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I buy so many weekend papers it's sometimes midweek before I get to some of the sections, so it was only late last night that I came across this review of The Life and Works of Alfred Bestall: Illustrator of Rupert Bear by Caroline G. Bott in The Observer:
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"Bott, who is Bestall's goddaughter and inherited the vast majority of his early work ('You will have to have a huge bonfire,' he told her, unassuming to the last) has done a diligent job. She has logged every available detail of his 93 years on the planet; she has included long extracts from his journals; and she has produced a 35-page appendix listing every single piece of art he ever produced, plus fee. The truth is, however, that AEB's life (the 'E', wonderfully, is for Edmeades) was quiet almost to the point of inaudibility..."
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