From the archive: 24 September 1986, Beatles and Tony Benn become yesterday's men / Omissions from the new Collins English Dictionary

Originally published in the Guardian on 24 September 1986George and Ringo, Virginia Wade and Tony Benn are consigned to the dustbin of lexicographical biography in the new Collins English Dictionary, due out tomorrow. The two lesser Beatles, the retired tennis player and the politician have been omitted from the second edition. So have the miners' leader, Mr Arthur Scargill, the film star Claudette Colbert, the England 1966 World Cup goalkeeper, Gordon Banks, and the retired Archbishop of Canter...

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