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“... upper classes en masse. They all looked bigger and stronger than me!’ Another Cambridge man, Sir Denis Forman, is of the Scottish upper class, I suppose – quite a formidable fellow, though popular and well-respected. He used to be Chairman and Managing Director of Granada Television: a musical man, he has written one other book, Mozart’s Piano ...”

“... the publication of this biography, and brought such champions of Wheldon’s reputation as Sir Denis Forman, Ludovic Kennedy and Melvyn Bragg trumpeting into the field. In common with other young men of his generation (he was born in 1916), Wheldon was slow to come to terms with his sexual drive. Sent to stay with a Westphalian family and learn German ...”