International Anthony Burgess Foundation
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What's it going to be then, eh? All things Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) from his Estate and Archive in Manchester, UK. www.anthonyburgess.org
This week, to celebrate the bicentennial of Carl Maria von Weber’s opera, Oberon, we’re looking at Anthony Burgess’s libretto for a production in 1985. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts by & about Anthony Burgess (A Clockwork Orange) anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/webers-obe...
Weber’s Oberon at 200
Anthony Burgess updates an operatic classic
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A fascinating insight into how Tremor of Intent, Anthony Burgess spoof of James Bond-style spy fiction, inspired the American writer James Ellroy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnoB...
Tremor of Intent by Anthony Burgess
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This week, why quoting Anthony Burgess’s work may be more difficult than it seems, and why even the dictionaries of quotation often get it wrong. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
The Art of Quotation
The aphorisms and epigrams of Anthony Burgess
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This week, why quoting Anthony Burgess’s work may be more difficult than it seems, and why even the dictionaries of quotation often get it wrong. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
The Art of Quotation
The aphorisms and epigrams of Anthony Burgess
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Good stuff! Burgess talks Finnegans Wake...
Anthony Burgess — Lots of Fun at Finnegans Wake (1973)
YouTube video by Mat Wranovics
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— There is one truth I will admit, and that is religion was founded to keep men in awe. You seem shocked. — I am not so. I submit to believing what I am bid to believe, but I hold as a true protestant that a man is free to enquire of the meaning of what he reads. Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess hated Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of A Clockwork Orange, right? This week’s newsletter attempts to set the record straight… Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts by and about Anthony Burgess, twentieth century literature and more: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/kubricks-h...
Kubrick's Horrorshow
Did Anthony Burgess hate Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of A Clockwork Orange?
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Anthony Burgess hated Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of A Clockwork Orange, right? This week’s newsletter attempts to set the record straight… Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts by and about Anthony Burgess, twentieth century literature and more: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/kubricks-h...
Kubrick's Horrorshow
Did Anthony Burgess hate Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of A Clockwork Orange?
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Over the past year, we have been working to restore, digitise and catalogue the massive archive of cassette tapes in the Burgess Foundation’s collections. Find out what they tell us about Anthony Burgess's life and work. anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/listening-...
Listening to Anthony Burgess
On the Burgess Foundation's audio cassette collection
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Anthony Burgess' prescient novel (& Kubrick movie): thememoryhole.substack.com/p/as-odd-as-...
As Odd as a Clockwork Orange
The Unreliable Narrator and Primary Sources
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Say this in a TV interview and you get lauded as an intellectual. When I bring it up in a Teams meeting I get called in afterwards for “a word”.
Anthony Burgess -- hardly a "radical leftie" -- on the grim reign of Margaret Thatcher. anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/a-woman-wh...
A Woman Who Chills the Heart
Anthony Burgess on Margaret Thatcher and the legacy of Thatcherism
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It’s Odyssey Day! To celebrate the release of Christopher Nolan’s epic adaptation, we’re looking at Anthony Burgess’s use of Greek and Roman mythology in his own novels. Subscribe for FREE: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/complex-oe...
Complex Oedipus
Anthony Burgess revisits Greek and Roman myths
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It’s Odyssey Day! To celebrate the release of Christopher Nolan’s epic adaptation, we’re looking at Anthony Burgess’s use of Greek and Roman mythology in his own novels. Subscribe for FREE: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/complex-oe...
Complex Oedipus
Anthony Burgess revisits Greek and Roman myths
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Last month, we hosted Unavoidable Happenings, a song cycle based on the poetry of Anthony Burgess. We were mightily impressed, and we are delighted that the full performance is now available to watch on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzst...
Unavoidable Happenings
YouTube video by Michael Rose
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He liked this life of woodcock-shooting in the woods around Ettenheim, all at English expense, a plump *Mädchen* most evenings, a quiet read of a French romance in bed. #SundaySentence (The aristocratic good life during the Napoleonic era) Anthony Burgess / Napoleon Symphony
Interesting article by @lukegilfedder.bsky.social in the latest issue of the Modernist Review, on Anthony Burgess's essay, ‘Lewis as Spaceman’. @modernistudies.bsky.social @anthonyburgess.bsky.social
Lewis as Spaceman: Anthony Burgess on Lewis as the Anti-Joyce
10 July 2026 Dr Luke Gilfedder, Independent Researcher Joyce is an auditory writer; he writes for the ear. He was not, like his fellow Man of 1914—the Vorticist painter and draughtsman Wyndham Lewi…
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Anthony Burgess was not a man who cared about sport, but he was sent to report on the 1974 World Cup in West Germany. This week’s newsletter contains his full report. WARNING: You won’t learn much about the 1974 World Cup. anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/sex-violen...
Sex. Violence. Football?
Anthony Burgess considers the beautiful game
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Anthony Burgess was not a man who cared about sport, but he was sent to report on the 1974 World Cup in West Germany. This week’s newsletter contains his full report. WARNING: You won’t learn much about the 1974 World Cup. anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/sex-violen...
Sex. Violence. Football?
Anthony Burgess considers the beautiful game
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On Mervyn Peake's birthday, why not listen to our podcast about Titus Groan, one of Anthony Burgess's favourite novels? Our guest was the brilliant @profrmaslen.bsky.social. www.anthonyburgess.org/podcasts/nin...
Ninety-Nine Novels: Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation
In 1984, Anthony Burgess published Ninety-Nine Novels, a selection of his favourite novels in English since 1939. The list is typically idiosyncratic, and shows the breadth of Burgess’s interest in fi...
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It’s the USA’s 250th birthday this weekend, so in today’s newsletter, Anthony Burgess himself attempts to put his finger on what makes the country great. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts by and about Anthony Burgess (A Clockwork Orange): anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/on-america...
On American Excellence
Anthony Burgess visits Washington D.C.
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It’s the USA’s 250th birthday this weekend, so in today’s newsletter, Anthony Burgess himself attempts to put his finger on what makes the country great. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts by and about Anthony Burgess (A Clockwork Orange): anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/on-america...
On American Excellence
Anthony Burgess visits Washington D.C.
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Dave Eggers in Manchester!! Can’t wait to hear him discuss his new book CONTRAPPOSTO with @luciaoc.bsky.social at the Anthony Burgess Foundation on Thursday! (I may or may not bring all 83 issues of my @mcsweeneys.net collection with me!)
Neu im Büro - das passende Buch für diese Tage. Ein Kinderbuch von ANTHONY BURGESS in deutscher Erstübersetzung: Das Land wo die Eiscreme wächst birgit-boellinger.com/2026/06/30/b...
Anthony Burgess: Das Land wo die Eiscreme wächst
Anthony Burgess, weltbekannt durch Uhrwerk Orange, war ein vielseitiger Autor. So verfasste er das bezaubernde Kinderbuch "Das Land wo die Eiscreme wächst."
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In this week’s newsletter, we explore the friendship of Anthony Burgess and Umberto Eco, the Italian author of The Name of the Rose. Medieval Sherlock Holmes! A novel in need of an index! The spectacular benefits of reading! It’s all in here… anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/in-the-eco...
In the Eco chamber
Anthony Burgess encounters Umberto Eco
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In this week’s newsletter, we explore the friendship of Anthony Burgess and Umberto Eco, the Italian author of The Name of the Rose. Medieval Sherlock Holmes! A novel in need of an index! The spectacular benefits of reading! It’s all in here… anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/in-the-eco...
In the Eco chamber
Anthony Burgess encounters Umberto Eco
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In this week’s newsletter, find out about Anthony Burgess’s collaboration with the late David Hockney in the 1991 book Hockney's Alphabet. Burgess took on the letter X. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/an-x-for-d...
An X for David Hockney
Anthony Burgess's collaboration with the late, great David Hockney.
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Join the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for a public event exploring Umberto Eco’s connection with British culture, 10 years after his death. ‘Umberto Eco in Britain’ 📍 Anthony Burgess Foundation, M1 5BY 📅 Friday 26 June 2026 at 15.00. Find out more: https://ow.ly/4Kko50Z73Pf
