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John Osborne

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John Osborne

John Osborne graduated from the University of East Anglia in 2004. He has taught English in Austria and Germany, and has had poetry published in the Guardian and the Spectator. Radio Head is his first book.

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Q. Name of your favorite composer or music artist?
A. Blur, Super Furry Animals, Hefner, Bearsuit, Art Brut.
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My life in 8 words: "Lives in Norwich. Has never seen Star Wars."
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December 17, 2010
In 2002 I won a competition on JohnPeel's Radio 1 show. My prize was a box of records from his shed,delivered to my student flat...
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June 21, 2010
I am writing a poem about football every day during the World Cup. The idea is that England are going to win the World Cup and...
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May 19, 2010
In 2002 I won a competition on John Peel's Radio 1 show. My prize was a box of 150 records from John Peel's own collection and...
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March 29, 2010
It's not too late to complain to the BBC about the axing of 6music and the Asian Network. 8,000 people already have done. All...
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November 16, 2009
One of the best things of last twelve months is that I have been doing gigs as part of the poetry collective Aisle16. ...
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July 13, 2009
After Glastonbury last week, I'm getting ready for Latitude Festival in Suffolk next week. I am part of the performance poetry...
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The Newsagent's Window will be released on March 31, 2011 in Mass Market Paperback
Mar 31, 2011
The Newsagent's Window is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Mar 31, 2011
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World Cup Poems
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John Osborne Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Keep myself to myself. Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. Sandwiches Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? A. Drawing. Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. Damon Albarn. Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. Red wine, comfy chair. Learn more about John Osborne

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BackStage.com, May 7, 2012
...by Signature Theatre; Written by Edward Albee Look Back in Anger Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company; Written by John Osborne *The Cherry Orchard Produced by Classic Stage Company; Written by Anton Chekhov, Translated by John Christopher Jones The...
The Hindu, May 5, 2012
...things like, "My mother would kill me" and "I just want to go home". What's that word John Osborne used to such great effect � pusillanimous, that's what she is. Yes, even keeping in mind she was a teenager at the time, surely a tidal wave of...
Broadway World, April 30, 2012
...and Anna Deavere Smith's House Arrest (The Public Theater); Jessica Goldberg's Good Thing (The New Group); John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (CSC,NY); Danny Hoch's Some People and Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop (USA/Britain); Dael Orlandersmith's Stoop...
Broadway World, April 28, 2012
...and Anna Deavere Smith's House Arrest (The Public Theater); Jessica Goldberg's Good Thing (The New Group); John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (CSC,NY); Danny Hoch's Some People and Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop (USA/Britain); Dael Orlandersmith's Stoop...
Guardian.co.uk, April 26, 2012
...the Royal Court Theatre to her boutique, although without much more in the way of context or analysis: "John Osborne, Claire Bloom, Susannah York, Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Leslie Caron and, later, pop artists and musicians like the Beatles and...
Oregonian, April 19, 2012
...do anything for a sale. Lynn Nottage, playwright: "Ruined," a Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in war-ravaged Congo. John Osborne, English playwright: "Look Back in Anger," a diatribe against Britain's rigid class system. Sylvia Plath, poet: "Ariel,"...
Oregonian, April 14, 2012
...do anything for a sale. Lynn Nottage, playwright: "Ruined," a Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in war-ravaged Congo. John Osborne, English playwright: "Look Back in Anger," a diatribe against Britain's rigid class system. Sylvia Plath, poet: "Ariel,"...
Northern Argus, April 20, 2012
...the region’s wine industry including Neil Paulett, Kevin Mitchell, Jeffrey Grosset, Andrew Pike, Steve Baraglia, Justin Ardill, John Osborne, Greg Cooley along with Sam & Tom Barry and Nick Ryan, national and internal wine judge. From an educational...
College Heights Herald, April 19, 2012
...a bronze rating with 38.42 points from AASHE STARS. The cutoff for silver beings at 45 points. John Osborne, vice president for Campus Services and Facilities, said the assessment would allow WKU to improve on its sustainability. “It is the guide and...
The Independent, April 19, 2012
...something he sees in Rattigan, certainly in the way Rattigan deals with sex, but also, and especially, in John Osborne, to whom he became close in that tweedy old curmudgeon's final years. Suddenly he says, "I absolutely loved the way Michael Sheen...
Mail Online UK, April 19, 2012
...star replacement for Corden can be found, it will continue. Douglas Hodge has been doing a reading of John Osborne's play Inadmissible Evidence with director Jamie Lloyd for the artistic leadership at the Roundabout Theatre. The play ran at the Donmar...
The Independent, April 19, 2012
...something he sees in Rattigan, certainly in the way Rattigan deals with sex, but also, and especially, in John Osborne, to whom he became close in that tweedy old curmudgeon's final years. Suddenly he says, "I absolutely loved the way Michael Sheen...
Wichita Eagle, April 19, 2012
...It was a tremendous growth opportunity, blending two great companies.” More information Midwest Single Source Founded: 1976 Owner: John Osborne Employees: 70 Address: 1501 E. 1st St. Phone: 316-267-6333 Website: www.ssource.com Kevin Ulwelling brought...
Mail Online UK, April 19, 2012
...star replacement for Corden can be found, it will continue. Douglas Hodge has been doing a reading of John Osborne's play Inadmissible Evidence with director Jamie Lloyd for the artistic leadership at the Roundabout Theatre. The play ran at the Donmar...