BRIT Awards Album of the Year 2000-09

Year

Album title

Artist(s)

2000

The Man Who

Travis

2001

Parachutes

Coldplay

2002

No Angel

Dido

2003

A Rush of Blood to the Head

Coldplay

2004

Permission to Land

The Darkness

2005

Hopes and Fears

Keane

2006

X & Y

Coldplay

2007

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

Arctic Monkeys

2008

Favourite Worst Nightmare

Arctic Monkeys

2009

Rockferry

Duffy

Wisden Cricketers of the Year 1975-79

Year

Wisden Cricketers of the Year

1975

Dennis Amiss, Mike Denness, Norman Gifford, Tony Greig, Andy Roberts

1976

Ian Chappell, Peter Lee, Rick McCosker, David Steele, Bob Woolmer

1977

Mike Brearley, Gordon Greenidge, Michael Holding, Viv Richards, Bob Taylor

1978

Ian Botham, Mike Hendrick, Alan Jones, Ken McEwen, Bob Willis

1979

David Gower, John Lever, Chris Old, Clive Radley, John Shepherd

Contenders in Labour Party Leadership contests

Year

Contenders

1961

Hugh Gaitskell, Anthony Greenwood

1963

Harold Wilson, George Brown, James Callaghan

1976

Michael Foot, Jim Callaghan, Roy Jenkins, Tony Benn, Denis Healey, Tony Crosland

1980

Denis Healey, Michael Foot, John Silkin, Peter Shore

1983

Neil Kinnock, Roy Hattersley, Eric Heffer, Peter Shore

1988

Neil Kinnock, Tony Benn

1992

John Smith, Bryan Gould

1994

Tony Blair, John Prescott, Margaret Beckett

2010

Diane Abbott, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham, David Miliband, Ed Miliband

Glastonbury Pyramid Stage Final Day acts

Year

Glastonbury Pyramid Sunday acts

2009

Blur, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Madness, Tom Jones, Amadou & Mariam, Tony Christie, Status Quo, Easy Star All-Stars

2010

Stevie Wonder, Faithless, Jack Johnson, Ray Davies, Slash, Norah Jones, Paloma Faith, Yeovil Town Band

2011

Beyoncé, Pendulum, Plan B, Paul Simon, Laura Marling, The Low Anthem, Fisherman's Friends, Don McLean

2013

Mumford & Sons, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Vampire Weekend, Kenny Rogers, Rufus Wainwright, First Aid Kit, Bassekou Kouyate

2014

Kasabian, The Black Keys, Ed Sheeran, Dolly Parton, The 1975, Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabate, Caro Emerald, English National Ballet

The 30 most common UK pub names

Pub name

1

Red Lion

16

Ship

2

Crown

17

Railway

3

Royal Oak

18

George

4

White Hart

19

Prince of Wales

5

White Horse

20

Victoria

6

Swan

21

Greyhound

7

New Inn

22

8

Rose & Crown

23

9

King’s Head

24

10

Bell

25

11

King's Arms

26

12

27

13

28

14

29

Cricketers

15

30

Castle

Simon Callow’s 10 favourite Dickens’ characters

1

Pickwick Papers

2

Martin Chuzzlewit

3

David Copperfield

4

Oliver Twist

5

Nicholas Nickleby

6

Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions

7

Mrs Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

8

Mrs Gamp

Martin Chuzzlewit

9

John Podsnap

10

Mr Fezziwig

UK's Top 30 Magazines by Annual Sales

Magazine name

1

TV Choice

16

Hello!

2

What's on TV

17

Woman & Home

3

Take a Break

18

Good Housekeeping

4

Radio Times

19

Bella

5

Slimming World

20

Yours

6

Glamour

21

Best

7

New!

22

Star

8

Chat

23

Heat

9

Closer

24

People's Friend

10

Woman's Weekly

25

Real People

11

OK!

26

Reveal

12

That's Life

27

Cosmopolitan

13

Woman

28

Now

14

TV Times

29

Pick Me Up

15

Woman's Own

30

Prima

England footballers scoring 10+ International goals

G

Player

G

Player

49

Bobby Charlton

19

Jermain Defoe

48

Gary Lineker

18

Johnny Haynes

47

Wayne Rooney

18

Roger Hunt

44

Jimmy Greaves

17

David Beckham

40

Michael Owen

16

Tony Woodcock

30

Tom Finney

14

Paul Scholes

30

Alan Shearer

14

Danny Welbeck

30

Nat Lofthouse

13

Paul Mariner

29

Frank Lampard

12

Trevor Francis

27

David Platt

11

John Barnes

26

Bryan Robson

11

Stanley Matthews

24

Geoff Hurst

11

Teddy Sheringham

23

Stan Mortensen

11

Bryan Douglas

22

Peter Crouch

11

Wilf Mannion

21

Steven Gerrard

10

Paul Gascoigne

21

Kevin Keegan

10

Joe Cole

21

Mick Channon

10

Ron Flowers

20

Martin Peters

10

Francis Lee