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Charlton memories make for a Bobby-dazzler.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
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September 10, 2007
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Byline: JEFF POWELL
AS Sir Bobby Charlton watches the heirs to his England throne limp,wince and groan through these two early September matches upon which hiscountry's chance of Euro 2008 qualification depends, it is a safer bet that hismind is drifting back to the physical demands made on him and his fellowlegends of 1966.
Charlton, like Bobby Moore and most of that England team, played more than 60matches in their World Cup-winning season. Thirty games are regarded as anoppressive workload by many of today's multi-millionaires.
No wonder Sir ...
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William Beckford as writer and collector.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; ALTHOUGH William Beckford wrote a Gothick romance as reckless...exhibition at the Dulwich Gallery: William Beckford: an Eye for the Magnificent. The Earl of Chatham, who called William Beckford 'my vivid friend', was his godfather...
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Tall towers and taller tales William Beckford was a bisexual 18th- century aristocrat who adored boys, buildings and art. As his remarkable collection goes on show, Judith Flanders sifts fact from fantasy
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...for an exhibition than William Beckford? In his day, Beckford...walk-on parts in the Beckford story are played by stars: his godfather was William Pitt the Elder, as...as well as passion. William Beckford: An Eye for the Magnificent...
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Scandalous Obsession With Beauty; William Beckford Was Rich, Notorious -- and A Prodigious Collector
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; William Beckford was as scandalous a figure as late...Despite marriage and two daughters, Beckford was ostracized from English society...of that life make their way into "William Beckford, 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent...
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Derek E. Ostergard, ed. William Beckford, 1760-1844: an Eye for the Magnificent.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion
; ...art he owned or commissioned. William Beckford lived up to his reputation as one...and collector of daunting scope, Beckford has been the subject of numerous...This impressive volume gets inside Beckford by approaching him through his...
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William Beckford, collector.(Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, New York, New York)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques
; William Beckford was one of Britain's most flamboyant...what was inside. A mere fraction of Beckford's immense holdings have been drawn together for an exhibition entitled William Beckford, 1760- 1844: An Eye for the Magnificent...
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A life as a Gothic fantasy Wednesday Book;WILLIAM BECKFORD: COMPOSING FOR MOZART BY TIMOTHY MOWL, JOHN MURRAY, pounds 22
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; WILLIAM BECKFORD (1760-1844) is an important...sort fact from fiction. Beckford had good reason to doctor...an 11-year-old boy, William Courtenay, with whom...relationship. Unlike some of Beckford's earlier biographers...
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ArtsEtc: THE SPOILS OF FONTHILL Roll up! Roll up! See the famous art collection of 18th-century England's richest eccentric. William Beckford had it all, says Suzi Feay, until grief and scandal ruined his life
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...and the lips sensual. This is William Beckford, the writer, scholar and connoisseur...only 13 years old at the time. William Beckford was the son of Alderman Beckford...child, however, was young William Beckford, who was brought up at the...
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The Arts: The gothic chief of patapoufs His passion for a young boy ruined him socially, yet the sinister William Beckford was a supreme art connoisseur. Kenneth Powell examines his life
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...around," declared William Beckford. "In spite of them...his mother, the young Beckford turned to art, travel...rebuffing her in favour of William "Kitty" Courtenay...The Grand Tour, which Beckford undertook in 1780...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Weekend: Antiques & Collecting: Fast living of a fine collector; Richard Edmonds looks at the extravagant lifestyle detailed in a new book about one of England's greatest collectors, William Beckford.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...days to disperse. But William Beckford also came to his flowering...early 19th centuries. William Beckford an Eye for The Magnificent...young teenage boy, William (''Kitty'') Courtenay...The scandal forced Beckford to live abroad since...
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Travel etc: In search of... William Beckford in Sintra The high priest of the Gothic novel fled to Portugal following an 18th-century sex scandal. Good move, says Matthew Hancock
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; I've heard of Beckham, but Beckford? Get your head out of the sports pages. William Beckford (1759- 1844) was a dilettante, fervent...else? Lawrence Hotel in Sintra has a William Beckford room with a four- poster bed and dizzy...
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