Lindsay Anderson 
Lindsay Anderson Diaries 

As a director, critic, writer and actor, Lindsay Anderson established a reputation as one of the most innovative, impassioned and fiercely independent British artists of the twentieth century. In directing films such as If, This Sporting Life and O Lucky Man he championed a new wave of social responsiveness in British cinema, while as director at the Royal Court he was responsible for establishing the reputation of a number of groundbreaking plays.
Throughout his life Anderson stood in opposition to the establishment of his day. Published for the first time, his diaries provide a uniquely personal document of his artistic integrity and vision, his work, and his personal and public struggles. Peopled by a myriad of artists and stars – Malcolm Mc Dowell, Richard Harris, Albert Finney, Anthony Hopkins Brian Cox, Karel Reisz, Arthur Miller, George Michael – the Diaries provide a fascinating account of one of the most creative periods of British cultural life.

Gripping Daily Express
’Vicious and velvety in roughly equal measure … Demands reading at a single sitting’ Daily Telegraph
’the reader of this book is richly rewarded’ Daily Mail