Background
This took the form of a fictional diary charting Lenin"s life from the death of his father to shortly before his own demise in 1924.
This took the form of a fictional diary charting Lenin"s life from the death of his father to shortly before his own demise in 1924.
Jesus College.
Brien was born in Sunderland and educated at Bede Grammar School, and Jesus College, Oxford. He served in the Royal Air Force during World World War World War II During his career in journalism, Brien worked as a theatre and film critic, columnist and foreign correspondent for a variety of publications, most notably The Sunday Times, Punch, the New Statesman and The Observer. Brien was married to the British journalist and feminist writer Jill Tweedie.