The outing of Philip Hensher

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The unique atmosphere of the House of Commons tends to heighten awareness of sexual issues, according to Philip Hensher, who lost his job as a House of Commons clerk after writing his second novel, 'Kitchen Venom,' which tells the story of a homosexual clerk who becomes a murderer. He mentioned no MPs by name, but set the book in the precise environment in which he had been working. He also attracted controversy because he made remarks about MPs in a gay magazine.

Officials and employees, Interview, Portrayals, Public employees, Government employees, United Kingdom. Parliament. House of Commons, Hensher, Philip

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Author's 5m pounds sterling bequest provides poetic justice for Oxford college

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The teaching of poetry at Oxford University, England, will be boosted by a bequest of 5 million pounds sterling from Christopher Tower, a relatively unknown author who died on Sep 21, 1998. The bequest will fund two senior teaching positions at the university's Christchurch college, where Tower studied. One is a Poetry Studentship and the other a junior research fellowship in Greek mythology. There is also some money for an annual Christopher Tower Poetry Prize.

Finance, Biography, University of Oxford, Study and teaching, Poetry, Tower, Christopher

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