* Mervyn Bunter: Wimsey's valet, who also assists in his investigations

The Library also publishes Wieland, Arthur Mervyn and Edgar Huntly as " Three Gothic Novels " in a separate volume, edited by Sydney J. Krause.

Other features quickly followed and, in 1981, he co-wrote ( with Michael Bakewell ) BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and has also adapted C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia and Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan and Gormenghast for Radio 4, for which he received a Sony Radio Award in 1985.

The 400 delegates of the Plenary Assembly also elected the following as vice-presidents of the World Jewish Congress: Yaakov Bleich ( Ukraine ), Helena Glaser ( Israel ), Robert Goot ( Australia ), Flo Kaufmann ( Great Britain ), Charlotte Knobloch ( Germany ), Tomas Kraus ( Czech Republic ), Tamar Shchory ( Israel ), Marc Schneier ( USA ), and Mervyn Smith ( South Africa ).

The band has also stepped out from behind their instruments and microphone stands to produce films, including two documenting the landscape of the city of London: Finisterre ( 2002 ) inspired by the 1967 short film The London Nobody Knows, and What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day?

Both men would also explore Welsh culture, with Mathias setting music to the works of Dylan Thomas, while Hoddinott, along with the likes of Mervyn Burtch and David Wynne, would be influenced by the poetic and mythical past of Wales.

Aside from the Montsalvat artist community, Eltham has also been home to artists such as Walter Withers and Neil Douglas, as well as to writers such as Alan Marshall and Mervyn Skipper.

* The Footscray Edgewater Cricket Club ( formally Footscray Cricket Club ) was founded in 1883 and for the first 113 years of its existence was also located at the Western Oval ( now Whitten Oval ) until 1996 when combined pressure exerted by the Footscray Football Club and state-government-appointed commissioners to the City of Maribyrnong saw the club relocated to the Mervyn G. Hughes Oval.

The performance features the show's regulars, with the notable exceptions of Mervyn and Red Hand Luke, and also features a stand-up set from Tim McGarry who plays Da.

The town was also the birthplace of English author Mervyn Peake.

Upgraded in 2002 at a cost of NZ $ 1. 6 million, the Mervyn Kemp Library is located on the corner of the Main Rd and Cambridge St. Also on Cambridge St is the Tawa Community Centre, which now also occupies the space vacated by the ANZ Bank when it closed its Tawa Branch.

2007 semi-finalist Mervyn King also moved to the PDC, seemingly against the contracted condition that semi-finalists and finalists were bound to appear the next year.

Together with the work of Blomfield himself, Sir John Belcher and Mervyn Macartney, the arrival of a serious account of architectural development in the 17th and 18th centuries led not only to the preservation of many previously neglected buildings of those periods, but also increased interest in the neo-Georgian style.

His most important role during the 1930s was the lead actor in Wild Boys of the Road, director William Wellman's indictment of aimless teens vagabonding across America during the Depression ; he also appeared in Mervyn LeRoy's Three on a Match in 1932.

He was also a great doubles and mixed doubles player, in which his major victories include: four consecutive mixed doubles crowns at Wimbledon from 1953 – 56, the first three with Doris Hart and the fourth with Shirley Fry ; the U. S. National mixed doubles from 1953 – 55, all with Doris Hart ; the U. S. National doubles in 1952 with Mervyn Rose and again in 1954 with Tony Trabert ; the French National ( French Open ) doubles in 1954 and 1955, both with Trabert ; the French National mixed doubles in 1953, with Doris Hart ; and the Australian National ( Australian Open ) doubles in 1955, with Trabert.

A month later, long time BDO player Mervyn King ( who once claimed he would never play for the PDC ) also followed, showing the continuing struggle for dominance between the bodies.

Inductions can also be delegated to another individual, such as a Lieutenant Governor, as was the case when Mervyn Wilkinson was inducted into the order by Iona Campagnolo, the then Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, in 2002.

The college also enjoys close ties with several local churches including St James Church Kenilworth whose rector is former GWC vice principal Dr Mervyn Eloff.

In 2000 Sykes appeared as Mollocks, the servant of Dr Prunesquallor, in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast, which was the last production to feature both Milligan and Sykes ( although they did not appear together on screen ).

Mervyn " Merv " Pumpkinhead is a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's popular comic book series, The Sandman.

In Neil Gaiman's " Sandman " series a handyman figure named Mervyn Pumpkinhead, clearly modeled on Jack, works for Morpheus in the Dreaming, painting and building dreams.

It is set in the same dimension of the DC universe as The Sandman and the stories occurred primarily within Dream's realm, The Dreaming, concentrating on characters who had played minor roles in The Sandman, including The Corinthian, Matthew the raven, Cain and Abel, Lucien the dream librarian, the faerie Nuala, Eve, and Mervyn Pumpkinhead ( janitor of The Dreaming ).

* The novel Mr Pye by Mervyn Peake, best known for the Gormenghast series, is set on Sark.

The Gormenghast series comprises three novels by Mervyn Peake, originally published between 1946 and 1959.

* Mervyn Peake-Titus Groan, first of the Gormenghast series.

In the month of April, at Georgetown, West Indies in first test match of the series, he scored an unbeaten 144 in the first innings after being hit by a Mervyn Dillon delivery.

* Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast series

* Mervyn Bunter, created in 1923 by Dorothy L. Sayers in the Lord Peter Wimsey series, likewise a paragon of discreet competence, taking his duties beyond what was expected of a valet to help his master.

* Mervyn Peake's 1959 novel Titus Alone of the Gormenghast series features a poor, displaced, underground society who live in an area known as the " Under River ".

Some changes were made to the format prior to the series going ahead-with the character of Cal ( Emer's brother ) changing substantially, and the introduction of other recurring characters such as Big Mervyn and Red Hand Luke.

Gormenghast, by Mervyn Peake, is the second novel in his Gormenghast series.

In 1992, Overlook Press ( the American publishers of the Gormenghast series ) printed at the end of Titus Alone the extant coherent portions of Mervyn Peake's Titus Awakes, with a brief introduction by John Watney.

An earlier example, and possibly the first true fantasy of manners, is the Gormenghast series ( specifically the first two books ) by Mervyn Peake.

* A character in the Gormenghast series of Mervyn Peake

In 1967 he provided the theme tune for the Granada TV series Mr Rose, starring William Mervyn.

The impact that his books, combined with the success of several other series such as C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast series and Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea, helped cement the genre's popularity and gave birth to the current wave of fantasy literature.

Jay Cocks called the screenplay a " snarling, overwrought and somewhat parochial satire on aristocracy and privileged morality "; he called the film " wretchedly photographed ... as if it were shot under floodlights "; in contrast Cocks praised the performances by Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, William Mervyn, Coral Browne, and James Villiers, but reserves most of his praise for O ' Toole, saying his performance is of " such intensity that it may trouble sleep as surely as it will haunt memory.

Footscray ( now called Footscray-Edgewater ) subsequently has had their main home ground named after him ; it is now known as the Mervyn G. Hughes Oval.

Two years later, the company went on to purchase a New Jersey park developed by the Hardwicke Companies and designed by Warner LeRoy ( son of Wizard of Oz director, Mervyn LeRoy ), called Great Adventure.

During this whole period, Lord Peter has a manservant called Mervyn Bunter, and in him Ms Sayers created a fictional persona that is fascinating and enigmatic.

c. 1880-1889 Mervyn was born in Kent, one of seven, a brother was called Meredith ( Clouds of Witness & Thrones, Dominations ); Lord Peter was born in 1890 and is described as being the younger ( Whose Body?