User contributions for Cooke
A user with 482 edits. Account created on 24 May 2005.
20 May 2024
- 12:0612:06, 20 May 2024 diff hist +5 m Brown sauce No edit summary
- 12:0512:05, 20 May 2024 diff hist +10 m Brown sauce Inserted "pies".
13 May 2024
- 09:5209:52, 13 May 2024 diff hist −74 Stéphane Mallarmé →General poetry: Removed sentence "He is famous for his symbolism by which we can understand him very well." Since a) it is unsourced and b) I haven't a clue what it means. current
12 April 2024
- 13:3813:38, 12 April 2024 diff hist +12 m Beltrán Alfonso Osorio, 18th Duke of Alburquerque →Marriage and issue: Corrected grammar *"They were children of this second marriage:" current
22 March 2024
- 14:3414:34, 22 March 2024 diff hist +2 Talk:Trap–bath split →Loose Ends current
- 14:3414:34, 22 March 2024 diff hist +117 Talk:Trap–bath split →Loose Ends
19 March 2024
- 17:4217:42, 19 March 2024 diff hist +6 m Russborough House →Fire: grammar change from "being removed" to "having been removed"
21 January 2024
- 20:0720:07, 21 January 2024 diff hist +508 Talk:Ken Loach No edit summary current
4 January 2024
- 22:1622:16, 4 January 2024 diff hist +125 Beret →History: Added crucial point that the traditional berets are waterproof, which led to their adoption by Chasseurs Alpins etc. Tag: Reverted
7 November 2023
- 15:3015:30, 7 November 2023 diff hist +1 m Dark nebula put space between two words
1 October 2023
- 18:0318:03, 1 October 2023 diff hist +1 m Diamond (gemstone) →{{anchor|Symbolism}}Symbolism and lore: Minor grammar correction
18 September 2023
- 14:4614:46, 18 September 2023 diff hist −705 Irish backstop →Early Parliamentary debates: Deleted the view of one person (Paul Bew) at the time, as insignificant and irrelevant. Lots of people said lots of things at the time.
2 September 2023
- 16:1316:13, 2 September 2023 diff hist +1 m Ben Caldecott No edit summary
- 16:1216:12, 2 September 2023 diff hist +7 m Ben Caldecott No edit summary
- 11:2711:27, 2 September 2023 diff hist +1 m Neapolitan cuisine →Pasta
- 11:2611:26, 2 September 2023 diff hist +28 m Neapolitan cuisine →Pasta: Added Torre Annunziata
30 June 2023
- 18:2818:28, 30 June 2023 diff hist 0 m Gym No edit summary
- 18:2718:27, 30 June 2023 diff hist 0 Gym No edit summary
- 18:2618:26, 30 June 2023 diff hist 0 m Gym corrected greek name γυμνάσιον
- 18:2518:25, 30 June 2023 diff hist 0 m Gym Greek word is γυμνάσιον, "gymnasion" not "gymnasium".
- 18:2018:20, 30 June 2023 diff hist −18 Gym Article as stands has both "gymnasia" and "gymnasiums" as plural. I have rationalized this throughout to "gymnasiums", which by about than 100/1 outnumbers "gymnasia" in 21st Century writing in English. https://grammarist.com/usage/gymnasia-gymnasiums/ (btw I do speak Latin. I won a scholarship to Oxford for it.)
28 June 2023
- 16:0516:05, 28 June 2023 diff hist +4 m Eric Newby →Later life and recognition
- 15:5915:59, 28 June 2023 diff hist +24 m Eric Newby →Later life and recognition: added SBS director
27 June 2023
- 18:1618:16, 27 June 2023 diff hist −27 m Shepherd's hut →See also: Removed repeat of "Vardo". current
7 May 2023
- 20:0320:03, 7 May 2023 diff hist −9 m Ben Elliot →Personal life: changed pageboy son from "was set to be" to "was".
17 March 2023
- 11:5611:56, 17 March 2023 diff hist +1 m Mount Sandel Mesolithic site Changed "less" to "fewer".
28 February 2023
- 18:5018:50, 28 February 2023 diff hist +184 Go to work on an egg Added reference to first use of "soldiers" for boiled eggs.
22 February 2023
- 13:3113:31, 22 February 2023 diff hist +344 Talk:Good Friday Agreement →The negotiation of the GFA: new section Tag: New topic
16 January 2023
- 17:3017:30, 16 January 2023 diff hist +13 Gina Lollobrigida →Youth: Added fact that her birthplace is in Lazio.
13 January 2023
- 20:4920:49, 13 January 2023 diff hist −689 Olive →Description: I've removed a passage about potential contamination of canned (or tinned) olves, because, however true it may be, it definitely does not belong here.
17 November 2022
- 17:0317:03, 17 November 2022 diff hist −330 Casino Royale (novel) →Plot inspirations: Removed "passer a la mandolin" reference. See talk.
- 17:0117:01, 17 November 2022 diff hist +214 Talk:Casino Royale (novel) →Historical existence of "passer à la mandolin": Reply Tag: Reply
7 November 2022
- 10:3010:30, 7 November 2022 diff hist +4 m Alexandre Exquemelin Added link to "henry morgan"
17 October 2022
- 08:5308:53, 17 October 2022 diff hist −12 m Völsunga saga →Volsung's ancestors: remove repetition
9 September 2022
- 10:0910:09, 9 September 2022 diff hist +3 m Basil Boothroyd Updated repeat date of radio programme. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
26 November 2021
- 18:1818:18, 26 November 2021 diff hist +169 Howard Blake →Music career: clarified that Peter Auty, not Aled Jones, sang "walking in the air" on the film soundtrack.
17 August 2021
- 15:3515:35, 17 August 2021 diff hist +10 m Simit →Consumption: inserted link to Duqqa
5 August 2021
- 08:3408:34, 5 August 2021 diff hist +19 m Patrick O'Brian →Media exposure and controversy in his final years: Added the name "Patrick Horowitz". Otherwise the subsequent reference to "Horowitz" is confusin.
3 August 2021
19 June 2021
- 16:4916:49, 19 June 2021 diff hist +115 Moy, County Tyrone →Demography: Added Paul Muldoon as a scion. Rotten word but couldn't think of a better one.
16 April 2021
- 17:5817:58, 16 April 2021 diff hist −3 m William Drennan →With the Volunteers: Removed the word "to" hoping that that is how the sentence is meant to read.
24 March 2021
- 16:0616:06, 24 March 2021 diff hist +310 Talk:Passover Seder →Need for a section on Seder's history
11 February 2021
- 18:1218:12, 11 February 2021 diff hist +1 m List of English words of Irish origin No edit summary
- 18:1118:11, 11 February 2021 diff hist +7 m List of English words of Irish origin No edit summary
- 18:1018:10, 11 February 2021 diff hist +46 List of English words of Irish origin Added "brock"
- 17:4517:45, 11 February 2021 diff hist +135 Craic →History: Added use as "crack" from Flann O'Brian, as he is a highly regarded scholar and writer of Irish.
13 January 2021
- 11:4111:41, 13 January 2021 diff hist 0 m Translations (play) →Inspirations and Influences: typo. changed "begun" to "began".
17 November 2020
- 10:5610:56, 17 November 2020 diff hist +4 m Antigone inserted link to "Sophocles"
3 October 2020
- 09:4509:45, 3 October 2020 diff hist +108 Derek Mahon →Biography: Changed ref to first para
- 09:2509:25, 3 October 2020 diff hist +255 Derek Mahon →Biography: Added account of winning poetry prize at school.
