{"id":60,"date":"2019-04-09T14:06:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T14:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paullevy.com\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2021-09-06T13:42:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T13:42:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paullevy.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(156,189,193,0.19)&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px|0px|1px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/paullevy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Grandfather1.jpg&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23&#8243; max_width=&#8221;62%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; max_width=&#8221;99%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Paul Levy has had several careers \u2013 as a lapsed academic (recipient of a little-used PhD from Harvard), writer (especially about Lytton Strachey and the Bloomsbury Group), as a prize-winning food writer and journalist, as a literary, theatre and visual arts critic, broadcaster, television presenter, biographer, memoir writer, and minor collector of pictures, wine and books.<\/p>\n<p>He lives with his wife of 40+ years, the art historian and local parish councillor, Penelope Marcus, in an ancient Cotswold farmhouse bordering Blenheim. Until recently they had three\u00a0ageing\u00a0cats named Fish, Chips and Mushy Peas. 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