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RBO/1/2/5
Title
Letters to Richard Boston, 1990s
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- 1990-1999 (Creation)
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1 file
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Letters are mostly personal but cover a range of topics and include Osbert Lancaster; book proposal on Cezanne, Zola and Aix; Findhorn community in Scotland; Morandi exhibition; fan mail; interviews; William Golding's poems; J E Maxwell-Hyslop; Gavin Ewart; Flat Earth Society; Starkness at Noon by Boston; and This Thing of Darkness short story by Kit Wright.
Correspondents include Alan Rusbridger, Faber and Faber Limited Publishers, Wendy Cope, Lionel Grigson, Edward Upward, Miles Kington, Alan Bennett, Tom Bussman, BBC South* and Kit Wright.
Creator: Boston, Richard (1938-2006), journalist
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- Boston; Richard (1938-2006); journalist, writer (Subject)
- Lancaster; Sir; Osbert (1908-1986); cartoonist (Subject)
- Cézanne; Paul (1839-1906); painter (Subject)
- Rusbridger; Alan Charles (1953-); journalist and editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Cope; Wendy (1945-); poet (Subject)
- Kington; Miles; journalist (Subject)
- Bennett; Alan (1934-); dramatist, actor, author and playwright (Subject)
- Zola; Emile (1840-1902); Novelist, playwright, journalist (Subject)
- Ewart; Gavin (1916-1995); Poet (Subject)
- Wright; Kit (1944-); author (Subject)
- Grigson; Lionel (1942-1994); Musician (Subject)
- Upward; Edward (1903-2009); Novelist (Subject)
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