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Richard Knott

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Richard Knott is a writer and poet. Most of his prose work is about aspects of modern history. For example, 'Black Night for Bomber Command', 'The Sketchbook War' and 'The Secret War Against the Arts' (about MI5's surveillance of artists and writers). Most recently he has written 'All-India and Down Under' (Pitch Publishing) and two collections of poetry: 'Perfect Day' and 'The Texan's House'. He lives in North Somerset.


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Average rating: 3.96 · 52 ratings · 16 reviews · 11 distinct works
The Sketchbook War: Saving ...

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Posted in Wartime: Letters ...

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Flying Boats of the Empire:...

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Cricket: Wickets, Wit and W...

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‘''What’s An Artist Doing Here?’

‘Oh, but you should be an artist,’ says a character in Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, ‘I had one with my squadron during the last war, for weeks – until we went up the line.’ The implication is that war artists were reluctant to put themselves in danger. In fact, in both wars, artists sought to convey the reality of war and inevitably that meant getting close to it. In the 1914-1918 wa Read more of this blog post »
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