On Wednesday 16 June, the Royal Society of Literature presented their annual Mrs Dalloway Day, on line. The day concluded with a discussion on the short stories of Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield, with particular reference to their personal relationship or as it was described, their critical friendship. I am sure there are many readers … Continue reading TWO WOMEN WRITERS OF SHORT STORIES
Hello and Good Evening. Most of you here lived through the 1960s and some of you didn’t. So here’s the story. The 1960s was perceived as the swinging 60s and the permissive society, with the Beatles singing Love, Love Me Do. And we did. We loved each other. But behind the pop songs and the … Continue reading Chiswick Book Festival 2019 : The Full Pitch
I’m organising my papers – newspapers, downloaded articles, book and film reviews – you know the kind of things. A year later, or even a couple of months later, that article we ripped out of a magazine or downloaded and printed, doesn’t seem quite as interesting as we thought it was and what with the … Continue reading Memoir and Memory
