An accomplished commissioning editor, head of department, executive producer and writer! Phil Craig's TV & digital shows have set rating records and won awards on three continents. From the Hillsborough tragedy to his best-selling book Diana: Story Of A Princess, we cover a wide range of topics that reflect his amazing career.
What an honour to have the opportunity to chat with Arthur Edwards, MBE, about his amazing career photographing The Royal Family. After nearly 50 years working as a Royal photographer for The Sun newspaper, he has been there at all their major events and captured them with his camera. In this interview, we discuss many of the history-making photographs in his beautiful book Behind The Crown, My Life Photographing The Royal Family.
The Mountbattens received the full "Lownie" treatment in his 2019 publication! "The Mountbattens, Their Lives and Loves" Based on over 100 interviews, research from dozens of archives and new information released under Freedom of Information requests, Andrew answers all the questions I had deep diving into this, at times, dark tale. We discuss all the rumours swirling about Lord Louis Mountbatten's private life and look behind the man, the myth, and the legend as depicted in the wartime film In Which We Serve. A searingly honest and brave biography.
What a delight to have Andrew Lownie visit The Vintage Read Show! In this episode, he tells a chilling tale of censorship, suppression & lies. The best-selling author of Stalin's Englishmen, The Mountbattens & Traitor King, has also been a bookseller, publisher, and journalist, writing for the Times, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, Spectator, and Guardian. Since 1988, he has run his own literary agency, specialising in history and biography.
I indulged myself and purchased the streaming app Britbox. What a delight for this vintage TV series aficionado! In this episode I chat about my new fave “To The Manor Born”, a series from the 70s starring Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles. I hope it inspires you to watch it and it gives you many hours of enjoyment!
This was a career transforming movie for the amazing Bette Davis. Her dramatic performance will captivate you (and make you cry!)
Our second vintage book club selection is Excellent Women by Barbara Pym, a New York Times bestseller in 1952. In this episode I tell you a little about the author and her late in life fame!
A first glimpse at the tense drama 12 Angry Men. The book, by Reginald Rose, was first published in 1954 and he went on to write the first TV screenplay. Henry Fonda was keen to produce and star in it, managing to bring it to the silver screen under the brilliant direction of Sydney Lumet in 1957. It went on to be nominated for 4 Academy awards, I guarantee this classic, powerful movie will not disappoint!
Our first vintage book club selection is The Parasites by Daphne Du Maurier. From it's explosive opening this wonderful book takes you on an intriguing journey, however it wasn't the book itself that first attracted me to read it! It was the story behind its creation, the setting where Daphene Du Maurier wrote it! The gatehouse of the grand old estate Menabilly on the dramatic Cornwell Coast. If you would like to add to the discussion, you can visit my book club blog at www.thevintagereadshow.com or check out The Vintage Read Show YouTube channel and leave a public comment.