Anthony Holden Biography

Occup.Journalist
FromUnited Kingdom
BornMay 22, 1947
Bicester, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Age76 years
Anthony Holden is a British writer, broadcaster, as well as reporter who was born in 1947 in London, United Kingdom. He is the author of a number of well-known books, consisting of bios of William Shakespeare and also Tchaikovsky, as well as a number of stories, plays, as well as screenplays.

Holden was educated at Oxford University, where he studied classic languages and literary works. After college graduation, he started his job in journalism as a trainee at the Times newspaper, before going on to function as a reporter and also international contributor for a number of various other publications, including The Observer and also The Sunday Times.

In the very early 1980s, Holden began to concentrate on creating publications, and also published his very first novel, "The Inheritance", in 1982. He followed this up with a string of successful books, including a bio of the British dramatist and storyteller John Osborne, and also a background of the British royal family members.

In 1999, Holden released his most famous job to day, "William Shakespeare: His Life and Work". The book, which was universally commended for its scholarship and also accessibility, won many awards and has actually been equated into numerous languages.

Holden has actually also composed thoroughly on music, as well as is the author of a biography of the Russian composer Tchaikovsky. He has actually worked as a songs movie critic for several papers, and has offered programmes on classical music for both radio and tv.

In addition to his composing, Holden has also gone far for himself as a tv presenter and also broadcaster. He has shown up on numerous programmes for the BBC as well as ITV, consisting of a prominent test program called "University Challenge".

Throughout his profession, Holden has won a variety of honors and honours, consisting of the Somerset Maugham Award and also the Prix Italia. He has been married two times and has three kids. Today, he remains to compose and also release, and also is extensively considered one of the most talented authors of his generation.

Our collection contains 33 quotes who is written / told by Anthony.

Related authors: William Shakespeare (Dramatist), John Osborne (Playwright)

Anthony Holden Famous Works:

33 Famous quotes by Anthony Holden

Small: When the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were growing up, that was at its height and the War ce
"When the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were growing up, that was at it's height and the War cemented that with photographs of the Royal Family having breakfast together and so on, by pinning their reputation so firmly on that particular issue"
Small: While the 1980 book was being serialized in the Sunday Times, Charles attacked it through the Observer
"While the 1980 book was being serialized in the Sunday Times, Charles attacked it through the Observer"
Small: When the magistrate says Thats not a good enough reason my man. He said Excuse me, could I ask you? Hav
"When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?'"
Small: What it was at the time was literally a plea for, to get the pressure off for a while, to give her spac
"What it was at the time was literally a plea for, to get the pressure off for a while, to give her space to breathe. She was very unhappy. She was feeling pretty claustrophobic"
Small: What it means is that some of Charles press secretaries have been better than others as some of the Que
"What it means is that some of Charles' press secretaries have been better than others as some of the Queen's press secretaries have been better than others"
Small: Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge pub
"Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time"
Small: Well Im a very similar age to Prince Charles. Im a year older than him. I was at university at the same
"Well I'm a very similar age to Prince Charles. I'm a year older than him. I was at university at the same time as him. I think in the sixties, like all the Royals, he really had very little impact on my life at all and he seemed, if anything a lot older in his attitudes"
Small: We could have a political movement going if it had been properly organized but the Monarchys done itsel
"We could have a political movement going if it had been properly organized but the Monarchy's done itself enormous damage possibly beyond the point of long-term recovery"
Small: They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant
"They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world"
Small: The Princesss so-called time and space speech at the end of 93 about a year after the formal separation
"The Princess's so-called 'time and space speech' at the end of '93 about a year after the formal separation, looking back on it it's called her retirement from public life but we've seen in fact it's nothing of the kind"
Small: The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which ha
"The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but his practice suffered financially for some years"
Small: Thatcher came under pressure from right wing backbenchers to shut up the Prince of Wales and there was
"Thatcher came under pressure from right wing backbenchers to shut up the Prince of Wales and there was a deal done between them where he did actually shut up in the end"
Small: That was par for the course but I also found that commissions were being canceled and in fact I conside
"That was par for the course but I also found that commissions were being canceled and in fact I considered this directly libelous - I write biographies for a living as well as being a journalist - for a non fiction book to be called fiction from beginning to end"
Small: Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an eno
"Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons"
Small: Its a problem for him because hes got - like Edward VII had - nearly all his lifetime to wait until he
"It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly all his lifetime to wait until he becomes Monarch. What is he going to do with it? So he wants to do something positive but he always courts those dangers"
Small: It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my professional reputation
"It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my professional reputation"
Small: If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true.
"If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true"
Small: Ive always said, since I got to know him and wrote about him, that hes the generation he least appeals
"I've always said, since I got to know him and wrote about him, that he's the generation he least appeals to is his own and I think in many ways he was born middle-aged and that's become apparent in recent years"
Small: I went on a long trip through South America with Prince Charles where I was the only journalist there -
"I went on a long trip through South America with Prince Charles where I was the only journalist there - a couple of photographers but no other writers"
Small: I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way street
"I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way street"
Small: I think her friends were worried that the bulimia might come back, about some psychological slide, and
"I think her friends were worried that the bulimia might come back, about some psychological slide, and she was given breathing space to some extent by the media as much as she ever has been"
Small: I remember a moment when the Prince went back to his old school, Grammar School in Melbourne, and sligh
"I remember a moment when the Prince went back to his old school, Grammar School in Melbourne, and slightly to his horror his old music teacher produced a cello"
Small: I personally felt that his ad hominen attacks on British architects were not the sort of thing a Prince
"I personally felt that his ad hominen attacks on British architects were not the sort of thing a Prince of Wales should be doing because, apart from anything else, they put various people out of business"
Small: I mean Buckingham Palace has never hired a professional public relations outfit let alone a Madison Ave
"I mean Buckingham Palace has never hired a professional public relations outfit let alone a Madison Avenue type and they would throw up their hands in horror at the very idea"
Small: I first got to know Charles in the late seventies when I wrote an article and then a book about him and
"I first got to know Charles in the late seventies when I wrote an article and then a book about him and I think at the time he came across as quite appealing, it was probably the height of his popularity"
Small: I dont accept at all the quite popular argument that the press is responsible for the monarchys recent
"I don't accept at all the quite popular argument that the press is responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. The monarchy's responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. To blame the press is the old thing of blaming the messenger for the message"
Small: I decided hed changed so much that a whole new book was required and that book actually I can say so wa
"I decided he'd changed so much that a whole new book was required and that book actually I can say so was the first to say that the marriage was in trouble and the Prince didn't like at all and my book was being serialized in the Sunday Times over five weeks"
Small: He did once say the time to worry is when they stop writing about you but again I think that was pretty
"He did once say the time to worry is when they stop writing about you but again I think that was pretty token of the coverage was very respectful, he rather resented the intrusions on his private life, but that was about it"
Small: Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had freedom
"Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had freedom of maneuver that he wouldn't have as King. The first subject he really went for was architecture. It made an impact"
Small: But, of course, she didnt mean that she was going to retire from public life and only when the Queen re
"But, of course, she didn't mean that she was going to retire from public life and only when the Queen removed her HRH some years later did she actually drop a hundred charities and just kept five"
Small: As somebody whos been writing about this subject for getting on twenty years now, its astonishing how t
"As somebody who's been writing about this subject for getting on twenty years now, it's astonishing how the climate has changed in the last five years"
Small: Among other things they picked out a detail that Charles had been offered the Governorship of Hong Kong
"Among other things they picked out a detail that Charles had been offered the Governorship of Hong Kong in its dying days by Thatcher in return for shutting up about the inner cities. He quite rightly in my view led the paper on this story"
Small: A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as quotes fiction from being
"A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as quotes 'fiction from being to end'. I suffered trial by tabloid for a couple of weeks, lots of insults in the press, in the columns - this man should be put in the tower and so on"