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...It is Lamb who insists — brushing away his proprietor’s misgivings — on sensationalist coverage of the kidnapping and murder of Muriel McKay, the wife of Murdoch’s deputy chairman....
...Also on the first shortlist were Nicholas Mosley, Iris Murdoch and Muriel Spark....
...Wales gives us Rhys Davies and Alun Lewis, Northern Ireland Bernard MacLaverty, Trinidad VS Naipaul and Samuel Selvon, and Dominica Jean Rhys. The rest are English....
...The day was saved for the Corporation by the former FT columnist Samuel Brittan, a member of the Committee, who regarded the BBC as a special national institution....
...The Gourmet By Muriel BarberyTranslated by Alison Anderson Gallic Books, £9.99 Most of us, however much we enjoy our food, feel uncomfortable about taking its pleasures too seriously – which is why the most...
...Nissel is survived by Muriel (who wrote a book, Married to the Amadeus: Life with a String Quartet, published in 1998) and their children Claire and Daniel....
...The esteem prize went to James Shapiro’s 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare - winner of the 2006 Samuel Johnson award....
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