#BarbaraPym's
#BarbaraPym's correspondence with #PhilipLarkin would make a wonderful book in itself. Imagine receiving aletter that said

I have a great shrinking from publicity - think of me as A E Housman without the talent, or the scholarship, or the soft job, or the curious personal life
"Christmas Day itself passed in the rather mysterious way that the Christmas Days of middle-aged people without young families usually do pass."
July 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM