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earl of clarendon;piccadilly;clarendon house Clarendon House was a town mansion which stood on Piccadilly in London, England, from the 1660s to the 1680s. It was built for the powerful politician Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, and was the grandest private London residence of its era. |
devonshire house;mayfair;piccadilly;devonshire;burlington house;hyde's;denham After the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660, new houses began to spring up in the West End to accommodate Charles II's courtiers. Piccadilly was little more than a country lane, but the land to the north of it was just beginning to be used for housing; the next several decades would see the development of the whole of this area, which was to become London's leading aristocratic residential district, Mayfair. Two other celebrated mansions were built close to Hyde's at around the same time. To the east Sir John Denham was building the house that later became Burlington House, and to the west Lord Berkeley was building Berkeley House, later Devonshire House. |
pratt's;clarendon house Lord Clarendon acquired the 8-acre (3.2 ha) site for his house by royal grant in 1664. Ironically in view of later events he always maintained that he had been reluctant to build such an ostentatious house, but was unable to rent any suitable mansion. Clarendon House was built between that year and 1667 to designs by Roger Pratt. It was set well back from the street behind a courtyard. The central section had nine bays and the two side wings were each three bays wide. The house was built on the double pile plan, meaning that it was two rooms deep, and had two main storeys of roughly equal height. There was a raised basement below and a tall attic storey with dormer windows above. The roof was flat and balustraded and topped with a cupola. The style was typical of the English fashion of the day, clearly influenced by classical principles, symmetrical and pedimented, but lacking any classical orders. Little is known about the interior layout beyond what can be surmised from the exterior, from Pratt's other works, and from the conventions of the time. It probably had a large top lit central staircase hall and a series of state apartments. It had 101 hearths. |
lincolnshire;john evelyn;clarendon house;belton house;john summerson;summerson;belton Clarendon House was praised both by contemporaries and by later architectural critics. John Evelyn thought it was "the best contriv'd, the most useful, graceful and magnificent house in England". Three hundred years later, John Summerson wrote: "Clarendon House was among the first great classical houses to be built in London and easily the most striking of them." It was to prove an influential model for future English houses, but its impact was felt much more in the design of country houses than London mansions. Belton House in Lincolnshire, which is sometimes said to be the exemplar of the English country house, was closely based on Clarendon House. |
pepys;samuel pepys In 1667, the same year that his house was finished, Clarendon fell from favour. His image had not been helped by the grandeur of his mansion, which is believed to have cost around £40,000. Among the many allegations against him it was charged that he had appropriated stone intended for repairs to St. Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire to build his house. That same year, on 14 June 1667, Samuel Pepys recorded in his diary: "...some rude people have been... at my Lord Clarendon's where they cut down the trees before his house and broke his windows." In response to the allegations, the King abandoned his former favourite. In 1667, Clarendon fled to France, where he died in 1674. |
albemarle;duke of albemarle;dover street;dover;christopher monck;clarendon house;monck;albemarle street In 1675, his heirs sold Clarendon House to Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, for £26,000, and in 1683, Albemarle resold it to a consortium of investors led by Sir Thomas Bond. Bond demolished it and built Dover Street, Albemarle Street, and Bond Street on the site. Albemarle Street ran right through the centre of the site of the house, which had faced directly down St. James's Street. |
piccadilly;susanna gregory;thomas chaloner;chaloner The building of the house and the resentment it caused are major elements in The Piccadilly Plot, the seventh of the Thomas Chaloner series of mystery novels by Susanna Gregory. |
thorold The London Rich by Peter Thorold (1999) ISBN 0-670-87480-9 |
allo;allo allo This is a list of all main and recurring characters of BBC television's sitcom Allo Allo! that ran from 1982 until 1992 and 85 episodes. |
artois;rene artois Rene Artois |
yvette carte blanche;rene's;edith;carte;artois;francois;germans;passionate love;gorden kaye;yvette;carte blanche;gorden Rene Francois Artois (Gorden Kaye) – The local cafe proprietor who, whilst trying to remain impartial, has been dragged into the war by both sides. The Germans are threatening to shoot him if he does not secretly hide stolen valuables; the Resistance is using his cafe as a safe-house for shot-down British airmen; and on top of that, he is trying to keep his passionate love affairs with the cafe waitresses secret from his wife. Whenever his wife Edith catches him in the arms of another woman, Rene invariably responds with the phrase "You stupid woman! Can you not see that..." followed by a convoluted explanation, which Edith always believes, leading to an apology from her. Rene does not care much for his mother-in-law, often referring to her as a "silly old bat!" Each episode starts with scenery, costumes or props from the end of the previous episode, and (usually) Rene opens each episode with a monologue to the camera starting "You may be wondering why..." and proceeding to describe the situation he finds himself in, and to summarise the previous episode. Rene's only love is for his waitress/mistress Yvette Carte Blanche. |
artois;edith artois;edith Edith Artois |
bertorelli;carmen silvera;rene's;alberto;alfonse;captain alberto bertorelli;monsieur;olding;silvera;edith;i don't deserve you;the waitresses;artois;melba;monsieur alfonse;carmen Edith Melba Artois (nee La Fan) (Carmen Silvera) – Rene's wife, and the cafe's resident cabaret performer. However, her singing is so bad and tuneless (as Rene is once heard to comment: "my wife, who cannot carry a tune in a bucket...") that the cafe's customers stick cheese in their ears to block out the noise. Whilst Rene views her with disdain, she is also the subject of much romantic wooing by the local undertaker Monsieur Alfonse and the Italian Captain Alberto Bertorelli. Occasionally however there are hints of affection between the two, notably when reminiscing about their courtship. When Edith recreates their honeymoon dinner for their wedding anniversary Rene tells her "I don't deserve you" with apparent sincerity. Whenever she finds Rene embracing one of the waitresses, she usually asks "Rene! What are you doing olding that servant girl in your arms?". While Rene is constantly feted as the hero of the resistance it is usually Edith who comes up with the solution to any problem. |
zem;alfonse;edith;edith's;madame fanny la fan;she bangs;germans;ze;nighties;undertakers Madame Fanny La Fan (Rose Hill) – Edith's mother. She lives in an attic above the cafe, lying in bed wearing white nighties and a goffered cap. This is also where the British airmen and the radio (complete with "Ze flashing knobs!") are hidden. When she wants attention she bangs her walking stick on the floor, and cries out "Will nobody ear the cries of a poor old woman?" She is partial to a glass of gin, and occasionally fills in for her daughter as part of the cafe cabaret, although her singing is just as bad (if not worse). She also hates the Germans, as evidenced by saying "The Germans, I spit on zem", after which she actually spits, usually to the side of the bed. Her attitude towards M. Alfonse varies from one episode to the next, she often says that he would make a better husband for Edith than Rene, but she will also hurl pottery at him from her bedroom window because she does not like undertakers. |
yvette;yvette carte-blanche Yvette Carte-Blanche |
whisk;appy;yvette carte-blanche;geneva;vicki;vicki michelle;rumbles;yvette Yvette Carte-Blanche (Vicki Michelle) – Head waitress/mistress at the cafe. She is passionately in love with Rene, and wants to elope with him to Geneva in Switzerland, but cannot do so because Rene has to stay with his wife. She is also responsible for entertaining the German officers, upstairs at the cafe with wet celery and a flying helmet; and sometimes with an egg whisk (exactly how these accessories are used remains unclear). In her intimate moments with Rene, she throws her arms around him and rumbles an elongated, deep growl of "Ooooooh, Rene." Often clinched in the kitchen, "I was just anging up ze knockwurst when I remembered all ze appy times we ad in ere." |
recamier;maria recamier Maria Recamier |
francesca gonshaw;maria recamier;gonshaw;red cross parcel;yvette;recamier;francesca Maria Recamier (Francesca Gonshaw) (series 1 to 3) – Another waitress, who is also in love with Rene. She has no idea that Rene loves Yvette, and also believes that Rene should run away with her. She is short statured and many of the jokes play on her small size. "May I get you something...that is not on a high shelf?" When she speaks she has the tendency to spit when she rolls her "r"s. She disguises herself as a Red Cross parcel after sneaking into the British POW camp's mail room in the episode Camp Dance', but unfortunately gets sent back to Switzerland after failing to put enough stamps on. |
dubois;michelle dubois Michelle Dubois |
charles de gaulle;vital information;kirsten;gaulle;zis;dubois;kirsten cooke Michelle "of the Resistance" Dubois (Kirsten Cooke) – Leader of the local "French Charles de Gaulle (the one with the big ooter) Resistance", she devises elaborate plans to help British airmen escape, and to blow up German ammunition trains and lorries. Whenever she concocts a plan, she gathers everyone around and issues her instruction, "Listen very carefully, I shall say zis only once!", followed by the vital information. Whenever her plans are thwarted by someone's stupidity, she rebukes that person, "You fool!" She pretends to fall in love with Rene, but only to stop him leaving the Resistance. Michelle is also the only French character in the series who speaks English (see Languages). |
leclerc;monsieur;monsieur roger leclerc;roger leclerc Monsieur Roger Leclerc |
monsieur roger leclerc;haig;monsieur;leclerc;roger leclerc;jack haig;ze Monsieur Roger Leclerc (Jack Haig) (series 1 to 5) – The Resistance's elderly forger, master of disguises (all of them unconvincing), and cafe piano player. He is responsible for delivering to the cafe various goods such as batteries, bombs, and radio equipment. He does this in a variety of disguises, ranging from an onion seller to a lost mountain hiker. On delivery Leclerc always says, "It is I, Leclerc", accompanied by a raising of his glasses to reveal his identity. He seems to think that he is good at disguise even though he is always instantly recognisable; Rene once remarks: "Man of a thousand faces, every one the same!" and on another occasion, "I know. It is you. Leclerc." He is also the childhood sweetheart of Madame Fanny, and often pops up out of her bed whenever Fanny says "Ze flashing knobs!", only to be pushed back down. He is an escaped convict. |
monsieur;monsieur alfonse;alfonse Monsieur Alfonse |
alfonse;monsieur;edith;leclerc;monsieur alfonse;kenneth connor Monsieur Alfonse (Kenneth Connor) – "Alfonse, the half Belgian undertaker, swiftly and with style." He is in love with Madame Edith, often wooing her with flowers and the prospect of living above the mortuary. He has a serious heart condition, causing his "dicky ticker" to go into overdrive when he glimpses the women's underclothing. He often helps the Resistance. When he hears that Rene is to remarry Madame Edith he challenges him to a duel, from which Rene eventually escapes, disguised as a woman. Rene is thereafter proclaimed by Alfonse as the Hero of the Resistance – "The bravest transvestite in all France". Alfonse is later due to officiate at the remarriage of Rene and Edith himself, in his capacity as Deputy Mayor, only to faint due to his "dicky ticker". He has set up a tunnel from his mortuary to the British POW camp to smuggle in the airmen. Funds for the Resistance, borrowed from him, are forged by Leclerc on their return – unfortunately leading Alfonse to feel generous and spend the money on a party at the cafe. |
klinkerhoffen Erich von Klinkerhoffen |
hubert gruber;hilary minster;hubert;klinkerhoffen;germans;gruber;strohm;minster;gestapo Major-General Erich von Klinkerhoffen (Hilary Minster) – A ruthless commander. He always threatens to have French peasants shot when the Resistance attacks the Germans. He occupies a rather grand chateau, where he is wooed by the serving girls as part of a Resistance mission to steal the knockwurst. He is later implicated in a plot to blow up Hitler, based on a conversation, misheard by the Gestapo, of a plan for a birthday party, with Hitler's painting at the head of the table, and the "blowing-up" is actually just the inflating of the balloons, by Lt. Hubert Gruber. Von Klinkerhoffen is almost universally disliked by von Strohm and the other Germans – who unsuccessfully plot his assassination on more than one occasion. |
strohm;kurt;colonel kurt von strohm Colonel Kurt von Strohm |
godson;kurt;herr;captain hans geering;geering;marner;flick;the waitresses;colonel kurt von strohm;comb over;heinrich himmler;gateau;richard marner;strohm;vinning;himmler Colonel Kurt von Strohm (Richard Marner) – The corrupt German town commandant. He is kept occupied by hiding valuable local paintings and antiques, which he intends to sell after the war. He frequently visits the cafe, where the waitresses provide him with much entertainment. He always gets Rene to do his dirty work, threatening him with the line "Othervise I vill have you shot!", with Captain Hans Geering agreeing in a high pitched voice, "He vould, he did it before!" Hiding his baldness with a comb over, overweight, bumbling and greedy, the Colonel often promises Rene a cut of the profits but is quick to take them away. He exclaims with a big smug smile, "Ve are vinning ze var. I am a German officer and I can shoot anyone I like!". In episode 1 of series 8, Colonel von Strohm refers to himself as Erich. He also in his prewar life owned a gateau factory in the Black Forest when threatened by Heinrich Himmler for holding his Godson Herr Flick under arrest. |
lieutenant hubert gruber;hubert gruber;hubert;gruber Lieutenant Hubert Gruber |
the firing squad;hubert gruber;hubert;colonel's;geering;helga;lieutenant hubert gruber;siner;gruber;guy siner Lieutenant Hubert Gruber (Guy Siner) – A German officer who has been reassigned following service on the Eastern Front. He is implied to be homosexual and seems to have a crush on Rene, although in the final episode he is revealed to have married Helga after the war. He is also responsible for forging certain pieces of art. He owns a "little tank" (which we later find out to be called Hubert Jr.), driven by the unseen Clarence. Gruber is in charge of the firing squad that shoots Rene (unbeknownst to Gruber, with blanks) and feels terribly guilty about the incident. He takes over from Captain Geering as the Colonel's assistant after the captain is captured by the British. |
captain hans geering;geering Captain Hans Geering |
pretty maids;strohm;herr;captain hans geering;geering;luft;edith;heil;fuhrer;stalag;maids;germans;nighthawk;stalag luft Captain Hans Geering (Sam Kelly) (series 1 to 4, series 7) – Original assistant to Colonel von Strohm, he has various characteristics that run counter to the stereotype of a Nazi officer (for example, he is not at all shocked to discover that his uniform is being made by a Jewish tailor). He frequently visits the cafe. He is mistaken for a British airman in Camp Dance and sent to Britain. He returns briefly in one episode of series 7, having accidentally become a trusted member of Britain's intelligence service. He is astonished to discover that his friends Rene and Edith are actually the mysterious "Nighthawk", but is happy in his new life, having become a naturalised British subject. He is notable for his odd pronunciation of "colonel" which usually sounds like "Colon-Nell" (as if he were speaking French). Whenever the Germans have to salute the Fuhrer, Geering often heralds him by saying "-tler!" instead of the full salute. In a 2007 BBC special, Kelly says about his character that "Hans was just too lazy to say the whole sentence". Rumours that the actor refused to give the regular salute are false. In the second series episode "Herr Flick's Revenge" and the third series episodes "Flight of Fancy", "Pretty Maids All in a Row" and "The Great Un-Escape", the Hans Geering character gives the full "Heil Hitler" salute. Kelly also went on to play Hitler himself in Stalag Luft in 1993. |
herr otto flick;herr;otto flick;flick Herr Otto Flick |
geerhart;fick;double-breasted;kitter;birdie;richard gibson;bertorelli;herr;leather gloves;smallhausen;gavin richards;david janson;roger kitter;himmler;gavin;pigeon post;flick;sturmbannfuhrer;otto flick;heinrich himmler;herr otto flick;janson;smokie;helga;ahh;watch the birdie;vot;gestapo Herr Otto Flick (Richard Gibson, series 1 to 8; David Janson, series 9) – The local Gestapo officer who tries to show as little emotion as possible. He dresses in a long leather double-breasted coat over a pinstriped suit, with a wide-brimmed leather hat, leather gloves and octagonal steel-rimmed glasses. In the episode "Watch the Birdie" (series 5, episode 9), he is shown wearing an SS uniform with the insignia of Sturmbannfuhrer, and he may actually hold that rank, given that he is the godson of Heinrich Himmler (whose telephone number, according to Herr Flick, is "Berlin 1"). He fancies the equally blonde Helga Geerhart, whom he plans to marry after the war. He has a considerably exaggerated limp, and frequently uses the word Gestapo as an adjective: "My powerful Gestapo binoculars", "My Gestapo staff car" etc. In one episode he answers the phone by announcing himself as "Flick, the Gestapo"; after a short period, he is forced to explain to the caller that he said "Flick, the Gestapo" and not "Fick [German for the f-word'] the Gestapo". Herr Flick often hits von Smallhausen on the head with his cane, saying "Wrong!" When Herr Flick wants Helga to kiss him, he will say in a stern manner "You may kiss me now!" In the episode "Pigeon Post", it is revealed that he has the same taste in undergarments as Helga. Inviting Helga to the Gestapo dance, he explains their song, which is sung to the tune of "Hokey-Cokey": "You put your left boot in! You take your left boot out! You do a lot of shouting and you shake your fists about! You light a little smokie and you burn down ze town! Zat's vot it's all about! Ahh... Himmler, Himmler, Himmler...". When Richard Gibson decided not to return for the final series, the change of actors was explained by Herr Flick having had plastic surgery to avoid capture by approaching Allied forces, rather than being a straightforward recast – such as when Roger Kitter replaced Gavin Richards as Captain Bertorelli. |
geerhart;private helga geerhart;helga Private Helga Geerhart |
geerhart;colonel's;herr;kim hartman;general von klinkerhoffen;klinkerhoffen;helga;private helga geerhart;flick;helga's;lance;hartman Private Helga Geerhart (Kim Hartman) – The Colonel's secretary, and lover of Herr Flick. She is well-built, and known for a tendency to take off her clothes for tenuous reasons, showcasing a vast range of lingerie. She says, "When he's like this I always find it's best to strip off and ask questions later". When inquiring how they are going to be together after the war, he says: "I will take you for long walks on a short lead". Helga's attempts to seduce Herr Flick usually have no effect. Typically these include a particularly vigorous kiss. When announcing visitors to the Colonel's office, Helga always yells at the top of her voice, for example, "GENERAL VON KLINKERHOFFEN!" and "GO A-VAY!" Helga was a Lance Corporal for several episodes. |
carstairs Officers Fairfax and Carstairs |
lieutenants;carstairs;nicholas frankau;germans;moustaches;toodle;rp;frankau RAF Flight Lieutenants Fairfax and Carstairs (John D. Collins and Nicholas Frankau) (series 1–7, series 9) – Two British airmen who are trying to get back to the United Kingdom, their plane having been shot down. Emerging from where they are hiding, they say "Hello!" with an exaggerated upper-class English accent. When talking to one another, Fairfax or Carstairs always start with the words "I say, Fairfax/Carstairs...". On discovery of the tunnel to the British POW camp, all the cafe staff are trapped there, including the Resistance and the hostage German officers, who then all have to adopt exaggerated RP accents as POWs, with large moustaches and flying helmets. On inspection by the German camp guards, they stand to attention saying cliches like "Toodle pip! Good Show! Bang on! Old fruit!" Humour is also derived from the French not being able to understand what the British airmen are saying, in order to illustrate this, upper-class English accents and French accents are used to distinguish between the two languages. One of the minor characters of the show remarks on Fairfax and Carstairs origin being from 402 Squadron, although in reality this was a Canadian RAF Squadron, whereas both characters are from England. In season 8, it is said that they have returned to England, but they return in the final season, having been captured by the Germans on D-Day. |
smallhausen;engelbert von smallhausen;engelbert;herr Herr Engelbert von Smallhausen |
engelbert;herr;smallhausen;handley;tommy handley;flick;john louis mansi;hypnotised;mansi;engelbert von smallhausen;gestapo Herr Engelbert von Smallhausen (John Louis Mansi) (series 2 to 9) – Herr Flick's assistant. Dressed exactly like Herr Flick but only half as tall. He also copies his exaggerated limp. He often suggests stupid plans and ideas, only for them to be put down by Herr Flick. He once delivered an out-of-date ransom note from the Resistance, saying "It vas tied around a brick and thrown at my head – I have only just regained consciousness!" He once turned up at Herr Flick's dungeon banging on the door without success. The door then explodes and he enters over the wreckage to say apologetically "I forgot my key!"; Herr Flick then berates him for the misuse of Gestapo dynamite. He is often sent on spying missions or to eavesdrop on the radio, but he likes listening to Tommy Handley. When hypnotised in one episode, he reveals that his real name is Bobby Cedric von Smallhausen. He studied at Oxford University some time before the war, making him (in Flick's view) a useful source of information about English culture. |
crabtree;officer crabtree Officer Crabtree |
airmen's;shats;naples;captain alberto bertorelli;heil;farty;knockers;pish;hael;potty;nipples;yvette;bertorelli;officer crabtree;alberto;smallhausen;germans;pimped;unfortunately;pimping;crabtree;flick;pissing;arthur bostrom;crabtree's;i admit;bostrom;mussolini;poops Officer (Captain) Crabtree (Arthur Bostrom) (series 2 to 9) – A British spy posing as a French police officer. Unfortunately, his French is weak and he is invariably unable to use the correct vowel sounds, which means that sometimes he is quite incomprehensible, most famously in his usual greeting "Good moaning!" (which he is even heard to use at night). Despite this, the Germans never seem to suspect him. To quote a notable example: "I was pissing by the door when I heard two shats. You are holding in your hind a smoking goon. You are clearly the guilty potty!" Another, during an air raid, is: "They have had a direct hot on the pimps!" "The pimps?" "The pimps! The pimps in the pimping station! No water is being pimped down the poops!" To repair the airmen's air balloon: "You must get your hands on girl's knockers. At least farty, maybe fifty." And: "I am mauving in a ginger fashion becerrs my poloceman's pints are full of dinamote!" He then unbuttons his flies and slowly pulls out several large knockwurst in front of the watching cafe patrons. After Crabtree is introduced in the series, Yvette frequently announces him as "That idiot British officer who thinks he can speak French". He says, "I admit my Fronch cod be butter." Another example comes when Officer Crabtree mistakes Captain Alberto Bertorelli for a German officer, addressing him with a raised hand and: "Hole Hotler!" (as taken from script) instead of "Heil Hitler!" When Captain Bertorelli points out he is actually Italian, Officer Crabtree responds with: "Hael Missuloni!" instead of "Hail Mussolini!" When Flick and von Smallhausen (in disguise as "vinkle" salesmen) comment on his strange accent, he tells them he's from "Nipples" (Naples). When they can't understand the answer, he frustratingly states "You know...See Nipples and do!". There is additional "explanation" in S6E6 when Agent Grace, who appears to be Crabtree's girlfriend, explains that when they were both training, "they trooned us to talk pish", i.e. posh. Ironically Arthur Bostrom was the one cast member who could speak fluent French. |
mimi labonq;labonq Mimi Labonq |
mimi labonq;sue hodge;hodge;labonq;germans;sue Mimi Labonq (Sue Hodge) (series 4 to 9) – The replacement waitress for Maria, she is also short in stature. She is a member of the Resistance with a bloodthirsty hatred of the Germans, and a secret mission to kill the "German swines", often after wooing them – her address on her card is "straight up the stairs, first on the left past the linen cupboard". She also has a bit of a fancy for Rene. |
strohm;yvette;germans;the waitresses It is heavily hinted that the waitresses supplement their income by prostitution with the Germans, and Yvette frequently entices Colonel von Strohm with the promise of using "the flying helmet and the wet celery". Precisely how these are to be used is never made clear. |
bertorelli;captain alberto bertorelli;alberto Captain Alberto Bertorelli |
bertorelli;alberto;geering;gavin;captain alberto bertorelli;edith;fuhrer;gavin richards;mussolini;kitter;roger kitter;gruber;strohm;abyssinia Captain Alberto Bertorelli (Gavin Richards, series 4 to 6; Roger Kitter, series 7) – An Italian officer who is seconded to Colonel von Strohm as liaison between the German and Italian forces in the prelude to the proposed invasion of Great Britain, and as a replacement for Captain Geering. He has an eye for the ladies and is known as a womaniser, often using the phrase "Da Beautiful-a Laydee. I kiss-a de hand-a". When saluting the Fuhrer, Bertorelli instead says "Heil-a Mussolini", and when things go wrong he always says "What a mistake-a to make-a!" His Italian troops are unprofessional and always run away. In greeting, he kisses everybody except Gruber whom he knows about and so shakes his hand. Famously asked about his medals: "The first row are for service in Abyssinia. The second row are for service in North Africa". The last row? "They are for servicing Fiats!" Later he puts on a big feast for Madame Edith and is seen to put some of the olive oil on his hair. |
leclerc;monsieur;monsieur ernest leclerc Monsieur Ernest Leclerc |
haig;monsieur;derek royle;leclerc;royle;roger leclerc;robin parkinson;monsieur ernest leclerc;jack haig;parkinson Monsieur Ernest Leclerc (Derek Royle, [series 6]; Robin Parkinson, [series 7 to 9]) – This character was introduced to the series after the sudden death of Jack Haig (the actor who played Roger Leclerc), as his brother. He has many of the same characteristics, and is also a former childhood sweetheart of Madame Fanny. The character switch was explained by claiming that Roger had tried to get his brother out of prison, but ended up taking his place. When Royle died after only one series, the series producers chose to replace him with a different actor playing the same character. |
ken morley;rimmer;klinkerhoffen;general leopold von flockenstuffen;gruber General Leopold von Flockenstuffen (Ken Morley) (series 5–7) – A German general, whose sexuality is similar to that of Gruber. At one point he has to take over command of the district when von Klinkerhoffen is considered to have gone completely mad. Ken Morley would later play a similar German general in the sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf, where he (and his pet crocodile) encounter Ace Rimmer. |
laroque;denise laroque Denise Laroque |
laroque;denise laroque;moira foot;moira Denise Laroque (Moira Foot) (series 5) – Original leader of the Communist resistance and childhood sweetheart of Rene. |
ashby;carole ashby Louise (Carole Ashby) (series 5–9) – Later leader of the Communist resistance, she is also in love with Rene. |
henriette Henriette |
scholfield;schofield;phoebe;henriette Henriette (Phoebe Scholfield) (series 1–2 & 5–6) – in series 1-2, Michelle's assistant in the Resistance. Often appears alongside Michelle during attempts to save the British airmen. In series 5, Schofield appears as a member of the communist resistance, although her character is not named, and in series 6 she is seen again in Michelle's camp. It was never stated whether it was a different character, or the same character either going undercover or changing loyalties. |
caponi Corporal Caponi |
nouvion;caponi Corporal Caponi (John Banks) (series 5–6) – Captain Bertorelli's second-in-command of the Italian troops stationed in Nouvion. |
herr;louise gold;general von klinkerhoffen;klinkerhoffen;helga;flick;helga's;strohm Private Elsa Bigstern (Louise Gold) (series 7) is Helga's replacement when she leaves for a course. She is a masculine type with red hair and a booming voice. She is young and eager, to the point of stunning General von Klinkerhoffen and Colonel von Strohm. She starts a relationship with Herr Flick, but seems the more dominant of the two, much to his disgust. When Helga returns, Elsa disappears without explanation. |
leconte Dr. LeConte |
leconte;nouvion;rowlands;david rowlands Dr LeConte (David Rowlands) (series 8–9) The local doctor in Nouvion, with asthma and in a worse state than anyone else in the town. |
gruber's;rene's;gruber Clarence – Lt. Gruber's tank driver. Drives Gruber's little tank quite often for him, but is never actually seen in the flesh. Gruber often gives him orders to drive the tank, and is sometimes mentioned by him while in Rene's cafe. |
lennard Madame Lennard |
rene's;lennard;the keyhole;edith;le conte;conte;see-through;yvette;through the keyhole Madame Lennard – Aside from Clarence, Madame Lennard is the most frequently-mentioned character. She works as a milliner and dressmaker. She models a see-through nightdress for Edith when she plans to remarry Rene, and Rene, who was looking through the keyhole, enjoys watching her as she is "very well arranged.". By series eight, Dr Le Conte does pregnancy tests for both the newly widowed Madame Lennard and Yvette; but the frogs he used for the pregnancy test jumped into each other's jars, meaning Yvette was not pregnant with Rene's child (as she had believed), meaning that Madame Lennard was pregnant out of wedlock. |
boobies;the fallen madonna The Fallen Madonna (with the Big Boobies) |
boobies;vase;sunflower;the sunflower;herr;the fallen madonna;shawn moore;flick;allo;klomp;daisies;gogh;madonnas;allo allo;van gogh The Fallen Madonna (with the Big Boobies) by fictional artist van Klomp – Is the long running gag of the series, a valuable portrait whose location and authenticity is a key concern to the other characters, the original changing hands frequently, as well as various forgeries. Other antiques (such as a painting referred to as The Cracked Vase with the Big Daisies by Van Gogh, essentially one of the Sunflower paintings) occasionally crop up, but The Fallen Madonna often recurs throughout all of the series, often hidden in sausages or other guises. No-one ever knows who has the original. Once, Herr Flick manages to get hold of three copies and comments "I have three Fallen Madonnas with six big boobies!" Shawn Moore, the production designer of Allo Allo, put his copy of this painting up for auction in 2007, where it brought over £4,000 — all of which was donated to a children's charity. |
coleophoridae;coleophora triflua;coleophora;triflua Coleophora triflua is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in South Africa. |
epstein;arkes;hadley;claremont institute;anton;helprin;michael anton;marini;victor davis hanson;claremont review of books;gerard;joseph epstein;tartakovsky;buckley;diana schaub;john marini;mark helprin;claremont;jaffa;kesler;voegeli;schaub;crb The Claremont Review of Books (CRB) is a quarterly review of politics and statesmanship published by the conservative Claremont Institute. A typical issue consists of several book reviews and a selection of essays on topics of conservatism and political philosophy, history, and literature. Authors who are regularly featured in the Review are sometimes polemically referred to as "Claremonsters."The editor is Charles R. Kesler. The managing editor is John Kienker, and the senior editor, William Voegeli. Joseph Tartakovsky is a contributing editor. Contributors have included William F. Buckley Jr., Harry V. Jaffa, Mark Helprin (a columnist for the magazine), Victor Davis Hanson, Michael Anton, Diana Schaub, Gerard Alexander, David P. Goldman, Allen C. Guelzo, Joseph Epstein, Hadley P. Arkes, and John Marini. |
kesler;claremont;claremont review of books;baskin Legal scholar Ken Masugi was editor of the first iteration of the Claremont Review of Books which existed for just under two years in the mid-1980s; according to Jon Baskin, writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education, it "looked more like a college newspaper" and had about 600 subscribers.The Review was re-established in 2000 under the editorship of Charles R. Kesler in what The New York Times described as "a conservative, if eclectic, answer to The New York Review of Books." In 2017 it had about 14,000 subscribers. |
nash;strauss;tinkering;highbrow;claremont;consent of the governed;baskin;jaffa;kesler;woodrow wilson;quixotic;voegeli;kessler;leo strauss;charles kessler According to historian George H. Nash the editors and writers at Claremont are Straussian intellectually, heavily influenced by the ideas of Leo Strauss and his student Harry V. Jaffa. In their view, the Progressive Era culminating in the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson marked an ideological and political repudiation of political ideals of the Constitution and the American Founders, replacing a carefully limited government with government by experts and bureaucrats who were insulated from popular consent. They saw similar threats in the presidency of Barack Obama.The Review took a pro-Trump position during the 2016 election campaign, with an article by Charles Kessler criticizing the #NeverTrump movement. "Conservatives care too much about the party and the country to wash our hands of this election," he wrote. "A third party bid would be quixotic.". Nevertheless, the Review published articles by both Trump supporters and by Never Trumpers during the 2016 campaign, moving after the election to a thoroughly pro-Trump position. According to the New York Times, in the spring of 2017 the Review was "being hailed as the bible of highbrow Trumpism."Jon Baskin understands the Review's pro-Trump stance as "an expression of the belief that conservative intellectuals can cut a path between the East Coast Straussians political reticence and the ineffectual tinkering of the think tankers," but is at a loss to explain "how a group so attached to the principles of the Constitution could place its faith in the author of The Art of the Deal." According to senior editor William Voegeli, the reason lies in Kesler's scholarly examination of the origins of American progressivism. In a series of articles and in his book I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Future of Liberalism, Kesler has argued that Woodrow Wilson and the first generations of American technocrats with PhDs earned at American universities produced the modern American "administrative state." To Kesler and the other Claremonsters, the administrative state has not only produced a series of costly and ineffective social programs, it has eroded democratic norms, substituting the shallow certainties of social science. In Baskin's phrasing, "one of the things that is most disturbing about Trump for liberal and conservative elites (including some East Coast Straussians)—his utter disdain for expertise and convention—is what is most promising about him from the point of view of the Claremonsters." In Voegeli's phrasing, "Our view is that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, whereas progressives are inclined to think that government derives just powers from the expertise of the experts."During the George W. Bush administration, the Review "made a conservative case against the war in Iraq." |
norman podhoretz;helprin;bush doctrine;mark helprin;claremont institute;codevilla;claremont;podhoretz;kesler;editor-at-large;crb Kesler's "Democracy and the Bush Doctrine" was reprinted in an anthology of conservative writings on the Iraq War, edited by Commentary Managing Editor Gary Rosen. The CRB was party to a high-profile exchange in Commentary between Editor-at-Large Norman Podhoretz and CRB editor Charles R. Kesler and CRB contributors and Claremont Institute senior fellows Mark Helprin and Angelo M. Codevilla over the Bush Administration's conduct of the Iraq War. |
donald trump;anton;michael anton In September 2016, two months before the general election that made Donald Trump President of the United States, the Review published an article by Michael Anton entitled "The Flight 93 Election," an "incendiary" essay that compared the election to choices that faced the passengers on Flight 93. In it, Anton argued that allowing the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to become president was the equivalent of not charging the cockpit, and that Republicans must do whatever it takes to win the election. |
wand;bma;claire wand fund The Claire Wand Fund is a charitable fund administered by the British Medical Association (BMA). The fund offers grants to fund the further education of medical practitioners predominantly engaged in general practice and for the provision of scholarships (including travelling scholarships) for such practitioners. |
stevenson;wand;solomon The fund was set up by Dr Solomon Wand and Dr Derek Stevenson in 1953. They named the fund after Dr Wand's late wife, Claire. |
stevenson;wand;solomon;spens When general practitioners (GPs) agreed to work within the National Health Service (NHS), in 1948, they did so because of a promise made by Government that the recommendations of the SPENS Committee on GP remuneration would be implemented. This did not happen, so negotiations were carried out with the Government, by the Chairman of the General Medical Services Committee, Dr Solomon Wand, and the Committee's Secretary, Dr Derek Stevenson. |
wand;aneurin;stevenson;aneurin bevan;bevan;danckwerts After disagreement with the Ministry of Health and the Minister of Health, Aneurin Bevan, the Government accepted that the issue would be adjudicated by a High Court judge (Mr. Justice Danckwerts) who judged decisively in the GPs favour. The judgement was made in 1952 and has become known as the Danckwerts award.As recognition of the outstanding services rendered to the medical profession by Dr Wand and Dr Stevenson, a collection was made for their personal benefit. This collection produced a sum of £10,800 which they used to establish a Trust Fund. This Trust Fund was to have as its purpose the further education of GPs and the provision of scholarships (including travelling scholarships) for such practitioners. |
wand;claire wand fund The Claire Wand Fund Website |
wand;claire wand fund Claire Wand Fund entry in the Charity Commission database |
horizontal collaboration;sentimentale;horizontale;collaboration horizontale Horizontal collaboration (French: Collaboration horizontale, collaboration feminine or collaboration sentimentale) referred to the romantic or sexual relationship many women in France really or allegedly had with members of the German occupation forces after the Fall of France in 1940. The existence of these liaisons had been a major reason for young men to join the French Resistance. After the Liberation of France from German occupation, such women were often punished for collaboration with the German occupiers. |
bernard kouchner;post-war;kouchner;rhine;shaven;germans;horizontale;collaboration horizontale After the war, throughout France, women accused of collaboration had their heads shaved. These women were referred to as "femme tondue" (shaven women)- and were easily identifiable. In many of the 20,000 cases, the women in question had performed only professional services for the occupying Germans, rather than being engaged in sexual relationships with them. Due to the head-shaving in public spaces being used to punish women thought to be collaborators, and the presence of many foreign photographers in post-war France, thousands of photos exist of women being subjected to this punishment."Collaboration horizontale" is believed to have produced 200,000 French babies with German fathers. Since 2009 Germany has offered these children of "the other bank of the Rhine" citizenship, after French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner lobbied for their recognition.The same phenomenon and later punishments occurred in other parts of Europe that were occupied by Germany during the war. |
horizontal collaboration Horizontal collaboration outside of France |
act of aggression;horizontal collaboration;serbia Horizontal collaboration was also seen and condemned in other countries occupied by Germany during World War II, such as in Serbia and the so-called "German Girls" in Norway. Rather than shaving their heads, women accused of horizontal collaboration in Norway were subjected to public exile and even arrest or internment. Any children that came from relationships between the local women and German soldiers were also considered part of the betrayal, and were equally exiled- considered illegitimate or bastards. In both Norway and Serbia, horizontal collaboration was seen as a betrayal of one's own country during the war, and was often treated as an act of aggression. |
solberg;erna solberg;serbia;erna In October of 2018, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg publicly apologized to the "German Girls" and their children for the treatment they received following the liberation. Neither France nor Serbia have followed suit in terms of an official apology. |
malena;sicily;nagasaki;hiroshima mon amour;shaven;chartres;collaboration horizontale;horizontale;the phenomenon;mon amour;hiroshima;shaved In Hiroshima mon amour (1959), the female protagonist is revealed to have been shaven as punishment for collaboration horizontale as a result of her relationship with a German soldier. The film visually linked the suffering of women forcibly shaved after D-Day with the loss of hair experienced by survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The phenomenon also inspired the 2010 film Collaboration horizontale, a documentary exploring what happened to the baby shown in the photo of The Shaved Woman of Chartres.In the 2000 film Malena, a woman in wartime Sicily is punished for her beauty and her liaisons with German soldiers by the local women ripping off her clothes, beating her and shaving her hair. |
horizontal collaboration The 2019 graphic novel Horizontal Collaboration tells the story of a liaison between a French woman and a German soldier in wartime France. |
chartres;shaved The Shaved Woman of Chartres (1944 photograph) |
criquielion;claude criquielion Claude Criquielion (11 January 1957 – 18 February 2015) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who raced between 1979 and 1990. In 1984, Criquielion became the world road race champion in Barcelona, Spain on a gruelling course. He had five top-ten finishes in the Tour de France. |
criquielion;bauer's;steve bauer;maurizio fondriest;maurizio;fondriest Criquielion was well placed to win a medal in the 1988 world road race championship in Belgium. However, he crashed in sight of the line when another competitor, Steve Bauer of Canada, clashed with him. The third rider, Maurizio Fondriest, went on to win. Bauer was disqualified and Criquielion sued Bauer for assault, asking for $1.5 million in damages in a case that lasted more than three years before the judge ruled in Bauer's favor. |
criquielion;adecco;mathieu;ghent;mathieu criquielion;directeur sportif;ghent university;claude criquielion;lotto At the national championship race in 1985, he tested positive for Pervitin, but received no repercussions. The head of the laboratory at Ghent University, which had administered the analysis, subsequently resigned his post in the Medical Commission of the Belgian Cycling Association (KBWB) in protest.Criquielion was directeur sportif of the Lotto–Adecco team from 2000 to 2004. His son, Mathieu Criquielion, turned professional for the Landbouwkrediet-Colnago team in 2005; Claude Criquielion became the team's manager. |
criquielion;lessines From 2006 until his death Criquielion was an alderman for the liberal MR in Lessines. |
criquielion;aalst;criquelion;cerebrovascular During the night of 15-16 February 2015, Criquielion suffered a cerebrovascular accident and he was hospitalized in critical condition. Criquelion died at 9:00 AM on 18 February 2015 in a hospital in Aalst. |
criquielion;claude criquielion Claude Criquielion at Cycling Archives |
criquielion;claude criquielion Official Tour de France results for Claude Criquielion |
palmares Palmares on Cycling Base (in French) |
coleophora alhamaella;coleophoridae;coleophora;alhamaella Coleophora alhamaella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Spain. |
chateauneuf-sur-loire;claude ii de l'aubespine;l'aubespine;hauterive Claude II de l'Aubespine, seigneur de Hauterive et de la Foret-Thaumieres, baron of Chateauneuf-sur-Loire. (1510 – 11 November 1567) was a French diplomat, and Secretary of State. |
reddition;assembly of notables;bourges;fontainebleau He was associated with the Assembly of Notables at Fontainebleau, where he produced an edict of tolerance for reforms (1560) and the "reddition de Bourges" (1562). |
alexis;bouillet;dictionnaire bouillet;chassang This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bouillet, Marie-Nicolas; Chassang, Alexis, eds. (1878). Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French). {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) |
de havilland humming bird;de havilland;cheetah;havilland;humming;clarke cheetah;humming bird The Clarke Cheetah was a single-engined amateur built aircraft built in the UK using some parts from a de Havilland Humming Bird to produce a machine that could fly either as a biplane or as a parasol winged monoplane. The single example flew for five years before being converted again in 1936. |
cabane;lympne light aircraft trials;longeron;mayfly;rae scarab;cheetah;parnall pixie;interplane;cranwell;minus;parnall;raf halton;clarke cheetah;dh;monoplanes;scarab;rae;halton mayfly;clarke's;lympne;pixie;parasol wing;halton Relatively few aircraft have been designed to be convertible from biplanes to monoplanes and back again. One such convertible was the Parnall Pixie III, designed to compete at the Lympne light aircraft trials; another was the Clarke Cheetah. This was amateur built by F/O John Clarke, who had done an apprenticeship at the Royal Air Force School of Technical Training at RAF Halton before going to RAF College Cranwell.Clarke's contacts served him well, for the Cheetah incorporated parts from at least two other aircraft. The upper wing came from a DH.53, so that the Cheetah flew with a parasol wing from a low-wing monoplane. Such a move meant that Clarke had to provide a previously non-existent centre section. About three years later, the RAE Scarab took DH53 wings for use on this permanently parasol winged monoplane, again creating a new centre section. The lower wings came from Clarke's former base at Halton, from the sesquiplane Halton Mayfly. This aircraft was in 1928 transformed into a parasol monoplane (the Halton Minus) and so there was a set of short and narrow chord wings spare. When rigged as a monoplane, the Cheetah had a pair of parallel lift struts on each side from the lower fuselage longeron to the two wing spars not far outboard. There was also a pair of inverted V cabane struts supporting the centre section. To convert to a biplane (strictly a sesquiplane) the lower wings were attached to the fuselage at the base of the lift struts and supported by the original, unusual, integral asymmetric X interplane struts from the Mayfly, running out and down from the top of the lift struts at about 45DEG to meet their own wing well outboard. |
dh;cheetah;scarab;blackburne thrush;blackburne;thrush The Cheetah also adopted a DH.53 empennage, as the Scarab did later. The fuselage, as with the Scarab, was new; a wooden wire braced structure, canvas covered was used in place of the plywood covered spruce members used in the DH.53. There was a single open cockpit at the trailing edge of the (upper) wing, which had a slight cut-out in the new centre section for visibility, and a new single axle undercarriage mounted on legs to the lower longerons with rearward bracing. Power came from a 35 hp (26 kW) Blackburne Thrush three cylinder radial, mounted in the inverted-Y orientation and driving a two-bladed propeller. |