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Pym
[ pim ]
noun
- John, 1584–1643, English statesman.
Pym
/ ɪ /
noun
- PymBarbara (Mary Crampton)19131980FBritishWRITING: novelist Barbara ( Mary Crampton ). 1913–80, British novelist, noted for such comedies of middle-class English life as Excellent Women (1952), A Glass of Blessings (1958), and The Sweet Dove Died (1978)
- PymJohn?15841643MEnglishPOLITICS: politician John. ?1584–1643, leading English parliamentarian during the events leading to the Civil War. He took a prominent part in the impeachment of Buckingham (1626) and of Strafford and Laud (1640)
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Others to be honoured include novelist Barbara Pym, artist Graham Sutherland, ballerina Alicia Markova and poet, playwright, broadcaster, and campaigner Una Marson.
Novelist Pym's Pimlico home, from where her novel Excellent Women draws its inspiration and setting, will also be marked with a plaque.
Health editor Hugh Pym and senior producer Chloe Hayward go behind the story of the infected-blood inquiry.
Health Editor Hugh Pym and Senior Producer Chloe Hayward go behind the story of the infected blood inquiry.
In an exclusive interview, the BBC's Health Editor Hugh Pym challenged the prime minister, asking him what he would say to patients who have waited longer than 65 weeks, often in pain.
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