Text of Self's speech as 'Best Man' at the wedding of Farrah Anwar. Word-processed document with pencil revisions (7 sheets). Dated 21 Apr 2006. Anwar is the dedicatee of Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys (1998): 'For Farrah Anwar, my best man'. The running conceit of the 'Wedding Speech'...
General professional correspondence 1996-97, arranged chronologically. Letters of support received following departure from The Observer newspaper (Apr 1997). Includes long fax (21 sheets) from Ralph Steadman.
Word-processed text, usually undated, as submitted by fax to the editor: (1). Book reviews: Review of Milan Kundera, Testaments Betrayed (1993). 7 sheets. Review of Anthony Julius, T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism and Literary Form (1995). 6 sheets. Review of Greil Marcus, The Dustbin of History (199...
Will Self Family Papers: Elaine Self, photocopy diaries 1952-54
Scope & Content:
Photocopied diaries for 1952-54 by Elaine Adams (née Rosenbloom, who re-married, to Peter Self, in 1959): 1952: sporadic entries 30 Sep - 14 Nov. 1953: Jan-Aug. 1 Oct 1953: single entry headed 'I can't write because I can't (write)'. 5 Sep 1953 - 13 Mar 1954.
Will Self Family Papers: Elaine Self, photocopy diaries 1954-55
Scope & Content:
Photocopied diaries for 1954-55 by Elaine Adams (née Rosenbloom, who re-married, to Peter Self, in 1959). 1954: Feb - Aug 1954. 1954-55: Nov 1954 - Jan 1955.