A selection of essays by one of our most popular public figures to coincide with Roy Strong's 70th birthday - 'Reading through these pieces one phrase forcefully crossed my mind- 'Roy Strong. This is your life.' '
Sir Roy Strong was educated at the University of London, and the Warburg Institute. He joined the staff of the National Portrait Gallery in 1959 and became its director from 1967 to 1973. He was director of the Victoria & Albert Museum from 1974 to 1987, when he resigned to become a full-time writer, broadcaster and consultant. His books include The Cult of Elizabeth, Gloriana, Henry Prince of Wales, Painting the Past, The Story of Britain, The Arts in Britain and Feast- A History of Grand Eating (all available in Pimlico).
"'This is my central philosophy: one starts off with something as an academic study but from it stems a series of important things to say which must be got over to a greater audience in a variety of forms. So to some extent one foxes everyone by simultaneously being scholar and academic, populariser and communicator, and sticking to the belief that these are not incompatible.' Roy Strong, 1971"
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