tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post5603260944391488921..comments2024-03-23T02:59:40.776+00:00Comments on Euro Crime: Harrogate - The Golden Age?Karen (Euro Crime)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03678348280806062648noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-29017432226501444942012-07-25T12:06:18.314+01:002012-07-25T12:06:18.314+01:00Chandler and Wodehouse in the same class at Dulwic...Chandler and Wodehouse in the same class at Dulwich! <br />I think the time line is wrong ;-) And I think a Marlowe in Marlowe House might have confused poor Wooster.<br />In my years at Dulwich [around the same time as Simon Brett] both Wodehouse [because of his wartime broadcasts] and Chandler [because he went to Hollywood and wrote crime fiction] were persona non grata. The respected "Old Alleynians' were explorer Sir Ernest Shackelton, cricketer Trevor Bailey and writers AEW Mason [The Four Feathers] and CS Forester [The Gun]. I think both Mason and Forester wrote crime fiction, but their war stories were the ones we had to read.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-53846945899875755062012-07-23T14:07:26.942+01:002012-07-23T14:07:26.942+01:00Fascinating, thanks for the write-up. There seems ...Fascinating, thanks for the write-up. There seems to be no general conclusion that they all agreed on, which is correct, I think!Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.com