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From the Shetlands to Vera: crime writer Ann Cleeves
Award-winning novelist Ann Cleeves lived many lives before her career as an author took off (R)
From the Shetlands, to Vera: the life of Ann Cleeves
Award-winning novelist Ann Cleeves lived many lives before her career as an author took off (R)
Joan Jett's life in music
When Joan Marie Larkin was given a guitar at the age of 14, she was on the path to becoming the Godmother of Punk
The marvellous Miss Matters
Historian Clare Wright on the true story of how Adelaide's Muriel Matters began to change the world
The marvellous Miss Matters
Historian Clare Wright with the true story of Adelaide's Muriel Matters, who went to London in 1908 and began to change the world
Becoming Zenith
Zenith Virago married at 17, and had two children. Then she left her young family to create a life of her own on the other side of the world
The homesickness letters
Growing up on the biggest council estate in Western Europe, Jeff Green often dreamed about Australia. Then he got his own chance to emigrate
How Osher learned to love his mind
Osher Gunsberg was living in Los Angeles when his mental health took a dramatic turn for the worse