Margaret Watson b.1907: Purpose and Audience
As a reader, it can be assumed that during the writing of her memoir, Margaret Watson is now reliatvely old. This can …
Ken Hayter (b.1940): Purpose & Audience
“All the events in the tales are as true as my memory allows and, whilst the characters are fictional, they can be …
Matthew Grimes (b. 1885) – Purpose and Audience
Dingle man Matthew Grimes was interviewed by John Berger at Granada Television Studios on 19th July 1963, just months after the first …
William Wright (b.1846): Purpose and Audience
From the title of William Wright’s memoir, ‘From Chimney-Boy to Councillor’, we know his life is work-focused. There is also going to …
Mrs N. Jones (b.~1900): Purpose & Audience
I hope you will excuse my spelling and also my writing. Mrs Jones 2 Autobiographical letters, page 10 Mrs N. Jones’ two …
Maud Clarke (1887-1982): Purpose and Audience
In 1974, social historian John Burnett appealed to the working-class authors of the nation on BBC’s Woman’s Hour to send him their …
Hilda Swettenham (b. ~1907): Purpose & Audience
Whether she wrote in one sitting or piecemeal, in the daytime or at night, upon a desk or on her daily tram-ride …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Purpose and Audience
‘The story of a life so quiet as mine would be of little importance except to personal friends, unless it is so …
Ellen Cooper (b.1921-2000): Purpose and Audience
‘Life-writing is intimately connected to the body and the passing of time’ (Rogers and Cuming; 2018, 185). Ellen Cooper’s unpublished memoir is …
Leslie John Robinson (b.1929): Purpose and Audience.
The reason for writing a memoir can sometimes be detrimental to understanding why the authors have discussed these significant moments in their …