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Beryl Bainbridge
Beryl Bainbridge b1934
Meridian Feature
5 February 1998  World Service

Beryl Bainbridge talks to Christopher Cook about

   Audioher process of writing a book  1 min 52

   Audiothe scale and "Englishness" of her work  3 min 38

   Audiothe theme of human mortality in her books  2 min 30

   Audioher house and memories as they take a tour round  5 min 36


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Beryl Bainbridge
English novelist

Noted for her psychologically sharp but subversive portrayal of English life, Bainbridge has in her more recent novels written about historical events such as Scott of the Antarctic and the Titanic.
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