Damian Barr and Tracey Thorn on their memoirs
THE COSMO DAVENPORT-HINES MEMORIAL MEETING Writing a memoir is something most people leave until they are old and grey, with a life’s work behind them; but Tracey Thorn and Damian Barr are just 50 and 36 respectively. Tracey Thorn’s beautifully written, faintly wistful Bedsit Disco Queen, published in February, traces her development from shy, self-conscious […]
On Penelope Fitzgerald
Susannah Clapp, Alan Hollinghurst, Hermione Lee and Penelope Lively discuss Penelope Fitzgerald
Angela Carter, actually
Bidisha, Caryl Phillips and Susannah Clapp discuss Angela Carter’s legacy.