Alan Bennett

A Royal Appetite for Books

A very public woman.
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A very public woman.

The delights of Alan Bennett’s The Uncommon Reader begin with its title, a gentle but deft play on words, and flow forth in easeful perfection for the 120 pages that follow.  read more »

Bennett's The History Boys: Telling Witty Tales of School

Alan Bennett’s The History Boys is all the good things you’ve surely heard about it.  read more »

Bennett’s The History Boys: Telling Witty Tales of School

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Alan Bennett’s The History Boys is all the good things you’ve surely heard about it.  read more »

Alan Bennett's Cheats' Charter Inspires Smashing New Play

The hit play of the London season is Alan Bennett's hilarious and touching The History Boys , brilli  read more »

A Nice Coopa Tea With Alan Bennett

I don't know of a funnier Englishman than Alan Bennett, or one who's quite so quirkily, appealingly  read more »