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Tirana
Albania
footballer
centre-back
Tirana
KF Tirana academy
Bylis Ballsh
Dinamo Tirana
Vllaznia Shkodër
Flamurtari Vlorë
Kukësi
under-19
Kosovo
Germany lower leagues
Bonner SC
Osterholz-Scharmbeck
Blaz Sliskovic
2008–09 season
Bylis Ballsh
Gramozi Ersekë
Dinamo Tirana
UEFA Europa League
first qualifying round
Lahti
Qemal Stafa Stadium
Kastrioti Krujë
Apolonia Fier
Austria
Albanian Superliga
Vllaznia Shkodër
Laçi
Vllaznia Shkodër
Rudi Vata
Flamurtari Vlorë
Kazma
Apolonia Fier
Tirana
Albanian Superliga
Nevil Dede
2013–14 season
Endrit Vrapi
Laçi
Lushnja
Nevil Dede
Alpin Gallo
Gugash Magani
Partizani Tirana
Gilberto
Kastrioti Krujë
Albanian Superliga
Ervin Bulku
Erando Karabeci
Apolonia Fier
Kukësi
Pero Pejić
Loni Papuçiu Stadium
Elbasani
Elbasan Arena
Elis Bakaj
Selemani Ndikumana
Vllaznia Shkodër
Tirona Fanatics
2014–15 Albanian Cup
Laçi
Tirana
2015–16 season
Tërbuni Pukë
Elis Bakaj
Teuta Durrës
Zeqir Ymeri Stadium
2015–16 Albanian Cup
Flamurtari Vlorë
Selman Stërmasi Stadium
Bylis Ballsh
Selman Stërmasi Stadium
Laçi
Salzburg
Austria
Laçi
Bylis Ballsh
Partizani Tirana
Emiljano Vila
Flamurtari Vlorë
2016–17
Teuta Durrës
Niko Dovana Stadium
Spinal disc herniation
Albanian First Division
Tirana
Kukësi
Europa League
Safet Gjici
Austria
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Qemal Stafa Stadium
Jean Carioca
Dmitri Stajila
Mladost Podgorica
Montenegrin First League
Podgorica City Stadium
Qemal Stafa Stadium
Legia Warsaw
UEFA
Kucharczyk
Tirana
Albania national team
Gianni De Biasi
2016–17 UEFA Europa League
first qualifying
Rudar Pljevlja
national side
Josip Kuže
Estonia
Dinamo Tirana
Austria
Kosovo
Partizani Tirana
Tirona Fanatics
communism
Partizan Belgrade
Albanian Football Association
KF Tirana
Albania
Serbia
Tirana
Tirona Fanatics
Selman Stërmasi Stadium
Albanian Superliga
2009–10
Albanian Cup
2010–11
2016–17
Albanian Supercup
2011
2012
2017
Albanian Superliga Player of the Month
AFA profile

categories: 1987 births,Albania under-21 international footballers,Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany,Albania international footballers,Albania youth international footballers,Expatriate footballers in Germany,KF Tirana players,FK Dinamo Tirana players,Albanian footballers,Footballers from Tirana,KS Bylis Ballsh players,Bonner SC players,Living people,Association football midfielders,FK Kukësi players,Flamurtari Vlorë players,Association football defenders,KF Vllaznia Shkodër players,Albanian Superliga players

paragraph: Gentian Muça

paragraph: Gentian Muça (born 13 May 1987 in Tirana) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Albanian club Tirana. A product of the KF Tirana academy, he spent much of his early career in the lower leagues of Germany before returning to Albania, and indeed Tirana in 2008.

paragraph: Following his return to Tirana, Muça spent one season on loan at Bylis Ballsh and another one at Dinamo Tirana, where he won the league for the first time in his career. After his successful spell at Dinamo Tirana, Muça returned to Tirana where he played during the 2010–11 season.

paragraph: Then, his contract was not extended so he decided to join Vllaznia Shkodër where he played only in the first part of 2011–12 season before spending the other part at Flamurtari Vlorë. Following this, Tirana brought him back and even since that he become a regular member in the starting lineup, making more than 100 appearances in all competitions. During the summer of 2015 and 2016, he was loaned to Kukësi for the club's European campaign.

paragraph: Muça represented Albania at youth level, playing for the under-19 in 2005. In 2009, he was called up for the first in the senior team where he made his unofficial debut against Kosovo.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Early career.

paragraph: Muça started his early career by playing in the Germany lower leagues with teams like Bonner SC, SC Vahr-Blockdiek and Osterholz-Scharmbeck. He returned to Tirana in the summer of 2008, but the coach at that time Blaz Sliskovic suggested him to go on loan to another club to gain experience, as playing for Tirana for a youngster like him would have been quite difficult. Muça spent the 2008–09 season on loan at fellow top flight side Bylis Ballsh, collecting 28 league appearances, scoring twice, as the team finished 9th in league, which sent them to relegation play-offs where they faced Gramozi Ersekë, suffering a 2–5 loss after extra time which eventually relegated them.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Dinamo Tirana.

paragraph: Muça completed a transfer to Dinamo Tirana on a long-season loan. He made his UEFA Europa League debut on 9 July 2009 in the returning leg of the first qualifying round against Finnish club Lahti, playing full-90 minutes in a 2–0 home win at Qemal Stafa Stadium. However, despite winning 2–0 at home, Dinamo was eliminated from the competition after losing the first match 4–1.

paragraph: Muça's league debut occurred on 23 August in the opening match against Kastrioti Krujë, helping his side with a goal in an eventual 3–1 win. He netted a header in the 68th minute via a corner kick. On 21 February of the following year, during the 3–0 away defeat to Apolonia Fier, Muça was substituted in 18th minute after suffering an injury in his right knee. The injury required surgery, which took place at the start of May in Austria, which kept him sidelined for 4 months, thus ending his season.

paragraph: He finished the season 19 league matches, as Dinamo Tirana was crowned the Champions of Albania by winning the Albanian Superliga title for the 18th time in history. This was also Muça's first major trophy as a professional footballer.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Vllaznia Shkodër.

paragraph: Muça made his competitive debut with Vllaznia Shkodër on 10 September 2011 against Laçi at home, playing full-90 minutes in a 3–1 win. He terminated his contract with Vllaznia Shkodër on 14 January 2012 after falling out of favour with the coach Rudi Vata. He ended his short spell with the club by playing 16 matches between league and cup, failing to score in the process. Following his departure, Muça expressed his disappointing for the way Vllaznia released him, after he had decided to remain at the club until the end of the season.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Flamurtari Vlorë.

paragraph: Muça joined Flamurtari Vlorë on a free transfer in January 2012, signing an initial 6-month contract with the option of a further one year. He was handed squad number 19, and made his debut on 11 February in the match against Kazma. Muça scored his first goal in his six appearance for club during the 3–1 away win to Apolonia Fier, netting the third of the match. He completed the remainder of the 2011–12 season, featuring in 10 league games. Muça left the club following the end of the season.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Tirana.

paragraph: In July 2012 he began negotiating with his former club Tirana about a possible return to the capital. On 14 August 2012, Muça was transferred to Tirana after he left Flamurtari a month earlier.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Tirana.:2012–13 season.

paragraph: Muça made his return debut with the club on 6 October 2012 in the matchday six of Albanian Superliga against his former club Flamurtari Vlorë, playing in the last four minutes of the 1–1 draw. He would feature in another two minutes of a 1–0 away win over Vllaznia Shkodër on 10 November, finishing the first part of the season with only six minutes on the field.

paragraph: In the second part of the season, with the arrival of the new coach Nevil Dede, he found more space to play, collecting 900 minutes on the field. Muça went to play 10 consecutive matches in the starting lineup, as Tirana finished the league in the fifth position with 43 points, thus failing to secure a spot in European competitions.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Tirana.:2013–14 season.

paragraph: In the 2013–14 season, Muça cemented his place as a starter, establishing himself as a centre-back along with Endrit Vrapi. He played his first match of the season on 1 September 2013 in a goalless draw against Laçi. He scored his first goal of the season with a penalty kick two weeks later during the 1–0 home win against Lushnja. During the first part of the season, Tirana experienced its worst period of all time, winning 3 out of 16 league matches. Muça played in the back in 10 on these matches. Tirana also changed management three times, employing Nevil Dede, Alpin Gallo and later Gugash Magani. In December, the team was ranked in the last position with only 10 points from 13 matches, 7 points away from the safe zone.

paragraph: However, with Magani in charge, Tirana witnessed alteration, winning three matches in February, including the derby against cross-town rivals Partizani Tirana thanks to the winner of Gilberto. Muça continued to play as a centre-back with Magani as a coach. He scored his second goal of the season again from the penalty spot in a 3–2 away win against Kastrioti Krujë on 30 April 2014. Tirana ensured its posture in Albanian Superliga on 3 May 2014 after a 2–2 away draw against Flamurtari Vlorë in the penultimate week; Muça again played 90 minutes. He ended his second season with Tirana by playing 26 matches between league and cup, scoring twice in the process, and was named in the team of the season.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Tirana.:2014–15 season.

paragraph: With the arrival of Ervin Bulku, Muça become the 3rd captain of the team after the captain Erando Karabeci decided to hand his captaincy to Bulku as a sign of respect of the veteran, and became the vice-captain instead. He started the new season on 24 August by playing in the opening league match against Apolonia Fier which ended in a 3–0 convincing home win. On 18 October, during the 3–1 home win against Kukësi, Muça conceded a penalty kick in the 81st minute after a handball, but his former teammate Pero Pejić missed it by hitting the crossbar.

paragraph: On 29 October, after coming on as a second-half substitute, Muça scored his first goal of the season in first match of the second part of the season against Apolonia Fier, helping the team to get a 0–3 away win at Loni Papuçiu Stadium. He was again in the scoresheet in the match against Elbasani at the newly renovated Elbasan Arena, heading home an Elis Bakaj cross in the 27th minute, reducing the score from 2–0 to 2–1, with Tirana winning the match in the 99th minute thanks to a late winner goal of Selemani Ndikumana.

paragraph: On 12 April of the following year, in a home match against Vllaznia Shkodër valid for the 30th week of the league, Muça scored his first career brace, helping the team to overcome the disadvantage of the first half to win the game 2–1. After the match, he dedicated the goals to the former Tirona Fanatics member, Geri Allkaj, who died in a car accident two days before. He ended the season with 38 appearances in all competitions, including 32 in league, with Tirana who finished it in the fourth place and was eliminated in semi-finals of 2014–15 Albanian Cup against Laçi with the 1–0 aggregate.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Tirana.:2015–16 season.

paragraph: After the European campaign with Kukësi, Muça returned to Tirana by signing a new contract. On 24 August 2015, Muça made his 100th competitive appearance for Tirana in the opening league match of 2015–16 season against the newcomers of Tërbuni Pukë, helping the team to win the match 1–2. He later scored his first goal of the season, heading home from an Elis Bakaj free kick in a 2–0 home win against Teuta Durrës, helping Tirana to return in winning ways after three matches. On 23 December, in the last match of the year, Muça netted the winner as Tirana defeated Kukësi 0–1, earning the first ever victory at Zeqir Ymeri Stadium.

paragraph: On 24 January 2016, in the 2015–16 Albanian Cup quarter-final first leg against Flamurtari Vlorë, Muça was booked during the first half meaning that he would miss the returning leg at Selman Stërmasi Stadium. In the first league match of 2016 against Tërbuni Pukë, Muça sealed the victory by scoring the third goal of the match in an eventual 1–3 away win. On 13 February, Muça was an unused substitute in the 2–0 home victory over Bylis Ballsh, the first win at the newly renovated Selman Stërmasi Stadium. He did not play due to his constant knee issues, that begun shortly after the match against Laçi. Three days later, Muça flew out to Salzburg, Austria to further diagnose his knee injury. On 19 February, he successfully underwent surgery that would rule him out approximately two months.

paragraph: Muça made his return in the league match against Laçi where he was an unused substitute in team's 1–0 home victory. One week later, Muça made his on-field return by playing full-90 minutes in a goalless away draw against Bylis Ballsh. In the fourth derby of the season against Partizani Tirana on 4 May, Muça netted his fifth goal of the season with a header in the 28th minute, levelling the figures. In the second half, he was sent off in the 56th minute after receiving a second yellow-card for a foul on Emiljano Vila. The match ended in a 2–2 draw, as Partizani lost further ground in the title race. It was Muça's first red card after six-and-a-half year and his second overall. Muça was banned for the league match against Flamurtari Vlorë, which ended in a 2–1 away defeat, leaving Tirana mathematically out of European competitions for the fourth consecutive season.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Tirana.:2016–17 season.

paragraph: On 5 September 2016, the Disciplinary Committee of AFA confirmed that Muça was eligible to play for Tirana in the first league match of 2016–17 after his suspension finished. His played his first match of the new season two days later against Teuta Durrës which ended in a goalless draw at Niko Dovana Stadium. On 30 March of the following year, it was confirmed that Muça was not going to play any longer this season as he was going to be operated on his back following the constant pain in Spinal disc herniation. He concluded the season with 23 appearances between league and cup, as Tirana won the cup for the 16th time in history but was relegated to Albanian First Division for the first time. Muça would later call the relegation of Tirana as the worst moment of his career.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Tirana.:Loans to Kukësi.

paragraph: On 12 June 2015, Tirana and Kukësi reached an agreement for the loan of Muça at Kukësi for the club's Europa League matches. However, on 29 June 2015, it was the president Safet Gjici confirmed that Muça with play with Kukësi for the entire 2015–16 season. Later Muça flew out to Austria to link up with the rest of the squad where he made several appearances in friendly matches, showing a good form ahead of Europa League matches.

paragraph: Kukësi begun their European campaign in the first qualifying round where they met the Belarusian side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino. On 2 July, in the first leg at Qemal Stafa Stadium, Muça was on starting lineup and assisted the goal of Jean Carioca in 9th minute, also helping Dmitri Stajila to keep his goal intact in an eventual 2–0 success. In the returning leg, Muça produced another solid appearance as he helped the team to get a goalless draw and to progress in the next round with the aggregate 2–0.

paragraph: In the next round, Kukësi was shorted with Mladost Podgorica of Montenegrin First League. In the first leg, Muça was not able to avoid the 0–1 home defeat, but in the returning leg, he had a crucial role as his team thrashed Mladost 4–2 at Podgorica City Stadium to qualifying in the next round with the aggregate 4–3.

paragraph: In the first leg of the third qualifying round at Qemal Stafa Stadium, Muça was in the starting lineup against Legia Warsaw; the match was abandoned in 52nd minute where the result was 1–2, after a Legia Warsaw player was hit in the head by an object thrown from the crowd. Following that incident, UEFA awarded Legia Warsaw with a 3–0 win. In the second leg, Muça played again full-90 minutes as Kukësi suffered another defeat, this time 1–0 thanks to the lone goal of Kucharczyk.

paragraph: Following the end of club's European campaign, Muça decided to return at Tirana, saying that the fans were a strong reason of his return. He dubbed his spell at Kukësi as "summer love". His performances was praised by the Albania national team coach, Gianni De Biasi, who suggested the club president Safet Gjici to keep him for the entire season.

paragraph: On 23 June 2016, Muça, just like in the previous season, was sent on loan at Kukësi for the club's 2016–17 UEFA Europa League campaign. Seven days later, in the first leg of first qualifying round against Rudar Pljevlja, Muça played for 82 minutes in an eventual 1–1 home draw.

paragraph: Section::::International career.

paragraph: He earned a surprise call-up to the full national side in November 2009 by Josip Kuže for a friendly against Estonia. However, knee ligament damage in February 2010 whilst at Dinamo Tirana meant that he was unable to play for Albania, as he underwent surgery on his knee in Austria at the start of May, keeping out of action for over four months. On 17 February 2010, Muça played his first match with senior side, a friendly against Kosovo, where he played a full 90 minutes in a 2–3 away win.

paragraph: Section::::Controversies.

paragraph: Muça become the central figure of the controversial match against cross-town rivals Partizani Tirana on 20 May 2016; twenty minutes after conclusion of the match, Muça, who is widely known as a "Tirona Fanatics" member, took the megaphone and begun singing with the home crowd. His choirs had contents against them and communism, also comparing Partizani to Partizan Belgrade, which created many controversies in the country. One week after the event occurred, Muça was accused of public incitement of hatred, and was banned for one year from all competitions by the Disciplinary Committee of Albanian Football Association, effective immediately.

paragraph: Muça become the first player in the history of Albanian football to be banned for public incitement of hatred. Via an official statement, KF Tirana stated that the club would appeal the decision. Muça himself defended his actions on a press conference by stating that he was singing with the home crowd as a fan, not as a player. He cited:

paragraph: It was also reported that when Muça first heard about the decision, he interrupted the training and that his teammates were shocked. However, following the appeal from Tirana, the Disciplinary Committee of AFA reduced his suspension from one year to only six matches.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Muça is a practising Muslim. He was the only football player that agreed to participate in the project "The game of friendship" between Albania and Serbia. He is known as a big fan of Albanian club Tirana, his boyhood club, and is also member of Tirona Fanatics, club's main supporters group. Muça also attend the Economic Technical School. He married his fianceé Agin on 16 October 2016. A short ceremony was held on the same day at Selman Stërmasi Stadium before the match against Skënderbeu Korçë.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.:Club.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dinamo Tirana

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albanian Superliga: 2009–10

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tirana

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albanian Cup: 2010–11, 2016–17

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albanian Supercup: 2011, 2012, 2017

paragraph: Section::::Honours.:Individual.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albanian Superliga Player of the Month: February 2014

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- AFA profile

description: Albanian footballer

wikidata_label: Gentjan Muça

wikipedia_title: Gentian Muça


text: Czech

text: Ostrov

text: Prague

text: nobleman

text: Kingdom of Bohemia

text: Holy Roman Empire

text: Old Town Square execution

text: Battle of White Mountain

text: Heinrich von Schlick

text: Frederick V, Elector Palatine

text: Prague Defenestration

text: Jan Mydlář

categories: 1621 deaths,Czech people of the Thirty Years' War,1569 births

paragraph: Joachim Andreas von Schlick

paragraph: Joachim Andreas von Schlick, Count of Passaun and Weißkirchen (in Czech Jáchym Ondřej Šlik z Holíče, hrabě z Passaunu; 9 September 1569, Ostrov – 21 June 1621, Prague) was a Czech nobleman of the Schlick family in the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire. He was one of the one of the leaders of the Protestant estates general in Bohemia and was executed in Prague in 1621 during the Old Town Square executions. He now rests in the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Most.

paragraph: Section::::Youth.

paragraph: He studied at the University of Jena, where he worked for several years as its rector, and worked for nine years at the Dresden court as an educator of Saxon princes (e.g., John George, who during the rebellion, served as Elector of Saxony).

paragraph: Section::::Uprising.

paragraph: He was involved since 1608 in the negotiations between the rebellious Czech states, and it was he who convinced Silesia and Lausitz to join the Bohemian revolt. He was one of the leading representatives of the Lutheran wing of the rebel states. During the Battle of White Mountain he did not command a regiment of Moravian German mercenaries, as is sometimes erroneously stated. In fact the Moravian Regiment was commanded by his relative, Colonel Count Heinrich von Schlick. The latter later had a successful career as imperial Field Marshal and president of the Vienna court war council. Heinrich von Schlick died in 1650.

paragraph: During the reign of Matthias of Habsburg in 1611, Joachim von Schlick became a royal marshal. Then from the "Winter King" Frederick V, Elector Palatine, to whose election he had contributed, he received the Office of High Court judge. He participated in the Second Prague Defenestration and was probably one of the people who threw the Habsburg officials from the window of Prague Castle.

paragraph: Section::::Prior to execution.

paragraph: Before his execution, he managed to write a letter to the Saxon agent in Prague, Bartholomew Brunner, his old friend, who had promised to deliver it to the Provincial Commissioner, Prince Charles of Lichtenstein. At that time, Schlick served as reeve or bailiff, as appointed by the fugitive King Frederick of the Palatinate.

paragraph: The letter of 17 January 1621 is intended as a supplication to Lichtenstein, who was a relative of Schlick's wife, asking him to intercede with the Emperor in hopes that a public apology would save him. Moreover, he offered to help to justify the expulsion of Frederick. The letter was, in effect, a confession and a renunciation of his prior beliefs and actions. After a short time in exile, Schlick returned to Bohemia and was caught hiding with his nephew Christopher. Schlick's wife tried unsuccessfully to save him, and Schlick was sentenced to death, along with the loss of his honor and property.

paragraph: Section::::Execution.

paragraph: He was executed 21 June 1621 at the Old Town Square in Prague, along with 26 other nobles, knights and civic leaders who had supported the Protestant regime. His right hand was cut off, then he was beheaded. The original sentence, however, was quartering alive. This execution became known as the execution of 27 Czech Lords. He was executed first. Executioner Jan Mydlář hung Schlick's head with his hand laid on his mouth at the Old Town Bridge Tower. His confiscated estates and property were sold soon afterwards.

paragraph: Section::::Body.

paragraph: In May 1622, after frequent pleas from Countess Schlick, Charles of Lichtenstein allowed Joachim Schlick's head and hand to be recovered and buried with his body in the crypt under the pulpit at St. Salvator in Prague Old Town. His tomb was desecrated and emptied during the Saxon invasion of Bohemia during the Thirty Years' War. His skull was recovered and kept by his family. It was reburied in the early 19th century.

description: Czech nobleman

wikidata_label: Joachim Andreas von Schlick

wikipedia_title: Joachim Andreas von Schlick


text: newspaper editor

text: Iowa House of Representatives

text: Iowa Senate

text: Lieutenant Governor of Iowa

categories: People from Scott County, Iowa,Members of the Iowa House of Representatives,Iowa Republicans,1828 births,Journalists from New York (state),Politicians from Des Moines, Iowa,People from Greene County, New York,19th-century American newspaper editors,Writers from Des Moines, Iowa,Lieutenant Governors of Iowa,Iowa state senators,1904 deaths,People from Webster County, Iowa

paragraph: Benjamin F. Gue

paragraph: Benjamin F. Gue (December 25, 1828 – June 1, 1904) was a newspaper editor, author and politician in Iowa. He served as a member of Iowa House of Representatives (1858–1862); member of Iowa Senate (1862–1866), and as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1866–1868). He is the author of the four-volume "History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century."

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Benjamin F. Gue, "History of Iowa from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century", available online at Internet Archive/ref

description: American politician

wikidata_label: Benjamin F. Gue

wikipedia_title: Benjamin F. Gue


text: Royalist

text: Thomas Lucas

text: Charles Lucas

text: Margaret Cavendish

text: Stour Valley Riots

text: Parliamentary

text: English Civil War

text: Battle of Naseby

text: Peerage of England

text: Restoration

text: Royal Society

text: Mary Grey, Countess of Kent

text: suo jure

text: Baroness Lucas of Crudwell

text: patent

text: Charles Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas

categories: 1671 deaths,Cavaliers,Barons in the Peerage of England,1606 births,English industrialists,Lucas family,Original Fellows of the Royal Society,Date of birth missing,17th-century English businesspeople

paragraph: John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield (October 1606 – 2 July 1671) was an English Royalist soldier, industrialist and landowner.

paragraph: Lucas was the son of Sir Thomas Lucas and Elizabeth Leighton. He was one of eight children which included other notable people such as Sir Thomas Lucas, Sir Charles Lucas (d.1648), both Royalist officers, and the philosopher Margaret Cavendish.

paragraph: Lucas was an early public supporter of the Royalist cause and his house in Colchester, St John's, was attacked by a crowd during the Stour Valley Riots of 1642. He was imprisoned by Parliamentary forces early in the English Civil War, but escaped and fought for the king at the Battle of Naseby. On 3 January 1645 he was created Baron Lucas of Shenfield, of Shenfield in the Peerage of England. He was again imprisoned by Parliament in 1655, before being released prior to the Restoration. He was elected an Original Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663; he was possibly expelled in 1666.

paragraph: He married Anne Nevill in 1628. Lucas had one surviving daughter, Mary Grey, Countess of Kent, who was created "suo jure" Baroness Lucas of Crudwell at her father's request. Lucas was buried at St Giles's church, Colchester. He died without surviving male issue and by a special remainder in his patent, the heir to his title was Charles Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas (1631-1688), son of his elder brother Sir Thomas Lucas.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Peerage: John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield

description: industrialist


text:
Veria
Greek
cross country skier
Olympian
2010 Winter Olympics
Vancouver
2018 Winter Olympics
Pyeongchang
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009
Liberec
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017
Lahti
Naousa
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Sports Reference

categories: Olympic cross-country skiers of Greece,Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics,People from Veria,1990 births,Living people,Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics,Greek female cross-country skiers

paragraph: Maria Ntanou

paragraph: Maria Ntanou (; born 3 March 1990 in Veria) is a Greek cross country skier (σκι αντοχής) and Olympian who has competed since 2007.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Ntanou finished 72nd in the 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and 76th at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

paragraph: At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, she finished 82nd in the individual sprint while being lapped in the 15 km pursuit event.

paragraph: At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, she finished 8th in the 5 km qualification classic race. She also won the overall Greek national cup series in 2019.

paragraph: Section::::FIS Balkan Cup results.

paragraph: Ntanou won bronze medal in the overall ranking of FIS Balkan Cup series in 2017 and in 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Ntanou grew up in Naousa, a town in the north part of Greece with great tradition in winter sports. She studied Economic Science in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and graduated in 2012.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sports Reference

description: Greek cross-country skier

wikidata_label: Maria Danou

wikipedia_title: Maria Ntanou


text: New York City

text: Stockholm

text: The Buddy Holly Story

text: Miss Saigon

text: Showboat

text: Bucharest

text: New York City

text: High School for the Performing Arts

text: Marie Blake

text: Greenwich Village

text: William Hickey

text: Stockholm

text: Sweden

text: Jesus Christ Superstar

text: Østre Gasværk Teater

text: Copenhagen

text: Denmark

text: Lars Kaalund

text: Showboat

text: Company

text: Miss Saigon

text: The Buddy Holly Story

text: Göta Lejon

text: The Lion King

text: Sheyla Bonnick

text: Boney M

text: Blossom Tainton

text: Romania

text: Cluj-Napoca

text: Roton

categories: American male singers,American singers,Living people

paragraph: Brad Vee Johnson

paragraph: Brad Viktor Johnson, better known by his stage name Brad Vee Johnson, is an American singer from New York City. He rose to prominence after relocating to Stockholm, performing lead roles in The Buddy Holly Story, Miss Saigon, and Showboat. Brad has been the Dean of the International Medical University of Natural Education (IMUNE) since 2013 and as the acting President of the International Register of Therapists Circle of Excellence (IRTCOE). He currently resides in Bucharest.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Born and raised in New York City, his love for music and singing was formed at an early age by the influence of his mother, Deloris Aida Johnson, singing in the church gospel choir and his father William Edward Johnson, a pastor and jazz pianist. He studied music at the High School for the Performing Arts (FAME school) under Dorothy McDaniels and studied voice with legendary jazz singer Marie Blake. Ms. Blake offered him his first public singing appearance at the now defunct Five Oaks Piano Bar and Supper Club located on Grove Street in Greenwich Village, New York City. He also studied acting at HB Studios with William Hickey, acclaimed actor and coach.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: After graduating from New York University, he relocated to Europe in 1986 where he took up residence in Stockholm, Sweden. There he continued his singing career and furthered it by performing in various musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar at Østre Gasværk Teater in Copenhagen, Denmark under the direction of Lars Kaalund, Showboat, Company, Miss Saigon Malmö, The Buddy Holly Story at Göta Lejon in Stockholm, The Lion King in Scandinavia, Germany and the Netherlands. In 1992 he met Sheyla Bonnick, founding member of Boney M with whom he continues to tour to this day under the Sounds of Boney M Formation. In 1994, he also successfully started Sweden’s premiere gospel choir One Voice together with singer and friend Blossom Tainton.

paragraph: He relocated to Romania in 2004 after a concert at the then called Tutankamon (now Obsession) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania where he was immediately offered a record contract with Roton Records. He recorded two house/club singles with Romanian composer DJ Raoul. During his time in Romania he organized a number of concerts in order to raise awareness on Romanian youth suffering from HIV/AIDS and the stigma it may carry. He has since relocated to Budapest where he is currently based, performing both locally and internationally with his gospel group, jazz and blues band, and under the formation of the Sounds of Boney M with Sheyla Bonnick. He earned his PhD in Sociology in 2012 based on his work on researching and shedding light on the inequality present in the modern education system.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- www.quantumleaps.ro

paragraph: Interviews

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brad Vee Johnson: Am ramas in Romania pentru ca am un copil aici, nu pentru ca n-am avut alta sansa, 22 septembrie 2011, Corina Stoica, "Revista Tango"

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paragraph: Barbara Castle

paragraph: Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT ("née" Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1945 to 1979, making her the longest-serving female MP in the history of the House of Commons until that record was broken in 2007 by Gwyneth Dunwoody. She later became the Member of the European Parliament for Greater Manchester from 1979 to 1989 and subsequently a member of the House of Lords, having been granted a life peerage in 1990.

paragraph: One of the most significant Labour Party politicians of the 20th century, Castle developed a close political partnership with Harold Wilson and served in several Cabinet roles during both his premierships. As Minister of Transport (1965–1968) she oversaw the introduction of permanent speed limits, breathalysers and seat belts. Castle was then elevated to Secretary of State for Employment and First Secretary of State (1968–1970), and successfully intervened in the strike by Ford sewing machinists against pay discrimination. Following this Castle introduced the Equal Pay Act 1970. During her time in government Castle also served as Minister for Overseas Development and Secretary of State for Health and Social Services.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Barbara Anne Betts was born on 6 October 1910 at 64 Derby Road, Chesterfield, the youngest of three children to Frank Betts and his wife Annie Rebecca ("née" Ferrand). Raised in Pontefract and Bradford, Castle grew up in a politically active home and was introduced to socialism from a young age. Her older sister, Marjorie, later became a pioneer of the Inner London Education Authority, while their brother Tristram (almost always called Jimmie) engaged in field work with Oxfam in Nigeria. She joined the Labour Party as a teenager.

paragraph: Her father was a tax inspector, exempt from military service in the First World War due to his high rank in a reserved occupation. It was because of the nature of the tax-collecting profession, and the promotions he received, that the family frequently moved around the country. Having moved to Bradford in 1922, the Betts family swiftly became involved with the Independent Labour Party. Although her father was prohibited from formal political activity because of his role as a civil servant, he became editor of the "Bradford Pioneer", the city's socialist newspaper, after William Leach was elected to Parliament in 1935. Castle's mother ran the family home while also operating a soup kitchen for the town's coalminers. After Barbara had left home Annie was elected as a Labour Councillor in Bradford.

paragraph: Section::::Education.

paragraph: Castle attended Love Lane Elementary School, then to Pontefract and District Girls High School. After moving to Bradford at the age of twelve, she attended Bradford Girls' Grammar School. She became involved in acting at the school and developed oratorical skills. She excelled academically, winning numerous awards from the school. She also organised mock elections at the school, in which she stood as the Labour candidate. There were some aspects of the school that she did not like, notably the presence of many girls from rich families. In her last year she was appointed Head Girl.

paragraph: Her education continued at St Hugh's College, Oxford, from which she graduated with a third-class BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. She began serious political activity at Oxford, serving as the Treasurer of the Oxford University Labour Club, the highest position a woman could hold in the club at the time. She struggled to accept the atmosphere of a university that had only recently begun to question its traditionally sexist attitudes. She was scornful of the elitist nature of some elements of the institution, branding the Oxford Union "that cadet class of the establishment".

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: She was elected to St Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council in 1937, and in 1943 she spoke at the annual Labour Party Conference for the first time. Throughout the Second World War she worked as a senior administrative officer at the Ministry of Food and she was an Air Raid Precautions (ARP) warden during the Blitz.

paragraph: She became a reporter on the left-wing magazine "Tribune", where she had a romantic relationship with William Mellor, who was to become its editor, until his death in 1942. Following her marriage to Ted Castle in 1944, she became the housing correspondent at the "Daily Mirror".

paragraph: Section::::Member of Parliament (1945–1979).

paragraph: In the 1945 general election, which Labour won by a landslide, Castle was elected as the Member of Parliament for Blackburn. As Blackburn was then a two-member constituency, she was elected alongside fellow Labour candidate John Edwards. Castle had secured her place as a parliamentary candidate through the women of the Blackburn Labour Party, who had threatened to quit unless she was added to the otherwise all-male shortlist.

paragraph: Castle now held the distinction of being the youngest of the handful of women elected. Although she had grown up in similar northern industrial towns, she had no prior connection to Blackburn. Eager not to appear as a "parachute candidate", she studied weaving and spinning, and spent time living with a local family. In her maiden speech she highlighted the problems facing servicemen then going through demobilisation.

paragraph: Immediately upon her entering the House of Commons Castle was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, who had known her as a member of the pre-war Socialist League. Harold Wilson succeeded Cripps in 1947 and retained Castle as his PPS, marking the beginning of the pair's lengthy political relationship. She gained further experience as the UK's alternate delegate to the United Nations General Assembly for 1949–1950, when she displayed particular concerned for social and humanitarian issues. She soon achieved a reputation as a left-winger and a rousing speaker. During the 1950s she was a high-profile Bevanite, and made a name for herself as a vocal advocate of decolonisation and the Anti-Apartheid Movement.

paragraph: Section::::Member of Parliament (1945–1979).:Cabinet minister.

paragraph: Section::::Member of Parliament (1945–1979).:Cabinet minister.:Minister for Overseas Development, 1964–1965.

paragraph: Labour returned to government under Harold Wilson in October 1964 following a general election, defeating Alec Douglas-Home's Conservative government by winning a slim majority of four seats, thus ending 13 years of successive Conservative governments. Wilson had selected his core Cabinet four months prior to the election; Castle knew Wilson intended to place her within his Cabinet, which would make her the fourth woman in British history ever to hold position in a Cabinet, after Margaret Bondfield, Ellen Wilkinson and Florence Horsbrugh.

paragraph: Castle entered the Cabinet as the first Minister for Overseas Development, a newly created ministry for which she, alongside the Fabian Society, had drawn up the plans for. For the last year she had acted as the opposition spokeswoman on overseas development. Castle's plans were extensive, though the ministry's budget was modest. She set about trying to divert powers from other departments related to overseas aid, including the Foreign Office and the Treasury. She was only partially successful in her aims and provoked an internal Whitehall dispute in the process.

paragraph: In June 1965 Castle announced interest-free aid loans would be available to certain (not exclusively Commonwealth) countries. She had previously criticised the Conservative government for granting loans that only waived up to the first seven years of interest, which she considered to be counter-intuitive.

paragraph: In August, Castle published her government white paper "Overseas Development: The Work of a New Ministry". The financial commitments of the ministry were omitted from the report, after a protracted clash between Castle and her Cabinet colleagues James Callaghan (Chancellor of the Exchequer) and George Brown (Secretary of State for Economic Affairs). Labour had made a manifesto promise to increase aid spending to 1% of gross national product, almost double Conservative spending. However, the national economy was unstable, public resentment towards the Commonwealth was growing due to immigration, and within Cabinet aid was viewed with either indifference or contempt. Castle grappled with Callaghan and Brown over the department's budgetary allocation; they reached a compromise following Wilson's intervention, but the sum only amounted to a small increase in spending.

paragraph: Section::::Member of Parliament (1945–1979).:Cabinet minister.:Minister of Transport, 1965–1968.

paragraph: Initially reluctant to head up the department, Castle accepted the role of Minister of Transport (23 December 1965 – 6 April 1968) in a Cabinet reshuffle after Wilson proved persuasive.

paragraph: In February 1966, Castle addressed Parliament, calling for "a profound change in public attitudes" to curtail increasing road fatality figures, stating: "Hitler did not manage to kill as many civilians in Britain as have been killed on our roads since the war". The statistics bore out; between 1945 and the mid-1960s approximately 150,000 people were killed and several million injured on Britain's roads.

paragraph: She introduced the breathalyser to combat the then recently acknowledged crisis of drink-driving. Castle said she was "ready to risk unpopularity" by introducing the measures if it meant saving lives. She was challenged by a BBC journalist on "The World This Weekend", who described the policy as a "rotten idea" and asked her: "You're only a woman, you don't drive, what do you know about it?" In the 12 months following the introduction of the breathalyser, Government figures revealed road deaths had dropped by 16.5%.

paragraph: Castle also made permanent the national speed limit (70 mph). Having been introduced as a four-month trial by outgoing Transport Minister Tom Fraser in December 1965, Castle first extended the limit period in 1966 and in 1967 made the limit permanent, following the findings of a Road Research Laboratory report revealing motorway casualties had fallen 20% since its introduction.

paragraph: During a tour of New York City in October 1966, where Castle was examining the impact of traffic problems in American cities, she vocalised plans to introduce a London congestion charge, which was to be introduced as soon as the technical details of fee collection were solved. Castle urged New York's Transport Commissioner to adopt the same policy, describing plans for more roadways as "self-defeating", stating the solution was "more and better mass transit systems".

paragraph: Castle also sanctioned the construction of the Humber Bridge, which was the world's longest suspension bridge upon its opening in 1981. In late 1965, the Labour MP for nearby Hull North died, triggering a by-election. The marginal seat was of critical importance to the government and its loss would have reduced Labour's majority in the House of Commons to just one. Harold Wilson invoked Castle to find the necessary funding and promise the bridge's construction as an 'election sweetener'. The move paid off, with Labour holding the seat.

paragraph: She presided over the closure of approximately 2,050 miles of railways as she enacted her part of the Beeching cuts—a betrayal of pre-election commitments by the Labour party to halt the proposals. Nevertheless, she refused closure of several lines, one example being the Looe Valley Line in Cornwall, and introduced the first Government rail subsidies for socially necessary but unprofitable railways in the Transport Act 1968.

paragraph: One of her most memorable achievements as Transport minister was to pass legislation decreeing that all new cars had to be fitted with seat belts. Despite being appointed to the Ministry of Transport, a role which she was originally unenthusiastic about, Castle could not actually drive herself, and was chauffeured to functions. (The Labour politician Hazel Blears recalled driving Castle at one time as a young Labour Party activist in the 1980s.) Despite her lack of a driving licence, she attracted controversy when she told local government leaders to give added emphasis to motor vehicle access in urban areas, as "most pedestrians are walking to or from their cars."

paragraph: Castle and her husband Edward Castle had bought a new flat in John Spencer Square in late 1967 while she was the Minister of Transport.

paragraph: Section::::Member of Parliament (1945–1979).:Cabinet minister.:First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Employment, 1968–1970.

paragraph: As Secretary of State for Employment, she was also appointed First Secretary of State by Wilson, bringing her firmly into the heart of government. She was never far from controversy which reached a fever pitch when the trade unions rebelled against her proposals to reduce their powers in her 1969 white paper, 'In Place of Strife'. This also involved a major cabinet split, with threatened resignations, hot tempers and her future nemesis James Callaghan breaking ranks to publicly try to undermine the bill. The whole episode alienated her from many of her friends on the left, with the Tribune newspaper railing very hard against the bill, which they held to be attacking the workers without attacking the bosses. The split is often said to be partly responsible for Labour's defeat at the 1970 general election. The eventual deal with the unions dropped most of the contentious clauses.

paragraph: Castle also helped make history when she intervened in the Ford sewing machinists' strike of 1968, in which the women of the Dagenham Ford Plant demanded to be paid the same as their male counterparts. She helped resolve the strike, which resulted in a pay rise for Ford's female workers bringing them to 92% of what the men received. Most significantly, as a consequence of this strike, Castle put through the Equal Pay Act 1970. A 2010 British film, "Made in Dagenham", was based on the Ford strike. She was portrayed by Miranda Richardson.

paragraph: In April 1970, Castle's husband Ted lost his position as an alderman of the Greater London Council. He was devastated and although he was supportive of his wife’s achievements, he considered himself a failure against her. Upset and concerned by her husband's distress, Barbara moved to persuade Wilson to grant Ted a peerage.

paragraph: Section::::Member of Parliament (1945–1979).:Opposition.

paragraph: In May 1970, Wilson called a general election, held on 18 June. The Conservative Party, led by Edward Heath, enjoyed a surprise victory, despite opinion polling indicating a steady lead for Labour in the run-up. Castle privately blamed complacency within Labour for their loss and had expressed skepticism of their poll lead, writing in her diaries: "I have a haunting feeling there is a silent majority sitting behind its lace curtains waiting to come out and vote Tory."

paragraph: In the immediate aftermath of the government's defeat, Castle found she was out of favour with Wilson. The day following the general election, Wilson held a final inner Cabinet meeting at Downing Street, to which Castle was not invited. Eager to make contact, she later called him at Chequers, where Wilson engaged in a brusque telephone conversation with her.

paragraph: Refusing to acknowledge her career had been curtailed, Castle proposed to run for deputy leadership of the Parliamentary Labour Party. When she informed Wilson of her plans he was furious; Castle's reputation within the party had been damaged by the failure of "In Place of Strife" and Wilson censured her, claiming her plan would split the party. In an act of retribution for her challenge to the deputy leadership, Wilson impeded Ted Castle's peerage, which he had all but promised prior to the general election.

paragraph: Castle remained as the Labour shadow spokesperson on Employment. The new Government introduced many of her policy suggestions as part of their Industrial Relations Act. When she was attacking the Conservative bill, the government simply pointed to her own white paper, following which Wilson reshuffled her first to the health portfolio and then out of the shadow cabinet.

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paragraph: In 1974, after Harold Wilson's defeat of Edward Heath, Castle became Secretary of State for Health and Social Services. While serving in this position, Castle introduced a wide range of innovative welfare reforms, including the introduction of the mobility allowance, the Invalid Care Allowance (July 1976) for single women and others who give up their jobs to care for severely disabled relatives, the introduction of a non-contributory invalidity pension for disabled persons who had not qualified for invalidity pension, reforms in child allowances, and the linking of most social security benefits to earnings rather than prices.

paragraph: In the 1975 referendum debate she took a Eurosceptic stance. During a debate with Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe he asked her whether, if the vote would be yes, she would stay on as a minister. To this she replied: "If the vote is yes my country will need me to save it." Despite her views she later became a Member of the European Parliament (1979–1989).

paragraph: In 1975, Castle introduced the Child Benefit Act, superseding the Family Allowances Act 1945. The act provided new support for families' first child, unlike the previous system in place, which provided benefit for second and subsequent children. Castle also ensured child benefit would be paid directly to mothers, not fathers, unlike Family Allowance, the previous system in place. The legislation faced opposition from unions whose male members would receive less take-home pay with the loss of Family Allowance.

paragraph: Castle remained in cabinet until Wilson's resignation in March 1976. The head of the Downing Street policy unit, Bernard Donoughue, records in his diary that he warned Wilson that Castle's dogged pursuit of personal policy stances on public health would "wreck the NHS". Donoughue claims that Wilson agreed, but admitted he would leave it to his successor to resolve.

paragraph: Castle lost her place as a Cabinet minister when her bitter political enemy James Callaghan succeeded Wilson as Prime Minister following a leadership election. Although he left Wilson's Cabinet virtually unchanged, he dismissed Castle almost immediately upon taking office. Callaghan removed her under the pretext he wanted to lower the average age of his Cabinet, which she regarded as a "phoney reason". In an interview years later, she remarked that perhaps the most restrained thing she had ever achieved in her life was not to reply with "Then why not start with yourself, Jim?" (Callaghan was four years older than Wilson, the man he was replacing).

paragraph: Section::::European Parliament (1979–1989).

paragraph: Despite her Eurosceptic stance, less than a month after leaving Westminster at the 1979 general election she stood for and was elected to the European Parliament, writing in the "Tribune" that "politics is not just about policies: it is about fighting for them in every available forum and at every opportunity." In 1982 she wrote in the "New Statesman" that Labour should abandon its opposition to British membership of the EEC, saying that Britain should fight its corner inside it. This led her former ally Ian Mikardo to say to her: "Your name is mud".

paragraph: She represented Greater Manchester North from 1979–1984, and was then elected for another five years to represent Greater Manchester West from 1984–1989. She was, at that time, the only British MEP to have held a cabinet position.

paragraph: In the European Parliament Castle led Labour's delegation, serving as vice-chair of the Socialist Group and as a member of the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development and also the Delegation for relations with Malta.

paragraph: Section::::Life peer.

paragraph: In 1974, Ted Castle was made a life peer. This meant that Barbara was now formally Lady Castle, but she refused to use this courtesy title. Ted Castle died in 1979. In 1990, she was made a life peer in her own right, as Baroness Castle of Blackburn. She remained active in politics right up until her death, attacking the then Chancellor, Gordon Brown, at the Labour party conference in 2001 for his refusal to link pensions to earnings.

paragraph: Castle was a critic of Blairism and "New Labour", in particular with Blairite economic ideologies, which she perceived to be acceptance of "market economics, unchallenged globalisation and the dominance of the multinationals". She also accused Blairites of distorting and dismissing the Labour Party's past, stating in an interview published in the "New Statesman" magazine in 2000, the party's centenary:"They do not seem to have realised that all governments, whatever their complexion, end in apparent failure. Macmillan was triumphant in 1959 and was biting the dust shortly afterwards. Heath won in 1970 and spent three and half years doing U-turns, looking for the perfect answer. Thatcher was a remarkable woman, but her premiership ended in ignominy. But the current leadership seems preoccupied by the failing of Labour in power and in opposition."

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Barbara Castle died in Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, on 3 May 2002, of pneumonia and chronic lung disease.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Castle has been acknowledged as the most important female Labour politician of the 20th century. An adept and gripping orator, Castle garnered a reputation as a strong-willed, sometimes single-minded crusader. Political commentator Andrew Marr wrote of Castle in 1993: "Performance has been at the centre of her career. She makes excellent television and was a good Commons speaker. But she was really made for the platform, either at Labour conferences or during election campaigns. There, her wit, self-confidence and theatricality were displayed. A good Castle speech is unforgettable."

paragraph: She was admired by Bill Deedes, Conservative politician and editor of "The Daily Telegraph", for "her astonishing tenacity, her capacity for getting her own way in Cabinet and nearly everywhere else," though he derided her politics. To her allies, Castle was loyal and would fiercely defend them. Colleague Roy Hattersley credited her with saving his career by insisting he remain her junior Minister when Harold Wilson attempted to sack him. Nevertheless, she remained unforgiving of her enemies; when questioned on James Callaghan in a 2000 interview in the "New Statesman", Castle said: "I think it is safest all round if I don't comment on him."

paragraph: Referred to disparagingly by fellow Labour MP Gerald Kaufman as "the Norma Desmond of politics [...] always ready for her close-up", she was noted for always paying particular attention to her appearance. Variously described as sophisticated, stylish and glamorous, Castle was also characterised as vain, while her critics called her egocentric. Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock recalled she was distraught when her hairdresser cancelled before a television appearance; in response, Castle said: "If you're a woman in the public eye, getting your hair nice is a constant preoccupation." Her weekly appointments with her hairdresser were "an essential Friday engagement" according to Hattersley, although she occasionally wore a wig – which she nicknamed Lucy – for public appearances without the benefit of her hairdresser to hand.

paragraph: In 2008, Castle was named by "The Guardian" as one of four of "Labour's greatest heroes" and in 2016 she was named on BBC Radio 4's "Woman's Hour" Power List as one of seven women judged to have had the biggest impact on women's lives over the past 70 years, alongside Margaret Thatcher, Helen Brook, Germaine Greer, Jayaben Desai, Bridget Jones, and Beyoncé. Several women politicians have cited Castle as an inspiration for embarking on their careers, including Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry, Tulip Siddiq, and former Conservative MP Edwina Curry.

paragraph: Since Castle's death there have been several plans mooted to memorialise her with a statue in her constituency town of Blackburn, most recently in 2018. In the town a dual carriageway that constitutes part of the ring road is named Barbara Castle Way. She was commemorated on a postage stamp issued as part of the Royal Mail's Women of Distinction series in 2008 for piloting the Equal Pay Act through parliament. She appears on the 81p denomination.

paragraph: Castle was portrayed by British actress Miranda Richardson in the 2010 film "Made in Dagenham", dealing with the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham assembly plant. She was later portrayed by stage actress Sophie-Louise Dann in the 2014 West End musical adaptation of the film.

paragraph: Section::::Honours and awards.

paragraph: Barbara Castle was the recipient of "The Order of the Companions of OR Tambo in Silver", a South African award to foreign nationals for friendship with that country. In a statement the South African government recognised Castle's "outstanding contribution to the struggle against apartheid and the establishment of a non-sexist, non-racial and democratic South Africa". This can be seen throughout Castle's career with her active support for the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) in Britain from the very start of its existence and her continued interest and devotion to colonial issues within Parliament.

paragraph: In 2002 Castle was posthumously awarded an honorary degree from the Open University. The award, Doctor of the University, was presented for Public Services for works in areas of special educational concern to the OU.

paragraph: Castle also received a Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990, for services to European democracy.

paragraph: In September 2008 Northern Rail, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and PTEG (Passenger transport executive Group) named a train after her. The plaque was unveiled by Barbara's niece, Sonya Hinton, and Ruth Kelly MP (then Secretary of State for Transport). A commemorative brochure of the event was produced by PTEG.

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paragraph: BULLET::::- 19451964: " The Honourable" Mrs Barbara Castle

paragraph: BULLET::::- 19641974: "The Right Honourable" Mrs Barbara Castle

paragraph: BULLET::::- 19741979: "The Right Honourable" The Lady Castle

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1979: "The Right Honourable" The Lady Castle

paragraph: BULLET::::- 19791989: "The Right Honourable" The Lady Castle

paragraph: BULLET::::- 19891990: "The Right Honourable" The Lady Castle

paragraph: BULLET::::- 19902002: "The Right Honourable" The Baroness Castle of Blackburn

paragraph: Section::::Books by Barbara Castle.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Castle Diaries, 1974–1976", Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Castle Diaries, 1964–1970", Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sylvia and Christabel Pankhurst", Penguin Books, 1987.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fighting All the Way" (her memoirs), Macmillan, 1993.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 1979–1984

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 1984–1989

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In Place of Strife"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rail subsidies

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Notes

paragraph: Footnotes

paragraph: Bibliography

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Barbara Castle – Blackburn Labour Party

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photos of Barbara Castle – Blackburn Labour Party

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Barbara Castle Cabinet Diaries – held at Bradford University Library

alias:
Barbara Castle
Barbara Anne Castle
Barbara Anne Betts

description: British politician

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wikidata_label: Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn

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