The best of the author's interviews, reviews and articles are gathered together in book form. Loosely linked by the theme of embarrassment - as experienced by theatre audiences and solitary diners, by interviewers and interviewees - his subjects range from Alice Faye, Judy Garland and Marlene Dietrich to Henry James, Colette and the Kray twins; from the "Carry On" comedies to memories of his own grandmother, the author Ada Leverson. Together they provide a perspective on a particular chapter of British cultural life.
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The best of the author's interviews, reviews and articles are gathered together in book form. Loosely linked by the theme of embarrassment - as experienced by theatre audiences and solitary diners, by interviewers and interviewees - his subjects range from Alice Faye, Judy Garland and Marlene Dietrich to Henry James, Colette and the Kray twins; from the "Carry On" comedies to memories of his own grandmother, the author Ada Leverson. Together they provide a perspective on a particular chapter of British cultural life.
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