'Kenneth Williams and His Diaries' British Library June 2016

AUDIO ONLY. Sorry there are no images from the evening.

In December 2015 the British Library acquired the complete Kenneth Williams diaries plus letters and other papers.

In this special event, actor David Benson, known for his solo play 'Think No Evil of Us: My Life With Kenneth Williams' reads extracts from unpublished sections of the diaries, selected by Kathryn Johnson, at that time the curator of the collection. Here she describes the task of reading the complete diaries and subjecting them to rigorous 'data protection' processing.

The legendary Nicholas Parson makes memorable contributions, remembering the recordings of Just A Minute; and Peter Cadley, a close friend of Kenneth in his later years, shares personal reminiscences.

Huge apologies of the lack of visuals - I hope that the verbal description of the images displayed will suffice until a fuller version of this video can be produced with the imagery included.

Guardian article on the BL's acquisition of the diaries:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2...



From the British Library website
https://www.bl.uk/events/kenneth-will...