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American novelist Christopher Buckley recalls when Barbra Streisand caught fire ("by standing a little bit too close to a candle") at a Vanity Fair party hosted by Christopher Hitchens in the early 90s.
See the full conversation between Stephen Fry and friends of the famous journalist and author Christopher Hitchens on Sunday 20th November at 9pm on Current UK - Sky 183, Virgin 155.
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See the full conversation between Stephen Fry and friends of Christopher Hitchens on Sunday 20th November at 9pm on Current UK // Sky 183, Virgin 155.Stephen Fry and friends of Christopher Hitchens got together with an audience of 2,500 to celebrate the life and work of the great writer, journalist and intellectual earlier this month and Current UK will be bringing you the full event on Sunday 20th November at 9pm.Joined by Richard Dawkins on the stage at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Fry discussed Hitch’s commitment to revealing the truth throughout his career. Actor Sean Penn joined the conversation via a link-up from Los Angeles, giving a reading from The Trial of Henry Kissinger.Satirist Christopher Buckley and editor Lewis Lapham talked via satellite about Hitch’s skill as a journalist while Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and James Fenton provided a personal insight with some hilarious anecdotes.Ensuring Hitch himself was kept involved throughout the event, his wife Carol and novelist Ian MacEwan sent email updates from his bedside, reassuring everyone that his ‘Rolls Royce mind’ was still ‘purring beautifully.’
The discussion was organised by Intelligence Squared. Current // Sky 183, Virgin 155
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This is Christopher Buckley's personal account of coming to feel like an orphan. His mother and father (Pat and William F. Buckley) died within 11 months of each other in 2007 and 2008. Christopher Buckley remarked, “One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you’ve now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You’re next. Another thing about parental mortality: No matter how much you’ve prepared for the moment, when it comes, it comes at you hot, hard and unrehearsed.”
Includes a number of vintage photographs and a documentary short film.This is Christopher Buckley's personal account of coming to feel like an orphan.... more
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Christopher Buckley's endorsement of Barack Obama -- followed by his abrupt departure from the back page of the magazine his father founded, National Review -- has caused a ripple of contempt from the conservative right.
Nay, make that a tsunami of hostility. An avalanche of venom. A cataclysm of ... well, you get the idea. People are mad. Good riddance, they say, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Let us proceed, gingerly.
I am not a passive bystander to these events. Buckley is a friend, as are other members of his family, especially Uncle Reid, with whom I have worked for several years. National Review is home to many friends, and its online editor, Kathryn Jean Lopez, kindly subscribes to my column. Like Buckley, I have enjoyed a decent fragging for suggesting that Sarah Palin excuse herself from the Republican ticket.
What gives here?
Read the rest of this brilliant article at the link...
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Yet another Republican/Conservative for Obama!
This time it's William F. Buckley's son.
From The Article:
Christopher Buckley knew he was venturing into treacherous territory when he endorsed Barack Obama: "It's a good thing my dear old mum and pup are no longer alive. They'd cut off my allowance," he wrote. The penalty turned out to be more severe. William F. Buckley Jr.'s son said yesterday that he had lost his back-page column in National Review, the conservative bible founded by his father.
"Within hours, poor NR was being swamped with furious mail, 'Cancel my subscription, this is betrayal, Judas, Benedict Arnold,' " Buckley, 56, said in an interview. "I thought the decent thing to do would be to offer to resign the column. Well, they accepted it."
Buckley can't be completely disappeared; the Washington author owns one-seventh of National Review and serves on the magazine's board. But he is the latest right-leaning pundit to be slammed by his side for criticizing or breaking with John McCain...
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Here's another point of view about this story:
http://www.observer.com/2008/media/lowry-buckley-you-canceled-your-own-goddamn-column
Yet another Republican/Conservative for Obama!
This time it's William F.... more
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Christopher Buckley, the author and son of the late conservative mainstay William F. Buckley, said in a telephone interview that he has resigned from the National Review, the political journal his father founded in 1955.
Mr. Buckley said he had “been effectively fatwahed by the conservative movement” after endorsing Barack Obama in a blog posting on TheDailyBeast.com; since then, he said he has been blanketed with hate mail at the blog and at the National Review, where he has written a column.
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Christopher Buckley, son of William F. Buckley, a renowned Republican thinker, has endorsed Barack Obama. Buckley once wrote a John McCain speech, and held up the Republican rank-and-file for years. After making the shocking announcement, he then resigned from the conservative journal The National Review. Christopher Buckley, son of William F. Buckley, a renowned Republican thinker, has... more
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