Golding, William: 1911-1993
Judy Golding Carver
- Judy Golding Carver, Golding's daughter, talks about her father William Golding.
- William Golding Introduction.
- Talk about her father's family and their influence on writing Lord of the Flies.
- Talk about what her father was like, and what influenced him to write Lord of the Flies.
- Talk about her father's education and life as a young man.
- Talk about her father's experiences of fatherhood and fighting in the second world war.
- William Golding’s mother: in Cornwall: "My grandmother’s birth certificate does not give her a name, and I suppose one should hesitate to interpret that fact. Eventually she became Mildred Mary Agatha, and the photos we have of her as a child make much of her." March 19, 2023
- Judy Carver considers the relationship between a writer and his mother: "My grandmother Mildred told many Cornish stories, but these were generally too full of the supernatural to get past my parents’ anxious censorship."
- Our parents resented us: "My parents' absorption in each other kept David and me out of their gaze, out of focus." The Guardian; May 14, 2011