Ian Kelly

Ian Kelly

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Ian Kelly has written prize-winning biographies of Casanova, Beau Brummell, and Antonin Carême. He combines this with acting, from the art-historian in Lee Hall’s The Pitman Painters to Hermione’s father in the final instalments of the Harry Potter films.

Wednesday 13th Mar 2013: Literary Death Match

Literary Death Match returns to Concrete in LONDON TOWN with a line-up to warm the coldest of springs! 

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Tuesday 15th Jan 2013: Ian Kelly at the National Theatre

 The actor and historian discusses Mr Foote’s Other Leg, the riotously true story of the one-legged comedian and ‘Oscar Wilde’ of the Georgian stage, Samuel Foote.

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Nick Blake

An Editor's View: Picador in Twenty Books

Posted By Nick Blake on Tuesday 23rd Oct 2012
 

As Picador celebrates its fortieth anniversary the Picador team are celebrating working for the finest imprint in literary London. I haven’t been at Picador for forty years, of course, but in the spirit of The Picador Book of 40 here are twenty of the most memorable titles I’ve read, not read, or been involved with.

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Rosanna Boscawen

'A charming and knowledgeable guide': Ian Kelly's biography of Samuel Foote

Posted By Rosanna Boscawen on Thursday 11th Oct 2012
 

Writer and actor Ian Kelly brings you the biography of one of the most flamboyant characters from London's history: Samuel Foote. Read on for the best bits from the press.

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