Wolfgang Suschitzky came to London (from Vienna via the Netherlands) in 1935. A prolific cameraman (Get Carter is one of the cult classics he helped create) and photographer, whose favourite of his own works was his portrait of Guy the Gorilla (1958), he died this month at the age of 104. I was drawn first…
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To mark the forthcoming 10th anniversary of the relaunch of Vintage Classics, my publisher has invited each of its authors to select their 5 favourite books from the catalogue. The wonderful promise made in return is: ‘Whenever you press your copy into a friend’s hands or find it has wandered off your shelf onto someone…
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This is my first post. I’ll give you something different every time; today it’s the object that has hung above my desk since 2008. When someone asks me what it is, I’m surprised by the question. To me, it’s perfectly obvious. In a house-move, one of the feathers (the fluffy white one) was damaged. I…
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