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Having reviewed A.S. Byatt’s ‘The Virgin in the Garden’ last year, I decided to return to the work of her sister, Margaret Drabble. Our only previous encounter involved ‘The Garrick Year’ (1964) which I tackled in the sixth form, during the hot summer of 1976, almost exactly half a century ago. She was born three…
Having completed the South West Coast Path in September 2025, and even reprised the first section so that Tracy could complete it too, it was time for a new challenge. So, at the end of June 2026, we began the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. It extends 186 miles (299 kilometres) between St Dogmaels, near Cardigan, and…
Brigid Antonia Brophy (1929-1995) was born in Ealing, London, to John Brophy, an author and journalist, and Charis, nee Grundy, a teacher. She attended a variety of secondary schools before winning a scholarship to Oxford, where she studied classics. But she was invited to leave without completing her degree, for reasons she preferred to gloss…
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