The Divided Skirt mb-code 1239220 Manchester United footballer George Best

Manchester United footballer George Best enjoys a drink as he gazes out of his hotel window in Marbella

John Barry

View of East India House and part of adjacent buildings

Actor Michael Caine travelling on the underground train at Aldwych tube station during filming for his latest film 'Drabble'

View of a rat catcher holding a cage of rats which is being attacked by a dog

The Divided Skirt mb-code 1239220 Manchester United footballer George Best'The Divided Skirt', 1886. This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone. Now 76 years of age, and in his third term in office, Gladstone was undoubtedly the grandee of the Commons. By now, he had been dubbed the 'Grand Old Man' by Henry Labouchere in 1881, and this had been shorted to GOM by many. He is fitting a decidedly matronly Britannia with her first divided skirt. This relates to one of Gladstone's first Bills on regaining office