Brief encounters - Anthony Kenny

Cardinals, directors, dissidents, dons, judges, novelists, philosophers, prime ministers, scientists, world statesmen. . . Throughout his long and distinguished career, Sir Anthony Kenny has encountered some of the most notable and influential leaders of the post-war world.

In these brilliantly vivid vignettes Kenny offers telling and often unexpected insights into the achievements, flaws and foibles of sixty public figures - past and present - each of whom has contributed in decisive ways to our political, spiritual and cultural heritage.

Contents

1. Three Priests:
Alexander Jones, Jack Kennedy, Herbert McCabe

2. Three Cardinals:
W.T, Heard, J.C. Heenan, C. Murphy O'Connor
3. Three Anglicans:
Austin Farrer, Henry Chadwick,
Richard Harries
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Three Oxford Dons:
Christoppher Cox, Russell Meiggs, Richard Cobb

5. Three Heads of House:
Christopher Hill, Isaiah Berlin, Daphne Park
6. Three Benefactors:
Bill Coolidge, Irwin Miller, David Astor
7. Three Businessmen:
Robert Maxwell, Warwick Fairfax, John Templeton
8. Three Oxford Philosophers:
Gilbert Ryle, R.M. Hare, Philippa Foot
9. Three Wittgensteinians:
Elizabeth Anscombe, Peter Geach, G.H. von Wright
10. Three Overseas Philosophers:
W.V.Quine, Ernst Tugendhat, Jacques Derrida
11. Three Prime Ministers:
Harold Macmillan, Ted Heath, Margaret Thatcher
12. Three British Statesmen:
Denis Healey, Roy Jenkins, Chris Patten
13. Three Privy Councillors:
Peter Brooke, Boris Johnson, Yvette Cooper
14. Three Heads of State:
King Olav V, Francesco Cossiga, Bill Clinton
15. Three Judges:
Jim Kilbrandon, Tom Bingham, Laurie Ackermann
16. Three Dissidents:
Ivan Supek, Mihailo Marcovich, Julius Tomin
17. Three Irish Leaders:
Charlie Haughey, Garret FitzGerald,
Mary Robinson
18. Three South African Leaders:
Desmond Tutu,
Mampela Ramphele,
Nelson Mandela
19. Three Novelists:
Graham Greene, Iris Murdoch, David Lodge
20. Three Scientists:
Noam Chomsky, Richard Dawkins, Denis Noble