Jeremy Treglown

Jeremy Treglown

Jeremy Treglown discusses six things which should be better known

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Jeremy Treglown talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Jeremy is chair of Arvon and has written biographies of Roald Dahl, Henry Green, VS Pritchett and John Hersey. He was editor of the Times Literary Supplement between 1981 and 1990.

  1. Carn Brea https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/redruth/carn_brea.htm

  2. Mozart’s Requiem in D minor with soloists taken from the chorus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiBZ2C725ns

  3. John Hersey’s Hiroshima https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/jeremy-treglown/work/mr-straight-arrow

  4. Spanish Museum of Abstract Art https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/travel/30overnighter-cuenca.html

  5. Ruth Matilda Anderson’s photos of Spain https://hispanicsociety.org/prints-photographs/

  6. The present isn’t so superior to the past https://archive.triblive.com/news/students-write-about-life-100-years-ago/

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