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Employer | William Empson | He found himself teaching in primitive and personally dangerous conditions in distant universities, at least one a temporary, ad hoc organization—not only short of food but also teaching without books. He was the only European... |
Employer | Pam Gems | PG
worked as a writer and researcher for the BBC
for some years from 1950. She worked on and off while bringing up her children. Berney, Kathryn A., editor. Contemporary Women Dramatists. St. James Press. 87 Burkman, Katherine H. “The Plays of Pam Gems: Personal/Political/Personal”. British and Irish Drama since 1960, edited by James Acheson, Macmillan; St Martin’s Press, pp. 190-01. 191 Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press. 158 |
Employer | Ling Shuhua | From 1956 to 1960, LS taught Chinese literature at Nanyang University
, and lived in both Singapore and London. She wrote and travelled, taking trips to Japan and Hong Kong. Welland, Sasha Su-Ling. A Thousand Miles of Dreams: The Journeys of Two Chinese Sisters. Rowman & Littlefield. 309 |
Employer | Lucille Iremonger | She became a broadcaster with the BBC
in 1948, and continued in this role for forty years. She became a professional writer, and contributed work to newspapers in addition to publishing books. “Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC. |
Employer | Rebecca West | |
Family and Intimate relationships | Kamila Shamsie | Hosain remained in London, and eventually took up a job with the BBC
. During her time as a broadcaster, she presented her own women's programme for the BBC's Eastern Service, worked variously for the... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Shelagh Delaney | SD
chose April Fools' Day to announce her daughter's birth to the press. The Daily Mail reported that she recently made a chain-smoking appearance on BBC television and that in February 1963 she admitted to... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Angela Thirkell | At sixteen he left Australia (shortly after his mother returned to England) for Brussels, where he worked in business until, in 1935, he moved to England himself. He studied art, served in the army during... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Louise Page | LP
is married to Christopher Hawes
, a fellow author and former drama teacher, who like her often works for the BBC
. “Louise Page”. British Council. contemporarywriters. “Christopher Hawes”. Pollinger Limited. authors’ agents. |
Family and Intimate relationships | Jane Gardam | |
Family and Intimate relationships | Iris Tree | Writer, critic, and caricaturist Sir Max Beerbohm
was IT
's half-uncle, the youngest son from Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's father's second marriage. Best remembered for his drawings and caricatures of the famous, Beerbohm also wrote... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Vita Sackville-West | VSW
's next lovers were women working professionally in the media: first was Hilda Matheson
, Director of Talks for the BBC
. They presumably met in connection with VSW
's first broadcast, on 18... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Nina Bawden | |
Family and Intimate relationships | Jackie Kay | In her memoirs JK
mentions her partner Denise Else
, who is on good terms with Duffy and her daughter. Else works as a sound technician with the BBC
. Kay, Jackie. Red Dust Road. Pan Macmillan. 123, 177-8 Rustin, Susanna. “A Life in Writing. Jackie Kay Interview”. The Guardian, pp. Review 12 - 13. Review 13 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Viola Tree | The writer, critic, and caricaturist Sir Max Beerbohm
was VT
's uncle. A son of her grandfather's second marriage, he retained the original surname. Best remembered for his drawings and caricatures of the famous, Beerbohm... |
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