The Study Sessions: Grand Tour - Leaving the Fold
Graham Caveney examines themes of transgression and departure within the letters of prominent aristocrats.
Jessica Mitford, sister of the last Duchess of Devonshire, was a human rights activist and journalist who renounced her aristocratic status to join the American Communist Party in the 1950s. Departing from her autobiography, Hons and Rebels, this session will explore examples of how British aristocracy has been historically represented throughout literature.
This event is part of The Grand Tour Study Sessions, organised in collaboration with Five Leaves Bookshop.
Graham Caveney is a freelance writer based in Nottingham. He has written on music and fiction for the NME, The Face and the Independent. He is the author of two previous books, on William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg.