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Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away!
My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day.
Eric Ambler, Writer (1909) |
Howard Barker, Playwright (1946) |
Kathy Bates, Actress (1948) |
Don Baylor, Coach (1949) |
Peter Baynham, Comedian (1963) |
Alexis Carrel, Scientist (1873) |
Bruce Davison, Actor (1946) |
John Elway, Athlete (1960) |
Harold Evans, Journalist (1928) |
Frederick William Faber, Theologian (1814) |
Mortimer Adler, Philosopher (2001) |
GG Allin, Musician (1993) |
Edward Carpenter, Activist (1929) |
Helen Gahagan, Actress (1980) |