Nigel Pickin from Cornish Cottage Holidays said 66% of his client base were second homeowners "living in Cornwall".

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Tracey April Pickin, assistant director at Public Bodies Group, HM Revenue and Customs, London, for services to tax compliance.

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Mullins' latest CD, 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor, due out Feb. 14 on Vanguard records, includes acoustic tracks recorded in New Orleans before hurricane Katrina.

NPR: From Station XPN: Shawn Mullins in Concert

This far in, it's obvious what to expect: pickin'-party songs, bar-band basics enlivened by loose, easygoing solos that traverse Western swing and Stardust-era Willie Nelson.

NPR: Weary but Playful, The Little Willies 'Roll On'

Jo Pickin, a radiographer from Velindre Hospital in Cardiff, has carried out her own research into how much information breast cancer patients manage to glean from the media.

BBC: Media's power over cancer patients