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Golding

[gohl-ding]

noun

  1. Louis, 1895–1958, English novelist and essayist.

  2. William Gerald, 1911–1993, British novelist: Nobel Prize 1983.



Golding

/ ˈɡəʊldɪŋ /

noun

  1. Sir William ( Gerald ). 1911–93, English novelist noted for his allegories of man's proclivity for evil. His novels include Lord of the Flies (1954), Darkness Visible (1979), Rites of Passage (1980), Close Quarters (1987), and Fire Down Below (1989). Nobel prize for literature 1983

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"Growing up in south-east London, playing football in cages was a social thing with our mates," says Dajon Golding, a school friend of Eze's and now a striker at National League South side Maidstone.

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One of the stories from this season’s sixth episode, “Lord of the Firesides,” finds the show’s Girl Scout-like troop, the Fireside Girls, going completely feral, like in the famous William Golding novel.

"Growing up in south-east London, playing football in cages was a social thing with our mates," Dajon Golding, a school friend of Eze's and now a striker at Scottish League Two side Elgin City, says.

From BBC

Mr Edwards' daughter Baroness Liln Golding, 91, from Caerphilly, said it weighed heavily on her father for the rest of his life.

From BBC

Henry Golding revealed he has reconnected with several of his “Crazy Rich Asians” collaborators as the hit film, based on author Kevin Kwan’s book trilogy, gets a future on the little screen.

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