Introducing our look at the year that defined the modern era, the veteran writer recalls the extraordinary collision of politics, culture and social upheaval that he witnessed as a student
Was it a prefigurative year? I think so. Not that one thought of it as such at the time or even a few years later, when it was totally forgotten in the turbulence that engulfed the world. I am trying to recall that year, to find deep down some memories, even a few impressions on the basis of which I could reconstruct a misted-up past without too many distortions.
When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months. The Cuban missile crisis had temporarily boosted...
Was it a prefigurative year? I think so. Not that one thought of it as such at the time or even a few years later, when it was totally forgotten in the turbulence that engulfed the world. I am trying to recall that year, to find deep down some memories, even a few impressions on the basis of which I could reconstruct a misted-up past without too many distortions.
When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months. The Cuban missile crisis had temporarily boosted...
- 5/7/2013
- by Tariq Ali
- The Guardian - Film News
Queen Elizabeth's appearance at the Olympics opening ceremony has made her more popular with the British public. The monarch starred alongside actor Daniel Craig - in character as James Bond - for the event, where she appeared to parachute into the Olympic Stadium. The spectacle has boosted opinion of the royal family, with seventy per cent of respondents saying their opinion of the royals had improved over the course of the Olympic Games. This was against five percent of people who said their opinion of the royals had fallen. Although the monarch's stunt was largely seen as positive, some weren't impressed by it, with Richard Ingrams, editor of The Oldie and former editor of Private Eye saying:...
- 8/16/2012
- Monsters and Critics
Richard Ingrams has said that The Queen should not have starred in the James Bond scene in Danny Boyle's London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony. The editor of The Oldie and former editor of Private Eye was unimpressed by the sequence, the Evening Standard reports. "I think The Queen made a great mistake when she agreed to do that stunt with Daniel Craig," Ingrams said. "What can she and her advisers have been thinking of? It was very undignified for an 86-year-old woman. "I noticed that when (more)...
- 8/6/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
One of Ireland's most successful novelists, loved for her kindness and generosity of spirit
Maeve Binchy, who has died aged 72, was a larger-than-life author and journalist, whose novels about love and romance in Ireland sold more than 40m copies in 37 languages. Among the most popular were Light a Penny Candle (1982), Echoes (1985), Circle of Friends (1990) and Tara Road (1998). The last of these, the story of two women who exchange homes in Ireland and the Us for a magical summer, was promoted by Oprah Winfrey, ensuring runaway sales. In 1995 Circle of Friends, about childhood friends from the village of Knockglen, was made into a film starring Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver. Tara Road and the short story How About You? also became feature films, and The Lilac Bus (1984) and Echoes were made into television films.
Maeve's novels dealt with issues such as betrayal and child-parent relationships, tensions between rural and urban life,...
Maeve Binchy, who has died aged 72, was a larger-than-life author and journalist, whose novels about love and romance in Ireland sold more than 40m copies in 37 languages. Among the most popular were Light a Penny Candle (1982), Echoes (1985), Circle of Friends (1990) and Tara Road (1998). The last of these, the story of two women who exchange homes in Ireland and the Us for a magical summer, was promoted by Oprah Winfrey, ensuring runaway sales. In 1995 Circle of Friends, about childhood friends from the village of Knockglen, was made into a film starring Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver. Tara Road and the short story How About You? also became feature films, and The Lilac Bus (1984) and Echoes were made into television films.
Maeve's novels dealt with issues such as betrayal and child-parent relationships, tensions between rural and urban life,...
- 7/31/2012
- by Conor O'Clery
- The Guardian - Film News
Colin Firth has been named as one of the guest editors of BBC Radio 4's Today programme, thus taking Katie Price out of consideration for the role. Firth will fill one of five slots that are given out to public figures during each Christmas period, who will help determine what content goes to air over the Holidays, and add their own personal interests to the programming output. Other names chosen for this year’s guest editing slots are artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood, co-founder of Private Eye Richard Ingrams, memoir writer Diana Athill and businesswoman Dame Clara Furse. Glamour model Price (more)...
- 11/27/2010
- by By Alex Goldberg
- Digital Spy
Flagship programme continues tradition of having guest editors after Christmas, while talks continue with Katie Price
Atheist writer Diana Athill, actor Colin Firth and artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood will be giving Today listeners their own personal take on the day's news as guest editors of the Radio 4 programme between Christmas and New Year.
Richard Ingrams, editor of The Oldie and Private Eye co-founder, and Dame Clara Furse, former chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, will also be taking a turn in the editor's chair for what has become an annual festive tradition for the show.
The BBC confirmed earlier this week that it was talking to Katie Price, the model, reality TV star and author, about joining this year's Christmas guest editor roster.
Price's name was absent from the confirmed list of guest editors published yesterday, but the Today editor, Ceri Thomas, said "we're still talking" to Price...
Atheist writer Diana Athill, actor Colin Firth and artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood will be giving Today listeners their own personal take on the day's news as guest editors of the Radio 4 programme between Christmas and New Year.
Richard Ingrams, editor of The Oldie and Private Eye co-founder, and Dame Clara Furse, former chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, will also be taking a turn in the editor's chair for what has become an annual festive tradition for the show.
The BBC confirmed earlier this week that it was talking to Katie Price, the model, reality TV star and author, about joining this year's Christmas guest editor roster.
Price's name was absent from the confirmed list of guest editors published yesterday, but the Today editor, Ceri Thomas, said "we're still talking" to Price...
- 11/26/2010
- by Jason Deans
- The Guardian - Film News
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