A celebration of the life of Alan Brien (1925 - 2008)
Saturday, 7 June 2008
Bernard Levin
In France, en famille, holidaying with Bernard. At the end of an unforgettable meal (as retold by Alan), Bernard saying "I could happily die now". Alan saying " I could eat it all over again."
Alan Brien, journalist and writer: born Sunderland, 12 March 1925
associate editor, Mini-Cinema 1950-52 associate editor, Courier 1952-53 film critic and columnist, Truth 1953-54 TV critic, The Observer 1954-55 film critic, Evening Standard 1954-56 drama critic, features editor, Spectator 1958-61 columnist, Daily Mail 1958-62 drama critic, Sunday Telegraph 1961-67 columnist, Sunday Dispatch 1962-63 political columnist, Sunday Pictorial 1963-64 columnist, New Statesman 1966-72 columnist, Punch 1972-84 diarist, Sunday Times 1967-75 film critic 1976-84
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