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Memoirs of a Pet LambDavid SylvesterI cannot recall the crucial incident itself, can only remember how I cringed when my parents told me about it, proudly, some years later, when I was about nine or ten. We had gone to a tea-shop on boat-race day where a lady had kindly asked whether I was Oxford or Cambridge. I had answered: ‘I’m a Jew.’ For copyright or other reasons, this article is not available online. Buy reprint of this article. From the LRB letters page: [ 18 October 2001 ] David Hamilton. David Sylvester, who wrote many memorable pieces for this paper, died on 19 June 2001. Other articles by this contributor: The Grin without the Cat · David Sylvester views Jackson Pollock at the Tate Mayhem at Millbank · David Sylvester writes about the new hang at the Tate Britain (2000) ‘Someone you had to be a bit careful with’ · Gallery Rogues |
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