For the Time Being
Collected Journalism
1st Edition
Published on 15. January 2012
356 pages
978-1-4482-0829-6 (ISBN)
Description
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'Such a companionable writer you just don't want to let him go' - The Times
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First published in 1998, For the Time Being brings together Dirk Bogarde's published work outside of his novels and autobiographies.
In 1988, Dirk Bogarde returned from two idyllic decades in France to live in England, due to his partner's serious illness. Shortly afterwards, the then literary editor of the Daily Telegraph, admiring the 'lucid frankness' of Bogarde's memoirs, invited him to review some books for the newspaper.
This collection includes the famous article 'A Short Walk from Harrods', which Bogarde wrote for the Independent on Sunday soon after returning to London. In it he describes what it feels like to walk among familiar ghosts and to dine with those he considers 'the living dead'. A momentous review of three Holocaust books is accompanied by an article in which he describes the extraordinary postbag he received from its readers. In another piece which had a profound impact, he gives forceful vent to his support for euthanasia.
It stands as a testimony to a wonderfully varied life, a wide range of interests and sympathies, and a remarkable gift for writing.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4482-0829-6 (9781448208296)
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Person
Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor and novelist. Initially a matinee idol, Bogarde later acted in art-house films such as Death In Venice. As well as completing six novels, Bogarde wrote several volumes of autobiography.
Between 1947 and 1991, Bogarde made more than sixty films. For over two decades he lived in Italy and France, where he began to write seriously. In 1985 he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of St Andrews and in 1990 was promoted to Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
Between 1947 and 1991, Bogarde made more than sixty films. For over two decades he lived in Italy and France, where he began to write seriously. In 1985 he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of St Andrews and in 1990 was promoted to Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
Content
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Part One: Miscellaneous Articles
- Earliest Memories
- Blue Remembered Frills
- Years of Innocence
- War
- A Night to Remember
- France
- The Pond
- Impressions in the Sand
- Return to London
- A Short Walk from Harrods
- Cricket Season
- My Favourite Bookshop John Sandoe, London
- Radio 4: Britain's Vital Lifeline
- A Big Issue
- The Right to Die with Dignity
- The Old are Funnier and Wiser
- Back to Work
- The End of a Long Breather
- An Orderly Man Returns to the Pin-Spot
- Wrecked By Two Arduous Days' Reading
- Some Special Relationships
- The Lifebelt of Gentle Praise
- The Look That Says Rampling
- A Genius in Love with Vulgarity
- With Thanks to 'Thumper'
- Non! Non! Non!
- A Glowing Friendship
- A Lifetime's Love for Cinema
- The Writer
- A Book That Changed Me
- A Sentimental Education
- Books Are Better
- Part Two: Reviews
- Introduction
- Trivia's Jackdaw
- Venomous Pen
- Bed for Art's Sake
- Efric Spice
- Sweet Vapours
- Out of the Shadows of Hell
- Book of the Year, 29 November 1988
- A Sea Elephant in Mink
- Recording Every Wrinkle
- The Crushing Life of a Bloomsberry
- The Way We Were
- One and Only
- The Rum Mister Goldfish
- The Blazing Radiator
- Book of the Year, 25 November 1989
- In Pursuit of Sticklebacks
- Dust and DéjàVu
- When Screen Fame Wears a Jealous Face
- American Thirst
- The Mountain and the Magician
- Book of the Year, 24 November 1990
- Sliding Quietly into the Shadows
- Byron Caught in His Curlers
- Letters with Flavour to Savour
- Falling for a Pine Spell
- From the Gut of the Land
- How Could Such Hatred Exist?
- No Answer to the Sorrow and the Pity
- Upon My Tisket!
- A Companionable Lizard
- Slack-Jaw'd at the Nodding Daffodils
- Book of the Year, 23 November 1991
- Precious Little Compassion
- The Danger of a Nation Flexing Confident Muscle
- Burned Deep into the Soul
- Father to Society's Little Grey Mice
- Strike Me Pink!
- Return of the Dreaded V-3s
- A Sprig Enfolded in Tendrils of Love
- Strength of a Collared Cheetah
- Chewing Over Table Manners
- Soggy, Breathy, Chubby
- Book of the Year, 25 November 1992
- No Marx Masses for Him
- Move off My Runway
- Book of the Year, 27 November 1993
- Our City of Little Splendours
- I am Right, You are Wrong!
- All Rage, All Tenderness, All Wit
- Top Brass Outwitted by Army Wife
- Book of the Year, 25 November 1994
- Book of the Year, 25 November 1995
- Book of the Year, 30 November 1996
- Book of the Year, 22 November 1997
- A Note on the Author
- Also by the Author
- eCopyright
