I was listening to Paul Millers late show on BBC local radio for the South East last night and he was asking people to ring in with names of famous people who had first and second names starting with adjoining letters of the alphabet. Heres what I came up with, can you add any more?
AB
BC Bryan Chalker
CD Charles Dickens, Celine Dione, Charlie Drake
DE Dave Edmunds
EF Ella Fitzgerald
FG
GH Gwyneth Herbert,George Harrison
HI
IJ
JK John Kennedy
KL Ken Livingstone
LM
MN
NO
OP Oliver Postgate
PQ Pauline Quirke
QR
RS Ringo Starr
ST
TU
UV
WX
XY
YZ
ZA
Andy
8 comments:
I'll have to have a think Andy. Hope you're keeping well,
A, x
Gosh at this time of night my brain doesn't work !!
Big Luv Jaynee X
HI
Hay, Ian
Novelist and playright.
'The First Hundred Thousand' 1915.
'The Safety Match' 1911.
'A Man Made' 1909.
'The Middle Watch' 1930.
'The Housemaster' 1936.
FG
Farquhar, George
Playright.
'Love in a Bottle' 1698.
'The Constant Couple' 1699.
'The Stage Coach' 1704.
'The Recruiting Officer' 1706.
'The Beaux' Stratagem' 1707.
IJ
Irving,John.
American novelist.
'Setting Free the Bears' 1969.
'The Water-Method Man' 1972.
'The World According to Garp'1978.
LM
Longley, Michael
Irish Poet
'Gorse Fires' 1991.
'No Continuing City' 1969
A poet that sings of love, grief, pictured landscapes and country lore.
A rejection of political violence in a troubled land and a celebration of nature.
MN
Mitchison, Naomi
Novelist and short story writer.
'The Conquered' 1923.
'When the Bough Breaks'1924.
'Cloud Cuckoo Land' 1925.
'Barbarian Stories' 1929.
'The Corn King and the Spring Queen' 1931.
'The Delicate Fire' 1933.
'The Blood of the Martyrs' 1939.
NO
Nash, Ogden
American Poet
A master of Irony.
'Free Wheeling'1931.
'The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse' 1936.
'I'm a Stranger Here Myself'1938
'Good Intentions' 1942
'Everyone But Thee and Me' 1962
'Marriage Lines' 1964
'A Posy for the Indisposed' 1970
'A Penny Saved' 1981
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