Tim Kendall

BLACK OPS & BEAVER BOMBING (Oneworld, 2023). Ed. William Golding's letters (Faber 11/25). Exeter Prof. Also at

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

This is where BLACK OPS AND BEAVER BOMBING began: on a riverbank near Otterton in the summer of 2020. After filming this clip, I moseyed upstream and nearly walked straight into a beaver that was squatting on its hind legs eating willow. @MathewsFiona

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

It's publication day!

[William Golding @WilliamGGolding]

Join us on 12th November for this online event celebrating the publication of William Golding: The Faber Letters, featuring editor Tim Kendall @TimKendall70 and Judy Golding.
https://t.co/0bYEISSS2o

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

Along with William Golding's daughter Judy, I'll be talking about Golding and his forty-year friendship with his editor at Faber, Charles Monteith, at this online event on 12 November at 7pm. Nicola Presley asks the questions. It should be fun. https://t.co/lFFsBQPZrv

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

Just arrived this afternoon: the paperback edition of my WW2 anthology.

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

Fly agaric. Hallucinogenic but very volatile and unpredictable in its effects. We left these for any shamans that happened to be passing.

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

This is forthcoming in early November. The project accompanied me through cancer, chemo and Covid, so I'm a little emotional that it's finally making its bow. What an honour to be editing Golding, who has been 'my author' since I first read The Spire as a teenager.

[Faber Books @FaberBooks]

William Golding: The Faber Letters reveals the remarkable literary collaboration between a Nobel Prizewinning novelist and his editor of more than forty years.

Edited by Tim Kendall, out in November 2025 and available to pre-order now. https://t.co/ZAdfnqT5me

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@LissaKEvans It Was a Dark and Stormy Night is another masterpiece.

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Allan Ahlberg, one of the great writers for children, has died. https://t.co/fRQ7111J2O

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

@AnnVole Let's hope so!

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

7am this morning in the drizzle at Axmouth Harbour. All season I've been looking for adders on heathland with no luck. Then I stumble across this beauty while I'm just out walking the dog.

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

Still no swifts but we spotted the first swallow of the year in Colyton this morning. That's about a fortnight later than usual.

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

Mark Rutte today: 'Can we trust the Americans? Yes, they are our biggest partner, the biggest allies in Nato. They have freed my country together with Poland and Canada after the Second World War.' I think he may be forgetting someone.

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

If this isn't the most ridiculous article I've read, it's certainly up there. And of course it's all made up. https://t.co/3B3OBvitA3

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

Tomorrow, 5 March, 5.30pm, London Archives. I'll be holding forth on the poetry of the Second World War. Wait, SECOND world war? https://t.co/PCxTTl1U2v

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It took far too long but we got there in the end. https://t.co/1QF3GUpn26

[Stephen Spender Trust @StephenSpender]

Join Prof @TimKendall70 at @TheLdnArchives for a talk on the Poetry of the Second World War to celebrate the release of his new anthology and some of the most important #poetry of the 20th century.

Wed 5 March 5:30-7pm

#TheLondonArchive #WW2
https://t.co/RR5hjqxxIt

[BrookesPoetryCentre @brookespoetry]

Here's a fascinating event at @TheLdnArchives for anyone interested in the poetry of war and the poetry of the Second World War in particular. Renowned expert, Prof @TimKendall70, will be introducing his new anthology of WWII poetry: https://t.co/YIsnT9r3Yv

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial https://t.co/ofhuAH4Sa1

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

That was fun.

[Tim Kendall @TimKendall70]

On Saturday 17 May I will be leading a study day in Oxford on William Golding's fiction. https://t.co/s5qTaecrCc