250th anniversary: Boswell meets Johnson!

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A few events and articles:

http://londonist.com/2013/05/londons-famous-first-meetings.php
"On this day, 250 years ago, a certain James Boswell was enjoying a cuppa at number 6 Russell Street, Covent Garden when in walked Dr Samuel Johnson. This first meeting between two people who would become inextricably associated was not entirely filled with mutual warmth. Boswell, who that night recorded everything in his journal, apologised for being Scottish, with the not unreasonable defence that he 'couldn’t help it'. 'That I find is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help,' replied the anti-Caledonian quipster. But from those inauspicious beginnings, a friendship blossomed."

By Sameer Rahim: "Having Boswell for breakfast"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10061315/Having-Boswell-for-breakfast.html
"....explores his hilariously self-revealing journals."

By Charles Moore: "James Boswell revolutionised the way we see great men – and women"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10021044/James-Boswell-revolutionised-the-way-we-see-great-men-and-women.html

By Steven Brocklehurst:"James Boswell: The man who re-invented biography"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22540020

"Agenda: Why James Boswell still matters"
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/columnists/agenda-why-james-boswell-still-matters.21071431

http://caledonianmercury.com/2013/05/08/preview-the-bothwell-book-festival/0039248

Lenona.