Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Anthony Holden
Born: May 22, 1947
Died: October 7, 2023 (aged 76)
Bio: Anthony Holden was an English writer, broadcaster and critic, particularly known as a biographer of artists including Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, Leigh Hunt, Lorenzo da Ponte and Laurence Olivier, and of members of the British Royal family, notably Charles, Prince of Wales.
Known for:
- Bigger Deal: A Year Inside the Poker Boom (2007)
- The Man Who Wrote Mozart (2006)