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- ↑ "List of James Tait Black Award Winners" Archived 2007-01-15 at the Wayback Machine University of Edinburgh website, accessed October 29, 2010
- ↑ shortlisted for Guardian Award but did not win see Guardian
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- ↑ Mark Espiner Obituary: Christopher Logue, The Guardian, 3 December 2011
- ↑ Banns read in St Giles church Camberwell and St Augustines Crofton Park.
