Norma Clarke

Professor, Kingston Uni, literary historian, critic, biographer, represented by the Wylie Agency. Latest book, 'Not Speaking', an 'explosive' family memoir.

[Norma Clarke @nclarke14]

Enticing series of talks coming up at Abney Park. Had a beautiful walk there today

[Norma Clarke @nclarke14]

This is a brilliant piece by Craig Raine

[The TLS @TheTLS]

'In her various comments on her pictorial progress, Saville talks about giving herself permission, of being given permission.'

Craig Raine: Avoiding the curse of the figurative
https://t.co/E9a9JCecxN

[The TLS @TheTLS]

'It is worth noting that the artist, with his dynamic sense of human interactions, foregrounds women who aren’t commonly represented.'

Marina Warner on the beauty and humanity of fourteenth-century Sienese art
https://t.co/AGmwCaDb7F

[Tom Holland @holland_tom]

Since I initially fell in love with @HadleyFreeman’s writing for its wit & lightness of touch, I found the darkening of her tone over recent years very painful, & her columns all the more influential on me as a result. I’m happy she is (maybe) happy again

https://t.co/cAjHOen998

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

If facts hurt your feelings, you need new feelings, not new facts.

[George Berridge @George_Berridge]

This week’s @TheTLS, featuring @hjccochrane and Rod Mengham on Dante; Margaret Drabble on Dickens; @MishaGlenny on tech bros; @nclarke14 on coastlines; @mialevitin on Solvej Balle; @nicholsone99 on Hannibal and Scipio; Pablo Scheffer on Amsterdam – and more

[Norma Clarke @nclarke14]

Never mind the greenery, what’s going on bottom right? Terrific pain

[Norma Clarke @nclarke14]

@christiwhittem @FoxedQuarterly That’s nice to know. And @FoxedQuarterly such a great mag to publish in

[Norma Clarke @nclarke14]

https://t.co/gh4CBJ1ORx

[Norma Clarke @nclarke14]

Likewise. Really enjoying reading this issue of @FoxedQuarterly

[Christine Whittemore @christiwhittem]

So delighted to have an essay in the Winter @FoxedQuarterly ! (About the novel West by Carys Davies). And what company—@YsendaMG on E. M. Delafield, whom I adore, Norma Clarke (@nclarke14 ?) on the fascinating Jane Carlyle, & so much more.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

This is utterly horrible and deeply moving

[Will Tosh @will_tosh]

This is such a peach of a review from @Heggledepeg for @HistoryToday - I couldn’t be happier or more grateful. And freely available online just in time for US publication on Tuesday! @SealPress @BasicBooks #StraightActing

[Tom Holland @holland_tom]

Excited to have a British tennis hero who looks like he’s just returned home with Helen of Sparta…

[Matt Ryan has left @Heggledepeg]

It was a joy to review the brilliant #StraightActing by @will_tosh for this month's ed of @HistoryToday. A rare delight to hold a real life print copy, too!

[Norma Clarke @nclarke14]

A pretty evening in Tuscany

[Will Tosh @will_tosh]

Really grateful for this super-smart review of #StraightActing in @TheTLS this week. And if you haven’t obtained your copy yet - you know what to do! https://t.co/ZBfNDyFVgV 🏳️‍🌈🎭📖

[Tom Cook @TomCook24]

And now in stereo:

[Lynne Segal @lynne_segal]

Sad to see only one Congresswoman protesting Netanyahu's speech in Washington. More repulsive were the 52 standing ovations punctuating it. Genocidal demolition of Gaza & mass starvation – who cares? Not the defenders of the "free world". Thousands did protested outside + 400Jews

[Will Tosh @will_tosh]

I had a gorgeous chat with David Marr of @ABCaustralia #LateNightLive and he even let me read Barnfield’s wet dream sonnet on national radio #StraightActing 🎙️ https://t.co/fGxdYoBs46