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This database was created to provide a snapshot of contemporary British Literature, offering unique critical perspectives of the work of some of the writers living and working in the UK today. Our website is currently under review and as a result we are not updating the database or adding new entries at this time.  Please check our blog pages for updates on our current Literature programmes. 

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Jeremy Treglown

Jeremy Treglown is Professor of English at the University of Warwick and a Fellow of the Royal Socie...

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Rose Tremain

Novelist Rose Tremain was born in 1943 in London. She was educated at the Sorbonne and is a graduate...

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Rachel Trezise

Rachel Trezise was born in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales, in 1978. At 16, she produced and edited ...

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Joanna Trollope

Novelist Joanna Trollope was born on 9 December 1943, and was educated at Reigate County School for ...

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Lynne Truss

Lynne Truss is a writer and broadcaster. She began work as a literary journalist, editing the Books ...

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Colin Tudge

Biologist and writer Colin Tudge was born on 22 April 1943 in London, and was educated at Peterhouse...

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Ann Turnbull

Ann Turnbull was born in Hertford in 1943, and brought up in south-east London. She worked as a secr...

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