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- ↑ See for instance "Passing Through the Chink in Snout's Wall: Daniel Morden and the Devil's Violin", by Michael Wilson, Professor of Drama, University of Glamorgan, paper presented 15 November 2007, p. 4.
See for instance "How a secret agent crept off the page and infiltrated a corner of my mind", by Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times, 3 March 2005, where art critic Campbell-Johnston describes Lupton, along with his co-author Daniel Morden, as one of "Britain's finest storytellers". (subscription required) - ↑ Tales, Tellers and Texts, by Gabrielle Cliff Hodges, Morag Styles, Mary Jane Drummond, p. viii.
- ↑ Performing at the Barbican Centre, London, the Beyond the Border Festival and many other venues. See for instance the Beyond the Border Archive Archived 6 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine . [ page needed ]
- ↑ Review by Judith Palmer, The Independent, 6 April 1999.
