The London interview

Title

The London interview

Genre

Interview

TX Date

12 Aug 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:47:31

Description

In this edition Maeve Binchy talks to Tricia Ingrams. She is an Irish novelist, newspaper columnist and speaker. Educated at University College Dublin, she worked as a teacher, then a journalist at The Irish Times and later became a writer of novels and short stories. She talks about her life in Ireland, and the adjustments she made in moving to England; the differences between the two countries including the political views; role of women in the media; rise of women writers in the press.

Contributors

Tricia Ingrams; Maeve Binchy

Keywords

Books; Authors; Politics; Newspapers; Writers; Ireland; UK; Women; Mass media; Creative writing; Maeve Binchy; Journalists

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