The legendary cricket commentator and author Henry Blofeld describes his world as “bubbly and boisterous”. Norfolk born and an Old Etonian, thrice married Blofeld’s family provided Ian Fleming with the inspiration for the name of the James Bond super-villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld whilst he has himself become known for using the phrase “my dear old thing” during his commentaries. Blowers is said to love “drinking wine”, “eating food” and “going out” (in precisely that order) and is often to be found at the South Kensington restaurant La Brasserie. He has some 80,000 on Twitter and regularly entertains them with his observations on food, frolics and fizz.
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‘Mr Black Lives Matter’
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Gabriel and Sarah A. Chrisman
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Eileen Gray (1878 – 1976, née Eileen Smith)
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Robert Adam
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Bob Marshall-Andrews QC
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Lady Ridsdale DBE (1921 – 2009, née Victoire Bennett)
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Charlot Malin (1969 – 2017)
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Baba Vanga (баба Ванга, AKA ‘Nostradamus from the Balkans’, 1911 – 1996)
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Mr Make a Big Issue
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Mary Millington (marital name Mary Maxted, born Mary Quilter, 1945 – 1979)
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Turki Bin Abdullah (AKA “The Pint-Sized James Stunt”)
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Sir Ken Adam OBE (born Klaus Adam, 1921 – 2016)
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Will and Calum Thompson (AKA “The Eat Wild Boys”)
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Arthur Woodham
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Hannah Wick
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Daniel Lismore
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John Patrick Hannan
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Max Whitlock (nicknamed “Maxi”)
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Kelly Killoren Bensimon
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Lee Miller (Lady Penrose, born Elizabeth Miller, 1907 – 1977)
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Ted Richards
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Victoria Pendleton CBE (married name Victoria Gardner)
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Christopher Mason
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Bonnie Lee Bakley (1956 – 2001)
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Gino D’Acampo
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Gillian Clarke (1941 – 2015)
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Francesco Macera
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Nicholas Loeb
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Reverend Robert Parker
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Gillian Duffy
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David Hallberg
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Ruthann Aron (AKA “Ruth Aron”, née Ruthann Greenzweig)
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Lady Alice, Lady Eliza and Lady Violet Manners (AKA “The No Manners Girls”)
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Topsy Taylor (born Lesley Taylor)
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Peter Dinklage
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Olivier Sarkozy and Mary-Kate Olson
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Nina Campbell
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Crispin Baynes
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Bill Martin MBE (born William Wylie MacPherson)
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Emma Sayle
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Henry Blofeld OBE (AKA “Blowers”, “Tycoon” and “Typhoon”)
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Nancy Cunard (1896 – 1965)
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Elliot Bssila
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Joudie Kalla
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Ross O’Connell Jennings
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Alexa Jago
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Claire Zambuni
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Amanda Eliasch (née Amanda Brown)
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Charlie Anson
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Count Louis-Marie de Castelbajac
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Jeremy Lloyd OBE (1930 – 2014)
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Sandra Howard, Lady Howard (née Sandra Paul)
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Anne Naysmith (1937 - 2015, AKA “The Rag Lady of Chiswick”)
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Claudine Longet
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The Fantasy Cyclist
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Sarah, Duchess of York (AKA “Fergie”, née Sarah Ferguson)
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Fredrik Eklund
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Sir Gerald Nabarro (AKA “Old Whiskers” and “The Abominable Showman”, 1913 – 1973)
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Lord Bell (Tim Bell, Baron Bell of Belgravia)
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Teresa Gorman
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Julia Child (1912 – 2004)
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Keith Floyd (1943 – 2009)
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Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (1880 – 1963)
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Dan Bilzerian (AKA "Blitz")
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Cognac Wellerlane
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Thai Dang Cao (1953 – 2014)
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Craig Brazier
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Alejandro Flores
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Doris Thompson
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Gloria Minghella MBE (AKA “the Queen Mum of the Isle of Wight”, 1930 – 2014)
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Clarissa Dickson Wright (1947 – 2014)
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Wayne Bryson
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Mary The Elephant (AKA ‘Murderous Mary’)
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Fred Dibnah MBE (1938 – 2004)
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Emeritus Professor Jane Somerville
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Russell Brand
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Cindy Crawford
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Lady Camilla Bloch (born Lady Camilla Bingham)
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Terry Deary
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Dame Norma Major DBE
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Jeannette Etheredge
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Michael “Chalky” White
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Nubar Gulbenkian (Armenian: Նուբար Սարգիս Գյուլբենկյան, 1896 – 1972)
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Huguette Clark (1906 – 2011)
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Viola Herms Drath (1920 – 2011)
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Ian Towning
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Ryan Lochte (nicknames 'Reezy' and 'The Lochtenator')
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Jerry Hall
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Austin 7 man
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The Waitrose Clepto
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Martin the Poet
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Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926 – 2014)
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Tim Tebow
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The Most Hon the Marquess of Bath
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Judy Joo
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Toby Flood
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Justin Timberlake
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Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan (1971 – 2007 and 1966 – 2007)
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Norman Balon
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Bubble (2012 – 2013)
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Dr. Vanessa Neumann
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Martin Miller (1946 - 2013)
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Lady Docker (Norah Docker, née Norah Turner and also Norah Callingham and Lady Collins, 1905 – 1983)
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Beverly Cohen
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Patricia Kluge (née Rose)
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Charmian Brent (better known as Charmian Biggs)
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David Nalbandian
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April Ashley MBE (born Toni Jamieson)
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Scott Disick
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Andrew Embiricos (1985 – 2011)
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Shireen Ritchie, The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Ritchie (1945 - 2012)
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Eugene Carokis
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Anouska Hempel (Lady Weinberg)
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Joseph "Joey" Barton
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Neil & Christine Hamilton
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Marisa Masters (1925 – 2016)
I love it!!! Never heard of him (I do not follow cricket) but I did enjoy that interview. He definitely is witty and funny.
Great choice. They should have more like him at the BBC.
He has a lovely, happy face.
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