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'Words and Music' on Radio 3 is always a treat. Actors read passages of poetry and prose interspersed with music, and nobody tells you what it is. Later you can look it up online, but at the time you can't cheat.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Actor Always Cheat Later Look Music Nobody Online Passages Poetry Prose Radio Read Tells Time Treat Up Words You

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'Philomena' was even better than I had expected. I was so pleased to see the evil Irish nuns thoroughly exposed, and I thought Judi Dench gave a flawless performance, as did everybody else.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Better Did Else Even Everybody Everybody Else Evil Expected Exposed Flawless Gave Had Irish Nuns Performance Pleased See Than Thoroughly Thought

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I always try to travel light.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Always Light Travel Try

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Dickens was very practical and sensible.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Dickens Practical Sensible Very

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When you live with Dickens for years, reading him and trying to present him as faithfully as you can, you can't fail to love the man - so the shock of his bad behaviour is considerable, even when you know it is coming.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Bad Behaviour Coming Considerable Dickens Even Fail Faithfully Him His Know Live Love Man Present Reading Shock To Love Trying Years You

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It's an odd situation: I could not write about someone for whom I felt no affection or admiration.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: About Admiration Affection Could Felt Odd Situation Someone Whom Write

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I have been fascinated by Dickens worshippers who strenuously deny that he did anything wrong in relation to his wife, even though the record is clear that he did.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Anything Been Clear Deny Dickens Did Even Fascinated He His Record Relation Though Who Wife Wrong

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Today's children have very short attention spans because they are being reared on dreadful television programmes which are flickering away in the corner.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Attention Away Because Being Children Corner Dreadful Flickering Programmes Short Spans Television Today Very Which

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All writers behave badly. All people behave badly.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: All People All Writers Badly Behave People Writers

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The young Dickens was so alive, so self-confident, so funny.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Alive Dickens Funny Young

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: June 20th, 1933

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