What kind of girl are you interested in, sir?

NEWYORKER: The House Behind a Weeping Cherry

The profound concerns of the UK Statistics Authority at this kind of ministerial behaviour are reflected in a lecture Sir Michael gave at Cambridge University last year.

BBC: The difference between ��research�� and ��statistics��

But Sir Michael refused to "deliver some kind of handover note" to Lord Patten who he said was "quite capable of shaping his own agenda without any help from me".

BBC: Sir Michael Lyons: BBC strong despite gaffes

It said it had not included Sir Paul McCartney in the name because this kind of tribute tended to celebrate an entire life.

BBC: Yoko Ono

Sir John was sharp in order to be kind.

ECONOMIST: John Harvey-Jones

Sir Peter has repeatedly pronounced that the Greek mask works as a kind of discipline or container, within which ideas and emotions that would be unbearable otherwise can be expressed.

ECONOMIST: Theatre

Sir Ernst's bequest to art historians and art lovers of every kind had three elements.

ECONOMIST: Look and learn

Queen guitarist Brian May, who published a book on astronomy written with Sir Patrick, described him as a "dear friend, and a kind of father figure to me".

BBC: UK

Sir David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS in England, seems to be trapped in some kind of select committee groundhog day, at the moment.

BBC: Week ahead in committee

Another of Sir Richard's recommendations was that the decision on export licences should not be left to a kind of "wrangling" between the Foreign Office, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Defence.

BBC: Act on arms exports, warns Scott