Iris Murdoch celebrated

London - Friends and colleagues of the novelist, Dame Irish Murdoch, who died last month, gathered in London last night to celebrate…

London - Friends and colleagues of the novelist, Dame Irish Murdoch, who died last month, gathered in London last night to celebrate her life, writes Rachel Donnelly. A private drinks party was organised by her former agent, Mr Ed Victor, and publishers Chatto and Windus for 150 friends and family and colleagues from Dame Iris's days as an Oxford philosophy lecturer.

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