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By the age of twelve he has also started to notice class and accents, remarking to his mother that the man who cleans his boots calls Highton “Oiton” and himself “Dorl,”70 and that while playing football, he has overheard some navvies arguing with the referee on a neighboring pitch.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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Just about everyone seems to be coming out with their own tablet these days, and even a company called Highton is getting in on the action.
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‡ Highton remembers that Roald was an “ace”—selecting his chestnuts “with great care and technical skill” and inventing a process to harden them “to such a degree of indestructibility that he almost always won.”
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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“The entire inside is being ripped out and redesigned,” he told his old schoolfriend Douglas Highton.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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Douglas Highton, Conversation with the author, 11/08/07.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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With Highton, he starts doing the Daily Telegraph crossword puzzle, and experimenting with his own clumsy but original word games.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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‡‡In a private letter to his old school friend Douglas Highton, Roald described Le Carré as grossly overrated.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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Together with Douglas Highton, Roald also developed a fascination with Victorian ghost stories and Gothic fantasy, which he was to maintain for the rest of his life.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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Douglas Highton, Conversation with the author, 11/08/07.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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Douglas Highton, Conversation with the author, 11/08/07.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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