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Matthew Sturgis on the celebrity of Oscar Wilde

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At the April Literary Lunch, Matthew Sturgis spoke about Oscar Wilde's amibition, the beginnings of the cult of celebrity and his mastery of epigrams.

Sturgis's fellow speakers were Prue Leith (Prue: My All-Time Favourite Recipes) and Hugo Vickers (The Quest for Queen Mary).



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