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Pym

[ pim ]

noun

  1. John, 1584–1643, English statesman.


Pym

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noun

  1. 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)
  2. 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.

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Novelist Pym's Pimlico home, from where her novel Excellent Women draws its inspiration and setting, will also be marked with a plaque.

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Health editor Hugh Pym and senior producer Chloe Hayward go behind the story of the infected-blood inquiry.

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Health Editor Hugh Pym and Senior Producer Chloe Hayward go behind the story of the infected blood inquiry.

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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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