Judy Golding's talk, 'William Golding and the Lord of the Flies' just about to start at the Ideas Festival. I'll be tweeting #williamgolding
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After publication of Lord of the Flies, Golding family life was never the same. #williamgolding
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Judy started writing the Children of Lovers immediately after her father died because she was worried she would forget #williamgolding
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John Carey asked to write biography of William as Judy unable to be objective #williamgolding
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Realised that the memoir had a particular voice - that of herself as a child and an adult. Book almost like a film script #williamgolding
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After near-fatal accident at sea, Judy began to realise her parents were vulnerable people #williamgolding
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Links between Judy and William became more fractured as she grew up #williamgolding
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Never doubted that William loved her and knew she could rely on him. Judy didn't feel she could rely on her mother #williamgolding
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Do great writers have something monstrous about them? #williamgolding
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William Golding was an alpha male. Possessed a magnetism that meant eyes were drawn to him. #williamgolding
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Judy: it's a dangerous thing to take on the responsibility of another life. #williamgolding
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William didn't become famous immediately - it was during the early 60s when he became a well known public figure.
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Judy's lecturers at university asked her what Golding meant in Lord of the Flies #williamgolding
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Realized when she read Golding's journals that he told himself lots of uncomfortable truths #williamgolding
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Golding told Judy not to read The Inheritors as a child - too upsetting #williamgolding
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Books were curiously intimate to Golding, and the family as a whole did not really discuss them #williamgolding
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While he was writing Lord of the Flies, it was as if Golding was on a coral island; such was his immersion in the novel #williamgolding
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Question about Golding's journals. They equal two and a half million words! #williamgolding
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Golding wrote in his Journals: there is always an audience. Judy describes reading them as 'thrilling'. #williamgolding
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Wonderfully informative talk by Judy! #williamgolding
