Background
Philip Williamson was born on November 6, 1955, in Worcestershire, United Kingdom. He is the son of George Williamson, a farmer, postmaster and shopkeeper, and Patricia Williamson, a postmistress and shopkeeper.
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Stanley Baldwin. Conservative Leadership and National Values (British Lives)
(This book is both an examination of one of the dominant f...)
This book is both an examination of one of the dominant figures of twentieth-century British politics, and a contribution to the understanding of political leadership and Conservative ideology. It reinterprets the career of Stanley Baldwin, Conservative leader 1923-37 and three times prime minister, in terms of his construction of a "public character," his exploitation of the new mass media, and his exposition of a distinctive Conservative doctrine and language. Baldwin's remarkable ascendancy is shown to have been based on his manipulation of widely-held "national values."
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National Crisis and National Government: British Politics, the Economy and Empire, 1926-1932
(This book is the first to examine all aspects of the cris...)
This book is the first to examine all aspects of the crisis together and in depth using an extensive range of official, institutional and personal papers. It demonstrates that a proper understanding of economic and imperial policies requires a sophisticated grasp of political processes. It shows how explanation of British political change must proceed by placing the power elites in their specific contexts, by exposing their beliefs, fears, objectives and strategies, and by displaying their interactions. The Treasury, the Bank of England, big business, the TUC and Keynes, as well as MacDonald, Baldwin, Lloyd George, Churchill, Mosley and Chamberlain are seen tackling some of the most fundamental problems of the modern British state.
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Great Pervader
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Paper Thin and Other Stories
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Dark Night
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Philip G. Williamson
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also known as
Philip First, Joe Fish
Education
Williamson took his graduate degree from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Career
Philip G. Williamson plunged into the fantasy novel genre full-steam in the 1990s, publishing eight novels between 1991 and 1997. His accustomed turf was Firstworld, a land of magic containing a hero named Dinbig of Khimmur, who was the title character of Williamson’s first book in 1991. Dinbig died at the end of that book, but reappeared as the narrator of the second volume, the 1993’s The Legend of Shadd's Torment. The secret of his reappearance was his reincarnation as a wolflike creature called a vhazz, which, in addition to canine attributes, can assume a bipedal posture and fight with a sword. As the novel’s title suggests, the protagonist is Shadd, a hero who is accompanied by a sentient rock and a small elfin helper.
Nowadays Philip G. Williamson works in a wide variety of jobs in the UK and abroad, from A&R for major and independent music companies to shepherding in Greece.
In addition, he is a member of several rock bands.
Works
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Stanley Baldwin. Conservative Leadership and National Values (British Lives)
(This book is both an examination of one of the dominant f...)
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National Crisis and National Government: British Politics, the Economy and Empire, 1926-1932
(This book is the first to examine all aspects of the cris...)
- Great Pervader
- Paper Thin and Other Stories
- Dark Night
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Stanley Baldwin. Conservative Leadership and National Values (British Lives)
Views
Quotations:
“All my fiction tends to in someway or other be a form of speculative enquire into the strange nature of our existence. Fantasy can be a perfect vehicle for this. It is perhaps the nearest thing we have to a literature of the subconscious, permitting access to and exploration of the deepest levels of the human psyche like no other fictional form. It is replete with subconscious imagery, a universe of symbol and semiotic ... so much there beneath the surface."
“I am attracted to and inspired by anything that helps us to build an understanding of what we are, what this universe is, in all its aspects, how and why we exist as spiritual beings, conscious souls in a world of matter and perplexity. To this end I immerse myself in a broad range of studies, including philosophy, psychology, parapsychology, anthropology, science (particularly theoretical physics, which fascinates and thoroughly baffles me), cosmology, sacred literature, certain forms of Mysticism, myth and legend, archaeology, history, music, art, nature, etc. I’m burning to know as much as I possibly can. Anything learned becomes condensed in some way and reflected in Story."
“Like many others I have a profound sense of passing through, that this is not the first time I have walked upon this Earth, and may be far from the last. We all stand here on the edge of the ungraspable, and it’s impossible not to be filled with wonder."
“Literary influences are too many and diverse to list. Nevertheless, a few that spring immediately to mind are Kurt Vonnegut, Harold Pinter, David Bowie (yes, very much so!), Lewis Carroll, Borges, Kafka, Mervyn Peake, Arthur C. Clarke, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jane Siberry, Alexandre Dumas, Jean Rhys, Joseph Conrad, The Beatles, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, the Brontes, T.S. Eliot and, oh, the list just goes on and on. It’s hopeless. I’ve missed so many, and I could be here till the middle of next week. I think I’ll just stop now.”
Interests
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Art, music, film, stage, science, education, nature, spirituality, computers, mystery, history, culture, life
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Writers
Kurt Vonnegut, Harold Pinter, David Bowie, Lewis Carroll, Borges, Kafka, Mervyn Peake, Arthur C. Clarke, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jane Siberry, Alexandre Dumas, Jean Rhys, Joseph Conrad, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, the Brontes, T.S. Eliot
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Music & Bands
Connections
Williamson lives in North London with his wife and daughter.
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Nationality
British