By James Bloodworth
During his lifetime many of the late Christopher Hitchens’s most vociferous critics were former allies from the political left. How, it was asked, could a once radical polemicist have become a cheerleader for the neo-conservative project to remake the world?
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Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.
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Christopher Hitchens and John Rodden discuss George Orwell on Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg.
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The Guardian In these final essays, Hitchens examines his own disbelief that writing – indistinguishable to him from living – is about to...
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Vanity Fair Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the ag...
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It's time to give Christopher Hitchens a statue
October 31, 2012Posted by Tom at 17:20 6 comments
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Bill Donohue Debates Christopher Hitchens: Part 1
October 26, 2012Posted by Tom at 18:33 6 comments
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Labour politician threatens to quit if bust to ‘pro-war’ journalist Christopher Hitchens goes up in Red Lion Square
LABOUR councillors are blocking plans to honour campaigning journalist Christopher Hitchens with a statue, with one of them branding the late writer as a “pro-war Islamophobe”. A trail of emails leaked to the New Journal show a sharp exchange between the British Humanist Association (BHA), which wants the statue to be erected in Red Lion Square, Holborn, and politicians representing the ward.
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Hitchens' last days
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
"Carol Blue, Christopher Hitchens' widow, talks candidly about her husband's dying days."
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"Carol Blue, Christopher Hitchens' widow, talks candidly about her husband's dying days."
Watch here (abc.net.au)
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Labels: 2012, Carol Blue, Christopher Hitchens, Lateline, Tony Jones
Graydon Carter & Carol Blue on Christopher Hitchens
Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair, & Carol Blue, widow of Christopher Hitchens, on “Mortality” a series of essays Hitchens wrote for Vanity Fair while undergoing treatment for cancer.
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An afterword to the life of Christopher Hitchens
October 15, 2012
Carol Blue, Christopher Hitchens' widow, talks about his legacy, his illness and life without him.
Listen here. (abc.net.au)
Listen here. (abc.net.au)
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Labels: 2012, Carol Blue, Christopher Hitchens, Phillip Adams
What Sort of People are the Christopher Hitchens Fan Club?
October 2, 2012
By Peter Hitchens
I can’t really claim that I never notice the extraordinarily spiteful attacks on me which come from one particular quarter. They're almost impossible to miss. Some of them are on Twitter. Others arrive here directly. Others surface in various places on the Internet. Those responsible claim to be admirers of my late brother, Christopher.
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I can’t really claim that I never notice the extraordinarily spiteful attacks on me which come from one particular quarter. They're almost impossible to miss. Some of them are on Twitter. Others arrive here directly. Others surface in various places on the Internet. Those responsible claim to be admirers of my late brother, Christopher.
Read more (hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk)
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