Jane Graham
Books Editor and Journalist at The Big Issue
Writer/ Broadcaster /Socialist /Dylanologist /Dog Lover. V slow rapper. Evangelist for scepticism. Books Ed @bigissue. Books: Letter to my Younger Self vols 1&2
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3 weeks ago |
bigissue.com | Jane Graham
TV Sue Cleaver remembers not liking herself at 16, and taking the long route to finding her passion Sue Cleaver was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire in 1963. She studied at the Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre, then landed roles in A Touch of Frost, drama series Band of Gold and the film Girls’ Night alongside Julie Walters and Brenda Blethyn.
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1 month ago |
bigissue.com | Jane Graham
Books Big Issue books editor Jane Graham celebrates the centenary of F Scott Fitzgerald’s Great American Novel, first published in April 1925 The Great Gatsby was not a first-time hit. When it was published by Scribner’s in 1925, it was generally reviewed positively but often with the caveat that it wasn’t as successful a portrait of the jazz age as F Scott Fitzgerald’s previous two novels – This Side of Paradise in 1920 and The Beautiful and Damned in 1922. Sales were underwhelming.
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1 month ago |
bigissue.com | Jane Graham
Books The Booker-nominated David Szalay’s fifth novel, Flesh, asks big questions in a straightforward way Things tend to happen to István. The 15-year-old protagonist of Booker-nominated David Szalay’s fifth novel, Flesh, has a habit of becoming embroiled in dramatic events well beyond his control or understanding. Within a few pages of this sure-footed, fast-moving novel, Hungarian schoolboy István is enticed into a sparky sexual relationship with a saucy older neighbour.
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2 months ago |
bigissue.com | Jane Graham
Culture The comedian, author and broadcaster was a very angry young man, and punk was the perfect outlet Mark Steel was born in 1960 in Swanley. He was adopted shortly afterwards and grew up in the Kent town with a father who worked in insurance and a housewife mum who had stints as a lollipop lady and a factory worker.
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2 months ago |
bigissue.com | Jane Graham
Culture Modelling was off limits when the girl named Lesley Hornby was growing up, until she was thrust into the spotlight by a series of incredible coincidences Lesley Lawson (nee Hornby), known as Twiggy, was born in London in September 1949. After being spotted at 16 she rapidly became a internationally recognised model, with her mod look defining the 60s.
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