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The Boat Race 1861

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18th Boat Race Date 16 March 1861  ( 1861-03-16 ) Winner Oxford Margin of victory 16 lengths Winning time 23 minutes 30 seconds Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) 10–8 Umpire Joseph William Chitty (Oxford) ← 1860 1862 → The 18th Boat Race took place on the River Thames on 16 March 1861. Held annually, The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The 1861 event, which featured the first ever non-British competitor, suffered numerous interruptions from river traffic. Oxford won by 16 lengths. Contents 1 Background 2 Crews 3 Race 4 References 5 External links Background .mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:0.5em 0 0.8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-ou

Bryan Elsley

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Bryan Elsley Born ( 1961-05-17 ) 17 May 1961 (age 57) Dalkeith, Midlothian Nationality Scottish Occupation Television writer Children Jamie Brittain Jess Brittain Bryan Elsley (born 17 May 1961 in Dalkeith, Midlothian) [ citation needed ] is a Scottish television writer, best known for the co-creation of E4 teen drama Skins with his son, Jamie Brittain. Other television dramas include 40 , Rose and Maloney , Nature Boy , The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star , The Crow Road , Dates, and Govan Ghost Story . Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Film and television work 5 References 6 External links Early life and education Elsley attended Dalkeith High School before going on to read English and History at the Alcuin College, University of York in York, England, where he graduated with a B.A. in 1982. Career While a student at the University of York, Elsley met and collabo

Lochgair

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For other places with the same name, see Gare Loch. Lochgair Lochgair (Scottish Gaelic: An Loch Geàrr ) is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the coast of Loch Gair, a small inlet on the west of Loch Fyne. The A83 road runs through the village. In fiction Lochgair is one of the main the setting in Iain Banks' 1992 novel The Crow Road , which mixes real life locations in Argyll and the A83 road with fictional. [1] References ^ "The Crow Road" (PDF) . Retrieved 23 March 2014 . .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registrati

Iain Banks

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Iain Banks Banks at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 18 August 2009 Born 16 February 1954 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Died 9 June 2013 (2013-06-09) (aged 59) Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland Pen name Iain M. Banks Occupation Writer Education University of Stirling (BA) Genre Science fiction Literary fiction Spouse Annie Blackburn (20 March 1992–2009; [1] divorced) Adele Hartley (29 March 2013 – 9 June 2013; his death) Iain Banks's voice from the BBC programme Open Book, 23 October 2009 [2] Website iain-banks.net Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks , including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies ( / ˈ m ɪ ŋ ɪ z / ( listen ) ). After the publication and success of The Wasp Factory (1984), Banks began to write on a full-time basis. His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas , was r