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  • Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012
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    Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012
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    Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012

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  • Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012
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    Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012
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    Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012

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  • Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012
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    Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012
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    Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012

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  • Terry Pratchett - 2007
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    Terry Pratchett - 2007
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    Terry Pratchett on the film set of the tv production of 'The Colour of Magic'
    Terry Pratchett - 2007

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  • Terry Pratchett - 2007
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    Terry Pratchett - 2007
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    Terry Pratchett on the film set of the tv production of 'The Colour of Magic'
    Terry Pratchett - 2007

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  • Terry Pratchett to record songs for new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
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    Terry Pratchett to record songs for new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
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    Terry Pratchett to record songs for new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
    Terry Pratchett, the acclaimed creator of the Discworld series of books, who recently announced he had been diagnosed with a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, joined West End singers today to record the songs for new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', which is based on one of Terry's international best-selling book. Kerry Ellis, Elphaba in both the West End and Broadway productions of Wicked, Sharon D. Clarke, who originated the role of the Killer Queen in We Will Rock You, Zubin Varla, Judas in the last West End production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and Oliver Tompsett, currently playing Fiyero in Wicked, are just some of the top singers who will go into the recording studio to record 'Only You Can Save Mankind - The Album'. They will be joined by acclaimed cellist Zoe Martlew.
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  • Terry Pratchett to record songs for new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
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    Terry Pratchett to record songs for new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
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    Terry Pratchett to record songs for new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
    Terry Pratchett, the acclaimed creator of the Discworld series of books, who recently announced he had been diagnosed with a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, joined West End singers today to record the songs for new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', which is based on one of Terry's international best-selling book. Kerry Ellis, Elphaba in both the West End and Broadway productions of Wicked, Sharon D. Clarke, who originated the role of the Killer Queen in We Will Rock You, Zubin Varla, Judas in the last West End production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and Oliver Tompsett, currently playing Fiyero in Wicked, are just some of the top singers who will go into the recording studio to record 'Only You Can Save Mankind - The Album'. They will be joined by acclaimed cellist Zoe Martlew.
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  • Terry Pratchett  to record songs from a new sci-fi musical Only You Can Save Mankind , London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
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    Terry Pratchett to record songs from a new sci-fi musical Only You Can Save Mankind , London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
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    Terry Pratchett to record songs from a new sci-fi musical Only You Can Save Mankind , London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
    Terry Pratchett, the acclaimed creator of the Discworld series of books, who recently announced he had been diagnosed with a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, joined West End singers today to record the songs for new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', which is based on one of Terry's international best-selling book. Kerry Ellis, Elphaba in both the West End and Broadway productions of Wicked, Sharon D. Clarke, who originated the role of the Killer Queen in We Will Rock You, Zubin Varla, Judas in the last West End production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and Oliver Tompsett, currently playing Fiyero in Wicked, are just some of the top singers who will go into the recording studio to record 'Only You Can Save Mankind - The Album'. They will be joined by acclaimed cellist Zoe Martlew.
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  • Terry Pratchett  to record songs from a new sci-fi musical Only You Can Save Mankind , London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
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    Terry Pratchett to record songs from a new sci-fi musical Only You Can Save Mankind , London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
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    Terry Pratchett to record songs from a new sci-fi musical Only You Can Save Mankind , London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
    Terry Pratchett, the acclaimed creator of the Discworld series of books, who recently announced he had been diagnosed with a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, joined West End singers today to record the songs for new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', which is based on one of Terry's international best-selling book. Kerry Ellis, Elphaba in both the West End and Broadway productions of Wicked, Sharon D. Clarke, who originated the role of the Killer Queen in We Will Rock You, Zubin Varla, Judas in the last West End production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and Oliver Tompsett, currently playing Fiyero in Wicked, are just some of the top singers who will go into the recording studio to record 'Only You Can Save Mankind - The Album'. They will be joined by acclaimed cellist Zoe Martlew.
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  • Terry Pratchett  to record songs from a new sci-fi musical Only You Can Save Mankind , London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
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    Terry Pratchett to record songs from a new sci-fi musical Only You Can Save Mankind , London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
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    Terry Pratchett to record songs from a new sci-fi musical Only You Can Save Mankind , London, Britain - 30 Mar 2009
    Terry Pratchett, the acclaimed creator of the Discworld series of books, who recently announced he had been diagnosed with a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, joined West End singers today to record the songs for new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', which is based on one of Terry's international best-selling book. Kerry Ellis, Elphaba in both the West End and Broadway productions of Wicked, Sharon D. Clarke, who originated the role of the Killer Queen in We Will Rock You, Zubin Varla, Judas in the last West End production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and Oliver Tompsett, currently playing Fiyero in Wicked, are just some of the top singers who will go into the recording studio to record 'Only You Can Save Mankind - The Album'. They will be joined by acclaimed cellist Zoe Martlew.
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  • Investitures at Buckingham Palace, London, Britain - 18 Feb 2009
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    Investitures at Buckingham Palace, London, Britain - 18 Feb 2009
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    Investitures at Buckingham Palace, London, Britain - 18 Feb 2009
    Sir Terry Pratchett has suggested that the multimillion-pound bonuses which would have been paid to Royal Bank of Scotland staff could instead be spent helping to treat dementia patients. The author, who is best known for his hugely popular Discworld series of novels, made the comments after receiving a knighthood from the Queen. The 60-year-old, who has sold more than 55 million books worldwide, announced last year that he has early onset Alzheimer's - a rare form of the disease. Dressed in a top hat and morning suit and commenting after the ceremony at Buckingham Palace the writer said: "Everybody thinks the Government should be doing more about everything but just think how many of the bonuses which are quite rightly being dragged off certain people, just think to what good causes they could be put - wouldn't that be a lovely thought?"
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  • Edinburgh International Book Festival, Scotland, Britain - 16 Aug 2008
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    Edinburgh International Book Festival, Scotland, Britain - 16 Aug 2008
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    Edinburgh International Book Festival, Scotland, Britain - 16 Aug 2008

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  • Edinburgh International Book Festival, Scotland, Britain - 16 Aug 2008
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    Edinburgh International Book Festival, Scotland, Britain - 16 Aug 2008
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    Edinburgh International Book Festival, Scotland, Britain - 16 Aug 2008

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  • Terry Pratchett at home near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain - 04 Jun 2008
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    Terry Pratchett at home near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain - 04 Jun 2008
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    Terry Pratchett at home near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain - 04 Jun 2008

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  • Terry Pratchett at home near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain - 04 Jun 2008
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    Terry Pratchett at home near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain - 04 Jun 2008
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    Terry Pratchett at home near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain - 04 Jun 2008

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  • Terry Pratchett at his home near Salisbury, Britain - 19 Mar 2008
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    Terry Pratchett at his home near Salisbury, Britain - 19 Mar 2008
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    Terry Pratchett at his home near Salisbury, Britain - 19 Mar 2008
    British fantasy, science fiction writer who was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s and has sold more than 55 million books worldwide. This week he said he will donate $1 million to fund research into Alzheimer's disease, the incurable illness he was diagnosed with last year.
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  • Terry Pratchett at his home near Salisbury, Britain - 19 Mar 2008
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    Terry Pratchett at his home near Salisbury, Britain - 19 Mar 2008
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    Terry Pratchett at his home near Salisbury, Britain - 19 Mar 2008
    British fantasy, science fiction writer who was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s and has sold more than 55 million books worldwide. This week he said he will donate $1 million to fund research into Alzheimer's disease, the incurable illness he was diagnosed with last year.
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  • Terry Pratchett book signing, Vienna, Austria - 13 Sep 2006
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    Terry Pratchett book signing, Vienna, Austria - 13 Sep 2006
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    Terry Pratchett book signing, Vienna, Austria - 13 Sep 2006

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  • TERRY PRATCHETT - JUNE 2002
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    TERRY PRATCHETT - JUNE 2002
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    TERRY PRATCHETT - JUNE 2002

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  • Terry Pratchett Writer and Author
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    Terry Pratchett Writer and Author
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    Terry Pratchett Writer and Author
    Terry Pratchett Writer and Author

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  • Terry Pratchett Portrait Shoot
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    Terry Pratchett Portrait Shoot
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    London United Kingdom - September 18: Portrait Of English Fantasy Author Sir Terry Pratchett Photographed To Promote The 40th Novel In His Discworld Series Raising Steam On September 18
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    LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 18: Portrait of English fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett, photographed to promote the 40th novel in his Discworld series, Raising Steam, on September 18, 2013. (Photo by Kevin Nixon/SFX Magazine)
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  • Terry Pratchett Writer and Author
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    Terry Pratchett Writer and Author
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    Terry Pratchett Writer and Author

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  • Terry Pratchett Portrait Shoot
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    Terry Pratchett Portrait Shoot
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    London United Kingdom - September 18: Portrait Of English Fantasy Author Sir Terry Pratchett Photographed To Promote The 40th Novel In His Discworld Series Raising Steam On September 18
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    LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 18: Portrait of English fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett, photographed to promote the 40th novel in his Discworld series, Raising Steam, on September 18, 2013. (Photo by Kevin Nixon/SFX Magazine)
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  • TERRY PRATCHETT AT HOME - 1998
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    TERRY PRATCHETT AT HOME - 1998
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    TERRY PRATCHETT AT HOME - 1998

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  • TERRY PRATCHETT AT HIS HOME IN WILTSHIRE.  22/10/01
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    TERRY PRATCHETT AT HIS HOME IN WILTSHIRE. 22/10/01
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    TERRY PRATCHETT AT HIS HOME IN WILTSHIRE. 22/10/01
    TERRY PRATCHETT AT HIS HOME IN WILTSHIRE. 22/10/01

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  • People
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    Portrait of writer Terry Pratchett
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  • TERRY PRATCHETT AT HIS HOME IN WILTSHIRE.  22/10/01
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    TERRY PRATCHETT AT HIS HOME IN WILTSHIRE. 22/10/01
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    TERRY PRATCHETT AT HIS HOME IN WILTSHIRE. 22/10/01
    TERRY PRATCHETT AT HIS HOME IN WILTSHIRE. 22/10/01

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  • People
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    Portrait of writer Terry Pratchett
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  • Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012
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    Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012
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    Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012

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  • Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012
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    Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012
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    Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012

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  • Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012
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    Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012
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    Terry Pratchett at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, Britain - 24 Aug 2012

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  • Sir Terry Pratchett - Portrait Shoot - June 2011
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    Sir Terry Pratchett - Portrait Shoot - June 2011
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    Sir Terry Pratchett - Portrait Shoot - June 2011

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  • Sir Terry Pratchett - Portrait Shoot - June 2011
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    Sir Terry Pratchett - Portrait Shoot - June 2011
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    Sir Terry Pratchett - Portrait Shoot - June 2011

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  • Terry Pratchett Interview
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    Terry Pratchett Interview

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  • Terry Pratchett Interview
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  • Terry Pratchett Portrait Shoot
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    Terry Pratchett Portrait Shoot
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    Terry Pratchett Portrait Shoot

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  • The Telegraph Hay Festival, Hay on Wye, Powys, Wales, Britain - 06 Jun 2012
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    The Telegraph Hay Festival, Hay on Wye, Powys, Wales, Britain - 06 Jun 2012
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    The Telegraph Hay Festival, Hay on Wye, Powys, Wales, Britain - 06 Jun 2012

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  • RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London, Britain - 23 May 2011
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    RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London, Britain - 23 May 2011
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    RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London, Britain - 23 May 2011

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  • RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London, Britain - 23 May 2011
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    RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London, Britain - 23 May 2011
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    RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London, Britain - 23 May 2011

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  • Sir Terry Pratchett with the sword he forged from his own iron ore, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain - 18 Sep 2010
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    Sir Terry Pratchett with the sword he forged from his own iron ore, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain - 18 Sep 2010
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    Sir Terry Pratchett with the sword he forged from his own iron ore, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain - 18 Sep 2010
    It may sound like something from one of his books but a sword made out of a meteorite is no fantasy for Terry Pratchett. The fantasy writer, creator of the phenomenally successful Discworld series, decided that he needed a suitable sword after being knighted by the Queen last year. Wanting to make the sword wholly his own the newly titled 'Sir' set out to collect, smelt and mould his very own weapon. First of all he dug up his own iron ore which he then smelted in the grounds of his house, using a makeshift kiln fuelled by sheep manure and constructed from clay and hay. According to the 62-year-old author, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, he also threw in several pieces of meteorites, or "thunderbolt iron". What followed was days of hammering the metal into bars that Sir Terry took to the local blacksmith to be shaped it into his very own heavenly blade, which was finished off with silverwork.
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  • Sir Terry Pratchett with the sword he forged from his own iron ore, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain - 18 Sep 2010
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    Sir Terry Pratchett with the sword he forged from his own iron ore, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain - 18 Sep 2010
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    Sir Terry Pratchett at home near Salisbury with the sword that he forged from scratch
    Sir Terry Pratchett with the sword he forged from his own iron ore, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain - 18 Sep 2010
    It may sound like something from one of his books but a sword made out of a meteorite is no fantasy for Terry Pratchett. The fantasy writer, creator of the phenomenally successful Discworld series, decided that he needed a suitable sword after being knighted by the Queen last year. Wanting to make the sword wholly his own the newly titled 'Sir' set out to collect, smelt and mould his very own weapon. First of all he dug up his own iron ore which he then smelted in the grounds of his house, using a makeshift kiln fuelled by sheep manure and constructed from clay and hay. According to the 62-year-old author, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, he also threw in several pieces of meteorites, or "thunderbolt iron". What followed was days of hammering the metal into bars that Sir Terry took to the local blacksmith to be shaped it into his very own heavenly blade, which was finished off with silverwork.
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  • Sir Terry Pratchett receives honorary doctorate for services to literature from the University of Winchester, Britain - 23 Oct 2009
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    Sir Terry Pratchett receives honorary doctorate for services to literature from the University of Winchester, Britain - 23 Oct 2009
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    Sir Terry Pratchett receives honorary doctorate for services to literature from the University of Winchester, Britain - 23 Oct 2009

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  • Sir Terry Pratchett receives honorary doctorate for services to literature from the University of Winchester, Britain - 23 Oct 2009
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    Sir Terry Pratchett receives honorary doctorate for services to literature from the University of Winchester, Britain - 23 Oct 2009
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    Sir Terry Pratchett receives honorary doctorate for services to literature from the University of Winchester, Britain - 23 Oct 2009

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  • Sir Terry Pratchett receives honorary doctorate for services to literature from the University of Winchester, Britain - 23 Oct 2009
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    Sir Terry Pratchett receives honorary doctorate for services to literature from the University of Winchester, Britain - 23 Oct 2009
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    Sir Terry Pratchett receives honorary doctorate for services to literature from the University of Winchester, Britain - 23 Oct 2009

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  • Terry Pratchett 'Discworld' inspired street names in Wincanton, Somerset, Britain - 05 Apr 2009
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    Terry Pratchett 'Discworld' inspired street names in Wincanton, Somerset, Britain - 05 Apr 2009
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    Terry Pratchett 'Discworld' inspired street names in Wincanton, Somerset, Britain - 05 Apr 2009
    Legendary author Sir Terry Pratchett visited the Somerset town of Wincanton to unveil Discworld-inspired road names to be used at George Wimpey's new Kingwell Rise development. Hundreds of Discworld fans, many in costume, descended on Wincanton's High Street to see the author announce the names. The housebuilder Wimpey had previously asked local residents to vote for their favourite road name from a shortlist of 14 suggested by Sir Terry. Sir Terry Pratchett said: "I think it's a lovely idea, even though it makes my head spin to think of the books becoming a little closer to reality. And they are nice names, even though I say it myself. Personally, I'd pay good money to live somewhere called Treacle Mine Road!" Wincanton already has strong ties with Discworld, officially twinning in 2002 with the fictional city of Ankh-Morpork from the novels and becoming the first UK town to link with a place that doesn't actually exist.
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