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  1. Joan Bakewell. (b.1933) Joan was born in Stockport, and grew up in Hazel Grove, Cheshire. Shewas educated at Norbury Primary School, Stockport High School for Girls and Newnham College Cambridge,where she graduated with aPart I degree in Economics and Part II in History. She has lived inLondon since 1954. She is divorced, with two children and ...

  2. A household name and a popular radio and TV broadcaster, Bakewell is the ideal ambassador for challenging what being 70 can mean for women today. All of life, including the taboos of old age, are here work, family, love, sex, body and death written about with humour, warmth, and Bakewell’s characteristic verve and intelligence.

  3. Joan Bakewell has 26 books on Goodreads with 4150 ratings. Joan Bakewell’s most popular book is Icons of England.

  4. Feb 19, 2016 · Withered but not aged: two memoirs from women flourishing in old age. Joan Bakewell and Diana Athill have both written books which prove the richness of work produced later in life. By John Sutherland. (Photo By SUKI DHANDA/GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA) Four years ago I wrote a book called A History of Fiction in 294 Lives.

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  6. Born. April 16, 1933. Genre. Biography, Nonfiction, Fiction. edit data. Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, DBE, HonFBA, FRSA, is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party peer. Baroness Bakewell is president of Birkbeck, University of London; she is also an author and playwright, and has been awarded Humanist of the ...

  7. [Joan Bakewell's] new book is a joy ― Psychologies A wry analysis of the world she will leave -- Rachel Cooke ― Observer Heartfelt and fiendishly smart ― Sunday Telegraph Companionable and insightful . . . by turns entertaining, frank and - when dealing with death and loss - unflinching. It is, then, true to the spirit of a most accomplished woman, who has always had the knack of making ...

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