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51: 715: 656:, Adrian Woolfson wrote that "while for the greater part a lucid, elegantly written and thought-provoking social and intellectual history", Wilson's "speculations on evolutionary theory" produce a book that is "fatally flawed, mischievous, and ultimately misleading". 1604: 1377: 1194:. As one of the founding fathers of the Industrial Revolution, Wedgwood was a self-made, self-educated creative giant, whose other achievements might be better known if he were not so celebrated for his pottery. 1892: 298:
headlining its account "Red rebel in Tom Brown's school". "Reporters arrived at the school gates, wanting to interview me, but my housemaster, wisely, would not let me talk to them", Wilson told
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wrote that "Wilson's forte is the character and he brilliantly conveys Betjeman's odd mixture of introspection and sociability, gaiety and melancholia, exhibition and self-disgust".
201:(born 27 October 1950) is an English writer and newspaper columnist known for his critical biographies, novels and works of popular history. He is an occasional columnist for the 1234:
Wilson travels to a landscape of beautiful houses and churches, beaches and seaside piers, where he examines the life and work of the poet and broadcaster Sir John Betjeman.
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seminary, with the intention of being ordained as a priest, but left the college after only one year of study, and five years after graduation published the novel
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review wrote: "This won't be the last biography of Victoria but it is certainly the most interesting and original in a long time."
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was published. It was then discovered that he had been the victim of a hoax perpetrated by Betjeman's disgruntled biographer
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A prolific journalist and author of nonfiction, Wilson has also written over 20 works of fiction, for which he has won the
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for factual inaccuracies and lack of original research and analysis, as well as personal biases. In his review of
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through her journals and letters in this psychological portrait of Britain's second longest reigning monarch.
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that the superficial impression of the world is by far the deepest, Wilson underpins his notions of
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called it a "cheap attempt to ruffle feathers", with a dubious grasp of science and attempted
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at one point, as well as other scientific, historical and editorial errors. Kathryn Hughes in
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in his spare time. While at Rugby, he wrote an article for the school magazine arguing that
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CounterBlasts series. He wrote biographies of Jesus and St Paul as well as a history of
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In addition to his biographies, Wilson has written four books covering entire eras,
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should be abolished. The national press became interested in the story, with the
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Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American Literature
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in depth to help readers understand the literary and cultural background of
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before moving to Hillstone School (subsequently incorporated into
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spelling out an insulting message to him: "AN Wilson is a shit".
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He was first educated at the independent Catholic day school,
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Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of C. S. Lewis
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God's Funeral: The Decline of Faith in Western Civilization
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in 1971, before his graduation. They had two daughters,
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as an artist and philosopher, also portraying medieval
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The Queen: The Life and Family of Queen Elizabeth II
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Converts to Anglicanism from atheism or agnosticism
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The Laird of Abbotsford: A View of Sir Walter Scott
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The Laird of Abbotsford: A View of Sir Walter Scott
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He has been an occasional contributor to 2106:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature 1455: 1453: 1451: 1314: 460:In August 2006, Wilson's biography of Sir 49: 1605:"Fiction review: Resolution by AN Wilson" 818:The Rise and Fall of the House of Windsor 690:Wilson married the Shakespearean scholar 55:Wilson at the 2023 Chiswick Book Festival 1909: 1779: 1727: 1631:"Victoria: A Life by AN Wilson – review" 1602: 1335: 1333: 1890: 1448: 1308: 660:, an emeritus professor of genetics of 409:In the early 1990s, in the wake of the 14: 2033: 1753: 1628: 1576: 1515: 1428: 1426: 1399: 1397: 1395: 1380:from the original on 21 September 2017 1339: 946:Confessions: A Life of Failed Promises 245:Wilson was born on 27 October 1950 in 207:and a former columnist for the London 1807: 1673: 1547: 1521:"Betjeman love letter is horrid hoax" 1369:"Interview: Messing with the Messiah" 1365: 1342:"Interview: In Bed With A. N. Wilson" 1330: 1250:Wilson explores the personal life of 2076:Alumni of St Stephen's House, Oxford 2016:'Sweetly Poisonous in a Welcome Way' 1629:Hughes, Kathryn (4 September 2014). 1603:Marriott, James (3 September 2016). 1491:"INTERVIEW / In bed with A N Wilson" 1411:from the original on 9 December 2012 1366:Leith, William (12 September 1992). 1359: 764:The Life of John Milton: A Biography 709: 392:. Novels set in the present include 1936:BBC – The Genius of Josiah Wedgwood 1891:Goodwin, Daisy (1 September 2019). 1780:Woolfson, Adrian (24 August 2017). 1674:Evans, Richard J. (12 March 2012). 1654: 1509: 1423: 1392: 1214:, goes in search of the man behind 920:Charles Darwin, Victorian Mythmaker 812:The Faber Book of Church and Clergy 618:Charles Darwin, Victorian Mythmaker 326:Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood 24: 1808:Jones, Steve (10 September 2017), 1754:Hughes, Kathryn (30 August 2017). 1468:from the original on 6 August 2020 1340:Davies, Hunter (12 January 1993). 280:from the age of 13, where he read 25: 2152: 2111:John Llewellyn Rhys Prize winners 2061:21st-century English male writers 2051:20th-century English male writers 2018:On ANW's biography of C. S. 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N. Wilson, 415:troubles in Northern Ireland 133:Writer • newspaper columnist 7: 1676:"Hitler: A Short Biography" 770:Hilaire Belloc: A Biography 682:biology catastrophically." 429:in the 19th century titled 384:'s English daughter-in-law 10: 2157: 2141:Writers from Staffordshire 2081:Charles Darwin biographers 1980:BBC – Return to Larkinland 953: 842:Iris Murdoch As I Knew Her 620:(2017), was criticised by 520:Critiques of Wilson's work 479:In 2001, Wilson published 388:, was long-listed for the 311:St Stephen's House, Oxford 124:St Stephen's House, Oxford 29: 1991:BBC – Return to Eliotland 1279:Last shown 9 August 2022 895:Hitler: A Short Biography 662:University College London 582:Hitler: A Short Biography 558:of Wilson's biography of 346:John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 332:and New College, Oxford. 324:Wilson taught English at 172: 137: 129: 115: 101: 93: 60: 48: 41: 2116:English male biographers 1947:BBC – Narnia's Lost Poet 1210:Wilson, a biographer of 794:C. S. Lewis: A Biography 745: 257:, the pottery company. 241:Early life and education 2121:Non-Darwinian evolution 2006:"'The Busy, Busy Wasp'" 1325:Encyclopædia Britannica 1143:The Laird of Abbotsford 848:London: A Short History 782:Penfriends from Porlock 648:character assassination 597:The Laird of Abbotsford 411:fatwa on Salman Rushdie 2101:English male novelists 1912:"Beauty and the beast" 1462:"Not a Catholic Novel" 1230:Return to Betjemanland 1099:The Lampitt Chronicles 868:(2007, illustrated by 692:Katherine Duncan-Jones 342:Somerset Maugham Prize 144:Katherine Duncan-Jones 2136:Walter Scott scholars 1699:McKie, David (1980), 1436:. The Spectator. 1996 1149:McKie, David (1980), 1112:A Bottle in the Smoke 961:The Sweets of Pimlico 948:(2022): autobiography 700:Beatrice "Bee" Wilson 1875:Briefly reviewed in 1309:Notes and references 1268:Return to Larkinland 1130:A Watch in the Night 1025:The Vicar of Sorrows 1005:Gentlemen in England 985:Who Was Oswald Fish? 854:After the Victorians 788:Tolstoy: A Biography 727:adding missing items 546:"a work of genius". 506:After the Victorians 394:The Vicar of Sorrows 199:Andrew Norman Wilson 158: 1971; 65:Andrew Norman Wilson 2091:English biographers 1866:, 11 September 2017 1635:www.theguardian.com 1583:The Daily Telegraph 1579:"Lucky to Have him" 1288:Return to Eliotland 1118:Daughters of Albion 1031:The Tabitha Stories 616:Wilson's biography 589:in a review in the 530:The Daily Telegraph 423:Chatto & Windus 413:and the continuing 307:New College, Oxford 120:New College, Oxford 2096:English historians 2010:The New York Times 1897:www.thetimes.co.uk 1661:www.thetimes.co.uk 1609:www.thetimes.co.uk 1519:(27 August 2006). 1464:. 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A.N. Wilson
Andrew Norman Wilson (artist)

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Hillstone School, Great Malvern
Rugby School
New College, Oxford
St Stephen's House, Oxford
Katherine Duncan-Jones
Emily
Bee
Daily Mail
Evening Standard
The Times Literary Supplement
New Statesman
The Spectator
The Observer
Stone
Staffordshire
Wedgwood
St Dominic's Priory School, Stone
Malvern College
Great Malvern
Worcestershire
Rugby School
Mao
Marx
public schools
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