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Endpoint: Candida Lycett Green



created on: 1/09/2014
by: Nathalie (5022)
 
 

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Candida Rose Lycett Green (née Betjeman; 22 September 1942 – 19 August 2014) was a British author who wrote sixteen books including English Cottages, Goodbye London, The Perfect English House, Over the Hills and Far Away and The Dangerous Edge of Things.
Her television documentaries included The Englishwoman and the Horse, and The Front Garden.
Unwrecked England, based on a regular column of the same name she wrote for The Oldie since 1992, was published in 2009.
She has been described as "the finest writer of our time on the English countryside".
She also edited and introduced her father John Betjeman’s letters and prose in three volumes to critical acclaim.
She was a commissioner of English Heritage for nine years and her proudest achievement was the role she played in the regeneration of Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, Stoke-On-Trent.
She was a member of the Performing Rights Society through her writing of lyrics for songs and was a Contributing Editor to Vogue from 1987.
She was part of the original team who started Private Eye.
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Submitted by : Nathalie (5022)
on : 01/09/2014