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botanical plant nameauthor abbreviation forbotanist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866-1948).
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Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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And tonight, as film-maker Michael Cockerell explores their world in tonight's edition of Great Offices of State on BBC4, Mario Dunn, the former special adviser to Alan Johnson, says a fair few special advisers – but not him – modelled themselves on the fictitious, foul-mouthed Tucker.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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"He wasn't the most ghastly hooligan we'd seen," one senior officer told Cockerell.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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The film-maker Michael Cockerell uses an article in the latest Standpoint magazine to recount the adventures of the late "brother leader" in the town in 1966.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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Fifty years ago this summer, Sir Christopher Cockerell publicly demonstrated the hovercraft.
Boing Boing 2009
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The special advisers Cockerell meets will be worth noting – David Cameron was one not long ago, as were Nick Clegg, George Osborne, Ed Balls and both Milibands.
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Priya ElanIn this new, three-part series, Michael Cockerell lifts the lid on the traditionally discreet and secretive world of the Cabinet Office.
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Tonight, Cockerell goes knocking on the doors of Whitehall's private offices.
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As Cockerell explains, the office was set up in the wake of the Somme fiasco in 1916 with a view to coordinating all government departments.
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John RobinsonThird instalment of this typically informed and witty series by Michael Cockerell.
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