John Wain

This is mentioned in a novel by John Wain, who was once professor of poetry at Oxford, a chair presumably requiring corporate sponsorship in these straitened times.

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In the 1950s there were a number of new and young writing talents who did become famous, particularly towards the end of the decade: John Braine, Kingsley Amis, Colin Wilson, John Wain.

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John Wain concludes his review [NYR, July 19] of Mary Hyde's book on Boswell and Mrs. Thrale, "May one express the hope that this excellent book from Harvard will spur the Yale scholars to press on with the edition of Johnson's Works, which seems so unaccountably to have shuddered to a halt?"

Please, Yale Greene, Donald 1973

Children are notorious for erratic behaviour around traffic, but a study by Professor John Wain of the University of London revealed that even children who are paying attention find it difficult to judge the speed of vehicles travelling at more than 20mph and that this skill only starts to develop properly after the age of 11.

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The magazine began to thrive "critically at any rate", with a range of contributors that broadly represented what was collectively labelled "The Movement" - Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest, Donald Davie, John Wain, and also, in almost every issue, Larkin.

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As well as Sillitoe, the roll call of Angry Young Men usually includes playwright John Osborne, novelists Kingsley Amis, John Braine, John Wain and Bill Hopkins, plus philosopher Colin Wilson (now the only one of the group who is still alive).

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Poet and writer John Wain was another AYM conscript, but, although a chapter of his 1953 novel

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

As well as Sillitoe, the roll call of Angry Young Men usually includes playwright John Osborne, novelists Kingsley Amis, John Braine, John Wain and Bill Hopkins, plus philosopher Colin Wilson (now the only one of the group who is still alive).

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

The university once elected the dreadful John Wain instead of Barry Humphries 'father-in-law, Stephen Spender.

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Poet and writer John Wain was another AYM conscript, but, although a chapter of his 1953 novel

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010