Robert Calder on W. Somerset Maugham, Part II 

Really interesting. Thank you. My parents had his books in the 1950sand being a great reader I read them all at 15. His short stories left me very uneasy. I was thrilled when staying at Raffles in Singapore a few years ago to see they had a special little area set where he wrote. It’s all been modernised now so it may not be there.

Thank you very much for organizing this meeting with Robert Calder. His talk was very interesting and resourceful.

Thank you for this very illuminating talk. Hope to visit the bookshop some time!

Stunning that this guy talks about the popularity of adaptations of Maugham and doesn't mention Shakespeare. (And also that there are some people about whom there are endless numbers of biographies -- again, Shakespeare.)

Terrific talk. Many thanks.

Thank you.

Maugham's The Letter is set in Malaya, and Singapore, not Hong Kong, unless I'm mistaken...

I liked the laughing lady, she seemed in good spirits. Those are the type of people needed more

It's a pity that the video ends before the talk ended and the near incessant giggling from a very involved member of the audience. Maugham had to change the title from _Beauty from Ashes_ to _Of Human Bondage_ because the former was used by another author shortly before his book got published.

the laughing lady was too disturbing! !

No mention of the fact that Maugham was a physician

No racoons in the UK!