Autor Alan Bennett

'Thinking Betty was in the bath Graham was watching a late-night programme on Channel 4 called Footballers with Their Shirts Off when she unexpectedly came in on the trail of the hairdryer. "I didn't know you were interested in football," said…

'Oh Norman,' said the Queen, 'the prime minister doesn't seem to have read any Hardy. Perhaps you could find him one of our old paperbacks on his way out.' Had the dogs not taken exception to the strange van parked in the royal grounds, the Queen might…

Novela Neobyčejný čtenář (The Uncommon Reader) oceňovaného britského dramatika Alana Bennetta začíná popisem neobvyklé situace, kdy královna, když náhodou zabloudila do pojízdné knihovny, zaparkované poblíž Buckinghamského paláce, pocítí náhlé nutkání…