As, for example, reported by Richard Lea in The Guardian, Ted Hughes estate withdraws biographer's access, as they've decided Jonathan Bate can't quote from the copyrighted estate-papers; as a consequence, Faber will not be publishing the planned book (but Bate will be publishing a revised version with HarperCollins).
See also Bate's explanation, How the actions of the Ted Hughes estate will change my biography.
(I'm kind of surprised Bate didn't have a formal contract with the estate, covering rights and obligations (and termination); "symbolic anointing" is all well and good, but hardly something you want to trust several working years to .....)
See also Bate's explanation, How the actions of the Ted Hughes estate will change my biography.
(I'm kind of surprised Bate didn't have a formal contract with the estate, covering rights and obligations (and termination); "symbolic anointing" is all well and good, but hardly something you want to trust several working years to .....)