Being christened Vivian is the kind of setback any young Australian boy would have struggled to cope with, especially with the release of Gone With the Wind, which irrevocably linked it with one Ms Leigh. Giving quite a damn, and therefore plumping instead for the name of a movie character played by Tyrone Power, was one Clive James, the poet, TV pundit and writer.
SOURCE: The Stage at 01:44PM on June 27, 2012