 1
NFL, 1
Nicholas, Tsar, 1
Nichols, Dudley, 1
Nicholson, Jack, 1, 2
Nicklaus, Jack, 1
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 1
Nijinsky, 1
Nitpicker’s Guide for Classic Trekkers (The), 1, 2
Nitroglycerine, 1
Nixon, President, 1, 2
Nobel Prize, 1
Norfolk Island, Australia, 1
North Carolina, 1
North Dakota, 1
North Sea, 1
Northern Ireland, 1, 2
Norway, 1, 2, 3, 4
Norwich, England, 1
Nottingham, 1
Obama, Barack, 1
Obama, Michelle, 1
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, 1
Old Bailey, 1, 2
Olympics, London 1908, 1
On the Road, 1, 2
Opera House, Sydney, 1
Orchard Oriole, 1
Original Radio Scripts, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Orion Nebula (M1), 2
Ortolan buntings, 1
Osbourne, Ozzie, 1
Oscars, 1, 2, 3, 4
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 1
Otis Elevator Company, 1
Otis, Elisha, 1
Ouzo, 1
Ovamboland, 1, 2
Overwhelmingly Large Telescope (OWL), 1
Owens, Jessie, 1
Oz (magazine), 1, 2, 3
Pacific Ocean, 1, 2, 3
Page, Larry, 1
Pago Pago, American Samoa, 1
Paige, Leroy ‘Satchel’, 1, 2
Palin, Michael, 1
Palmer, John, 1
Pappalardi, Felix, 1
Papua New Guinea, 1
Paranoid, 1
Paris, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, 1
Patagonia, 1
Pataudi, Nawab of, 1
Paul, Henri, 1
Pearl Harbour, 1, 2
Peck, Gregory, 1
Peckinpah, Sam, 1
Peel, John, 1
Peitri, Dorando, 1
Pelé, 1
Pengelley, Richard, 1
Pengo (The), 1
Penguins Gentoo, 1
Rockhopper, 1
Pennsylvania, 1
Pequod, 1
Perkins, Geoffrey, 1
Perspicilli, 1
Perth, Australia, 1
Pew, Blind, 1
Photon, 1
Piccadilly Circus, 1, 2
Pickles, 1
Piggott, Lester, 1
Pink Floyd, 1, 2, 3
Pitcairn Island, 1
Pleiades, 1
Pointe-au-Père, 1
Polanski, Roman, 1, 2
Polynesia, 1
Pompadour, Madame de, 1
Popular Electronics, 1
Porsche 911, 1
Pratchett, Terry, 1
Pratt & Whitney, 1
Presley, Elvis, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Procul Harum, 1
Project Gutenberg, 1
Pryce, Jonathan, 1
Puccini, Giacomo, 1
Puerto Rico, 1
Puffin, 1
Punxsatawney Phil, 1
Puskas, Ferenc, 1
Pythons (The), 1, 2
Q5, 1
QI (Quételat Index), 1
QI (Quite Interesting), 1
Quasar, 1
Quebec, 1, 2
Queequeg, 1
Quételet, Adolpe, 1
Rai (money), 1
Rainbow, 1
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head, 1
Ralston, Aron, 1
Raubal, Geli, 1
Ray, James Earl, 1
Redford, Robert, 1
Requiem in D minor, Mozart, 1
Reynolds, Bruce, 1
Rhein, 1
Rhys Jones, Griff, 1
Richards, Keith, 1
Richter Scale, 1
Riemann Hypothesis (The), 1
Riemann Zeta Function, 1
Rif Mountains, Morocco, 1
Rivers, Philip, 1
Rivett, Sandra, 1
Robbers’ Roost, 1
Roberts, Ed, 1
Robertson, Rip, 1
Robinson Crusoe, 1
Rodriguez, Alex, 1
Rolling Stone magazine, 1
Rome, Italy, 1, 2
Ronettes (The), 1
Roosevelt, Kermit[s], 1, 2
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1
Rostock, Germany, 1
Roswell, New Mexico, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Rothmans, 1
Rowling, JK, 1
Royal Disease, 1
Royal Navy, 1
Rubin, Danny, 1
Russia, 1
Ruth, Babe, 1
Sagittarius, 1, 2
Sam Peckinpah’s “Salad Days”, 1
Sami, 1
Sampras, Pete, 1
San Francisco, 1, 2, 3
Sandringham Time, 1
Saudi Arabia, 1
Savage, Roz, 1
Sawbridgeworth, 1
Schlesinger, John, 1
Schmidt, Eric, 1
Schwarzchild Radius, 1
Schwarzchild, Karl, 1
Scott Key, Francis, 1
Scott, George C., 1
Seattle Mariners, 1
Second World War, 1, 2, 3
Selby Abbey, 1
Sellers, Peter, 1
Seville, Spain, 1
Sex, 1
Shadows (The), 1
Shaka Bar and Restaurant, Hawai’i, Hawaii, 1
Shakespeare, William, 1, 2
Shearwater, 1
Sheffield HMS, 1
Shelley, Mary, 1
Shirley, John, 1
Sigismund, Archbishop of Salzburg, 1
Simon, Paul, 1
Simonyi, Charles, 1
Simpson, Mr, 1, 2, 3, 4
Sinatra, Frank, 1
Singapore Flyer, 1
Singer Building, New York, 1
Singer, Isaac, 1
Singer, Isabella, 1
Sirhan, Sirhan, 1
Sisler, George, 1
Sisyphus, 1
Skunkworks, 1
Smith, Edward (Capt.), 1, 2
Smith, Will, 1
Smithson, Jim, 1
Smithsonian Museum, 1, 2, 3, 4
Smoot, Oliver, 1
Soccer, 1
Society Islands, 1
Sonny & Cher, 1
South Africa, 1
South Pole, 1
Spain, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Spam, 1
Spanish, 1
Spector, Phil, 1
Spetses, Greece, 1
Spielberg. Steven, 1, 2, 3
Spinal Tap, 1
Spitfire, Supermarine, 1
Spitting Image, 1
Springfield, Illinois, 1
St Lawrence River, 1
St Leger, 1
St Martin’s-in-the-Fields Church, 1
St Paul’s Cathedral, London, 1
Stalbridge, Dorset, 1
Stanley Hotel, Colorado, 1
Stanley Steamers, 1
Stanley, Sir Henry, 1
Star of Nanchang, 1
Star Spangled Banner, 1
Star Trek, 1, 2, 3
Star Wars, 1, 2
Starbuck, 1
Starke, Mariana, 1
Starship Titanic, 1
Statue of Liberty, 1, 2
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1
Stoker, Bram, 1
Stonehenge, 1
Stonehouse, John (MP), 1
Storstad, SS, 1
Stradivari, 1
Straßman, Fritz, 1
Stratton, David, 1
Strigaskór nr. 1, 2
Stroud, Robert, 1
Subaru, 1
Sultana, SS, 1, 2
Summer of ’1, 2
Sundance Film Festival, 1
Sunday Times, 1
Surowiecki, James, 1
Swan, 1
Switzerland, 1, 2
Sydharb, 1
Sydney, 1
Sydney Harbour, 1
Szilárd, Leó, 1
Tambora, 1
Tarantula, 1
Tendulkar, Sachin, 1
Tenerife, 1
Tennessee, 1, 2
Tennis, 1, 2
Tesco, Shrewsbury, 1
Tetraphobia, 1
Texas, 1, 2
Than, Le Van, 1
Thanatos, 1
Thatcher, Margaret, 1
Thaum, 1
The 1 Puzzle, 2
The Blind Watchmaker, 1
The Burkiss Way, 1, 2, 3
The Digital Village, 1
The Economist, 1
The God Delusion, 1
The Heroes of Telemark, 1
The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to The Galaxy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
The Independent, 1
The Jazz Singer, 1
The Kamikaze Pilot, 1
The Livingstone Stone, 1
The Lord of the Rings, 1, 2
The Meaning of Liff, 1
The New York Times, 1
The Right Stuff, 1
The Salmon of Doubt, 1
The Shining, 1
The Simpson’s Spin–off Showcase, 1
The Singing Fool, 1
The Sun, 1
The Third Man, 1
The Times, 1
The Trouble With Tribbles, 1
The Tumbleweed Men, 1
The Who, 1
The Wisdom of Crowds, 1
The Wow! Signal, 1, 2
Thomas, Sonya, 1
Thomas, the Tank Engine, 1
Thriller, 1
Thus Spoke Zarathusa, 1
Tierra del Fuego, 1
TIFF, 1
Titanic, 1, 2, 3, 4
TNT, 1
Tolkien, JRR, 1
Toronto, 1, 2
Torremolinos, Spain, 1
Tosca, Puccini, 1
Tosh, Peter, 1
Tower 1, 2, 3
Tower Khalifa, 1
Treasure Island, 1
Trematon, Viscount Rupert, 1
Trinity College, 1
Truffles, 1
Tu (Concordski), 1
Tupiza, 1
Turkey, 1
Twain, Mark, 1
Twin Towers (World Trade Centre), 1
Type 1 destroyer, 2
Tyson, Frank, 1
Uckfield, East Sussex, 1
United States, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
United States Coast Guard, 1
Universal Studios Florida, 1
Universe (The), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Enterprise, USS, 1
Utah, 1
Vatican City, Rome, 1
Venison, 1
Verne, Jules, 1
Vertigo 1, 2
Victoria, Queen, 1, 2, 3
Victoria Falls, 1
Vienna, Austria, 1
Vietnam, 1
Vimto, 1
Virginia, 1
Vitiaz Strait, PNG, 1
Vladivostock, Russia, 1
Vogons, 1
Voight, Jon, 1
VW, 1
Waltzing Matilda, 1
Wandsworth Prison, 1
War of 1812, 1
War Pigs, 1
Warner Bros, 1
Warrnambool, Australia, 1
Washington, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Watergate, 1
Webb, Nick, 1
Welles, Orson, 1, 2
Wells, H. G., 1
Welsh, Ann, 1
Welsh, Ken, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Westminster Abbey, London, 1
What a Wonderful World, 1
White Album, 1
White City Stadium, 1
White House (The), 1, 2, 3
White Star Line, 1, 2
Whymper, Edward, 1
Whyte Notation (The), 1
Whyte, Frederick Methvan, 1
Wiener Riesenrad, 1
Wigwam (The), 1
Wikipedia, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Wilde, Oscar, 1
Wiles, Tripp, 1
Willesden Junction, London, 1
William Herschel Telescope, 1
William McKinley, 1
Wilson, Brian, 1
Wimbledon, 1
Winchester College, 1
Windsor Castle, Windsor, 1, 2
Winfrey, Oprah, 1
Winnie the Pooh, 1, 2
Winter Garden, New York, 1
Witchety grubs, 1
Wodehouse, PG, 1
Wolfsburg, Germany, 1
Wood, Robert, 1
Woods, Tiger, 1
Woodstock, 1
Woodward, Joanna, 1
World Trade Centre, 1
Wyoming, 1
Yap Island, 1
Yeager, Chuck, 1
Yoctosecond, 1
York, Yorkshire, 1
York Minster, 1
Yorkshire, 1, 2, 3
Young, John, 1
Young, Steve, 1
Zámbó, Jimmy, 1
Zedong, Mao, 1
Zeus, 1
Zimbabwe, 1
Zurich, Switzerland, 1
About the Author
Peter Gill was born in England and educated in Longridge, Blackburn and Reading—from where he went to Oxford but left early when he realised there wasn’t quite enough of interest to sustain a full weekend. On the occasions when work has troubled his day he has conveyed the impression of being a research scientist, radio journalist, college lecturer, something in IT, PR drone, and itinerant sheep shearer.
Extirpated from his native Lancashire he now lives in a Shropshire home, accompanied by one wife, up to four daughters, a cat, the F dog, five chickens and six goldfish. He has promised never, ever, to try and keep stick insects again. His time is largely divided between the kitchen and a room on the top floor with a handy bolt on the outside.
Peter was third by one quarter of an inch in the Coach and Horses longest runner bean competition (his bean, not personally), and 42: Douglas Adams’ Amazingly Accurate Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is his first book if you’re not counting the pamphlet on electric fencing.
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