Christopher Simon Sykes
Christopher Simon Sykes (born 23 July 1948) is an English writer, historian and photographer. He is the grandson of Mark Sykes, who helped draw up the Sykes–Picot Agreement, and Lilian Chetwynd, the wife of Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey. In addition to his authoring fourteen books, his work has appeared in many magazines.
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Christopher Simon Sykes
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- 1948
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- United Kingdom
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- photographer · writer
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Christopher Simon Sykes (born 23 July 1948) is an English writer, historian and photographer. He is the grandson of Mark Sykes, who helped draw up the Sykes–Picot Agreement, and Lilian Chetwynd, the wife of Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey. In addition to his authoring fourteen books, his work has appeared in many magazines.
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He has also written and presented Upper Crust, a six-part television series on country-house cookery for BBC Two. He is married, and has two children by his first wife.
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- 1.Sykes, Christopher Simon. The Big House: the story of a country house and its family. 156713223.
- 2.Belfield, Gervase (ed.), et al, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, Debrett's, London, p1743.
- 3.Waugh, Alexander. The Adventures of Lady Satin Tights. Literary Review. 316. November 2004.
- 4.Christopher Simon Sykes. HarperCollins.
- 5.Black Sheep. Kirkus Reviews. 1982-01-01.
- 6.Morrison, Blake. Hockney: The Biography by Christopher Simon Sykes – review. The Guardian. 2011-11-24. 0261-3077.
- 7.David Hockney: The Biography (1937-1975). Kirkus Reviews. 2012-02-05.
- 8.David Hockney: The Biography, 1975-2012 by Christopher Simon Sykes. Publishers Weekly. 2014-11-10.
- 9.David Hockney: The Biography, 1975 - 2012. Kirkus Reviews. 2014-09-27.
- 10.Conrad, Peter. Hockney: the Biography Volume 2 review – portrait of the artist as the eternal adolescent. The Observer. 2014-09-28. 0029-7712.
- 11.Morrison, Blake. Hockney: The Biography by Christopher Simon Sykes – review. The Guardian. 2011-11-24. 0261-3077.
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