Lynsey Hanley
Lynsey Hanley (born 12 April 1976) is a British writer and academic.
Lynsey Hanley | |
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| Born | 12 April 1976 Solihull, West Midlands, England |
| Education | Queen Mary University of London (BA) |
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Biography
[edit]Hanley was born in Solihull and grew up on a council estate in the suburb of Chelmsley Wood.[1] She studied English at Queen Mary University of London.[2]
Hanley is a visiting fellow in cultural history at Liverpool John Moores University. She is the author of Estates: an Intimate History and Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide, and was a regular contributor to The Guardian from 2005 to 2022. As of 2020, she was writing a book about "the cultural, ecological and social significnace" of public transport.[3] A frequent theme of Hanley's work is social mobility, often based on her own journey from a working-class background to attending university and becoming a writer.[4] In June 2025, Hanley published a letter in support of transgender inclusivity.[5]
As of 2023 she lives in Liverpool.[6]
Bibliography
[edit]- Estates: an Intimate History (2007)
- Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide (2016)
References
[edit]- ^ Hanley, Lynsey (2017). Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide. Penguin. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-141-04061-5.
- ^ Hanley 2017, p. 130.
- ^ O'Brien, Phil (2020). "The Intimate Histories of Class: An Interview with Lynsey Hanley". Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism No. 18 (2020), pp. 29–41. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ Lewis, Tim (17 April 2016). "Lynsey Hanley interview: 'The idea that you could write books was just crackers'". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ Hanley, Lynsey (10 June 2025). "Letters: A nuanced approach to ageing, sex and gender". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ Hanley, Lynsey (31 December 2022). "Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes … because I live just around the corner". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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