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Friendships between women are at the heart of much contemporary fiction, and yet they are vanishingly rare in the canon of English literature.
Frances Wilson wonders why friendships between women have proven so hard to portray.
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Frances Wilson: Best of Frenemies - The Virago Book of Friendship by Rachel Cooke (ed)
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Were Victorian female detectives merely accessories to male colleagues, or were they pioneers of female liberation?
@claire_harman investigates.
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Claire Harman: Handbags & Handcuffs - The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective by Sara Lodge
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Absolutely delighted to be on the cover of the august @Lit_Review with my review of @questingvole's THE HAUNTED WOOD. A Splendid mag and a splendid book!
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