![Boswell’s own life set to be celebrated
He would therefore undoubtedly have been delighted to learn that his literary descendants will converge on the gardens of his old home to pay homage to the man regarded as the inventor of the warts-and-all modern biography at the inaugural Boswell book festival, on the weekend of 20-22 May.
Participants will include Diana Athill, the laureate of old age; the actor Bill Paterson, discussing his memoirs of a Glasgow childhood; and Selina Hastings, author of critically acclaimed biographies of Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh and Somerset Maugham. On the Friday the actor David McKail will perform “Bozzy: an evening of Carnality, Calvinism, Clarit and Conviviality”.
[…]he Boswell Museum and Mausoleum Trust, organisers of the book festival, aim to redress the balance: their ambitious plans include restoring the family graves, and creating a museum in the author’s honour in the derelict Boswell Aisle of the adjoining church.](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkl7n8L42x1qa5vfpo1_500.jpg)
Boswell’s own life set to be celebratedHe would therefore undoubtedly have been delighted to learn that his literary descendants will converge on the gardens of his old home to pay homage to the man regarded as the inventor of the warts-and-all modern biography at the inaugural Boswell book festival, on the weekend of 20-22 May. Participants will include Diana Athill, the laureate of old age; the actor Bill Paterson, discussing his memoirs of a Glasgow childhood; and Selina Hastings, author of critically acclaimed biographies of Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh and Somerset Maugham. On the Friday the actor David McKail will perform “Bozzy: an evening of Carnality, Calvinism, Clarit and Conviviality”. […]he Boswell Museum and Mausoleum Trust, organisers of the book festival, aim to redress the balance: their ambitious plans include restoring the family graves, and creating a museum in the author’s honour in the derelict Boswell Aisle of the adjoining church. |
