Alan Bennett at 80: everything but a national treasure
The writer remains nationally visible and professionally treasured, just don't be fooled into using the obvious label' B is for Betty's, S is for splother ... An A-Z of Alan Bennett' 80 years on: Alan Bennett's career in picturesAlan Bennett has reason to fear birthdays. In Untold Stories " one of his two best-selling volumes of memoirs and diaries " he described spending his 58th in an Italian clinic after a violent…