There is more to our friend Maynard than his General Theory and his homeric dual with Hayek
Let’s just mention :
- The brilliant scholar, a classicist as well as a mathematician, at Eton and Cambridge.
- The member of the exclusive, semi-secret scholarly society the Apostles, his amorous conquests and his passion for Duncan Grant, loved and protected by Maynard even after the end of their affair .
- The patron of the arts, an enthusiastic connoisseur of painting, ballet and theatre, founding the Cambridge Arts Theatre. He marries Lydia Lopokova, a star of the Diaghilev ballet, becoming ‘straight’ for her at the age of 45 and a faithful husband until his death.
- Finally, we recommend the Keynes versus Hayek videoclips on Youtube, Fear the Boom and Bust, and Fight of the Century, a delightful mix of humour, music and economics .
At la Mouchère you can sleep in Maynard’s room (part of the Bloomsbury Suite and next to Virginia Woolf). The works of both authors are available for bedside reading.
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