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"A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he outwears his love affairs, his politics and his epistemology" (p. 224)

Getting a bit tedious. I was more intrigued at the start of the biography. I was interested in reading more about the famous American literary journalist because "[there] was never a time in (his) youth when (he) succumbed to the Socialist sentimentalities that so often fetch the young of the bourgeousie. (His) attitude toward the world and its people is and has always been that of the self-sustaining [...] class"

This is the autobiography of a famous Swedish actor/director. His life has been marked by successes in theatre and heavy drug use. Interesting to read his thoughts on acting and the craft.

I am getting slightly bored with the way Bew portrays this interesting life and times of lord Castlereagh.

Almost done with this massive biography of a forgotten victorian titan. At the end of the 19th century the British empire reached its peak and the politician in charge of foreign policy was Salisbury. It has been interesting getting a completely new view of Britain and its politics. Review will follow shortly!

Interesting portrait of the reviled politician who help to orchestrate the concert of Europe.

"The dangers we have to fear may roughly be summed up in the single word - disintegration. (...) What was needed was 'that old spirit of the constitution' which had the power to hold the nation together, 'instead of splitting it into 'a bundle of unfriendly and distrustful fragment'. (p. 274)