George Bernard Shaw was born on 26th July 1856
One of only two men to receive an Academy Award and a Nobel prize. He didn’t think much of the latter, saying ‘only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel prize’.
He wrote in a rotating shed to maximise use of the available sunlight. He campaigned for a new phonetic alphabet to promote literacy. He thought eating was a troublesome necessity. Vegetarian and teetotal, he also avoided tea and coffee.
Find out more about Shaw, his play Pygmalion, his Westminster friends, and the Nobel prize on one of my Friday afternoon Westminster walks. 3pm to 5pm.
And answers please by email:
Who was the only other man to win an Academy Award and a Nobel prize?
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