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- ↑ "The D and D behind D&D: All you ever wanted to know", D&D Web site
- ↑ Jay Rayner, "Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012 Lifetime Achievement: Sir Terence Conran", The Guardian , October 20, 2012
- 1 2 "Cateys 2017: Lifetime Achievement Award, Sir Terence Conran", The Caterer , July 6, 2017
