Nicky Haslam grew up in Buckinghamshire in a house called Great Hundridge Manor with his parents and two older brothers. Aged seven, he went to Scotland to visit his uncle Oliver, where he contracted polio and was paralysed down one side as a result. With time, he recovered and went to Eton, where he was to make quite a splash. On a visit to New York to see his half-sister he met fading Hollywood legend Tallulah Bankhead, who took a shine to him. When his parents moved to London, and despite being still a schoolboy, he ...
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Nicky Haslam grew up in Buckinghamshire in a house called Great Hundridge Manor with his parents and two older brothers. Aged seven, he went to Scotland to visit his uncle Oliver, where he contracted polio and was paralysed down one side as a result. With time, he recovered and went to Eton, where he was to make quite a splash. On a visit to New York to see his half-sister he met fading Hollywood legend Tallulah Bankhead, who took a shine to him. When his parents moved to London, and despite being still a schoolboy, he made some of the most important friendships of his life, with the flamboyant Simon Fleet, Cecil Beaton, John Gielgud, Chips Channon and many other luminaries. This vividly written memoir is as colourful and arresting as the designs that have made Haslam his international reputation.
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New. Nicky Haslam has always been at the centre of things wherever he is-at parties, opening nights, royal weddings-and has stories to tell of crossing paths, and more, with the cultural icons of our time: Cecil Beaton, Francis Bacon, Diana Cooper, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Jack Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe to name but a few. Redeeming Features is an exuberantly told and stunningly crafted memoir: a compelling and wholly singular document of our times.
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New. Nicky Haslam has always been at the centre of things wherever he is-at parties, opening nights, royal weddings-and has stories to tell of crossing paths, and more, with the cultural icons of our time: Cecil Beaton, Francis Bacon, Diana Cooper, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Jack Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe to name but a few. Redeeming Features is an exuberantly told and stunningly crafted memoir: a compelling and wholly singular document of our times.
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New. 2010. Paperback. A memoir of Nicky Haslam who has always been at the centre of things wherever he is-at parties, opening nights, royal weddings-and has stories to tell of crossing paths, and more, with the cultural icons of our time: Cecil Beaton, Francis Bacon, Diana Cooper, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Jack Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AMR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
