When Harold met Antonia

Posted in June 18, 2019
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Their relationship began with the three words, “Must you go?”   Harold Pinter and Antonia Fraser had barely just met when, on the evening of 8 January 1975, Harold uttered that short phrase which marked the start of a long love story. He was 42 years old, she 44. Both were married. Harold to actress

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Truth to Power Café

Posted in June 12, 2019
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“When my father died in 2013, I remember reading the words ‘truth to power’ in his obituary. That was when I got in touch with Henry. I wanted to know more about their lives, more about that ballet between them, and why those words had become so important to Harold, Mick and the rest of

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Lemn Sissay is the winner of the 2019 PEN Pinter Prize

Posted in June 5, 2019
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The British poet and playwright Lemn Sissay has been awarded the prestigious 2019 PEN Pinter Prize. The award – founded in 2009 in memory of Pinter and won by such authors as Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and Tom Stoppard – is assigned every year to an English, Irish or Commonwealth writer who, as Harold himself

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