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Sunday, 27 April 2014

Len on BBC1 this morning - OWALW - redux

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Sir John Mills as General Haig [ Updated content ] Watching BBC Breakfast at 0740h this morning while eating my cornflakes I was inter...
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Sunday, 20 April 2014

Review - New Edition - "Blood, Tears & Folly" by Len Deighton

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This new UK edition of Len's 1993 history of the major military strategies of World War Two is big in concept, scope and physical size. ...
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Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Review - New edition - "Fighter" by Len Deighton

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While readers may not have the opportunity to read new books from Len, Harper Collins is doing its best to give readers the next best thing:...
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Sunday, 30 March 2014

Deighton on TV redux - "The Lively Arts"

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Len Deighton, The Lively Arts If readers haven't discovered it yet on the BBC's archives, I'd encourage you to watch the 197...
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Friday, 28 March 2014

Not yet a writer ....

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I found a little curiosity in a 1963 edition of House & Garden (not a regular read of mine!). In an article on what makes a great dinn...
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Monday, 24 March 2014

Oh! What a Lovely War - history as entertainment and entertainment as history

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“ That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” - Aldou...
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Sunday, 23 March 2014

A place on the Great British Bake-Off .... redux

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In January I posted a link to an article that appeared in the Mail on Sunday about GBBO's Mary Berry and her contemporary food writers ...
Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Happy 85th Birthday to Len ....

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... I'm sure readers of this blog and around the world will want to join me in wishing Cyril Len Deighton, author, historian, designer...
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Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Fourth question & answer interview with Len Deighton – exclusive to the Deighton Dossier

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The author kindly answers reader Q's © Pluriform 2014 and © The Deighton Dossier 2014 - not for reproduction without permission ...
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Monday, 20 January 2014

A place on the Great British Bake-Off next?....

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Saturday's Daily Mail newspaper on Saturday carried an article in the magazine looking at some of the pioneers of cooking in the UK in...
Friday, 17 January 2014

Normal service resuming ....

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Just over 25 years ago, it started falling down To all Deighton Dossier readers, an extremely belated Happy 2014! The frequency of posti...
Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Who would you cast in the planned new Game, Set and Match triple trilogy?

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Who will replace this man? Something for you to think about over Christmas, everyone... Earlier this year I revealed that Len had sign...
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Seasons greetings to all blog readers

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With a week to go until Christmas 2013, I thought it an appropriate time to simply wish all the readers of this little blog "Seasons Gr...
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Friday, 13 December 2013

Recalling the Great War .... Len Deighton at the Imperial War Museum

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Len at the Imperial War Museum Following my last post, I'm very pleased to say that Len's friend and biographer, Edward Milward...
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Sunday, 8 December 2013

Lunch with Len .... and the Beatles, Bertrand Russell and Gene Kelly

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Location for our lunch meeting This Thursday I was able to catch up with Len and his wife Ysabele at the Gilbert Scott restaurant at St ...
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