Rosemary Sutcliff’s fourth choice of music on BBC Radio’s Desert Island Discs in 1983 was the song “We’ll gather lilacs in the spring (play here)” sung by Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth.
Category: Autobiography & Biography
Posts on the rosemarysutcliff.com weblog about the life and thoughts of Rosemary Sutcliff, including what she wrote and said about writing and her own craft.
Rosemary Sutcliff’s Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio Choice Three 1983
Rosemary Sutcliff chose for her third record on Desert Island Discs with Roy Plomley in 1983 “L’Apres-midi d’une Faune” by Claude Debussy, played by The Royal Philharmonic conducted by Thomas Beecham.
Rosemary Sutcliff on writing historical fiction for adults and children | Sutcliff Discovery of the Day
Rosemary Sutcliff once said of her writing:
“The themes of my children’s books are mostly quite adult, and in fact the difference between writing for children and for adults is, to me at any rate, only a quite small gear change.”
Source: Townsend, John Rowe. 1971. A Sense of Story. London: Longman p. 201
Film, Books, TV, Radio | The Eagle (of the Ninth) | Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92), author of The Eagle of the Ninth book, now a film due in February 2011 to be called The Eagle, as well as a TV and radio series, wrote some sixty children’s books, historical novels, and stories. This blog reviews and covers all the books by Rosemary Sutcliff: every book for children, adults and young adults, and related TV, radio and films (movies) of the books. Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff | Died, July 23rd, 1992 | Anniversary of the Day
A sad anniversary today: Rosemary Sutcliff died unexpectedly and too young on this day July 23rd, in 1992. Quite when July 23rd starts and finishes depends where you are in the world reading this; for me in England tomorrow is July 23rd.
It is the Feast Day of St Anne or Susanna, St Apollinaris of Ravenna, St Bridget of Sweden, St John Cassian, St Liborius, St Romula and her Companions, and The Three Wise Men. The births, deaths and events that happened that I know of also on this day include:
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 