We heard Diana speak at Kings Place, a smaller arts version of the Barbican- on the canal at Kings Cross.
Loved the place- beautiful concert halls with live music playing and the usual arty crowd-
I like Diana- a very accomplished, funny erudite woman- but somehow her age and frailty made me worry all the time we were listening to her- she does not walk too well, she is very deaf and I could not help worrying that somehow she would make a mistake or forget what she was talking about. But it all went well and afterwards I was so pleased to see a queue for her book signing. We are going to buy her latest book though- but on John's Kindle
Instead of a Book. Letters to a friend'
Written in an even more vivid and direct style than her celebrated memoirs, Diana Athill’s letters to the American poet Edward Field reveal a sharply intelligent woman with a brilliant sense of humour, a keen eye for the absurd, a fierce loyalty and a passionate zest for life. This intimate correspondence spanning thirty years covers her final years as an editor at Andre Deutsch, her retirement and immersion in her own writing, her growing fame and encroaching old age, and gives a fascinating insight into a life fully lived
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