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An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university. A maverick English teacher at odds with the young and shrewd supply teacher. A headmaster obsessed with results; a history teacher who thinks he's a fool.

In Alan Bennett's new play, staff room rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence provoke insistent questions about history and how you teach it; about education and its purpose.

The History Boys premiered at the National in May 2004.

Alan Bennett's brand new short story, published in the "London Review of Books" in May 2001 and then by "Profile Books" in September, is read here by the author. The action takes place at a memorial service for a young man who died prematurely, abroad and in mysterious circumstances.

This is a collection of Alan Bennett's prose. The title piece is a poignant family memoir with an account of the marriage of his parents, the lives and deaths of his aunts and the uncovering of a long-held family secret. Also included are essays, reviews, lectures and reminiscences. "Untold Stories" is Alan Bennett's first collection of prose since "Writing Home" and takes in all his major writings over the last ten years. The title piece is a poignant family memoir with an account of the marriage of his parents, the lives and deaths of his aunts and the uncovering of a long-held family secret. Also included are his much celebrated diaries for the years 1996 to 2004, as well as essays, reviews, lectures and reminiscences ranging from childhood trips to the local cinema and a tour around Leeds Art Gallery to reflections on writing, honours and his Westminster Abbey eulogy for Thora Hird. At times heartrending and at others extremely funny, "Untold Stories" is a matchless and unforgettable anthology.

Если бы собаки не залаяли, как бешеные, на незнакомый фургон у дверей дворцовой кухни, королева никогда не узнала бы о еженедельных визитах Вестминстерской передвижной библиотеки. Но, поднявшись по ступенькам фургона, чтобы извиниться за поднятый собаками шум, она, в конце концов, выбрала роман полузабытой писательницы Айви Комптон-Бернетт. Чтение не влекло королеву, но воспитание не позволило оставить книгу недочитанной, а затем, чтобы не показаться невежливой, она взяла еще одну. Вторая, выбранная более удачно, пробудила у Ее Величества страсть к чтению, со временем ставшую настолько сильной, что из-за нее королева стала пренебрегать своими обязанностями. И, пока королева читала все - от Томаса Харди до Аниты Брукнер, от Пруста до Беккета, - придворные вступили в сговор с целью прекратить ее литературную одиссею. Лишенная всякого пиетета и необыкновенно веселая книга, "Непростой читатель", являет собой прекрасный довод в пользу чтения, высказанный одним из его величайших поборников, Аланом Беннетом.

Alan Bennett reads his own diaries from two of his bestselling memoirs, ‘Writing Home’ and Untold Stories’. Available for the first time in one collection are these two volumes: ‘Diaries 1980-1990’ and ‘Untold Stories: The Diaries’.
‘Diaries 1980-1990’: The eighties were a busy time for Alan Bennett, playwright, actor and diarist. As well as troubles with theatre tours and critics, he also covers the major events of the time: the Falklands War, Mrs Thatcher and the murder of John Lennon. Taken from Alan Bennett’s bestselling book, ‘Writing Home’, this keenly viewed history of the decade confirms Bennett as one of life’s great observers – clear-eyed, compassionate and funny. As heard on BBC Radio 4.

‘Untold Stories: The Diaries’: Alan Bennett’s diaries from ‘Untold Stories’ covers the years 1997 – 2004 and are a collection of witty, yet poignant recollections. Whether appreciating the simple pleasures of nature, or commenting on religion, politics or the arts, his observations are incisive, amusing and yet always meaningful.

В сборник вошли остросюжетные произведения популярного английского беллетриста А. Беннета. Он твердо верил, что литература должна быть доступной для всех людей, и сожалел о засилье литературных клик и элит. С начала своей писательской карьеры в 1898 году и до своей смерти, в 1931 году, он написал 34 романа, семь томов рассказов, 13 пьес (некоторые в соавторстве).

This is a collection of diaries, recollections and book reviews - including several old favourites, such as "The Lady in the Ban" and various "LRB" diaries - which work as a whole to create a portrait of the writer.

Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as the master of observation with this series of 12 groundbreaking monologues, originally filmed for BBC Television. At once darkly comic, tragically poignant and wonderfully uplifting, Talking Heads is widely regarded as a modern classic. This edition, which contains the complete collection of Talking Heads, as well as his earlier monologue, A Woman of No Importance, is a celebration of Alan Bennett's finest work.