Comments on: Michael Wharton – A Chequered Career http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/11/michael-wharton-a-chequered-career/ A Culture Blog Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brit http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/11/michael-wharton-a-chequered-career/#comment-34779 Brit Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:27:18 +0000 http://thedabbler.co.uk/?p=28362#comment-34779 The Missing Will is superb. Its sequel, A Dubious Codicil, is less so but still worth reading – I wrote about it here (and concluded my review with a statement of absurd nostalgia.)

]]> By: Worm http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/11/michael-wharton-a-chequered-career/#comment-34700 Worm Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:39:10 +0000 http://thedabbler.co.uk/?p=28362#comment-34700 Mentioned this on here before, and elsewhere, but if you haven’t yet read the missing will, you really must, I originally found it via a suggestion from Brit, and it is definitely one of the best autobiographies I’ve ever read, he was a truly fascinating character

]]> By: Recusant http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/11/michael-wharton-a-chequered-career/#comment-34672 Recusant Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:27:28 +0000 http://thedabbler.co.uk/?p=28362#comment-34672 “Michael died in 2006 at the age of 92.”

So much for the Five-a-day demanded of us now. Who would have thought that corned beef sandwiches and brandy & ginger constitued the ingredients of a long life?

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