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MS - 11 Oct 2005 15:32 GMT

Hi,

I can't seem to find this information on the web, or an appropriate group
to post to, so please accept my apologies for this off-topic post (no
doubt there are fans of Bennett's on uk.culture.language.english).

The South Bank Show profiled Alan Bennett last weekend and I'd like to
read his diaries, however web searches only reveal audio book versions and
I can't find a coherent list of his diaries in published order or
recommendations as to which are the best, the ones to avoid (if any), or
any pointers to get me started. Please will someone advise me.

Many thanks,

MS

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John of Aix - 11 Oct 2005 20:47 GMT

> Hi,
>
> I can't seem to find this information on the web, or an appropriate
> group to post to, so please accept my apologies for this off-topic
> post (no doubt there are fans of Bennett's on
> uk.culture.language.english).

I don't follow him closely but I was impressed when first I saw him as a
young man (us both) and am always happy to hear his wry patter and his
strange voice. A 'special' to be cherished.

> The South Bank Show profiled Alan Bennett last weekend and I'd like to
> read his diaries, however web searches only reveal audio book
> versions and I can't find a coherent list of his diaries in published
> order or recommendations as to which are the best, the ones to avoid
> (if any), or any pointers to get me started. Please will someone
> advise me.

You can get the radio interview he did for the BBC Front Row show, in
which he reads extracts from his books an,d talks about his family and
stuff here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/index.shtml

You might find quite a bit of other stuff on him at the BBC site too, so
do a search there.

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ghughesarch@aol.com - 24 Oct 2005 13:31 GMT

> Hi,
>
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>
> MS

A selection gets published annually in the London Review of Books,
however, the collected diaries are contained in "Writing Home" and
"Untold Stories", though in both you get not a day-by-day account
(which could be mind-numbing) but a selction of choice thoughts. Well
worth having all the same.

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MS - 26 Oct 2005 16:26 GMT

ghughesarch@aol.com emailed this:

>>Hi,
>>
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> (which could be mind-numbing) but a selction of choice thoughts. Well
> worth having all the same.

Many thanks.

MS

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Discussion Groups / British English / October 2005

Alan Bennett Diaries