# Richard Benson
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Richard Philip Henry John Benson (10 March 1955 – 10 May 2022) was a British-Italian guitarist, singer and television personality.
== Life ==
Benson was born in Woking, England to a Belgian mother and a British father, both of which had italian origins. His paternal great grandfather was Samuel Herbert Benson, the founder of the first advertising company in the UK. His grandfather, one of Sir Samuel Herbet Benson's sons, married an italian model.
Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh
For this episode of the Working Class Library, the writer Craig McLean joins Richard Benson, editor of The Bee, and Claire Malcolm, CEO of New Writing North, to discuss Irvine Welsh’s 1993 novel Trainspotting.Trainspotting has become, as McLean says, a multi-media “literary industrial complex”, wit…
Richard Benson and Amy Sackville
THE YEARS by Annie Ernaux chosen by Richard Benson
THE CORNER THAT HELD THEM by Sylvia Townsend Warner chosen by Amy Sackville
COFFEE AND CIGARETTES by Ferdinand von Schirach chosen by Harriett Gilbert
Writer and former editor of the Face Richard Benson talks to fellow writer Amy Sackville and pres…
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
For the fifth episode of the Working Class Library, the novelist David Nicholls joins Claire Malcolm, CEO of New Writing North, and Richard Benson, editor of The Bee, and to discuss Sue Townsend’s 1982 novel The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾. Having initially been written for, and broadcast…
Angelas Ashes by Frank McCourt
In the sixth episode of the Working Class Library, Kevin Barry joins Claire Malcolm, chief executive of New Writing North, and Richard Benson, editor of The Bee, to discuss Frank McCourt’s 1996 memoir Angela’s Ashes.McCourt’s account of his poverty-stricken childhood in New York and Limerick has so…
This Sporting Life by David Storey
In this episode of the Working Class Library, David Peace joins Claire Malcolm, Chief Executive of New Writing North, and Richard Benson, editor of The Bee, to discuss David Storey’s classic, controversial 1960 kitchen-sink novel, This Sporting Life.This Sporting Life, said The Guardian, “provided …
Richard Benson and Amy Sackville
THE YEARS by Annie Ernaux chosen by Richard Benson
THE CORNER THAT HELD THEM by Sylvia Townsend Warner chosen by Amy Sackville
COFFEE AND CIGARETTES by Ferdinand von Schirach chosen by Harriett Gilbert
Writer and former editor of the Face Richard Benson talks to fellow writer Amy Sackville and pres…
Running Hot by Dreda Say Mitchell
For the eighth episode of the Working Class Library, the globally bestselling author Lee Child joins hosts Richard Benson and Claire Malcolm to talk about Dreda Say Mitchell’s groundbreaking 2004 novel Running Hot.
Andrea Modica's answer to the question every photographer asks eventually: what's the point? E134
I sat down with Andrea Modica, the ‘Italian Story’ photographer (as well many other books) who has made every photograph since 1980 with an 8x10 view camera and prints all her work herself. Andrea studied with Richard Benson at Yale, teaches photography at Drexel University, and has just published …
Colour Blind by Catherine Cookson
For the ninth episode of the Working Class Library, the writer and campaigner Terri White joins Richard Benson and Claire Malcolm to talk about the legendary Catherine Cookson. We focus on Cookson’s 1968 novel about a mixed-ethnicity marriage in 1920s Tyneside, but also talk a lot about the author …
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