The playwright's evocative series of essays profiles some of the brightest figures he's met in his life, from Alan Bennett and Bamber Gascoigne to childhood friends and first loves There is a generation of writers who were schooled by the war and the more egalitarian freedoms of its aftermath, and who borrowed intellectual and moral authority from both. A great capacity for friendship helped, and the porosity of an e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM on April 17, 2023