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Died April 22, 2021 FOR the best part of seven decades Anthony Thwaite, who has died aged 90, swam serenely through the piranha-rich waters of literary London. His curriculum vitae included spells as literary editor of the Listener, the New Statesman and Encounter. He was a familiar voice on the BBC, where he was a producer for five years, chairman of the Booker Prize in 1986 (when the winner was Kingsley Amis’s The Old Devils), a stalwart of Arts Council committees and a regular guest on British Council foreign tours. Quintessentially English, he wrote poetry that was witty, lucid and plain-speaking. It was his friendship with another poet, Philip Larkin, that drew his name to the attention of the wider public. He was the first person to read Larkin’s poem ‘This Be The Verse’, which opens with a punch to the solar plexus: “They f you up, your mum and dad./ They may not mean to, but they do.” ....
Ann and Anthony Thwaite in 2007 at their UEA honourary graduations - Credit: UEA Tributes have continued to flood in for respected and admired poet and critic Anthony Thwaite. Mr Thwaite was widely known as the editor of his friend Philip Larkin s collected poems and letters, as well as his own work, and has been a significant figure in publishing since the 1950s and deeply involved in literary life. He held the position of president of the Philip Larkin Society (PLS) since its foundation in 1995 and had renewed his appointment for a further five years just last year. Anthony Thwaite punting poet Philip Larkin along the River Tas ....
Remembering Anthony Thwaite New Statesman literary editor, who has died at the age of 90. The poet Anthony Thwaite – who was in his day a university lecturer, a radio producer and one of Philip Larkin’s literary executors – has died at the age of 90 in a nursing home in his beloved Norfolk. He was the literary editor of this magazine, from 1967 until 1972, though film, theatre and music were also in his purview. The “back half” pages of the magazine under his tenure remain an excellent read: in one issue alone can be found pieces by Graham Greene, Leonard Woolf and Malcolm Bradbury. Thwaite was, too, a stalwart of the annual ....
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Previous dishes from the popular Socius restaurant. - Credit: Archant The Michelin Guide was updated for 2021 on Monday, highlighting some of the stand-out restaurants around the country. Norfolk currently has two restaurants with one Michelin star - The Neptune in Hunstanton and Morston Hall near Blakeney, while Suffolk received its first on Monday after Pea Porridge in Bury St Edmunds was given a star. Others in the region have been awarded the Bib Gourmand rating - which celebrates those offering a good quality menu for a good price - and many given the Michelin Plate for recognition of their high-quality food. ....