For images of the Leeds trams Bennett would have known growing up, here's a Youtube reading of a short piece he wrote about his father's taking up the double bass. Be sure to check out the comments about the dialect of the reader (not AB).
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Tram Times
In his yearly "Diary" published in the most recent London Review of Books, Alan Bennett's entry for 3 February 2012 reads: "An environmentally sensitive bus named after me in Leeds. I just wish it could have been a tram." Well, who wouldn't?
For images of the Leeds trams Bennett would have known growing up, here's a Youtube reading of a short piece he wrote about his father's taking up the double bass. Be sure to check out the comments about the dialect of the reader (not AB).
For images of the Leeds trams Bennett would have known growing up, here's a Youtube reading of a short piece he wrote about his father's taking up the double bass. Be sure to check out the comments about the dialect of the reader (not AB).
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May I borrow your copy? It is my favorite (favourite) issue of the year!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I'm a huge Alan Bennett fan. Those trams remind me of the ones in Blackpool, & visits to the Pleasure Beach.
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