Peake

British

/ piːk /

noun

Mervyn. 1911–68, English novelist, poet, and illustrator. In his trilogy Gormenghast (1946–59), he creates, with vivid imagination, a grotesque Gothic world

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Westhoughton-born actress Maxine Peake was among the campaigners against it, describing it as a "housing project in golf clothing".

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Former astronaut Tim Peake left scouts over the moon when he touched down at their new scout hut.

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Peake was the first Briton to set foot on the International Space Station and the first to conduct a spacewalk during his six-month mission in 2015 and 2016.

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It did not exist when Peake, who enjoyed bangers and mash and chicken curry in space, was a member.

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Peake's visit would be inspirational, he said.

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