Angela Lambert
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Angela Lambert was a British journalist
, art critic
and author
, best known for the novel A Rather English Marriage
.
Born as Angela Maria Helps to a civil servant and a German-born housewife. She was unhappy when sent to Wispers School
, a girls’ boarding school in Sussex
, where by the age of 12 she had decided that she wanted to be a writer. She went to St Hilda's College, Oxford
, where she read politics, philosophy and economics. She began her career as a journalist in 1969, working for ITN before joining The Independent
newspaper in 1988.
Lambert suffered multiple immune disorders and hepatitis C
(caught from a blood transfusion) which led to cirrhosis of the liver. Having survived a critical illness in February 2006, she never quite recovered, and became increasingly disabled. She lived in London and France (having bought a house in the Dordogne in 1972). She is survived by Tony Price, her partner of 21 years, and by her son and two daughters.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, art critic
Art critic
An art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, best known for the novel A Rather English Marriage
A Rather English Marriage
A Rather English Marriage is a novel by Angela Lambert, first published in 1992, and later adapted for television by Andrew Davies for the BBC.-Plot summary:...
.
Born as Angela Maria Helps to a civil servant and a German-born housewife. She was unhappy when sent to Wispers School
Wispers School
Wispers School was a British independent boarding school for girls aged between 11 and 18 which was founded in 1947 and which closed in 2008 after 61 years' operation...
, a girls’ boarding school in Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, where by the age of 12 she had decided that she wanted to be a writer. She went to St Hilda's College, Oxford
St Hilda's College, Oxford
St Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.The college was founded in 1893 as a hall for women, and remained an all-women's college until 2006....
, where she read politics, philosophy and economics. She began her career as a journalist in 1969, working for ITN before joining The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
newspaper in 1988.
Lambert suffered multiple immune disorders and hepatitis C
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease primarily affecting the liver, caused by the hepatitis C virus . The infection is often asymptomatic, but chronic infection can lead to scarring of the liver and ultimately to cirrhosis, which is generally apparent after many years...
(caught from a blood transfusion) which led to cirrhosis of the liver. Having survived a critical illness in February 2006, she never quite recovered, and became increasingly disabled. She lived in London and France (having bought a house in the Dordogne in 1972). She is survived by Tony Price, her partner of 21 years, and by her son and two daughters.
Novels
- No Talking After Lights (1990)
- Love Among the Single Classes (1998)
- A Rather English MarriageA Rather English MarriageA Rather English Marriage is a novel by Angela Lambert, first published in 1992, and later adapted for television by Andrew Davies for the BBC.-Plot summary:...
(1992) - The Constant Mistress (1998)
- The Property of Rain (2001)
Non-fiction
- Unquiet Souls: A Social History of the Illustrious, Irreverent, Intimate Group of British Aristocrats Known As "the Souls" (1987)
- 1939: The Last Season of Peace (1989)
- The Lost Life of Eva Braun (2006)