In 2000, John Bayley married family friend Audi Villiers. An Oxford philosopher and an Oxford professor of literature, ... we know that the marriage of John Bayley and Iris Murdoch was a success.

John Bayley, the author, critic and widower of novelist Dame Iris Murdoch, has died aged 89, it was announced yesterday. The Oxford University professor, who’s own fame was often eclipsed by ...

John Oliver Bayley was born March 27, 1925, in what is now the Pakistani city of Lahore. The son of a British army officer, he served in the army from 1943 to 1947 and earned a degree from New ...

John Oliver Bayley was born March 27, 1925, in what is now the Pakistani city of Lahore. The son of a British army officer, he served in the army from 1943 to 1947 and earned a degree from New ...

Writer John Bayley, Iris Murdoch’s widower, dies at 89. By Carolyn Kellogg. Jan. 21, 2015 5:28 PM PT . ... Audi Villers, whom he married in 2001. Twitter: @paperhaus. More to Read .

John Bayley's memoir of his wife Iris Murdoch's battle with illness brought him sympathy and renown. His recent account of life as a widower beleaguered by other women has instead sparked controversy.

John Bayley, academic, literary critic and author: born Lahore 27 March 1925; married first 1956 Iris Murdoch, second 2001 Audi Villers; FRSL 1967; FBA 1990; CBE 1999; died Lanzarote, Canary ...

John Bayley, left, with his wife, author Iris Murdoch, having breakfast in 1986. Mr. Bayley later wrote an acclaimed memoir about Murdoch’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease.

The 43-year marriage between writers Iris Murdoch and John Bayley - who believed in taking each other for granted - is a lesson to us all. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

John Bayley with his wife Audi during a press reception at the Washington Hotel Credit: Photo: ... Dame Iris died in 1999 and Mr Bayley later married family friend Audi Villiers, who survives him.

But John Bayley's ribald accounts of the months following the death of his wife Iris Murdoch, have wrought havoc in the literary world and brought fresh hope to septuagenarians everywhere. After 43 ...