Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Thinking about the creative genius of Sylvia Plath and Alexander McQueen who both died on this day - Sylvia in 1963 and Lee in 2010 021
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Happy Birthday Patricia Highsmith - born on this day in 1921. 040
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Have a great time - and thanks so much for the photo of the Japanese edition of Beautiful Shadow, my biography of #PatriciaHighsmith 020
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Joan Armatrading’s favourite author ? Agatha Christie! In today’s @thetimes.com 251
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Book people - how do we feel about this ? Agatha Christie reading an audio book of Miss Marple ? Tolkien reading Lord of the Rings ? Dead authors will soon be narrating their audiobooks... thanks to AI #agathachristie www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...dailymail.co.ukDead authors will soon be narrating their audiobooks... thanks to AIChristie voicing Miss Marple, Tolkien narrating The Lord Of The Rings, and Churchill reading his history of the Second World War are on the cards with the new tech 421
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Wonderful visit to @Ugbrooke with a group of #AgathaChristie fans. This is the place where - in October 1912 - 22-year-old Agatha met Archie Christie, the man who would become her first husband. One highlight- Archie’s signature in the guest book. (Top right) 021
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 25/11/2024RIP the original Woman of Substance, Barbara Taylor Bradford. Loved this as a 15-year-old gay boy growing up in the north. 040
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Love this photo of Patricia Highsmith. It was taken by one of her friends - Rolf Tietgens. I examine their complex friendship in my biography, Beautiful Shadow @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social #patriciahighsmith 1244
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Looking forward to seeing this exhibition - especially the legendary Alexander McQueen shows. www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/s...cnn.comHow a humble strip of walkway changed fashion forever | CNNDespite usually lasting less than 15 minutes, the modern runway show often demands months of preparation. Yet these fleeting displays have the power to cement a designer’s legacy. 010
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Lovely evening at the Baillie Gifford prize dinner last night. And congratulations to Richard Flanagan and all the shortlisted authors. Thanks @arifa.bsky.social for the invite ! 030
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Richard Flanagan wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize with ‘astonishing’ Question 7 020
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 18/11/2024High school photo of Marilyn Monroe when she was 15-year-old Norma Jeane. Do you think she has star quality ? 260
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 17/11/2024So fascinating that the Titanic story continues to haunt our culture … www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWatch given to captain who saved 700 Titanic survivors sells for £1.56mAuctioneers say the watch sale is the highest-ever for a Titanic artefact. 040
Andrew Wilson @andrewwilsonaw.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Hanging out at Greenway - Agatha Christie’s home in Devon. @nationaltrust.bsky.social 1120