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  1. 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.

  2. Nov 21, 2019 · Joan Bakewell was born in Stockport in 1933, the daughter of an engineer, granddaughter of working-class artisans. She was the first in her family to go to university and only the second woman from her grammar school to attend Cambridge, where her circle included Frederick Raphael, Peter Hall, Michael Frayn, Mark Boxer and Jonathan Miller.

    • Joan Bakewell
    • Hodder & Stoughton, 2019
    • 1529362180, 9781529362183
    • The Centre of the Bed: An Autobiography
  3. Jun 21, 2004 · This is no ordinary celebrity autobiography but a memoir that is beautifully written, frank and absorbing, which draws a thought-provoking portrait of Britain in the last 70 years. Dame Joan Bakewell was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship in 2019. Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN: 9780340823118. Number of pages: 336. Weight: 253 g.

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  4. [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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  5. Nov 21, 2019 · Joan Bakewell’s life and times spans the Blitz in Manchester, Cambridge during the glittering era of Michael Frayn, Peter Hall, Jonathan Miller et al, London at its most exciting in the swinging sixties and the world of the media and the arts from the 60s to the present.

  6. Joan Bakewell has led a varied, sometimes breathless life: she has been a teacher, copywriter, studio manager, broadcaster, journalist, the government's Voice of Older People and chair of the theatre company Shared Experience. She has written four radio plays, two novels and an autobiography - The Centre of The Bed. Now in her 80s, she is still ...

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  8. An inspiration to anyone who still finds old age too distressing a prospect to take seriously -- Sarah Ditum ― The Times At 88 years old, broadcaster and Labour peer Joan Bakewell shows little sign of slowing down her work rate, yet she has had to confront her age in another way - downsizing ― Radio Times The broadcaster's account of downsizing and ditching a lifetime of objects is ...

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