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  • “It is very sad that Kate has been sucked into such activities by William,” said Barry Hugill of the League Against Cruel Sports.

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • “It is very sad that Kate has been sucked into such activities by William,” said Barry Hugill of the League Against Cruel Sports.

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • "Given that we know that schoolboys have hacked into the Pentagon computer, nothing is secure," said Barry Hugill of the rights group Liberty.

    Boing Boing 2003

  • From Shanties from the Seven Seas, Hugill (a version)

    Fire Down Below (2) 1999

  • From Songs of the Sea, Hugill note: Hugill dates this as early 18th century, based on Hal's wardrobe and the use of the obsolete term "first-rater" Cawsand Bay was a popular rendezvous for the British Navy.

    Cawsand Bay 1996

  • And yet when Hugill's workshop closed, the coins and the horseshoe were taken away from the door.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Hugill was too young to know his grandfather, while his father - who served as a Sergeant-at-Arms in the Home Guard during WWII - was reluctant to speak about his wartime experiences.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • "All they wanted to do was forget it," Hugill says.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • All were fixed to a board and eventually passed onto Hugill's grandson, now 60 and also called John Hugill, who still lives in Catwick, where he runs an engineering firm.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • At the outset of WWI, the village blacksmith, John Hugill, nailed a lucky horseshoe to the door of his forge.

    BBC News - Home 2011

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