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Dodgson's photographs of Alice Liddell cause controversy these days...however, she certainly looks a precocious child which must certainly been a reason for her inspiration in his forming the character of Alice. I love the book and read it again (with original illustrations) a few weeks back.

Noel Harrison (born 29 January 1934, London) is an English Olympic athlete, actor and singer. He is the son of British actor Sir Rex Harrison. As a teenager he joined the Ipswich repertory theatre group and taught himself guitar, but his main interest was sport and most of his spare time was spent skiing in Switzerland. At an early age he was a member of the British ski team.

Martita Hunt (30 January 1900 – 13 June 1969) was an English theatre and film actress. Hunt was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 30 January 1900 to British parents Alfred and Marta Hunt (née Burnett). She spent the first ten years of her life in Argentina before she returned with her parents to England to attend Queenwood Ladies' College, in Eastbourne.



She used to call me, 'her young Highlander', in the pub.

Terence Graham Parry Jones (born 1 February 1942) is a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, author, political commentator, and TV host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team. Jones was born in Colwyn Bay, Wales.








Terry has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia, a variant of frontotemporal dementia.

Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction author and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nominations and nine Nebula Award nominations to his credit, plus one win of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, a Rhysling Award, and two Seiun Awards, among others.





Probably the first writer I liked enough to try and emulate: one of the first stories I wrote (and had published in a fanzine) was more or less a copy (though entirely missing the point) of his The Squirrel Cage.

While waiting at Guy's on Tuesday (see the Moan of the day thread) I was reading an essay by Alan Garner, and then one by Disch. I was really shocked when I found out that he had killed himself, shot himself.


edit What an amazingly cool-looking bloke, though.

Frankie Vaughan, CBE, DL (3 February 1928 – 17 September 1999) was an English singer of traditional pop music, who issued more than 80 singles in his lifetime. He was known as "Mr. Moonlight" after one of his early hits. He was born Frank Abelson to a Jewish family in Devon Street, Liverpool, England.