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Graham Greene versus Anthony Burgess: find out more about a literary spat . . .

Creina Mansfield outlines Antony Burgess's Mancunian background before exploring the spat that broke out with Graham Greene in the late 1980s. Once friends in the argument involved their differing attitudes to Kim Philby & Burgess's disapproval of Greene's private life. It's quite a tale!

This is the second in a programme of talks by the Portico Library with History Unlimited to explore historical events, people and landscapes in more detail