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Tag Archives: Max Hastings
Roundup
–Two posts independently made the same point earlier this week relating to Jewish-American writer Chaim Potok. Potok wrote mostly of the Orthodox Hassidic Jewish community. The first notice appeared on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac: When he was about 14 years … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags
Tagged BBC History Magazine, Chaim Potok, Country Houses, Henry VI, Irish Times, Max Hastings, The Times
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Score Settling Time
In the 12 July 2018 issue of the New York Review of Books, Max Hastings, former editor of the Daily Telegraph, reviews Hilary Spurling’s biography of Anthony Powell. This is not scheduled to be published in the USA until the … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Biographies, Newspapers
Tagged Anthony Powell, Daily Telegraph, Hilary Spurling, Max Hastings, New York Review of Books
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Max Hastings Watches the BBC’s Face-to-Face Interviews
In this week’s Spectator, Max Hastings, former Daily Telegraph editor, comments on his viewing of DVDs of the BBC’s Face to Face interviews, which he had recently been sent as a gift. The recordings have been circulation since 2009, and it … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Letters, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Face to Face, John Freeman, Max Hastings, Spectator, Tom Driberg
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