tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post5363251621270899998..comments2024-03-08T20:21:22.820+00:00Comments on The Deighton Dossier: Archive round-up - some lesser known discoveries ....Deighton Dossierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764108300942425651noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-52864155045992598002022-06-23T05:18:29.654+01:002022-06-23T05:18:29.654+01:00Rob, reference a very old post and comments on the...Rob, reference a very old post and comments on the art of Shirley Deighton, I would be interested in seeing some her images which are near impossible to source through the usual searches. I like the art of that period and appreciate your collection of Len's, a great resource. Recently found an ad for this picture for auction 'Portugal' 1965. https://www.barnebys.com/auctions/lot/shirley-deighton-british-wife-of-len-d-portugal-1965-9D7epidrKP Kind regardscameron duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706713303473723903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-77648072406939224972015-07-21T16:40:47.572+01:002015-07-21T16:40:47.572+01:00Rob.. The man who have saved 11 of her advertiseme...Rob.. The man who have saved 11 of her advertisement illustrations was on that episode of Antique's Roadshow Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786956283850686304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-80955276429272344052015-02-25T21:02:56.445+00:002015-02-25T21:02:56.445+00:00John, can you clarify, what was in the roadshow?John, can you clarify, what was in the roadshow?Deighton Dossierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764108300942425651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-85606258889681833382015-02-25T19:58:23.996+00:002015-02-25T19:58:23.996+00:00That was in Series 36, Episode 24 of Antique roads...That was in Series 36, Episode 24 of Antique roadshow. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612917220751015657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-87998151625193671982014-09-15T11:37:08.938+01:002014-09-15T11:37:08.938+01:00Janey, frankly, I don't know! It would be inte...Janey, frankly, I don't know! It would be interesting to see the illustrations.Deighton Dossierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764108300942425651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-49896489969738208762014-09-14T19:20:23.840+01:002014-09-14T19:20:23.840+01:00Hi,
Do you know if Shirley did some illustration...Hi, <br /><br />Do you know if Shirley did some illustrations for Burberry advertising campaigns between 1958-1962 (and/or maybe earlier)?<br /><br />Some illustrations by Shirley Thompson were saved from being destroyed by someone working at the J Walter Thompson Company Limited in London. <br /><br />The current owner hasn't been able to trace the illustrator. <br /><br />JaneyJaney Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794883172132451301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-67441365217349328222013-09-10T12:29:21.942+01:002013-09-10T12:29:21.942+01:00Hi Rob,
regarding your next interview with Len, p...Hi Rob,<br /><br />regarding your next interview with Len, perhaps you would like to ask him a little about his childhood. (I think we both had an obsessive childhood interest in model aircraft, IIRC from seeing Len on that Melvin Bragg interview.) Of interest would be his growing up in wartime London and how, perhaps, his perceptions changed of the Germany that has featured in so much of his later work. <br /><br />Len is known for his interest in technology, car phones, word processors etc. Did he ever consider a career in engineering? Does he still keep up with the latest smart phones and such?<br /><br />I'm also intrigued, and this may be the most difficult question of the lot to ask diplomatically, how, if at all, his political views have changed over the years?<br /><br />And, what I suspect we all want to know, when can we read that history of aircraft engines that he's been promising us? :)<br /><br /><br />best regards<br />Terry KiddTerry Kiddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888160718812027224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-57158286650309298172013-08-31T13:30:12.256+01:002013-08-31T13:30:12.256+01:00Thanks very much to you and Len for that, I apprec...Thanks very much to you and Len for that, I appreciate it. (I wouldn't want to plague either of you with further questions, but what still puzzles me is the question of the language - it reads very much as a translation, so I find myself speculating as to whether it may have been a book that had been already translated into English, or maybe a book in a foreign language but Len himself translated the chapter headings into English! But of course recaliing that half a century later might not be so easy.)ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-66708741538575512322013-08-31T12:06:14.835+01:002013-08-31T12:06:14.835+01:00Justin,
I got this response back from Len:
&qu...Justin, <br /><br />I got this response back from Len: <br /><br />"There was a chess club in a basement in Soho. In the Samson stories I used it to depict a Polish gathering place - which was another club elsewhere - and combined them into one. I am not a chess player but I was there frequently and got to know the members. It was close to St Martins Art School where I was every day and to Moor Street where I lived. From someone there I bought a book about chess for beginners and many of the quotes came from that book."<br /><br />I asked Len, but he didn't recall the book. Hope that helps.Deighton Dossierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764108300942425651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-73580863087096709082013-08-29T11:57:23.364+01:002013-08-29T11:57:23.364+01:00I've sent a query to @DeightonDossier on Twitt...I've sent a query to @DeightonDossier on Twitter, but perhaps I could expand on it here. I read Funeral In Berlin some time ago and was intrigued by the chess-related chapter headings, which, as I write <a href="http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com.es/2012/01/berlin-defence-is-classic-defence-by.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, read very much as if they were taken from another source, but one inexpertly translated into English.<br /><br />I would be very interested to know where they were in fact taken from, and if you (or Mr Deighton himself) can shed any light on the matter, I'd be very grateful for any information you can provide.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Justin Horton<br /><br />Streatham and Brixton Chess Blog<br /><br />@ejhchessejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com