Anthony Powell News

At long last the recording of Powell’s 1976 BBC Radio 4 appearance on Desert Island Discs is available on the BBC website.You can find it at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/20d4d62a#p009n07j. It is well worth a listen!Keith

As many enthusiasts will know Powell had a lifelong interest, at least at a superficial level, in puppetry. Indeed the frontispiece of one of his scrap books revolves around puppetry. And he records in his memoirs seeing Punch & Judy in the side streets around Kensington High Street in his childho...

There's a weblog article about What's Become of Waring from Nick Birns, probably the world expert on Anthony Powell's works, over on his blog The Tropes of Tenth Street.

2011 Prize CompetitionThis year contestants are asked to write parody answers to "magazine-style" interview questions as they may have been given by Anthony Powell. Entries must answer at least eight of the following questions; additional questions of your choice may be included.Favourite childhood...

For those of you within striking distance of London there are AP Soc London Group two events coming up, one each side of Christmas:Anthony Powell Birthday LunchSaturday 3 December 2011, 1230 for 1300 hrsQueen’s Head & Artichoke, 30-32 Albany Street, London NW1Celebrate Powell’s birthday and wedd...

There's a nice little squib for Dance by Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith in this week's online version of the Catholic Herald.

Our attention has been drawn to the following session at the upcoming Cheltenham Festival ...L344 The 1951 Cheltenham Booker PrizeSaturday, October 15, 2011 - 16:00Which 1951 book deserves to win our very own Booker? You have the vote!Join Man Booker Prizes Literary Director Ion Trewin and our panel...

The following appeared in the Londoner's Diary of the Evening Standrad on 7 SeptemberA Widmerpool shoo-inPROFESSOR Vernon Bogdanor is giving the next Anthony Powell Annual Lecture at the Wallace Collection in November on “The Politics of A Dance to the Music of Time”. The Anthony Powell Society has ...